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MANILA OCEAN PARK VISIT

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Well.. My youngest daughter, Venice turned 2 last Thursday. So as our birthday treat to her, our family decided to go for a kiddie adventure. Our destination? Manila Ocean Park. This was our first time to visit the place, so everyone’s excited even us, parents..

We arrived 15 minutes earlier, just in time for the opening of the theme park. We took some pictures on the entrance and bought their 500 peso per head promo package ticket. It includes 4 attractions to visit, the Oceanarium, Dancing Jelly Fish, Marine Life and The Sea Lion Show.

Before we start the attraction hopping, we had our early lunch at Northpark, had 2 roasted chicken, Canton noodles, Fried shrimp in sweet and sour sauce, java rice and a tower of iced tea. After our delicious brunch, we stroll around the mall inside the Ocean Park to check on some stores and souvenir shops. The kids were able to buy two Dora umbrellas!

Then we headed to The Sea Lion Show, where the two Sea Lions from the US, Vincent and Isabelle showed us their wonderful tricks that really entertained us, especially the kids. Then we proceed after to the Oceanarium, which is my favorite attraction in the Manila Ocean Park. As shown on TV whenever it’s being featured, it has a huge aquarium, where you can see the hundreds of different species of sea creatures. The aquarium tunnel gives us the feeling of being inside a submarine, and under the sea!

We took a lot of pictures and videos almost everywhere we can. But inside the Oceanarium, camera flash is not allowed. Anybody can take pictures, but without using the flash of the camera. Anyway, it’s part of protecting the sea creatures not to get distracted by the sudden flash of light, so it’s for their own good.

Inside the Oceanarium, there is a kiddie library area, where kids can read a lot of books about the different sea creatures. There is also a puppet show area, for students on field trip. We stayed there for a couple of minutes, to take some rest.

My husband and I tried the Fish Spa, wherein small fishes bites your skin, as you dip your feet into the pool. They call those little fishes, Doctor Fish because of its healing power. They eat the dead skin of the area that is near to them and at the same time healing them. We really felt invigorated after, though it’s tickling on the first few minutes. It was a real laugh trip for us, because we where laughing the whole time when those fishes tries to bite the parts of our foot.

Then we visited the Dancing Jelly Fish where the transparent jelly fishes changes its color everytime their aquarium light changes. It’s very relaxing to watch, that relieves stress. There were tubes of aquarium where different types oy jelly fish smimming around to show their beauty. We took some lovely pictures of them everytime the light color changes.

The last attraction that we visited was the Marine Life, where we were able to see the Sea Lion up close. Funny thing that we think they knew that somebody’s watching them, so they showed us some tricks even if their trainor is not around. Synchronize swimming everywhere and even creating some noise.

The Manila Ocean Park adventure was great, and the kids loved it, except not totally, by the birthday girl, because she was afraid of the big fishes inside the Oceanarium. But along the way, she was able to enjoy some of the attractions. Till next family adventure!

SM City Calamba Grand Opening

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It was a TGIF, when SM City Calamba had its grand opening located along the busy road of Real. i remember when i blog about it back in December 21, 2009 where it is still on its first month of construction. I am totally impressed about SM’s wikipedia info of its target opening date, which is October of 2010 because they absolutely hit it!

Of course, how can i miss that opening? our house is just 5 minutes away from the mall.. though we were’nt able to get our feet stepped in as early, atleast we managed to. ;) The people were so overwhelming, and a huge foot traffic covers all the floors of the mall. It’s like we’re on a rally or something.. like an Edsa revolution, where we cant barely move as we try to walk around.

Worst thing? It took us ages to get a table to eat, because all of the food places were jampacked! customers should even have to wait for the long queue of the restaurants just to have lunch. it’s like everybody was there!

