I grew up in taman miharja phase 2 the one at maluri lrt station. Back then we only have ue3 (viva home) and jaya jusco (aeon maluri). I used to go to ue3 when i was really young and back then there were A&W, bowling alley and some shops too. I played my first bowling there. My dad would bring me to the big and spacious entrance (where you shot the scene at beginning of this video entering into the mall) to play remote control car there as it was super huge. It wasnt great since last time too. My dad told me he brought me to see the opening ceremony of the mall which they invited Stephen Chow back then as the guest. I remember walking in the mall about a few years old and afraid of the reflection of the floor tiles coz i thought it was water. Back then alot of pakistani will sell salt lamp and carpet at the first and second floor of the mall. It slowly deteriorated and closed down sooner or later and was later rebranded into viva home. Tbh, when viva home first opened, there were a lot of shops in the mall and also restaurants. Although mostly selling furniture, there were alof of gadgets shops on the highest floor selling PS and phones. They have MBO cinemas as well, gym, banquet restaurant where people will hold their wedding ceremony there. They have giant, chatime and literally alot of shops. Slowly one by one closed down. Even giant, then super seven by nsk took over but closed down too. The longest tenant is starbucks. Mr diy who had been there for so long, also closed down recently. Pos laju, rhb bank, all shut down before pandemic. Also about the club you mentioned in the video, before pandemic , alot of rich people i think its those uncles will go there every night. Every night u will see ferrari, porsche, lambo, vellfire, alphard and other expensive cars all parked outside at the valet. They will stay till early morning and then slowly leave. But after the pandemic, those sports car are no longer there. I still go to viva home once in a very blue moon like last week for xmas deco shopping at fnc. Other than that i wont go. About the hotel, apparently, alot of china guest tourists stay there. If you pass by there often, you will see alot of buses sometimes up to 20 tour buses waiting for them, im talking about now in november 2024. I think the hotel has signed a good package with a lot of the tour companies and give them good price if they bring their china tourists over and stay. I pass by this mall everyday as i drive home from work. And the china tourists from all the tour agencies had been staying there since more than 10 years ago. They come and go. Back then when viva home still have shops, we would go to the shoes shops and the workers will tell my dad they love it when china tourists come and spend in their shop as they would buy lots and lots of shoes without looking at the price. This was about 10 years ago or more.
Thanks for sharing your experience of the mall. It really gives me more perspective on the mall and what it used to be like. Sad to know that many of the shops didn't survive . Sob sob
Ahhh my bad. Will remove the discord sounds and background music in the future. My bad. Thought that it could add some flair to the walkthrough, but I guess it's too distracting at times. Thanks for the heads up!
I grew up in Wangsa Maju. Had been to the mall many times, feel like it's still doing good compared to many other malls in the PJ and Cheras area. Or is there something about the mall I am not aware of? :)
@ i stayed in wangsa maju desa setapak in 2005-2013.. i worked in shop in alpha angle.since then i never visit this place bcause too far from damansara😂 i missed this place
I've spent my college years 1998-2000 there which they used to call UE3. Those days we always hangout for movies on the top floor. Used to be quite a vibrant mall even without Xtra. They used to have McDonalds, Pizzahut, Sushi King and chafan. Also, all these wedding gown exhibition on the top floor. They've tried to revive but don't seems to work. They need to at least bring in a hypermarket or bigger mob to boost it up.
Thanks for sharing your experience and history on this place. Ya it is sad that the reviving effort didn't work out. But still hope that eventually some white knight could come and save this mall.
Thanks for sharing. Keep up the good work. This type of video will get more views.
