Why go to 1Borneo Hypermall Sabah?
Papaadmin June 23rd, 2008 | Viewed 4,447 views
Why ah? I also don’t know. It’s the new thing. It’s the new happening in town. If you are living around Kota Kinabalu, you should at least once go here. Why? Well, our CM said so. Yes, that is Chief Minister Datuk Musa Aman said so. Hahaha.
So many things to see and they are really so many shops there. I have like in a hundred of shots just on my first visit. It’s a ‘Normal’ thing for a busy Papa like me. When you seldom go out, new thing like this sure attract my attention and definitely my camera 1GB memory won’t be enough. 
I do not want to spoil the fun, but here one shot I like among many. On my 2nd visit night time almost close at 9pm. I like it because my twins are there and even our nanny auntie also there. Remember my expired driving licence post? Yeah, I mentioned there. So happy to just survived the expired driving licence that I drove them all there to 1Borneo.
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Family man like me sure like to go places like this. Anything cheap for the family is my shop. Hahaha. Just being honest to myself. No need eksyen-eksyen kan 
One place my son love to go is this lot …
I wanna share you all with this picture. If Daiso installing one of the security camera or something like this ademco, my twin number two son Presley sure been tackle to the ground and handcuff to the stroller for stealing the toy without paying.
Hahaha. Just kidding. So why go to 1Borneo Hypermall again? I know I go there because my Josh likes it and wife want to visit the Daiso again. There done.
June 23rd, 2008 at 9:27 pm
wuah toy store!!!! XD the time i went there blum buka lagi wuah so much fun!
June 23rd, 2008 at 9:51 pm
Wah. Now KK already happening place lah this.. lawan KL already.
June 23rd, 2008 at 10:03 pm
emm..how is the business there? hubby has been thinking to buy one unit there..
June 23rd, 2008 at 11:13 pm
My wife and me are planning to go there but we haven’t find the time nor the money to do so…sooner or later 1Borneo will be conquered by out foot…
June 23rd, 2008 at 11:35 pm
that Boo-Boo Land looks interesting…LOL!
June 23rd, 2008 at 11:37 pm
wah must go there if got the time..window shopping only.. lol
June 24th, 2008 at 4:03 am
Looks like there are quite a few fun stores there!
June 24th, 2008 at 10:37 am
wah!! I love..i love..
Will visit one borneo bulan 11 nanti..
June 24th, 2008 at 2:20 pm
@massy –
massy – ada yg blum buka lagi like the inflatable playground.
@Kay Kastum –
Kay – no need lawan KL lah. They are so much in front already. we Sabahan always support Sabahan stuffs first bah… so ours always the best one.. even though in reality not
@huisia –
huisia – thinking of buying? alamak.. i think its already sold out lah. Unless hubby willing to buy second hand. Not sure about the business side. I know I like to go there whenever opportunity arise.
@nimrodjo –
nimrodjo – oh come on.. just come. no need that much money bah. Window shopping cost no money like us. Duit Minyak petrol from Kudat sajalah… kasi ready
@chegu carol –
carol – oh yes. my son can confirmed that. Bankrupt kami kena bayar the games inside. Use its own card u know.
@Mr. Rajawang –
rajawang – what window shopping only? You from Papar mahkan… tahkan window tinguk2 ja. and with adsense money.. sure more than enough bah…kekeke.
@Beth –
Beth – oh yes… fun stores.. more more pls.
@kaDusMama –
Kadusmama – bah.. jgn lupa buzz kami bila kau turun.. maybe can celebrate my birthday di Boo Boo Land tu .. hahahahaha
June 24th, 2008 at 3:48 pm
Waah, got Daiso also ah, 1borneo. With this main new shopping attraction, I hope KK, will never again be congested during weekends. huhuhu…
Banyak beli barang ka papa J?
June 24th, 2008 at 6:17 pm
Hi PapaJ! Been there tapi macam funny jugak lah masuk shopping mall separuh siap ni! LOL!
Okay okay lah jugak. Ndak lah jugak sia kesiokan berabis. (Lega jugak si husband). hahaha.. I heard about the Boo Boo land but ndak sempat pegi because had to send the husband to the airport oredi. But the husband complain when we eat at Penang Village. Tia sedap dia bilang. But it’s not just because he’s an original penangite.. but I also feel macam ada kureeengg sikit.
But I show Buddy the picture of Boo Boo land.. dia excited sudah mau pegi..
June 25th, 2008 at 3:25 pm
We went there for a while last week and we were not impressed to see so many lalat – inside Big Apple restaurant, imagine?!
