Flock, flock, flock

Ampang Point was once said to be another mall failure; malls that are not really pulling the crowds in. Quite often malls like that sprouts in the suburbs because the need of a mall in such area (is it so?). But if you go to Ampang Point (AP) today, you will find it differently.

All sorts of people; old, young, Malay, Chinese, Indian, expats, couples, kids, boring housewives with nothing much to do on Saturday afternoon, kids wearing sunnies with clothes that made him think he looks like Chicken in 'Young and Dangerous'--but he doesnt, cute chicks, ugly chicks, you name it, you got it. Almost the same crowd that would horde KLCC on weekends. Apparently, AP is not really a nice and cozy place to hang out. Parking is scarce, people can smoke inside with no worries and many other things that rule out AP as 'the' place to hang out.

But still people flock AP especially during weekends. To be fair, AP has a Giant outlet, a McD and KFC, a couple of sports shop, a couple of farmacies, some salons, bookstore and some decent local boutiques. And not forgetting the almost unnoticable Royel departmental store. That's about it. Just your average mall. Some come here to buy their needs, some meet with their friends over coffee, while some, just linger around.

Human beings are social creatures. Once in a while, they just have to escape their normality of going to work, do the dishes and everything else to just liberate themselves. A breathe of fresh air from a different surroundings. After all is done, they go back to their homes, completing the continuum of something and nothingness. Maybe just going out is filling the gap that happens during everyday life. Even if it means to go to a place as mediocre as AP.

So next time you feel a void in yourself, go find your lilberation. Quit running a day or two. Do something else. Perhaps you will bounce back a fuller person than before. And this last paragraph is a complete mockery of RunnersWorld, especially John Bingham. kah kah...LMAO. I'm nutz.