Philippine Travel Notes

This hotel opened last year (May 2017?), and I never thought I would be able to see its rooms, much less stay in one, even for just while. Why? Kasi, I live "a walk away"! But voila! I just checked-out this morning after a 4-night stay! And I was able to confirm and affirm my observation of years ago (in Japan), that a room in any of their hotels, always looks and feels like all others at various places. That's the most aliw part! Why This? Why did I have to stay at this hotel that's only about 1.5km away from home? Ahay, I had 7 friends who came to roam Metro Cebu for a much needed B&L (not R&R daw)! They wanted a "medium-end hotel near a mall", so I chose this for them. Only to end up with them insisting I also get a room, para sama-sama kami 'day & night' forever! Eh I am hard-to-get hehehe, and I also wanted to see this hotel at bayad nila. GoRa! So we got me a King Double Room (whatever that means) - booked online...

It's the biggest mosquito I have ever seen in all my life! I was in one of the buildings at the Government Center of Palo Leyte. While waiting to enter an office, I saw this thing on a wall. It didn't seem to be even bothered by human beings passing-by or near it. Da! Would its bite be more painful than the usual mosquito bite? Does it also carry diseases like dengue? I called to show it to my driver who attempted to touch it, and... This is such an amazing earth we live in! We never really fully know what next will fascinate us! Keep travelin'!

Do you remember that erroneous 'broadcasting' I featured last month. Well, rejoice kapamilya hahaha! This one is on their rival, and on national TV - Unang Hirit - (they don't have Region 8 based programs)! Can you see the error? It's on the ticker line, the phrases running from right to left at the bottom of the screen, which they use to announce "breaking news" or news updates. The word "operation" has no "i". Then again, it's very obvious that we can call it a "slip of the finger". They did not spell it the wrong way but probably in haste, missed typing the letter "i". Malayo pa rin sa " allowed " being spelled as "alloud"! But ABS-CBN can of course say, that howsoever minor, it is still an error. O sya sige, I will agree hehe! Basta alam ko at nang maraming manonood kung sino ang jologs! Not that I write perfectly even in my blogs. I also have a lot of mishaps with the English lang...

I've been to this restaurant that looked interesting as we passed by, so I (and driver) went in to dine! This is at the back portion of Tacloban's Astrodome that is "comebacking" as "food and entertainment venue" like it was, before everything was wiped out by ST Yolanda. It's this area facing Cancabato Bay. Maybe that witty funny Shakespearean aberration on the sign board enticed me. It says "to beer or not to beer, that is the question" by William Shakesbeer hehehe. The lower half of the board also made me grin (after rolling eyeballs). It says "PS: Sorry no Wi-Fi for now. Talk to each other, be full & get drunk"! I don't know, I'm not sure... maybe it was also the look and feel, the setup, the setting, the ambiance of the place that attracted me to it. I like that color of wood, their furniture and the wall art. It's cozy-nice! The food is good, but not even unique, because (I think) I can find similar fare i...