The Philippines (Part 2)

Hello! gonna head back to SG tml & so i'm gonna blog all e pics i've transferred to my com. hehe~

alright let's continue about the philippines!

this is 5th December, my birthday. Dad drove me out to

Chinatown for DimSum breakfast.

I like e name of this road sign, there's hardly any road sign ard & they r all so small n high up.

See, there's no lane dividers on the road, just drive only!

 

Lots of ppl selling stuff on the road. 

But comparing to my last trip 10yrs ago, i see much lesser homeless kids begging on the road.

Here we are, Manila Chinatown.

I dont know why all the chinatown in asia countries has to look dirty.

According to my dad, this is the chinese's fire engine. 

Somewhat like supported by the Chinese association.

I've had dimsum @ about 3-4 places during my trip. I'll say come only to chinatown, it's not fantastic but it's good enough to satisfy u if u're craving it. (to sara, fy, ernie: Better than tunglok) 

@ other places, my fried wonton turns out to be chicken filling, my har kau is steamed wonton. siew mai is plain disgusting. VERY ANNOYING.

Pretty fountain right outside china town.

Then we head off to MALL OF ASIA for my birthday cakes =)

Beautiful weather, not hot & humid like SG.

MY LOVE! I had KFC twice, it's heeeeeeeeellllllllllllllll yummy!!! the chicken parts r smaller, but e chicken here are like those in Malaysia- very tasty!

Oh! & they dont only have flavours in Original & Crispy, they also have Spicy Lime. 

See what i mean by they freaking love sour food? & I LOVE SPICY LIME!

& im very impressed with their delivery, comes with rice, ICE and plastic cups!
Maybe they dont do it in SG cos if they deliver ice to SGrean, & 2 of the ice cubes melt we will complain.

Approaching Mall of Asia!

Macapaga, Pasay City

Here's a brief intro from Wikipedia:

'SM Mall of Asia is the 3rd largest shopping mall in Asia and the 4th^[1] (Ref. Forbes' World's 10 Largest Shopping Malls) largest shopping mall in the world.' 

Reminds me a lil' of our Vivo City. 

What u see in the picture is only half of Mall of Asia, imagine an exact mirror image to what u see extending through the right of the pic.

Here's one of my dad's favourite cake shop.

The cakes r very rich so we shares 3 slices + smoothies. I like! 

My all-time fav: cheesecake, tiramisu & baileys~

Shopping in Mall of Asia will cost you about 1900 ~ 6000 Peso for a single dress. mostly 2000 ~ 3000 peso. divide it by 32.5.
it's pretty much like shopping in ION Orchard.

End of my simple birthday!

***

SO next day Uncle Charlie came back to work & i was complaining to him tt it's so expensive @ Mall of Asia, i want to find BARGAINS! Tt's e whole point of shopping overseas right?!

So he brought me to a local mall, i didnt see any tourist there.
& dad says it's where the middle class & below shops.

Dad got a blister from walkin & we had to leave be4 e local end work cos it'll be too crowded in there.
I'M DEFINITELY GOING BACK THERE NEXT TRIP!

All of the above (including the bags) cost me a total of S$77. 

E quality is slightly better than those u get in thai fleas. 

Then we da bao Andok's Chicken & Pork back for dinner.

This is the salty chicken i was telling Fangyi abt, he confirm like! 

Very well marinated!

168 is really cheap compared to what i got from the robinson's mall (Previous post). Only managed to get below for S$70. Maybe cos gifts for my sis more expensive.

***

Nothing much e next day except tt we ordered Pizza Hut Delivery.

CHEAP!

Gotta stop here, dad kp-ing cos need to walk up early for my flight. bye!

The Philippines (Part 1)

Arrived in the Philippines in the evening about 9pm, so blogging will start from Day 2.

This is the room i was supposed to slp in, but it's been converted to his personal office =/

So i gotta slp on a lousy tilam on the floor of the other room which thankfully was 3 times the size of this.

MISS MY SOLID (in a gd way) MATTRESS IN SG! *cries!*

 

& this is the roof deck pool i was intending to swim in everyday but till now i havent dip a finger into it.

