When we're in a mall, my friends and I do the usual stuff: eating lunch or dinner together, window shopping and watching a movie.After that, we ran out of things to do (or we're already broke) that we usually end up going home or going somewhere else. After spending some time in malls, whether after school, or whenever we don't wanna be stuck in our own houses, my friends and I came up with some additional default to-do activities, some are for free while some require some medium or heavy spending, which will save us from unproductive mall hang-out or if we don't wanna leave the mall yet.
Go to an entertainment center (medium spending). this one really never fails to save us from unproductive bumming in malls. Be it Timezone, Quantum or whatever, our day's never complete without the following: Karaoke, Dance Revolution, Basketball, Time Crisis, and any arcade or combat games :D go for entertainment centers with the cheapest rates. expensive or not, they offer the same services anyway.
Ice skating and Wallclimbing (big spending). If you're willing to spend, then why not go ice skating or wallclimbing. Being stuck in a mall is not a reason for you not to get sporty :) For ice skating, I suggest you go for an unlimited pass, it's cheaper than paying for several single passes --I personally think that 1 hour of ice skating is not enough. And yeah, you can also pay for a 30-minute ice skating lesson -more like a crash course, though I haven't tried this one yet.
Buy food and just sit down with friends (medium to big spending). Depends on the (amount of) food we eat. Whenever we're tired roaming around, my friends and I just buy dessert (frozen yogurt, ice cream, halo-halo <3) style="font-size:130%;">Shop for clothes and shoes. And try on them (FREE). My friends and I have this vice of trying on clothes, mixing and matching them up, and then taking a picture of ourselves inside the fitting room :)) Of course, our camera has to be in silent mode since taking pictures is usually prohibited. But really, you will never really know if you'll look good on something, especially if it's something not of your usual style, if you'll just simply look at it. Try it on! It's free of charge, anyway.
Photobooth with Macbook (FREE). weird but yes, we do this sometimes :)) We try on different effects, especially the ones where we get our faces distorted, and then we laugh silently at our crazy and deformed pictures :D If you mind people looking at you, you can skip this one :P
Head for a bookstore or a record store (FREE). One of my personal favorites. I always do this whenever I'm in a mall and mind you, sometimes you won't notice how time flies especially when you're so immersed in rows of books, reading out their book summaries and judging whether it's worth a read or not. I also check out some books which are already opened and skim through the pages until I end up reading them. As for the record store, one can listen to an album for free (just look for a stall with headphones), or one can just browse through movies or albums.
Do Dares (FREE). ANYTHING :))
Stalk someone (FREE). Stalking's really not the word, but we tried this one time with our friend who was having a date with someone :)) We just followed them until she said she can be on her own now. Someday, we'll try stalking a stranger purely out of fun, jotting down the things he did, etc --no evil intentions :D
Summer's here and whenever you can't go the beach or any out-of-town vacation, local malls are here to save us. Rest assured, you won't really get bored in a mall, especially when you're with company :) | UNLESS you go there almost everyday D: So my advice: don't spend too much time in malls or it'll lose the fun of it :D
Go to an entertainment center (medium spending). this one really never fails to save us from unproductive bumming in malls. Be it Timezone, Quantum or whatever, our day's never complete without the following: Karaoke, Dance Revolution, Basketball, Time Crisis, and any arcade or combat games :D go for entertainment centers with the cheapest rates. expensive or not, they offer the same services anyway.
Ice skating and Wallclimbing (big spending). If you're willing to spend, then why not go ice skating or wallclimbing. Being stuck in a mall is not a reason for you not to get sporty :) For ice skating, I suggest you go for an unlimited pass, it's cheaper than paying for several single passes --I personally think that 1 hour of ice skating is not enough. And yeah, you can also pay for a 30-minute ice skating lesson -more like a crash course, though I haven't tried this one yet.
Buy food and just sit down with friends (medium to big spending). Depends on the (amount of) food we eat. Whenever we're tired roaming around, my friends and I just buy dessert (frozen yogurt, ice cream, halo-halo <3) style="font-size:130%;">Shop for clothes and shoes. And try on them (FREE). My friends and I have this vice of trying on clothes, mixing and matching them up, and then taking a picture of ourselves inside the fitting room :)) Of course, our camera has to be in silent mode since taking pictures is usually prohibited. But really, you will never really know if you'll look good on something, especially if it's something not of your usual style, if you'll just simply look at it. Try it on! It's free of charge, anyway.
Photobooth with Macbook (FREE). weird but yes, we do this sometimes :)) We try on different effects, especially the ones where we get our faces distorted, and then we laugh silently at our crazy and deformed pictures :D If you mind people looking at you, you can skip this one :P
Head for a bookstore or a record store (FREE). One of my personal favorites. I always do this whenever I'm in a mall and mind you, sometimes you won't notice how time flies especially when you're so immersed in rows of books, reading out their book summaries and judging whether it's worth a read or not. I also check out some books which are already opened and skim through the pages until I end up reading them. As for the record store, one can listen to an album for free (just look for a stall with headphones), or one can just browse through movies or albums.
Do Dares (FREE). ANYTHING :))
Stalk someone (FREE). Stalking's really not the word, but we tried this one time with our friend who was having a date with someone :)) We just followed them until she said she can be on her own now. Someday, we'll try stalking a stranger purely out of fun, jotting down the things he did, etc --no evil intentions :D
Summer's here and whenever you can't go the beach or any out-of-town vacation, local malls are here to save us. Rest assured, you won't really get bored in a mall, especially when you're with company :) | UNLESS you go there almost everyday D: So my advice: don't spend too much time in malls or it'll lose the fun of it :D
