My #SMSelfie: SM City Cagayan de Oro

This probably isn't my first time visiting SM City Cagayan de Oro, this was during my Christmas Job in April of 2012 with these kind Sales Clerk of Bags Department where I was assigned.

Order of Visit: 3rd
Preceded by: SM Mall of Asia
Succeeded by: SM City Cebu
Date of First Visit: Between May or June 2011
Companion: None
Purpose of Visit: Get a Certificate of Enrollment from SM Foundation, Inc.
What I Bought: During this visit, I couldn't remember if I bought something, but this Mall is special to me since I've worked here so many times during Christmas Season and Summer season, and this is the Mall that I have been so many times that I couldn't count it how many times I've been here. So many things I've bought here for sure.

As an SM Scholar, we're also given opportunity to work during Christmas and Summer vacations, and because I don't have classes during summer vacations, I always avail this opportunity to buy school supplies for the coming opening of the school year. All Christmas Job and Summer Job I worked at SM except the December of 2011 when Typhoon Sendong struck Cagayan de Oro.

On my first summer Job, I was assigned at Bags Department for the month of April and was transferred to Ladies Shoes in May for another one month.

That was a bit challenging because I can't immediately relate to what the customers need ha-ha. But it's just a matter of learning with a bit of flexibility to learn the basics of selling. I learned a lot from the Parisian, to Cosé, Heartstring, Belladonna, and all the brand's and types.

I made a lot of good friends at SM because I was assigned at different departments. A month after, I was moved to Ladies Shoes. It's a bit sad because I am already used to work with the bags people. They are very nice to me, all my Ates and Kuyas at Bags department are very nice and kind. But it's part of the job and I need to move on from the bags. Ha-ha.

Time for the shoes. The Ladies Shoes. Where you encounter a whole lot of different characters of customers. But the key thing is, be patient to the customers no matter what. This is where I first learn the "LS C.O" code when I go to stock room. That means I'm calling the stock Clerk of LS (Ladies Shoes) because there is a C.O or customer order. Amazing right? Ha-ha. That usually happens if the customer asks for another color or size of the item, so you need to go to the stock Clerk and check if there is available.

During Christmas Season we also work at SM. Most of the time we will be assigned at Gift Wrapping Section because of the wrapping demands especially that SM offers free gift wrap for item bought at The SM Store. I learn a lot from this department about gift wrapping and wrap folding to make a pouch and a bag. Just the basics in gift wrapping because I never had the chance to learn how to put the ribbon and the tricks in making it.

Another department I was into during my summer and Christmas Job were Snack Exchange where we learn to buy buy-one-take-one items such as chocolates and chips, Smartbuy where you can buy shirts, and other for less RTWs at The SM Store. Usually I look for this department when I visit SM Malls because I know the items here are less.

SM City Cagayan de Oro is special to me. I learn a lot from here, and I have made a lot of good friends here. They were kind. Some of them will buy me school supplies for the coming opening of the school year, and some of them bought me a pale of biscuits for the kids in the province when I went home. They were all kind and generous. That experiences and the people I've known there makes the SM City CDO special to me of all the SMs.

About SM City Cagayan de Oro from Wikipedia

Location: Cagayan de Oro
Address: Fr. Masterson Avenue Cor. Gran Via St., Pueblo de Oro Township, Uptown Carmen, Cagayan de Oro, Misamis Oriental, Philippines
Opening date: November 15, 2002
Developer: SM Prime Holdings
Management: SM Prime Holdings
Owner: Henry Sy, Sr.
No. of stores and services: 300+
No. of anchor tenants: 9 (as of 2012)
Total retail floor area: 87,000+ sqm.
No. of floors: Main building 3, Car-park building 4
Parking: 2,000+ cars

Quick Info: SM City Cagayan de Oro is a shopping mall owned and operated by SM Prime Holdings, the largest mall operator in the Philippines. It is the first SM Supermall in Northern Mindanao. The mall, which is surrounded by subdivisions and condominiums, is located on Fr. Masterson Avenue Cor. Gran Via St., Pueblo de Oro Township, Uptown Carmen, Cagayan de Oro City, Misamis Oriental. It opened on November 15, 2002 with a total gross floor area of 87,000+ sqm. on a 5.2 hectares land.