But then, good thing that we were able to meet and have a photo with the Honorable Laguna Governor Goerge “ER” Estregan Ejercito. He was so nice, friendly and always smiling. And the best thing? He smells sooo good! ;)

There were a lot of kids who’s with their families, students from different schools, flocks of teens who wants to be there. There were super big LCD monitors used for the store presentations that can be found on the front entrance and on the trade hall area. Some establishments are not yet open, but most are ready to serve you! The other building is still under construction, which will be the SM Cinema and Cyberzone area. Heard that it will be a 10-theatre cinema, but it was not yet confirmed. it can be possible because the building is huge only to cover a cinema and a tech hub. That will be a great news for a movie fan like me! and a tech junkie!

What im not impressed about is the SM Calamba’s parking area. As we all know, SM is known for being a great parking space provider. But, they did’nt managed to bring much area enough for the customers with vehicles. That’s the main dilemma of SM Calamba. I just think that, maybe because of these two reasons: First, they did not expect that there will be many customers that owns a car in this place. Or second, their parking space is limited only by the lot that they have acquired. We also dont know, if there will be future plans of extending the parking area, because the building 2 is still under construction. So we’ll just have to wait and see.

Anyway, the whole weekend of SM Calamba’s opening was a BIG BANG! Everyone’s excited, everybody’s happy! Because finally, SM got it all for Calamba! ;) ;) ;)

RYUMA Japanese Restaurant

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it was mother’s day, and as what we enjoy doing, we celebrated it with a fantastic dinner, from the new opened Japanese restaurant in Paseo de Sta. Rosa.. RYUMA Restaurant!

it is operating only for a month now, and surprisingly they are doing so well when it comes to “patrons”.. this restaurant caters an authentic Japanese cuisine that will surely attract more and more diners from any race of any kind..

i love the interior design of the whole restaurant, as well as the accommodating greetings coming from their staff, with a Japanese language. as we enter their sensor door, which opens as soon as it “senses” customers, we were stunned by the hip yet eccentric look of their floor layouts, as well as their table settings!

some tables have wooden seats, and others have comfortable couches.. with a black and white theme, their metal framed tables and marbled table top makes it so appealing to dine.. and their lighting is vibrantly bright!

there are two flat screen TV’s mounted on the wall for entertainment but only Japanese programs are being showed. they also have a “gig bar” which i think serves as their additional entertainment for live shows enthusiasts.. the whole place is furnished with Japanese statues, that looks like soldiers wearing an armored attire.

on their table setting, a warm towel is assigned in each person, which comes with a cold tea.. a Japanese eggplant, which tasted like “pinakbet” served as their appetizer, followed by slices of pickles and buttons of onion.

food wise, they are superb in bringing the best about the authentic Japanese dishes, and hard drinks that made us try their SAKE, which i can compare locally to a “GIN”. they are known for their raw foods, such as fishes and sea veggies. their MISO soup is extremely invigorating to drink while it’s hot.

as our main dish, we ordered the TOKUSEI, placed in a “kalesa”-like container. it has the assortment of raw fishes and veggies, and a sticky Japanese rice topped with herb green leaves, cut in strings.

another one is their MIXED NIGIRI, bite-sized rice covered on top by assorted raw fishes and pink salmon altogether. the distinctive flavors lightened up by the slices of lemon, included in the platter. their banana shake is also good that served as our “chaser” while having some shots of SAKE..

it was a fun-filled dining experience which made us appreciate the Japanese cuisine more and more.. and as their compliment on mother’s day, every mom was offered with a Japanese flower as a lovely gesture..

you may try to dine at RYUMA Restaurant, it’s cheaper than you expected.

SM CITY Calamba, on October 2010

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reality at last! SM will be here in Calamba City, Laguna! its construction started last quarter of this year, and its target opening date will be on October 2010. it is owned and operated by SM Prime Holdings, headed by the Father of Malls in Asia, Henry Sy Sr.

it is located at Maharlika Highway, Brgy. Real, Calamba City, Laguna, Philippines. it will be the second SM Supermall in the Province of Laguna with a land area of 195,000 sq.meters, and bigger than SM City Sta. Rosa.

it has 3 floors, having its main anchors such as SM Department Store, SM Hypermarket, SM Cinemas and SM Foodcourt with its junior anchors such as, ace hardware, toy kingdom, national bookstore, watsons, SM appliance center, and Our Home!

it has a 300 plus capacity of shops on stores and services, which the number of tenants is still to be announced.

