Birthday Series: Pre-Celebration

One of my favorite cities in the Philippines is Cebu City. Aside from the fact that it's closer to "home", my best friend, Faith also lives/works there. I love it there cause they almost have everything like in Manila, (minus the horrible traffic and pollution).

My favorite activity every time I visit Cebu is "food trippin" with my best friend. Oh yea! We both love to eat! We can eat anything, as long as it tastes good!

So I went to Cebu two days before my trip to Bacolod city, just so I could spend some time with my "pikat" friend and other friends there! Besides, there's no straight flight from Tacloban to Bacolod, so I had to! (palusot) duh! Hihi

ridin' solo. charut.

Touchdown!

reunited! Yey <3

"People say, bestfriends are hard to find -- that's because the best is already mine!" :)) Naks! 

We couldn't decide where-to-eat/what-to-eat for dinner that night (another friend, Ian was with us BTW),  ended up eating at this crappy restaurant called Q-bay restaurant. Oh gawd! I love Japanese food, so I thought this "good-looking" resto was worth the try. NOT!

Just look at Faith's facial expression! :p (wag yung cleavage, k?) LOL

The prices were "very" expensive (like, super! to the highest level chos), so we thought the servings will be huge (like Casa Verde). NOT! eeek!

seriously? ://

Bbq PHP 30-40 pesos, EACH! The (fugly) banana on Faith's smoothie was bigger than these! Whatthefact!

Worst bbq ever! Ulk!

The Ramen was "Okay" but too pricey!!! PHP 225 if im not mistaken. (malaki lang yan sa Pic. Parang isang pack lang nang Lucky me yan! -__-)

My good friend, Kitty also joined us for dinner. 

"Charge to experience", unfortunate food with great friends. Not bad! Hehe :)) Life is good. Move on na! Haha

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Night Out!!! 

Karaoke!wooh haha
Invite more friends!!! coz The more! The Merrier! ^^ hihi

Awesome! thanks guys! :))

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Next Day. 

Reunited with my beautiful "ates". 

Yey! I have a gift from ate Ara. <3 sweet.

Ate Ariane and Noona

Ate Ara

Sweets!!! Dessert Factory.

Red Velvet

Sundae
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Breadtalk.

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with Mareys...

Dinner @ Harbour City. (One of my favs, good food; reasonable prices.)

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Pre-birthday celebration: well spent. Early flight the next day, k, bye!

Pilipinas: No More Terminal Fee Collection in Airports!

Conyo problem: "Hindi ako na brief! Just read about this today" Haha... 

The Philippines is just one of two countries that continue to collect terminal fees in airports but good news! The terminal fee for all domestic flights will be included in the ticket price. Yehey!! Hehe

“Starting Aug. 1, 2012...The domestic passenger service charge (DPSC), commonly known as airport terminal fee in the amount of P200 which passengers pay at designated counters in NAIA, shall be paid upon purchase of airline tickets through Internet booking, airline ticket and ticketing or travel agents,” 

--the Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) 

Senior citizens, overseas Filipino workers, and others who are exempted from paying the terminal fees will have to comply with the new system and pay the terminal fees in their plane ticket then get a refund later.

Instead of having all passengers line up to pay terminal fees, only those who are entitled to refund will line up for their reimbursements. But, there's a "but''....hehe, holders of tickets issued before that date (August 1) will still have to pay the terminal fee at the designated counter in NAIA/MIA

I'm happy with this news. Less queuing time for passengers. For now, it will apply only to domestic flights. Later, it will be applied also to international flights. Payts!

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Source: abs-cbn

Macau: Las Vegas of Asia

Since Macau does not have a railway system like HK, buses and cabs are the common means of going around so I was a bit anxious about our day trip. After breakfast, we started walking to look for China Ferry Terminal, however, I failed to get the exact address of the terminal but fortunately, an old man came to the rescue! Yey! hihi

We got the 10:30 am schedule since it was already 10:00 am when we arrived. The ticket is open; meaning we can come back anytime not later than 10:30 pm. We immediately proceeded to the departure area, filled up the departure card, passed through immigration and followed the directions going to the berth. After 10 minutes we already boarded the ferry. 

BAWAL toh ha?! Haha! Taking pictures is a NO-NO, nakaw-pic lang toh. Sorry! :p

After more than an hour we finally reached Macau! It was way hotter than Hong Kong, goodness! Again, we passed through immigration then got a map. 

We almost got lost in Macau! Unlike Hongkong, they don't have "signs" everywhere and most people don't speak English. :( The map was also useless! I threw it away! (chos lang hihi)

trying hard!!!

I saw a limousine and it made me smile. Haha!

Still cant figure this out! Stupid map! Lol

"im sooo freakin pissed... I need food!" Haha, So we went to 7/11 to grab something to eat. Thank goodness, we met two Filipinas working there. Saved! Alleluyah! 

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Take advantage of the free shuttle and treats in Macau!

Let's eat! Again! Hihihi

I left my heart in Macau!!! I fell in love... <3 <3 <3  Haha!

Thumbs up! <3 <3 <3

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TIP:

When in doubt, ask. There are lots of Pinoys in Macau and even in Hong Kong. :)