12 Jan 2007

After breakfast, we headed out to the shopping mall just to get another piece of luggage for all his junk, receiving laughter from the hotel staff as we got in. We already knew they were gossiping, but they couldn't hold it in when he was dragging in his new travel bag. Honestly, I would have too, and I was laughing behind him anyway.  Soon it was time to say goodbye to Sniffy and company and head home.

Looks Kinda Boring Colour-Wise


Couldn't They Serve A Slice Of Buko Pie?

11 Jan 2007

Day 3, and it's time to just relax and do some shopping. Seems like when we asked everyone that has been to the Philippines recently, the highlight of their whole shopping trip was when they stepped into a place called the Mall Of Asia, which was apparently a really huge shopping mall. So we headed there to see for ourselves, and it's true that it's huge, but somehow it didn't impress me. Well the only shopping mall that did is Siam Paragon just because it has an aquarium in the basement. It did have a carousel right smack out of nowhere but I guess if you build a place that huge, you might as well upsize everything, including the kiddy rides.

Not Your Average Kiddy Ride

The highlight of the place, or so says Mark, are the piers that lead out towards the sea from the mall itself. It would've been better if it ended up partially out at sea but it was nice nonetheless. Airol obviously wasn't impressed with it as most people were. He was impatiently waiting for me to get all the pics I wanted.

Click Me for a view of the sea from MOA.

After booking a night's stay at the Swisshotel when we get back, because he wanted to "rejunivate" from his "jetlag", as well as made sure we got all our stuff from each other, we headed off on our glutton hunt again. This time we ended up at just one place, the Congo Grille Restaurant, that pulled me in because they served up the Bulalo Soup I had been hunting for during the whole trip. We still ended up over-ordering, but then some things were worth chucking in the bin. However, I was so excited about my soup that I didn't even take photos.

Enjoying Life? More Like Kidding Ourselves.

After dinner, I started packing and was glad I managed to get all the heavy stuff into my luggage and only had the crackers to carry, although it was quite a bit. Airol however, gave up on packing as there was no hope of him getting it all into his tiny travel bags.

10 Jan 2007

Good thing we kept our curtains closed the whole night. The sun came up really early and it was as bright as mid-day when Airol opened the curtains at 9am, blinding the both of us, who reacted like vampires. After a shock like that, we just had to get out of bed and it was off to check out the buffet breakfast, forgetting to take my camera with me. Coffee was rather crappy, but other than that, the breakfast was something to look forward to the next morning. After breakfast, it was time to get ourselves to Airol's long awaited appointment for his extra special smile.

2 hours after all the excitement and form-filling at the clinic, K. Nurul emerges a new person, though in pain, and slightly numb, scared, and slightly confused. We get his meds and head back to the hotel, by which time, the poor boy was already sleeping in the cab. Why do I travel with people who just fall asleep with the snap of your fingers? I need to know their secrets. Once we got back, it was time to hunt for my dinner cos he wasn't supposed to eat anything but ice cream for 2 days. But being the glutton that he is, he decided to go against orders and get some food, and once again it was Shakeys, but he overdid it with a pizza.

After we had dinner, the night was still young and since he wanted to get some souvenirs from Hard Rock Cafe, we decided to catch a cab there. Thinking that the driver was out to try and cheat us as he didn't turn the meter on, we were deciding on how much we should pay him and just as we did, we arrived at our destination. The whole ride took us about 3 minutes and it was basically right across our hotel. Honestly we felt rather dumb, but the driver was nice enough not to give us a flat fee and even helped us with some questions regarding the trip we had planned for the next day. So well, we gave him a little more than we would have needed to but honestly it wasn't even much.

We headed straight to the gift shop as that was Airol's sole purpose and he bought the whole store. We then headed in to enjoy the live band, and some complimentary iced teas, while Mr Vain tried to bring the swelling down with more ice cream. For one who's afraid of getting fatter, he sure didn't mind all those ice creams.