Residents of Calamba will be very glad to have it here, and its neighboring towns as well.. it will bring more jobs to all the local jobseekers here!

Finally.. we can now say, here at SM CITY CALAMBA, we’ve got it all for you!

SOURCE: wikipedia

PASEO DE STA. ROSA

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paseo de sta. rosa has find their way to expand and build a bigger place to shop, dine, party and have fun in the middle of the suburb area of sta. rosa laguna.

their most active spots are paseo 1, 2 and 3. paseo 4 has just opened recently, with new restaurants for patrons to choose from.. grillas and the old spaghetti house are ready to serve you!

they also have a plaza where visitors can relax sitting on the benches surrounding the area, with a view of some fountain show in the middle.

there’s still more renovations and new buildings for establishments to be build there in the near future, to cater the growing residents of the high class villages rising every phase.. sta. rosa is what they tagged as the makati of the south.. but i think, it will be even more than that. the land area of sta. rosa, where developments has been going on since the early part of 2000 is 10 times bigger than the area of makati. commercial areas and business parks were transferring here. class A villages are being developed in this area, like Pramana, Nuvali, South Forbes, and South Lake, where prices of units were ranging from 5M to 50M pesos. the progress, is here in sta. rosa..

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THE NEW FRIENDSTER

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FRIENDSTER.. the social network who started it all.. now has a new look. from being blue since it was launched, now they have turned their website into neon bright green color! at first, i thought i have typed a different website, but it’s real.. they have a new look!

i think, the change that they have done will help all its members to connect with friends and loved ones, and much more will attract new members.

congratulations, friendster! greening the web!

FRIDAY THE 13TH

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it’s friday the 13th! there’s a scary stigma on this particular date among the fanatics of the “black world”. some says. that friday the 13th is a significant day for witches, vampires and other elements related to those. because this day, they acquire and attain their powers on its best, and they become so powerful.

friday the 13th occurs when the thirteenth day of a month falls on Friday, which superstition holds to be a day of good or bad luck. In the gregorian calendar, this day occurs at least once, but at most three times a year. Any month’s 13th day will fall on a Friday if the month starts on a Sunday. In this year 2009, this applies to the months of february, march, and november. and the next instance of this appears on the calendar for the year 2015. hmm.. quite a long wait!

wahahaha.. really scary.. but for others, it’s a time to have fun and enjoy as if it’s haloween! and to spook around with friends to share their “not so ordinary scary experiences”.

some pessimists believe that this day is a jinx in some sorts. like, they think that “bad lucks” may happen if you do something significant for this day.. like, starting a business, launching a project, buying something, or even going out.

well, for me, there’s no such thing as “bad luck”, though i believe in karma. that whatever we do, good or bad, it comes with an equally deserved karma. so, nothing to worry about friday the 13th.. but as they say, there’s nothing wrong if you would believe it, for as long as it would’nt affect your everyday life in a complicated way.. just like fengshui, right?!

so have a happy and wealthy friday the 13th! it would’nt be a hindrance to have fun this weekend!

 

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RIVERVIEW RESORT

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one of the most convenient public swimming pool resort in calamba is the riverview resort and conference center. it is has also function rooms for business meetings and also convertible to company conferences.
during weekdays, it is more convenient to go here because it’s as if you’re just renting the place privately.


they have slides for the kids and for the adults as well. and what i like about riverview is their big pools both for adults and kids. it’s kiddie pool is about 3 feet high, and is safe for the kiddo’s to play and enjoy the water. it’s water is kinda cold, because it does’nt come from a hot spring just like in other resorts in pansol, laguna.


location wise, riverview is more accessible than other resorts from the mt. makiling area..
when you just want to have fun and enjoy swimming with your family and friends, riverview would be a good choice..

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