I grew up in taman miharja phase 2 the one at maluri lrt station. Back then we only have ue3 (viva home) and jaya jusco (aeon maluri). I used to go to ue3 when i was really young and back then there were A&W, bowling alley and some shops too. I played my first bowling there. My dad would bring me to the big and spacious entrance (where you shot the scene at beginning of this video entering into the mall) to play remote control car there as it was super huge. It wasnt great since last time too. My dad told me he brought me to see the opening ceremony of the mall which they invited Stephen Chow back then as the guest. I remember walking in the mall about a few years old and afraid of the reflection of the floor tiles coz i thought it was water. Back then alot of pakistani will sell salt lamp and carpet at the first and second floor of the mall. It slowly deteriorated and closed down sooner or later and was later rebranded into viva home. Tbh, when viva home first opened, there were a lot of shops in the mall and also restaurants. Although mostly selling furniture, there were alof of gadgets shops on the highest floor selling PS and phones. They have MBO cinemas as well, gym, banquet restaurant where people will hold their wedding ceremony there. They have giant, chatime and literally alot of shops. Slowly one by one closed down. Even giant, then super seven by nsk took over but closed down too. The longest tenant is starbucks. Mr diy who had been there for so long, also closed down recently. Pos laju, rhb bank, all shut down before pandemic. Also about the club you mentioned in the video, before pandemic , alot of rich people i think its those uncles will go there every night. Every night u will see ferrari, porsche, lambo, vellfire, alphard and other expensive cars all parked outside at the valet. They will stay till early morning and then slowly leave. But after the pandemic, those sports car are no longer there. I still go to viva home once in a very blue moon like last week for xmas deco shopping at fnc. Other than that i wont go.
About the hotel, apparently, alot of china guest tourists stay there. If you pass by there often, you will see alot of buses sometimes up to 20 tour buses waiting for them, im talking about now in november 2024. I think the hotel has signed a good package with a lot of the tour companies and give them good price if they bring their china tourists over and stay. I pass by this mall everyday as i drive home from work. And the china tourists from all the tour agencies had been staying there since more than 10 years ago. They come and go. Back then when viva home still have shops, we would go to the shoes shops and the workers will tell my dad they love it when china tourists come and spend in their shop as they would buy lots and lots of shoes without looking at the price. This was about 10 years ago or more.
Thanks for sharing your experience of the mall. It really gives me more perspective on the mall and what it used to be like. Sad to know that many of the shops didn't survive . Sob sob
Bro the discord sound at the beginning of the video tricked me. I thought it was my discord.
Ahhh my bad. Will remove the discord sounds and background music in the future. My bad. Thought that it could add some flair to the walkthrough, but I guess it's too distracting at times. Thanks for the heads up!
Viva forever
Viva forever!
can you update the alpha angle shopping centre in wangsa maju sek 2. please
I grew up in Wangsa Maju. Had been to the mall many times, feel like it's still doing good compared to many other malls in the PJ and Cheras area. Or is there something about the mall I am not aware of? :)
@ i stayed in wangsa maju desa setapak in 2005-2013.. i worked in shop in alpha angle.since then i never visit this place bcause too far from damansara😂 i missed this place
Unplanned development leading to "new malls" killing "old malls" around KL/Selangor is the norm... U get what I mean
Ya that's true. Malls sprouting left, right, centre. Most new developments marketed as "mixed development" nowadays..
I've spent my college years 1998-2000 there which they used to call UE3. Those days we always hangout for movies on the top floor. Used to be quite a vibrant mall even without Xtra. They used to have McDonalds, Pizzahut, Sushi King and chafan. Also, all these wedding gown exhibition on the top floor. They've tried to revive but don't seems to work. They need to at least bring in a hypermarket or bigger mob to boost it up.
Thanks for sharing your experience and history on this place. Ya it is sad that the reviving effort didn't work out. But still hope that eventually some white knight could come and save this mall.
I guess even you've a quickie at a lonely stair case also nobody knows.
The whole purpose of quickies is that they are quick.😂
Yikes
You may do more mall content in ampang / pandan area. Many partly utilised and some already dead malls. Do remove the background music though.
Thanks for the suggestion. Yup, will defintely do more research on malls in those area. :)
It's quite similar to 1Shamelin Mall, most of the escalator are malfunctioned
I haven't explored that mall yet. Thanks for letting me know. Will do some research and check out this next. :)
Viva doom 😅