June 25th, 2008 at 3:53 pm
@lab papa –
lab papa – lagilah congested on weekends… but i dont care coz i seldom go out on weekends with family… im more on weekdays… im working on weekends
Mana ada banyak barang … teda chance tinguk… anak2 sibuk tarik sana sini hahahhaa
@Shemah –
Shemah – ya the boo boo land kira oklah.. bankrupt juga if u dont control. not that many games but enoughlah to occupy the kids time.
Im not sure about what Buddy like, but myJosh gila tu one game that shoot aliens.. hahaha. I probably go there just for that… as long as the kids happy, im happy to follow.
@Jewelle –
Welcome back Jewelle.
Yalah… I go there as i said above becoz josh like to go for the playgrounds and wife to daiso.. not for eating. i heard lotsa people complaining their foods there…
i heard even more horror story about the food there from reliable sources .. but i wont blog about it. 1Borneo is still in progress project. Im sure later on will be better… im not talking about the food though. After all if its really happening as their claimed, I will be really proud to propose 1Borneo again to others. After all, it is in Sabah. Support local place. Not the eaterylah for now
June 27th, 2008 at 1:19 am
Hi PapaJ..
Have a nice day… bah, ada good news ka?
ME no like 1Borneo, so is my kids.. (Maybe its too big for Lil C.. His fav is CT Mall~lagi teda kadai sana). Not young family friendly.. Doesnt provide baby changing room, not even a table to change baby in the toilet. Imagine, if I hadda change baby’s poopoo at Starbucks’! ewww! The so-called ‘trendy’ sinks are totally unhygenic, imagine urg ludah di sana… ewww2x.. hehehe.. Anyways, ada saja bah kan mo komplen.
June 27th, 2008 at 11:18 am
@joandarcy –
Complaint is good as long as it constructive.. membina. I hope the official or the management of 1Borneo can see all these comments and complaints here so that they will improve on it. If not, it is their lost.
Ada good news… food poisoning and Spain to the final
June 27th, 2008 at 11:08 pm
I’ve been there twice, first time alone to claim two free movie ticket la kunun but then fulamak gilak panjangnya que, 8 jam kau berbaris pun blum tentu dapat, bikin panat lutut ja, then tiket gerenti abis suda tuh.
Kay Kastum : Hmm.. I don’t think not yet la bro, but one thing for sure, KL masi bulum lawan KK is all the pilaks around.. he! he!
KadusMama : Wah! lama jugak bulan 11.. or but then must be lots of shop suda buka that kan.
Jewelle : Adidih!! banyak lalat.. Big Apple lagi that.
p/s: Hundreds shots.. wah bulih tahan ko PapaJ, sampai one particular guy that I kenal pun ko ada accidentally tersnap la that.
July 3rd, 2008 at 10:47 am
hey papaj, i just came back from this place…. visited yr state but didn’t disturb u coz my huby ‘shy’ lar… anyway, it was a short trip & we also popped into 1Borneo…very cool place for KK, rite?
just had a post on Garama Wetland…free do drop by, yr comment will be valuable, hehehe
July 3rd, 2008 at 11:11 am
@eshark –
eshark – sorry ah. lambat reply ah. Actually kau ni boleh jadi editor sia. jawab semua comments sini. hahahaha.
who is that guy that i accidentally tersnap tu? where2?
@jacss –
jacss – what??!! You were in KK and u did not call us??? Oh my… oh well, next time then
My twins big enough meet your twins very big already. MyJosh sure love to meet them 
I will drop by but now ok. Got office work. Exciting Garama Wetland
August 10th, 2009 at 12:41 pm
Hi papaj,
Interesting blog you’ve got going here. I actually wanted to write an email complaining about the toilet facilities but the official website doesn’t even have an email for correspondence! Looks like i’ll have to do it the snail mail way.
Great photos by the way! I visited the place twice last week (was back in KK for a wedding & holiday so decided to pop in to 1 Borneo but am back in Aust. now).
The mall is huge and carries a lot of good major tenancies (although I didn’t manage to walk around the entire mall!), however, the finish of the tilies, int he general malls, the toilets, the cubicle doors etc were APPALLING!
I LOVE KK to death but the quality of the finish is just a farce, really. I’m an architect & have worked on a few shopping centres in Australia and I can honestly say, I would not have approved the finishes prior to nor after opening.
It actually really saddens me to see a potential great development tarnished by bad management and money hungry investors. The entry could have been finshed with a different material but a big mass of concrete just dates – even before it opened and I’m not the only one that thinks this.
