A Hot RedBox Tuesday Night at TriNoma

It was supposed to be just another boooorrring Tuesday (15 July 2008) night for me until i remembered that we (I and Jun) had a scheduled RedBox night-out with our friends at the newly opened TriNoma Mall in Quezon City (near SM West). Yes, it was a Tuesday night and not one of us became concerned that it was just the beginning of yet another busy work week.

This is our first time to go karaoke-ing (thus our first time at RedBox) and our first time to go and inspect TriNoma and see for ourselves what the hype is all about. Needless to say, both experiences did not disappoint.

First: TriNoma.

Filipinos love going to the malls. We enjoy it even more when the mall is big, beautiful, and exudes luxury and fine detail. We like our malls to resemble huge hotel lobbies where space is aplenty, where nature seem to dwell so comfortably alongside our favorite boutiques and bars, where the experience would liken a walk into a Zen inspired garden, where we would feel like rich-kids by just merely walking along and looking around the shops. We love to entertain illusions of self-grandeur and the malls become the easiest way to achieve that even for a few fleeting hours.

Such is the new TriNoma Mall. One of the grandest malls in the Metro today.

We arrived late at TriNoma so we went directly to RedBox and didnt get the chance to actually dissect the mall via what looks like a heavy end-to-end walking. But, based on what i have seen when we were trotting the direction towards RedBox, the hype created is not just for the sake of marketing. TriNoma lives up to it. And it does so with an irresistible charm.

(Allow me to say that what really impressed me (as Jun pointed out), was that even though you’re at the top most level, you feel like you’re still on the ground with all the trees and garden like setting around you. Now that is worth a commendation!)

^^^Image from http://sasha-says.com/2007/11/10/weekend-snapshot-8/.

^^^ (From Left) Me, Andy (Ate Sally’s hubby), Ate Sally, New friend Mayang,

My Tita Lai, and Patch (Jun was the one taking the shot)

Second: RedBox

As i mentioned earlier, this is the first time i went to a karaoke bar. I like singing, don’t get me wrong, but somehow going to a karaoke bar seemed a bit over the top for me until i get to experience RedBox and appreciated how a wonderful karaoke system can actually enhance the experience of singing.

We decided to go Tuesday night because it’s Lady’s Night every Tuesdays for the whole month of July (i believe) and my girl friends need not pay the P399 entrance fee.

The facade of RedBox TriNoma is clean and unassuming. Its rooms can accommodate up to around 15 persons and is equipped with a nicely organized digital sound and karaoke system. The songs are organized based on artists, genre, opm or foreign, recent hits; they even have chinese and japanese songs (i think) – i guess to cater to our equally karaoke loving fellow asians (Alfred sports a BIG grin).

I didnt focus my attention on the food though, we ordered the RedBox platter so i suppose its ordinary, as you dont go to RedBox to eat! You go there to sing! And sing and sing i did! Full of heart ; until my diaphragm became tired and the voice which i had six songs earlier suddenly became constipated (hahahaha).