Monday, June 23, 2008
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Vacation Mode Still
One of my achievements when I started working aside from having my own money and spending it without getting the consent of your parents is that I can go travel. I was really excited with my Cebu trip. I have been planning it since last year. Booking for the hotel was done in march, good thing I booked early because the hotel has increased their rates in May. My trip will be from June 12 - 15, departure is at 4:30 am manila time and arrival to manila is at 9:30pm manila time.
I have kept on counting the days and nights before my much awaited vacation, excitement has filled me though it would just be me and Jovey (boyfriend).
June 12 came, I was not able to sleep on the 11th due to excitement and also Jovey stayed in our house in order to lessen the taxi fair from their house to ours. We left our house at 2am and arrived at the airport at 2:30am. checked in, paid the terminal fee and also let the guards inspect our bags. Everything was finished in a jiffy, we waited till 4am to be able to board the plane. I am really excited.. this would be my first plane ride ever!
First Day:
arrived to Cebu at around 5:30am, we got our bags and the hotel car has fetched us up. We were not able to have an early check in to the hotel, there were no standard rooms available as of the moment. So we went to the taoist temple, got some pictures and lighted incense. afterwards went to the sto. nino church to pray and also light candles... We were really sleepy upon arrival and wished to rest. :( so we decided to watch kung fu panda in sm cebu but was postponed when the hotel texted us that the room already available for us. we headed straight to the hotel and slept till 1pm, good thing we ate rice for breakfast in jollibee.... 1pm came we woke up, took a bath and went to ayala mall to watch kung fu panda!!! the mall is nice, easy to get lost in. ate dinner at kublai khan (a P200 eat all you can meal).
Second Day:
We went to the beach! Tambuli Beach Club... we were so blessed to have encountered a good taxi driver that was willing to tour us to different places. after going to the beach we went to TOPS, while on the way going there, we first went to lapu-lapu shrine, got some pics of lapu-lapu and the shrine itself, went to IT park which is like eastwood here in manila. arrived at TOPS by 4pm. We were so amazed with the view from there, you can really see the whole cebu from there. the air is so fresh, its so relaxing... we waited there until the sun set to see the view at night. We bought chicken from sr. pedro and ate it at the hotel for dinner...
Third Day:
This is the day where we need to really be serious, its buying "Pasalubongs" for our family and friends here in manila. Jovey's friend Kris accompanied us to Tabo-An the place where the famous danggit will be found, we bought some of our pasalubongs there, she also took us to carbon where I was able to bargain a cebu keychain for P10 where in they sell it here in manila for P80. everything was cheap there especially the food but with big serving. We ate lunch at Case Verde, yummy baby back ribs and squid.. :) ate dessert at La Marea where Kris' friend Leslie drove us there, their oreo triffle was yummy... ate dinner at The Gustavian, fancy french restaurant with still yummy food. Stayed late that night since Kris and Leslie's other friends wanted to go gimik, we went to K1 at the Crossroads and they sang till almost 1am. :)
Fourth Day:
Final shopping for pasalubongs... we went back and forth to ayala aahaha... we ate lunch at Royal Concourse, an eat all you can buffet for P168 per person. :) left the hotel by 6PM and arrived at the airport by 6:30PM.
I really missed cebu, and will surely go back there again, and yes I'm still on vacation mode up until now... :)
I have kept on counting the days and nights before my much awaited vacation, excitement has filled me though it would just be me and Jovey (boyfriend).
June 12 came, I was not able to sleep on the 11th due to excitement and also Jovey stayed in our house in order to lessen the taxi fair from their house to ours. We left our house at 2am and arrived at the airport at 2:30am. checked in, paid the terminal fee and also let the guards inspect our bags. Everything was finished in a jiffy, we waited till 4am to be able to board the plane. I am really excited.. this would be my first plane ride ever!
First Day:
arrived to Cebu at around 5:30am, we got our bags and the hotel car has fetched us up. We were not able to have an early check in to the hotel, there were no standard rooms available as of the moment. So we went to the taoist temple, got some pictures and lighted incense. afterwards went to the sto. nino church to pray and also light candles... We were really sleepy upon arrival and wished to rest. :( so we decided to watch kung fu panda in sm cebu but was postponed when the hotel texted us that the room already available for us. we headed straight to the hotel and slept till 1pm, good thing we ate rice for breakfast in jollibee.... 1pm came we woke up, took a bath and went to ayala mall to watch kung fu panda!!! the mall is nice, easy to get lost in. ate dinner at kublai khan (a P200 eat all you can meal).
Second Day:
We went to the beach! Tambuli Beach Club... we were so blessed to have encountered a good taxi driver that was willing to tour us to different places. after going to the beach we went to TOPS, while on the way going there, we first went to lapu-lapu shrine, got some pics of lapu-lapu and the shrine itself, went to IT park which is like eastwood here in manila. arrived at TOPS by 4pm. We were so amazed with the view from there, you can really see the whole cebu from there. the air is so fresh, its so relaxing... we waited there until the sun set to see the view at night. We bought chicken from sr. pedro and ate it at the hotel for dinner...
Third Day:
This is the day where we need to really be serious, its buying "Pasalubongs" for our family and friends here in manila. Jovey's friend Kris accompanied us to Tabo-An the place where the famous danggit will be found, we bought some of our pasalubongs there, she also took us to carbon where I was able to bargain a cebu keychain for P10 where in they sell it here in manila for P80. everything was cheap there especially the food but with big serving. We ate lunch at Case Verde, yummy baby back ribs and squid.. :) ate dessert at La Marea where Kris' friend Leslie drove us there, their oreo triffle was yummy... ate dinner at The Gustavian, fancy french restaurant with still yummy food. Stayed late that night since Kris and Leslie's other friends wanted to go gimik, we went to K1 at the Crossroads and they sang till almost 1am. :)
Fourth Day:
Final shopping for pasalubongs... we went back and forth to ayala aahaha... we ate lunch at Royal Concourse, an eat all you can buffet for P168 per person. :) left the hotel by 6PM and arrived at the airport by 6:30PM.
I really missed cebu, and will surely go back there again, and yes I'm still on vacation mode up until now... :)
