Hello folks,
Welcome back to another edition of mall introduction and today ME & my family had eventually went to AEON Station 18 in Ipoh where this mall is opened to public since this year March. Until today only I have the time to visit this newly open AEON Mall and it's one of the biggest mall in Ipoh. And to compare the malls like Paradigm Mall, AEON Mall is bigger than Paradigm Mall in terms of size.
In this mall, it's an new era for all the Ipoh people as it mushrooms all the top names in fashion as well as food & beverages as well. Some outlets here are pretty similar like those in Klang Valley and to Ipoh people, it's a big convenience for them and they do not need to come over to KL to enjoy this.
Among the top tenants that I've saw for Fashion including Mango, Cotton On, Padini Concept Store, Al-Ikhsan, Universal Traveller, Adidas, Giordano, SUB, Hush Puppies, Quick Silver, F.O.S, Nose, Guess and many more. For Food & Beverages, I have tonnes of them including Sakae Sushi, Sushi King, Each A Cup, Shihlin Taiwan Street Snacks, Nando's, Chatime, Hong Kong Kim Gary, Kenny Rogers, Starbucks Coffee, Baskins Robbins, Taang Shifu Restaurant and many more.
Besides, the main departmental store which is the AEON which sells various types of items, other store that sells miscellaneous stuffs such as Daiso Japan, Good Time Family Amusement Centre, Popular Bookstore, IT World, Country's Tid-Bits & Candies Cottage any many more. Also not forgetting, TGV Cinemas will opens its doors this coming July and Ipoh residents have another good place to watch movie without needing to go to Ipoh Parade or Kinta City. It was a friendly family store and it's worth of going as the parking rates are pretty cheap as well. It follows the parking rates among the AEON stores where the first 2 hours is free for AEON Card members else RM1.00 per entry. I think this mall is very suitable for Ipoh residents and now they can come to this mall to shop whatever they want to find and it's all under one roof.
Congratulations to AEON for opening this mall at Station 18 at Pengkalan, Ipoh and during my next visit later probably with Kimmy, I hope they are more shops opened as some shops are still under renovation or not yet occupied. Enjoy! MY RATING: 5/5
Address:
No 2, Susuran Stesen 18,
Station 18, Ipoh, Perak.View AEON Ipoh Station 18 in a larger map
Bayern
had much the better of the game, missed numerous chances in the
first-half and were made to wait until the 83rd minute for the opener
when Thomas Muller appeared at the back post to head past Petr Cech.Despite
a lack of ambition until then, Chelsea were not done and equalised in a
thrilling finale when Didier Drogba headed home from the Blues' first
corner of the game with two minutes left to go.Drogba almost
turned from hero to villain as he tripped Franck Ribery in the box in
the first period of extra-time but Cech saved Arjen Robben's penalty low
down to his left. The rest of the game yielded no goals and it was left
to penalties to decide the winner.It looked like Chelsea would
lose the shootout as Juan Mata missed, but Ivica Olic - with his last
kick as a Bayern Munich player - and Bastian Schweinsteiger missed and
Drogba stroked home for glory.From his place in the stands, owner Roman Abramovich was clearly overjoyed, as was the
suspended John Terry, who watched the tense shoot-out unfold from the touchline.Assisted by the obvious advantage of playing at home, Bayern got themselves on
the front foot immediately and were rarely pushed back.The nearest they came was when former Chelsea man Arjen Robben glided past two
defenders, then drilled a low shot towards goal, which Petr Cech managed to
deflect high onto a post, with Robben barely able to believe he had failed.Robben had another couple of chances before Muller volleyed wide.Robben and Muller combined to create an opening for Mario Gomez that he looked
certain to capitalise on after a deft body movement had left Gary Cahill
stranded, only for the Bayern sharp-shooter to lash over.Handed a
surprise start, Ryan Bertrand coped well. It was the first time a
player has made his debut in the competition in the final in the
Champions League era.
It was on the other side where Franck Ribery was proving to be a
complete menace.What they did at the Camp Nou gave Chelsea immense belief in their
own durability. Indeed, they might have had something to celebrate themselves had Juan Mata
kept his curling free-kick down or Salomon Kalou been able to direct a shot away
from Manuel Neuer after Frank Lampard and Drogba combined to set him up from an
admittedly acute angle.The pattern continued after half-time and Ribery thought he had grabbed a
deserved opener when he snaffled the loose ball after Cole had blocked Robben's
goalbound shot. The offside flag cut German celebrations short.Cole's
involvement was part of an outstanding contribution from the full-back,
who seemed to be in the way of nearly all the threats to Chelsea's goal.
He denied both Robben and Toni Kroos as Chelsea, enhancing his status
one of
the few truly world class players Roy Hodgson will have at his disposal
at Euro
2012.In response, Drogba, possibly making his last appearance for the club,
unleashed a speculative long-range volley that dipped wide.Bayern
found the breakthrough seven minutes from time when Kroos curled a
cross to Muller who intelligently headed the ball hard and down, which
meant it bounced up
towards the crossbar, possibly catching Cech by surprise.But Abramovich's team are made of stern stuff. And with barely two minutes
remaining, and Muller replaced by an extra defender in Daniel van Buyten, Drogba
rose at the near post to power Mata's corner home.This time there was nothing the goalkeeper could do, the ball speeding past
Neuer at such pace there was no time for reaction.The drama
continued into extra-time as Drogba bundled Ribery over in the box.
Whilst the contact might not have looked much, it was enough to end the
Frenchman's evening and it was a definite spot-kick.Robben hit
his penalty towards the bottom right but he failed to find the corner
and Cech was equal to it, making a fine save to his left and then
smothering the rebound.It was the kind of moment that made you think fate had decreed a Chelsea win, a
belief only strengthened by Bayern passing up two clear openings in the second
period of those additional 30 minutes.Drogba kept his nerve as
Olic and Schweinsteiger failed to ensure Chelsea erased the memory of
their misery in 2008 by conquering Europe for the first time. Source: ESPN Soccernet 20/5/2012
