Globalisation Alert! Mall Rats Invade Cyprus!

Advantages: Good facilities. Well appointed. Light and airey. Air conditioned.
Disadvantages: Eye-wateringly expensive. Could be anywhere in the world

...INTRODUCTION In the seven or eight years I have been going to Cyprus for my holidays, a lot has changed, and not necessarily for the better. It was only a matter of time before this beautiful island was afflicted with the relentless influx of multinational American brands and corporations that seem to blight Europe these days. The drive down the Finikoudes ? Larnaka?s main, palm-lined seaside promenade ? now takes you past McDonald?s, KFC, TGI Friday, Haagen Dazs, Pizza Hut, and Bennigans. The seemingly unstoppable globalisation of Cyprus seems well and truly underway. So it was with dread and dismay that I received the news that Cyprus had been ?blessed? with two new malls since my last visit two years ago ? the ?Mall of Cyprus?, built next to an IKEA on the outskirts of Lefkosia (Nicosia), and the newer ?My Mall?, an even...

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A Taste Of Asia

Advantages: Great food, great staff and service, very clean, sticky rice to die for
Disadvantages: no kids menu a little priceier than your average curry house

...I've never tried writing and review on a restaurant before but Asia Lounge is one of my favourite places to eat so I thought I'd give it a go and hope I do it some justice. What Is the Asia Lounge Asia Lounge is the newest restaurant in Bury, Manchester. It only opened at the back end of last year. The restaurant serves up authentic Thai and Indian dishes. The chefs themselves are from Thailand and Pakistan. The restaurant has two floors and can seat 200 guests. As well as taking bookings it is also available to hire for functions. Although the Asia Lounge isn't a take away it will do so by special request. Location Asia Lounge is located on Rochdale Road, Bury just on the corner of Heywood Street. The Restaurant The restaurant itself has a red theme going on, plain walls with pieces of ethnic art on the walls, wooden floors...

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Paul Blart: Mall Cop

Advantages: Made Me Giggle
Disadvantages: None For Me

...Paul Blart: Mall Cop is the newest release from Happy Madison Pictures, Adam Sandler?s film production company. I am a big Adam Sandler fan and usually enjoy these films so settled down to watch this film with every intention of it being good. Plot / Story ------------ Paul Blart is a single dad who is raising his daughter himself after his wife (who only married him for a green card) left him. He lives with his mother in New Jersey and dreams of being a state trooper. The only trouble is, that besides being a little overweight Paul suffers from low blood sugar leading to him passing out if he doesn?t have something sugary at steady intervals. He has never passed the physical test to become an officer so instead works at the local mall as a security guard. He is a little too good at his job as he takes it way to seriously. When...

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Shoplifters beware in Paul Blart Mall

Advantages: Great comical movie, some fine stunts and many laughs throughout
Disadvantages: none for me to complain about.

...At the moment Blockbusters are having quite a good deal on there DVDs, offering 5 dvds for a tenner for four nights. So I chose a few movies that grabbed my attention, one of them being a movie that I had heard a lot of good things about, that movie being Paul Blart Mall Cop. Director: Steve Carr Producers: Adam Sandler, Kevin James and Barry Bernardi Writers: Kevin James and Nick Bakay Stars: Kevin James, Jayma Mays, Keirs O?Donnell, Peter Gerety Bobby Cannavale and Adam Ferrara Released in early 2009 and given a PG certificate ** Brief plot? Paul Blart (Kevin James), who lives with his mother, (Shirley Knight), and his daughter Maya, (Raini Rodriguez), is a rather large figure of a security officer in a shopping mall, which he has been for over a decade, mainly because he keeps failing to pass...

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Mall Cop

Advantages: Really funny
Disadvantages: no disadvantages

...Mall cop is a fantastic comedy directed by Steve Carr and feaures the very funny Kevin James (who also played in I now pronounce you chuck ad larry) as well as Jayma Mays, Keir O'Donnell, Bobby Cannavale, Stephen Rannazzisi, Shirley Knight, Peter Gerety Kevin James really brings his charactor to life and is really funny in Mall Cop. Its a really goodfilm for all the family to watch, I watched it with my partner and 2 children aged 14 and 11 and we were all giggling away through most of the film. Basically its about a single guy thay lives with his mother and his daughter who wants to become a State Trooper but who currently works as a Security Guard in a mall and takes his position seriously even though to others he is just a joke, That is untill the mall is taken over and there are hostages and its down to him to try and save...