It could be so much better! And I heard why the toilets were not really kept ‘clean’ even though we had to pay 30cents to enter, it’s because the shopping centre management fialed to pay the cleaners! WHY ARE WE PAYING $0.30 per entry to a toilet:
1. that is not clean and smells horrible
2. where not all the taps are working properly
3. where the finishes are badly done, sealants everywhere, tiles chipped and broken
4. no facilities for parents with babies or young children
5. where the cisterns do not flush properly
My list is never ending!
I may sound like an ungrateful ex-pat but I’m not, I’m just amazed that with so much money invested, they churn out crap construction and design.I’m angry at the management, I’m angry at the investors, I’m angry at people who concocted the whole hypermall idea but never bother to see everything through and mostly, again at the MANAGEMENT! They are doing a lousy job!
We are supposed to develop properties to provide for a better KK, instead, each time I go back to KK, I hear of things that just haven’t been developed properly. Sure, we have flyovers, new shopping malls and a beaming waterfront but look at the big picture, the investors, management etc, these people are only using the developments to obtain monetary gains for themselves, I do not see which part did they have KK’s best interest at heart. They should first provide good facilities, the best security becasue the mall is so huge, better designs and ENOUGH with the corruption!!! for Pete’s sake, FIRE the people who bring KK down and HIRE the right people! and pay them right as well, SHEESH!!!!!
I always promote KK to people in Australia, telling them how friendly the people are and great the outdoors are in KK but the feedback I’ve received from my friends who have visited KK, great place, love your parents, loe the food, but the amll facilities arereally not up to par.
sorry people, no offense to anyone but just had to share my more than 2 cents worth.
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carol
August 10th, 2009 at 1:29 pm
@CW –
carol – thanks for the “more than 2 cents worth of comment”
I heard a lot of this complaints and I understood people thinking what they’re thinking of 1Borneo. I hope the management staffs see this so they know that they have this problem and people really don’t like it.
So far, honestly, I never have bad experience while in 1Borneo. I seldom, thinking about it, never use the toilet.. so i don’t know and I seldom got the time to watch all the tiles and design. Most of my time keeping sure my kids not running around knocking things off their shelfs. hahaha. When time to go out, straight to the parking lot. Till now, i never really enjoy 1Borneo to the fullest. I probably had enjoyed Midvalley in KL more than anything here in KK…. other than our own backyard CKS supermarket. hehehe.
Anyway, I still hope the management sees this. I hate to see 1Borneo go down as bad to other tourist … coz like it or not, 1Borneo in some weird twist, represent KK Sabah development. Sigh.
August 19th, 2009 at 3:57 pm
Thanks papaj for ‘listening’… to my crazy rantings!!…LOL
yeah, I have to agree about 1borneo representing the development…
It’s just what I notice first, but that’s regardless of where I am, it’s just in my natuer to notice such things, otehrwise i’m not very good at my job now am I..;)
I’m sure most shopping centre patrons do not notice the cracked tiles..but they’ll notice it if their child or someone trips over them and injures themselves!!!
When you get a chance, Papaj, check the toilets out =)
In the meantime, i’m still trying to complain to 1borneo, to get their act together! It’s a pity i’m this far away, otherwise I’d go stright to the management office! they’d probably throw me out! LOL!
Take care and God Bless!
Carol
December 13th, 2009 at 8:37 pm
among all the mall in kk, that’s the worse jockey service as i went there today, and apparently there was this cycling event on, and the parking lot was to be reserve for the cyclist, BUT NO SIGN BOARD OR ROAD BLOCK WAS PUT THERE STATING THAT THE PARKING AREA IS RESERVED. so my friend drove in, when there was a car in front of us too, who is also a shopper, like us, the car who came in after us, appears too be a jockey because he was in the uniform. we parked the car, and was about to come out when the jockey came and tell us to GO AWAY, in a very unpleasant manner. there was other jockey there too, but they kept silent and did not tell the car who came in before us to move. so my friend tell the jockey that why don’t you ask the other car to go, he refuse to answer and tell us to GET OUT OF THE PARKING LOT!!so my friend said to him, if this is the parking for cyclist, why did you park your car here as you are a jockey, and not a cyclist, he answered: i’m different, i’m on duty, not like you, coming here to shop! we told him that there is no sign that says the area is reserved, or no road block thing is there to prevent us to come in. he answered in malay: what i say is what you should do, meaning that he is right, we are wrong, and you go away now or else your car shall be in a disaster. so we reversed, and then a car came in and park there again, we stop by the road side and see, they did not take action towards the car driver, who is a lady with 3 children, who is a shopper, not a cyclist.
i’ll call the management and review the matter to them for action. if no action is taken or apologies is given to us, then we’ll call daily express hotline and send them the picture i’ve taken of the parking lot, with tha lady shopper, to take action.