1. Various Kinds of Money Circulated in the Philippines

From my list based on the exhibit of Evolution of Philippine Money at BSP Museum…

A) Pre-Spanish Regimeo Commodity money such as rice, coffee,

sugar, rolled silver wires, gold dust, silver nuggets, carabao, girdle, collar, graduated granulate pendant beads, porcelain token, tea brick, miniature canon, katanga cross, cowry shells, deerskin

o Gold cowry money, bracelet money, jewelry money, tiger tounge money, tok money, chieng money, bullet money, gold bullet money, Ancient Pu money, ant nose money, Korean tree money, rooster money, crocodile money,

o Palace Jade Coin, Cash Coinso Penniform Gold Barter Ring/Tumbagao Piloncito

B) Spanish Regimeo Four reales/Testono Dos mundos or pillar dollarso Barilla or fractional coinso Portrait serieso Isabelinas and Alfonsinoso Pesos Fuertes or Isbella Pesoso “Hilis Kalamay”o Cabo de bara de platao Colderillaso Bolivia

o Cobs/Macuquinaso Sulu Moslem Copper Coinso Cuartilloo Marvedis

C) First Philippine Republico 2-centavo copper coin (centimos and dos

centimos)o 1 and 5 peso notes freely circulated

D) American Regimeo Treasury certificates (Mexican Silver

Dollar, American dollar, woman with anvil, Culion-Leper Coinage, Quezon-Murphy-Roosevelt Commemorative Notes, US-Phil Coinage)

E) Japanese Regimeo Japanese Invasion Moneyo Mickey Mouse Moneyo Guerilla Notes/Resistance Currencies

F) Post-War Periodo Treasury Certificates with word Victoryo English Serieso Pilipino Serieso Ang Bagong Lipunan Serieso Flora and Fauna Serieso New Design Serieso BSP Serieso New Generation Bank Note Series

SAMPLE VIEW

Make an observation and reaction on the business operation of Manila Ocean Park.

From the map on the left side, we can see the proximity of Manila Ocean Park to Intramuros, Manila Hotel, Department of Tourism, NAIA, Manila Bay and most especially to Quirino Granstand, Rizal Park. In terms of floor space, the MOP is undeniably spectacular for it can cope up with other countries' sections of oceanarium. It contains marine-themed mall, theme park, outdoor pools, restaurants, and four-star Hotel H20. Aside from those businesses, it features a very long and underwater acrylitic tunnel which is a more-than satisfying and gratifying journey for me to go through What I

appreciated more about MOP is that they do not just operate for a profit but also for a cause. It houses

open marine habitats where there are rainforest motif, different species of cool marine animals and art exhibits (like the posters below) which have the power to inspire the viewers to take best care of precious marine life. So even if the park is under its development (since it was just opened in 2008), I can confidently deduce that it has achieved its objective of going mainstream and being established and well-known even without any critical cost of promotion and advertising. =)

“I appreciate Manila Ocean Park in the sense that aside from its real goal which is to showcase an under the sea adventure, it also has other amenities within its park that complete the needs of a wanderer.” The said “park” is like a layer of floors consisting of different business operations and fun stuff where tourists could turn to. There are also different unique franchises/branches which are on hand. They sell memorabilia, souvenirs, but my favorite amongst was the business which sells healthy shakes made from natural sweeteners produced by fruits and soy milk.

Witnessing the Acquatica Musical Fountain, which is Philippine’s tallest musical fountain and largest water and laser show, is also a great experience. The water, music, lights and special effects are just fantastic. And you just can’t put a price on it :)

Make an observation and reaction on the location and establishment of Mall of Asia.

What more could a Filipino ask for from a mall who is ranked 4th in Forbe’s World’s Largest Mall? Speaking of the establishment itself…

I love SM Mall of Asia. Indeed, no other mall comes close with the magnificence it will forever bring. I tend to disregard other malls and SMs because SM MOA is the only mall that could possibly provide me with everything and anything I need and want (which other malls sometimes lack.) It is only at SM MOA where I found the complete set of Adidas footwear and apparels, plus all branches of unique anchor stores I seek like The French Baker, DQ, Rado, Hush Puppies, Games and Gadgets, Best Chocolates, FUN-ctional, Odyssey, Fully Booked and really many more! Just from the fact that it houses 780 shops and 300 dining establishments, not only I will be bewildered. Being an SM Mall, you have the SM Department store, SM Hypermarket and the SM Appliance Center, which are interconnected by walkways. You also have a monstrous food court and restaurants and I am very glad to find the shop that showcases the best chocolates I could possibly badly wanted to taste! What a delightful way to sin

Spending a day doesn’t even give enough justice for me to reach its finish line of 42 hectares. Even explaining its beauty will exceed the required three pages in this reaction paper for me to meet.

About the physical attribute: I did not get the claustrophobic feeling of being stuck in a concrete box for lot of the lightning is natural, flowing through the huge windows The Entertainment Mall is a two-complex, majority of which is open-air. It is a good thing that in its establishment, there is a very profound and great architecture, balancing substance and style. A roundabout

is also vivid outside. This serves as road junction. Another great feature of the mall is the tram (barely noticed) traveling around the mall grounds to ferry shoppers around.

Inside the mall are attractions like the first ever IMAX in the country, CenterStage Cinema, SM Science Discovery Center, Olympic-sized ice skating rink, and Music Hall directly facing the sea. Outside the mall are SMX Convention Center, OneE-com Center, and Metro Star Ferry Terminal.

Furthermore, SM MOA is just right on Manila Bay and beside the Cultural Center of the Philippines. It is also very proximate to Padis Point, Manila Ocean Park, Manila Hotel, PAGCOR, BSP, CCP, Senate of the Philippines, Manil Broadcasting Company, Star City, Department of Finance, Philippine International Convention Center, World Trade Center, Sofitel and railway of restaurants. In fact if you wonder down Epifanio de Santos Avenue, you will not be able to miss it. If you are like me and would rather not have to stomp around a shopping mall all day, your other half can get some retail therapy from Manila Bay’s spectacular sunset and fireworks at esplanade every Monday.