Philippine Travel Notes

To continue my previous post , I arrived at HIE Newport or Holiday Inn Express Manila Newport City on a Resorts World Free Shuttle Bus . You already know why , right? Oh at 0020H, check-in wasn't a breeze! Oh, I am still describing my travels diary style , but this time, let me use this topic to give way to a very long-standing 'plea' of one of you my dear young readers: more 'hotel matters/insights' to learn from! Sige I will oblige, but note that everyhing I say, is from a guest's point of view, only :) Check-in Midnight Check-in Yep, at midnight there were something like 20 of us checking-in about the same time. Sige lang, go ra! Many in the line were foreigners. I think they arrived via the (usual) late-evening to midnight flights of Low Cost Carriers (budget airlines). Yep, travel patterns (therefore, hotel check-in also) keep changing. Imagine that, check-in time is 2PM (at some it's even 3 or 4PM); check-out time is 12NN; but you ar

I was watching the news while tinkering with my phone. Then I shouted "shoot" and got this! Palaisipan: what is wrong with that screen shot ? Yes, screen shot yan, since I captured a picture of my TV screen. So, "screen shot" nga, di ba? How many seconds or minutes did it take you to find that out? You still can't find what is wrong with it? Ows? Okay, I won't say it, but my analysis below will surely guide you, to find what's wrong with that shot. No no no, not the basketball shot, but the photo shot, or the screen capture of the CNN Philippines News ! Confusing? Ah, read on... My analysis (hehehe): For a reputable news channel, that is probably a "capital offense". But for me, that can be "forgivable"! It's not often that you use your left ring-finger and your left pinky-finger in succession to write letters in a word on your keyboard. For a lot of humans nowadays, those are the 2 weakest fingers when typing. Lalo

Not as long and wide as that one at Ayala Avenue in Makati, there's also a mesmerizing spectacle that await young & young-at-heart visitors to Bonifacio High Street's park in Bonifacio Global City, Taguig. A crystal-inspired light and sound show captivates your senses. At the center of this park is a gigantic magnificent "gift box" constructed from little crystal balls. These enchanting spheres change in color, synchronized with Christmas tunes and machine-produced smoke/fog and bubbles, plus laser lights. A symphony of lights adorn the real palm trees that gracefully line the park. They're wound around the trunks like luminescent ribbons, harmoniously pulsating and shifting colors in perfect rhythm with the accompanying music. Aliw factor to the max! A lovely and lively way to cheer shopping customers. Not just trees are adorned with lights, but all establishments that surround the park! Each building has an array of blinking lights, suspended in