April 22, 2009

• A week-end break in Manila….

  Havn’t been back to Manila for 20 years one of the reasons is  most of my relatives have moved to either US, Australia. and  I think it’s nice to have brief revisit to my home country to see how she’s been doing. Arrived MNL very late at night due to a 3 hours flight delay, I guess this is so far the longest delay I’ve  ever had when I travel, and 3 hrs….. you can actually fly to MNL from HKG and back….hahahaha. On the other hand the good thing was you can pass the immigration counter, and the custom check within minutes as compare to the long wait during the normal hours….

  Woke up early in the morning,after having the Breakfast, started to go around the city. Took the hotel’s complimentary shuttle to the shopping mall Greenbelt at Makati which is a popular place for the High-ends labels, brand name and upper markets restaurnants

  Buffet Breakfast at the Mandarin Orenital Hotel

  

  so much cravings in the morning

  

  

  

  Tiny Blueberries

  

  The Greenbelt Mall  has 4 sections and this is number 3

  

  Inside the open area of the Mall

  

  ducklings running around freely..

  

  Then touring at the Intramuros and old city  which was built by the Spainards in the 16th century

  

  Inside the Casa Manila

  

  Tour the San Agustin Church which is loacted just next to the Casa Manila

   

  

  

  being built with Adobe Stone

  

  

  the church’s Muesum

  

  University of Manila

  

  haha the Pinoy really like Buffet a lot too…..another Buffet lunch

  

  

  Halo-Halo the most popular Dessert… this version is from the fast food chain Chow King

  

  Garlic Rice and Pinoy ’s version ’chopsuey’

  

  Sisig the restaurant Gerry’s Grill house special version

  

  NightLife at Julio Nakpil Malate Manila, guess what  my ancestral home was around these area, and it used to be a residential area. Though not the prestige area, not that many clubs and bars and even seeing poor kids begging for money or selling flowers as it is today…..

  

  I had soo much feelings towards this place

  

  

  The next day before taking the night flight back to HongKong went to the Mall of Asia which is located at the Pasay area, and claim to be one of the largest shopping in the world just behind the on ein Edminton Canada , and Shanghai, China(What a bout the Mall of Dubai????)

  

  one of my favourite Sponge Cake from the Phillippines

  

  the cake is from this Goldilocks Bakery

  

  a sales person demonstrating the KTV system and semms enjoying the free KTV very much, actuallly even when you go into a CD shop, whenever there’s a song playing there will be at least one sales person sing-a-long. No wonder why the  new OPR Original Philippines Remake (remake or redention from the western i.e. local Pinoy singers singing western song and sales CD instead of sing Pinoy music) music market is getting so huge.

   

  This is not my meal just want to show you how the Pinoys having chinese food, this one is quite typical, dumplings with rice and soy sauce

  

  Manila does change a lot over the past 20 years like other commercial cities in the world with lots of skycrappers, skytrain system,  developments…… on the other hand just like all developing countries,still lots of problems she  hasn’t addressed yet, pollution, the majority of the population are still  poor( specailly when you are outside  of the Makati Business area and it’s easily to be seen….those senerios just like the movie ‘Slumdog Millionaire”) Though I was not born and grew up that, I still wish her all the best for her continue development.

   

   

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