Keep fit plan CANCELLED.

Becos it's a Sat & uncle charlie only has to work half day, dad is the one to drive me ard!

Visible bad traffic the moment we're out from the carpark!

& we had to turn out in the opposite direction at the outer lane, crazy.

Terrible traffic in the philippines is partly due to these colourful jeepneys.
Even in the middle of a highway, so long someone signals to board, they will stop right there to allow pickup.

I can clearly see my dad feeling annoyed whenever he drives, tt's why we're just heading to a nearby mall.

Other modes of transport.

This photo is funny to me cos i was told tt once, dad & uncle charlie walked to the nearby market to get groceries & they both squeezed into this tricycle on their way back coz dad was lazy to walk home.

 Just imagine: fat dad + uncle charlie + skinny tricycle rider. HAHAHAHAH!!..so funny.

I'm so excited to see Jollibee again! It's my fav childhood fastfood restaurant!
But now tt i try it again, i dont love e taste anymore cos the spag is too sweet for me.

However every kid love Jollibee!

Anyway a spag+chix meal is abt S$3 only.

http://www.jollibee.com.ph/

Maid cafe spotted in Manila too. Seems to pop up everywhere.

So here we are at a nearby mall

Lunch at Max's restaurant.

http://www.maxschicken.com

I freakin LOVE the soup! It's a sour taste, & pinoys beats the thais in the threshold for sourness.

U will always find calamansi served in every restaurant with every dish.

Weirdest is tt they even mix calamansi with light soy sauce.

btw i think the soup is call sinalag or something along tt line.

Back hm aft lunch cos we're heading far out for dinner.

Yes, i wana kaobei the dumb multi storey carpark @ our place.
This tight fitting barely enough for 1 car's width is actually a 2-WAY route.

So u gonna on e headlights & constantly horn to alert any car heading towards u in the opp direction. 

& parking is along the slopes (pic 2) + they provide green/red signal light (pic 3) to tell u if it's safe to proceed. HOWEVER, sometimes it lights up in green in both directions!

 

Uncle Danny wants to give e a dinner treat & dad doesnt wana drive out tt far cos he thinks his blood pressure will increase so we're gonna try the LRT to bring us to Caloocan City.

From there Uncle Danny drove us to Quezon City for dinner at Kimono Ken.
But really, Kimono ken can be found at many nearer places.
Oh well, good to visit other cities.

He ordered a MAD amount of food for 3! & he doesnt like ppl to waste food so we had to finish them all. *faint*
*Stabs myself for ordering tempura udon!*

Just when dad & i barely made it through, he ordered desserts. Feng le! 

 

Surprisingly the bill only came up to S$80, wow.

Went ard Quezon city

Fully glass cafe i wana try!

& a few housing lots being converted to cafes / dinner places. cool~

 

Okay i wana slp liao, continue blogging tml. Ta~!

Yingying's Shanghai 21st

I've posted photos on yingying's 21st in fb but i think i've yet to blog about it.

The theme was Shanghai night.

Here's my fav pic for e night, e general feedback was i looked like those olden days teacher due to my qi pao's print. & i do love the print alot!

Attempted to use fake lashes to elongate my eyes, but it didnt work out well.

Here's birthday girl & me. i've got matching bra to go w e theme too, hehe. triumph jade bra, woot!

adding on to the many crazy images we have of her.

i think her qi pao looks fab! bright enough to be the lime light for e night!

yes i did convince xiu hui to try out the false lash effect, lol.

3 birthdays going on @ e same time.

because there's 3 of them, they came up with a new way for the 'cake cutting' session.

no cakes, we have flaming waterfalls instead.

pretty innovative~

                                                              as usual, both of them trying to be funny

she was trying to look 'hum sup' and i was supposed to look slutty!

and the unavoidable 'kill ally tonight' @ her party every yr.

& i'm putting this photo here so u can check out shawn's long silky hair.

i'm bloody impressed & jealous!

payback time!

in case u're wondering whr is this ching chong place,

its the Presidential Suite of Orchard Hotel.