9 Jan 2007

One of my best buds from Shatec asked if I would accompany him on his trip to the Philippines, with the biggest cost to me being just my flight there. As I've actually promised him that I would make the trip quite a while ago, he didn't really have to ask if I would go but rather if I could make it. Well lucky for him, I would get back from Australia just 2 days before he had to leave and so off we went.

We started the whole trip rather badly, being almost late for our flight. I didn't know how he made it but he ran past me on the way to the gate and I didn't see him at all. That boy must've been really working out, or he might just be hiding his blue & red spandex suit under all his clothes? The flight was alright except for the turbulence throughout the flight which gave us some problems with filling in our arrival cards. The shaking didn't really bother Airol though, he happily played some movie on his iPod and actually fell asleep after our meal. We both decided on the seafood meal and got the usual meal I've been getting, the only difference this time was the yummy dessert. Finally I get a dessert that was straight-forward, simple, plus enjoyable in a shaky plane!

Travelling In Style






Yum...


My Window Is Cracking!!!

The hotel was chosen by Airol and he sure did a good job in picking one right opposite a huge shopping mall. Although it apparently isn't the biggest shopping mall in the Philippines, it was still big enough for him to get lost in. We get to the hotel and was greeted by our guard dog, Sniffy, taking a whiff of our luggage before we headed in. With lots of time after checking in, even though it's really dark at 7pm, we got into our comfy shoes and headed out to get supplies as well as dinner. I guess we over did the dinner part, or as I still say he overdid the dinner, by ordering a whole basket of Mojos from Shakeys.

Sniffy & Trainer

Hotel Room's View @ Night




B4 Turndown


After Turndown... No Biggie


See The Big Tray Of Mojos Top Left?

07 Jan 2007

The previous week was basically spent shopping and catching up with friends and family. We met up with Sheeda and Mark, and even spent a day at the beach with Mark's sons. 

Brendan's mom, Billie, her boyfriend and Brendan's lil sis Molly, who's one really smart girl, also flew into town and I got to spend a few days with them as well. Billie had us over for dinner and it was strange yet fun, but Wai Ling kinda spoiled all the fun everyone was having. Got to meet Wai Ling's sis, who was a much nicer person, and she could really eat for a tiny person. Last day I got to spend with them was at Cottesloe Beach, shared a big seafood platter with Molly & Brendan, and ended the day with some Gelato.

Best time I guess was spending that quiet night with my uncle after Brendan pissed me off. Maybe it's the drive alone, maybe it's just that I got to rant and maybe it's because I got to pig out with someone who really knew how to.

Sis and I got to spend a few days alone while Brendan was with Billie, and it allowed us to get some shopping done before I had to fly back home. Wai Ling had to stupid idea to have a last gathering at Yanchep before I left, which my sis thankfully declined. Well... I would've gone just for Billie and Molly, they were really adorable in their own sweet ways, but a day before my early flight and with packing to do wasn't a good idea.

Last Day With Molly & Brendan at Cottesloe

Breakfast From Perth.

01 Jan 2007

"Hi Ma'am, this is a random breath check, could you please blow into this until I tell you to stop."

Lo and behold, I didn't blow long enough the very first time I tried. I tried my best and started to cough at the end of the whole thing and all the policewoman could say was "I'm sorry that's not enough, I need you to blow again and stop when I tell you to." In a rather prissy tone as well.... Well hey, I wasn't ready to huff and puff into a little bitty tube when Uncle Shane had been smoking next to me just minutes earlier.

Anyway, managed to get a deep breath and got it right the 2nd time... whoopididoo! I wondered what I actually got. I didn't have any alcohol but I just wonder if the meter shows other stuff. Another thing I'm wondering is if they change the tube... Looked like it wasn't changed but she didn't show me either... all I know is that she removed the plastic cover from it and told me to blow... finally putting that plastic thing back over. Hope it's used to pull mine out before it's replaced. Eck!

I just wonder what if my sis was made to do the test, if the alcohol from last night was gonna show up. Hahaha!

Blew The House Down