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Gadget Asia

Advantages: Good prices, good delivery
Disadvantages: No response from their customer services department

...Used Gadget Asia back in January 2008 to purchase a Nintendo DS Lite for one of my daughters. The bundle included 20 games for £145.00. We decided against the fast delivery option as reviews on the web suggested these would arrive with a bill from customs. The unit arrived OK within about 7-10 days and most of the games work fine. Great purchase, good value for money, superb experience. Based on this, we decided to buy another DS Lite bundle from Gadget Asia on 24 August 2008. The bundle this time was a Nintendogs DS Lite with 25 games for £140.99. The unit arrived within the same 7-10 days, but the first problem occurred when we tried to charge up the unit for my daughter's birthday - the charger supplied did not work. Fortunately, we were able to use the charger from the other Nintendo. However, the main problems occurred...

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Great Mall

Advantages: Amazing Choice
Disadvantages: Pricey

...The Mall at Millenia is on Millenia Boulevard in Orlando Florida, Its very easy to get to from International drive if you have your own car, but im sure it wouldnt cost to much in a taxi. There is lots of choice of shops here, be warned though this is the most upscale mall in Orlando, no outlets here! Although they obviously have the seasonal sales. At either end of the mall is Macys and Bloomingdales. They are both large department stores offering a wide range of womens and mens and childrens, clothes, shoes, bags and cosmetics, Macys is cheaper and still has designer wear but Bloomingdales has more expensive designers including Fendi and the likes. In Macys you can get a 11% discount if your a visitor to Orlando, Just show them some I.D at the till or guest services, A credit card was sufficent to us though. Maybe it was...

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Air Asia-the original low cost airline

Advantages: Clean, cheap, punctual
Disadvantages: Low cost so no extras

...Air Asia are a no frills airline based in South East Asia with connections locally around that region as well as up to China. There are also now flights between Kuala Lumpur and London plus 3 destinations in Australia (The Gold Coast, Melbourne and Perth). I have only flown with Air Asia around the South East Asia region and so cannot comment on their long haul services. The range of destinations within Asia is very broad with hundreds of connections, including many to different islands of Indonesia and into Burma (Myanmar). Kuala Lumpur is the hub with Bangkok a secondary so these have the broadest connections. In terms of prices Air Aisia certainly live up to their name of being a cheap airline-one way prices for most short routes are around £20 taxes included and you can check on luggage up to 15kg without paying extra. It is also...

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Paul Blart : Mall Cop

Advantages: Gang of Crooks
Disadvantages: Kevin James At His Poorest, Not Funny

...//Film only review// *****Cast***** Kevin James.....Paul Blart Keir O'Donnell....Veck Jayma Mays.....Amy Stephen Rannazzisi.....Stuart *****Plot***** Paul Blart is a mall cop (who would have guessed ) who takes his role a little bit more seriously than his fellow mall cops. He gets his chance to shine when a gang of crooks takes over the mall. *****Opinion on Cast***** I was looking forward to seeing this mainly because Kevin James was starring in it. However, I didn't really like him in this role. It seemed like he was trying to hard and was much better in 'I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry' and 'King of Queens' where I think the characters may be more like the real Kevin James. The characters of Veck and Amy were well played and even though they had much smaller roles than Kevin James, I...

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Terrible issues with Gadget Asia.

Advantages: None
Disadvantages: hassle, goods that don't work, postage costs, stress, no escalation procedure for complaints

...Gadget Asia sent me two Nintendo DS's for my children. they have both had to be repaired twice. They look reconditioned rather than new to me. They are refusing to send back one console until I send the other one in (which has failed again). I don't trust them anymore and want them to send back the first console so I can check it is really working before I send back the other one. I've had to send back consoles 4 times now and it costs me £10 each time. I've been without one console for 3 months now. Please don't buy from them. you'll just get hassle and shoddy goods. There's also no way to contact them except via e-mail, no complaints process and I can't get to anyone higher than the people that answer the e-mails....

rlwoking 16.03.2009 · Read review
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