Mom’s The Word at Araneta Center!

It’s only a few days before Mother’s Day! Gateway Mall, Ali Mall and Farmers Plaza at Araneta Center are providing a host of ways for moms and their kids enjoy this special day.
 
Come May 8, your Mother’s Day gimmick will be on us! For a minimum purchase of two (2) Pacquiao-Mosley tickets at the Cineplex or Big Dome, or a minimum spend of Php 500.00 at any of the participating restaurants, moms and kids get a FREE SPA PASS and FREE KIDDIE PASS respectively!
 
The FREE SPA PASS entitles moms to have a refreshing facial, soothing massage, have their nails done, get a quick hair fix and enjoy free make up lessons at the Activity Areas of Gateway, Ali Mall and Farmers Plaza. While the moms indulge in the pampering sessions, the kids can while away the time using their FREE KIDDIE PASS at Play Wise (Gateway and Ali Mall), or enjoy the giant inflatables (Farmers Plaza) with their dads.
 
But the fun doesn’t end there. Each mom gets a stamp on her pass from each station. They can drop the completed pass and get a chance to win a special prize package! As a souvenir of this memorable Mother’s Day, diners and shoppers may likewise enjoy the services of our “mamarazzi”, our roving photographer who will take candid shots of moms and their kids enjoying their day. Photos may be claimed at the Activity Area after two hours and will also be posted at the Araneta Center Facebook Page.
 
Every day moms dote over their families. On Mother’s Day, make sure you give these hardworking ladies the best pampering they can get only at the Araneta Center!

The Three Doucheketeers

Keith Urban’s mop, Tiger Woods’ shirt and John Mayer’s smirk fight to be the winner of Douche Battle Royale :)

Sounds Like Teen Murder

Meanwhile in Lima, Peru, Miley Cyrus beat out “Courtney Love fartgasming” as the worst thing Kurt Cobain has ever heard with her version of “Smells Like Teen Spirit.”

This mess is going to make Kurt commit suicide AGAIN and will definitely be the catalyst for Courtney Love sticking a dirty heroin needle directly into her eardrums.

Araneta Center’s Dream European Fortnight For Four

Imagine yourself sipping coffee while gazing at the Eiffel Tower or Arc de Triomphe or shopping for clothes and perfumes in the fashion capital of Paris? Or perhaps you would rather inhale the arts, culture and heritage of Austria through its classical architectural buildings, cathedrals, churches and galleries or romp at the hills made alive by the movie, Sound of Music? Then again, maybe you’d rather savor a strong helping of history through the Anne Frank house, museums, open-air markets, diamond factories and historic buildings or food trip at the Netherlands and Germany. Better yet, breathe in the rich religious aura of the newly beatified Blessed John Paul II at the Vatican City. Yes, there are several ways to get your load of food, fashion, history, shopping and fun during a much-coveted European vacation. The best news is you and three other companions can get that dream European trip absolutely FREE! Truly enough news for you to jubilantly shout “hooray!”

And “hooray” is exactly what you will shout when you join and win in Araneta Center’s “TRIP, TRIP, HOORAY!” Here’s why. Hooray number 1. The winner gets four (4) round trip tickets to this dream European Tour Package. Hooray number 2. The European two-week tour brings the four people to eight dream European destinations including France, Belgium, The Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Italy plus the Vatican City and “Little Europe” called Liechtenstein. Hooray number 3. The winner gets $5,000 pocket money completely TAX-FREE! The prize package also includes hotel accommodation, daily breakfasts, a Rhine River cruise in Germany, local guides during city tours, souvenir bag and travel kit, and entrance to the Vatican museum. Awesome! TRIP, TRIP HOORAY!

Joining is easy. Every customer who makes a minimum single receipt purchase of Php500 from ANY establishment at the Araneta Center is entitled to join. Customers must present their official receipts at designated redemption booths at Gateway Mall, Ali Mall and Farmers Plaza from April 11 to June 19, 2011 to claim their raffle coupon. They simply fill out these coupons and drop in the designated boxes. Receipts and or invoices from purchase of gift certificates, payment of mobile phone bills, and other utilities, credit cards and the like are not included in the promo.

Here’s more. You can double your chances of winning by buying COKE products from any outlet of Food Express, Food Gallery, Food Plaza and Dampa. Deadline for entries is June 19, 2011 and the lucky winner will be drawn on June 22 in the presence of a DTI representative.

Truly, that dream vacation in Europe is now within your reach simply by dining and shopping at the Araneta Center.  Click here for complete details.

Goodbye PEI

No further away than a picture,

A smile or remembered phrase,

Our loved ones live in memory,

So close in many ways.

For how often does a sunset

Bring nostalgic thought to mind,

Of moments that our

Loved one shared,

In days now left behind?

How often has a flower,

Or a crystal summer sky,

Brought golden reflections

Of happy times gone by?

Yes, memory has a magic way,

Of keeping loved ones near,

Ever close in mind and heart,

Are the ones we hold most dear.

Our dear colleague and friend Arch. Pablo E. Intalan passed away peacefully in the grace of the Lord last May 3 at the ripe age of 84. His remains lie in state at Christ the King Chapels, Christ the King Church, Greenmeadows, Libis, Quezon City.

In this connection, the Araneta Group will be offering a mass today (May 4) at around 7 pm at Christ the King Church. Everyone is requested to attend as we bid our last goodbyes to our dear PEI.

Let us all pray for the eternal repose of his soul.