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Undiscovered Venture: What lies along Cubao and Anonas
A travel to commercial centers
Cubao has been highly known for its various terminals of bus, Utility Vehicle Express and point route of most of the jeepneys and even the station for Light Rail Transit (LRT) Line 2. Together with these, chains of malls blossom out since 19th century. Major shopping malls like Ali Mall (named after Muhammad Ali after his fight in the Mall in 1976 and the first major shopping mall in the Philippines), Gateway Mall (which is linked to that train’s Cubao station in 2004), SM Cubao (1980) and many more.
Meanwhile, Anonas is famous for its thrift shops or prominent to Filipinos as ukay ukay. It is all one of the center for numerous schools like Technological Institute of the Philippines (TIP), World Citi Colleges (WCC) and TESDA Call Center Accredited school.
- What can you see in this blog:
- •Brief Historical Background
- -Cubao
- -Anonas
- •How to get to Cubao and Anonas
- •Things to do
- -at Cubao
- -at Anonas
Brief History
Let me start in the historical context of Cubao. According to folktales, Cubao was once a jungle inhabited by whote ants, termites and shape-shifting witches who usually take the form of hunchback. When a spaniard asked a man on where was he, the man asked the kid beside him,
“Kuba, o!”
the kid replied
pointing at the hunchback. Since then, “Kuba, o!” Has transcripted to Cubao, hence the present name of the place.
Also we should not forget about Araneta Coliseum. When the Coliseum opened in 1960, it started the commercial establishments to sprout around it to becomr the booming Araneta Shopping Center as it is today. The Coliseum is somehow also ne of the landmarks on the country due to various local and international artists performed at Araneta Center such as John Legend, Taylor Swift, Register ne Velasquez, Vice Ganda and Sarah Geronimo.
As many believed, Anonas (Annona verticula) or custard apple, once gre abundantly along Barangay Quirino, Project 3. In early 1950s, with accordance to the naming scheme by then President Elpidio Quirino, it has been the adopted name of the place.
Another short historic story is that the street was named after the Anonas family that settled inhhe area and built a facrory near the river who was originated from Iba, Zambles.
How to get to Cubao and Anonas
When I went to Cubao and Anonas, my checkpoint is McDonald’s Concepcion Uno, Marikina City. From there, yoy can take either a jeep or a UV. It is only a one-ride-away place from McDo just make sure to look after the signage boards that going to Cubao. You will passby Anonas along the way so no need to worry to have another ride to go there. Since there are so many point to point routes, here are the list of routes you can ride, the fare and what road they take to go to Cubao:
- Via Public Transportation:
- Jeep:
- SSS Village to Cubao: Regular-15php; Discounted- 12php (Bayan, Marikina)
- •Parang to Cubao: Regular-15php; Discouted-12php (Bayan, Marikina)
- Silangan to Cubao: Regular-20php; Discounted-16php (Marcos Highway)
- Montalban to Cubao: Regular-20php; Discounted-16php (Marcos Highway)
- UV Express:
- SSS Village & Parang to Cubao: Regular-30 (Bayan, Marikina)
- Montalban to Cubao: 40php (Bayan, Marikina)
- Via Private Vehicle:
- You can take Marquinton street that will lead you to Marcos Highway. You will get to passby Santolan LRT Station.
- You can also take Sumulong Highway at Bayan, Marikina or Sto. Niño, Marikina. It will lead you to Barangka, Marikina and cross the bridge of Marikina tulay.
Things to do in Cubao and Anonas
The are highly famous of shopping centers as well as cinema theaters. Since me and my friends cannot decide where to eat, we have decided to eat at the food court of Ali Mall.
Unlike the usual Travelogue, Cubao and Anonas has none to offer as a special cuisone of their distinct food since it has been a core for various cultures.
When we got to the food court, we have notice that they offer five cuisines specifically, Filipino, America, Japanese, Korean and Arab/Turkish. So to try them all, we split ourselves one is to one cuisine.
Second, we tried the famous thrift shops in Anonas. It is quite amusing that there ere clothes worth 15php but actually it still has a good quality. And to inform you, most of the thrift shops there are centralized or air conditioned (ITS LIKE A DEPARTMENT STORE, CLOTHING ARE BUT A LOT MORE CHEAPERRRR). You find a whole building with just thrift shops in it. One mall is linked to Anonas LRT station maybe for the customers to easily access it.
We spent our whole day appreciating Cubao and Anonas which nowadays, taken for granted because most people only see it as a passby place since it is a center for terminals. It is also unusual to have a travel on somewhere that thought you already know but turns out, it has a lot more faces to show.
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Undiscovered Venture: What lies along Anonas and Cubao 