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Manila Bay at dusk, seen from the esplanade beside the SM Mall of Asia complex in Pasay.

Everyday life around the Mall of Asia

Thinking about living in the Philippines?

Find rental and sale posts, everyday services, announced events and actual receipt costs around Bay City, Pasay.

Explore local listings, open the original posts for details, and plan with dated costs in PHP, CAD and USD.

What is on offer here

The services, the units and what is on

Dated posts from the groups around the mall: the everyday help people offer, the units for rent and for sale, and the shows announced at the arena and the convention centre. Every row keeps the date it was seen and links back to the exact original post.

Where is this

The local area

Bay City, Pasay. Land reclaimed from Manila Bay, beside the SM Mall of Asia complex: the mall, the arena, the convention centre, and the Shore, Shell, Sea and S residences. The bay is in front, the airport to the south-east.

What it costs today

What rent costs here

Recorded long-term asking amounts beside the Mall of Asia, October 2026. These are not signed leases.
LevelPHP a monthCADUSDEUR
Low12,000272191170
Mid15,000341239212
High18,000409287255

Rates of 6 October 2026: 1 CAD = 44.0420 PHP, 1 USD = 62.7410 PHP, 1 EUR = 70.6200 PHP.

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Receipt costs

The spending so far

Actual dated receipt photos, with paid PHP amounts and saved CAD and USD estimates beneath each photo.

Reading /data/ledger.json and /data/ledger-detail.json.

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Plan the practical details

Where you sit in this

Explore the decisions and costs involved in everyday life here.

What a life here is made of

Restoration: rebuilding your life

Housing, transport, income and everyday help: practical parts of planning life here.

How to follow it

The letter

9 US dollars a month.

My stories of the week, the calendar in detail with the receipts, the money line by line, the places and people I found, down to their contacts.

Free to join. No payment before you choose the letter.

Who is talking to you

How we communicate

Source posts keep their dates and original links. Confirm provider details, availability and asking amounts in the original post.

Receipt photos are actual originals with card numbers blurred. Scenic illustrations are separate from receipts and listing photos.

Why

Plan your everyday costs

Use dated source posts for housing and services, the events calendar for local plans, and actual receipt photos for everyday spending. Check each original source before making arrangements.

Hence the program: Restoration, rebuilding your life.