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  1. Depends on the mood. Yesterday, it was inasal with batchoy soup and Lapid's chicharon on the side. There are times, naghahanap ako ng chicken port adobo. Minsan kare kare with sweet bagoong. Pag steak hinahanap ko, naku, wagyu ang nakakapag laway sa akin. Sa desserts, butter cake; pwede rin sans rival or silvanas....yummm. Meron times naman, hanap ko champorado and tuyo. Pati instant noodles hinahanap ko.

  2. just moved to manila from cebu. and looking for a club to join.

     

    football is quite big really in the visayas. anyone here from bacolod, iloilo cebu who is a member of a club. looking for a club here in manila just to remain match fit for the regular tournaments in the visayas.

     

    try to check www.pinoysoccer.com for the local football scene.

     

    Dude, just go to any football pitch during the weekends. Go mid afternoon. Club teams usually converge at this time. Schools may be your best bet.

  3. I am planning a birthday party for a friend ala stag party. I've attended a stag party in a suite in VC Pasig. So there were around 15 of us plus the girls. I remember consummable pa, so dami food and booze. Is this still true? How much are the rates of the suites? And are these kinds of suites available also in the other nearby motels? Please help. Thanks.

  4. Funny, what's interesting about this motel is the food. Madami pa nag-aatest na masarap talaga yung food. Siguro nga masarap, kasi may delivery pa to non-users of the motel.

  5. Has anyone mentioned Millionaire's Inn? It's along the southbound lane of EDSA after the Magallanes flyover and after Evangelista Street. Because of the numerous signages in the area, one can easily miss the sign of MI. You have to turn right to a small eskinita and ....... ang pugad ng panandaliang aliw. Standard rooms have jacuzzi with basic motel rates. Importantly, it is near Makati CBD.

  6. Whats in Katrinas? Is it a resto or an inn?

     

     

     

    I remember the name but I cant remember where it's near. Is it near the batanggas boundary?

     

    Dude, don't know where it is exactly. But always keep the name in mind when in Tagaytay.

  7. Just received this in my email. Don't know if it's true but better safe than sorry.

     

    > My husband's family went to Tagaytay for a simple get-together last

    > weekend. We stayed at Viewpoint Inn, a few kms

    > from the rotonda and in a quieter part of the city. The place seemed

    > perfect for a relaxing weekend. We booked a

    > big non-airconditioned room (good as aircon with the windows open)

    > which was comfortable enough to fit about 20 of

    > us. Above it was a viewdeck where we ate dinner while enjoying a good

    > view of Lake Taal . After the kwentuhan has

    > died down and the children's energies got all used up, lights went dim

    > and everyone was asleep by 2:00a.m. It was

    > Turo's brother who locked the doors before he went to sleep.

    >

    > At around 3:00a.m., barely an hour after, Billy, the househelp of

    > Turo's cousin woke Tito Art (of UPLB's Batcave

    > fame) pointing towards the backdoor where he saw a man scurrying out

    > carrying with him several of our bags. The man

    > realized he was seen and left the bags so he could escape. The lights

    > went on and everyone was awake again except

    > for the kids. Three celphones, one bag and Turo's walking shorts with

    > his wallet were found missing. We called the

    > police and also the attention of the Inn 's owner.

    >

    > The Tagaytay Police arrived shortly. Billy recounted to the police what

    > he saw: that earlier on a man was already

    > observing our room from outside, and later the same person entered the

    > room through an open window and crawled his

    > way into a corner where all the missing items were placed, then snuck

    > out through the back door. Billy positively

    > identified the man as one of the helpers of Viewpoint Inn, whom he was

    > able to have a short conversation with in

    > the early evening.

    >

    > The Inn 's owner, on the other hand, took more than an hour to walk

    > from his house which was a few steps away. He

    > was immediately defensive upon learning that one of his helpers was a

    > suspect to the robbery. Of course it was

    > natural for him to protect his "employees" (we later found out that the

    > helpers who worked the night shift weren't

    > exactly employees of the Inn but "tambays" who assisted visitors during

    > their stay and get as their income the tips

    > they receive from the customers), but we also expected him to take

    > accountability for the incident as it happened

    > within the vicinity of Viewpoint Inn, which he did not.

    >

    > Turo, his dad, sister and brother, who owned the missing items, and

    > Billy, the witness, went to the police station

    > to give a statement while the rest of us waited in the Inn . The Inn 's

    > owner also came along. The police urged the

    > owner to agree to a settlement, which we are open to so as to avoid the

    > hassle of police procedures but the Inn 's

    > owner did not want to. In the end, three counts of robbery were filed

    > against the Inn 's helper who would be

    > detained for 15 days while the police continued the investigation and

    > hearings were scheduled etc.

    >

    > When they got back, we were all too tired, sleepless and upset about

    > what happened so we packed our things and

    > decided to go home. On our way out, one of the helpers stopped us and

    > asked us to settle our bill (we have only

    > paid 50% downpayment upon check-in). And although we no longer wanted to

    pay them after our horrible experience at

    > their inn, we were civil enough to pay the remaining half. We don't

    > know if the owners were crazy, insensitive or

    > mukha lang talaga silang pera because they even charged us an

    > additional P200/head because we exceeded the room

    > capacity. We were not informed that the room has a maximum capacity

    > limit, to begin with. In fact, the Inn offered

    > such poor service that aside from the lack of security, their office

    > was already closed after 7 or 8pm. Add to this

    > the management's practice of getting tambays to man the Inn, not paying

    > their services and expecting the customers

    > to give them tips for a living. No wonder their helpers would resort to

    > stealing from the visitors. The management

    > of Viewpoint Inn is obviously accountable for what had happened but

    > they refuse to take responsibility.

    >

    > Viewpoint Inn & Restaurant in Tagaytay is not accredited by the

    > Department of Tourism. I doubt if they could get

    > one as they obviously don't meet the minimum accreditation standards

    > set by DOT. A sign on their door says they are

    > accredited by the Tagaytay Tourism Council, but, of course, we would be

    > utilizing our contacts to have them

    > de-listed.

    >

    > Our weekend in Viewpoint Inn Tagaytay was such a dreadful experience

    > that I had to write this down and send to all

    > of you. It was bad enough that some of our stuff were stolen, but the

    > fact that they were stolen with all of us

    > there makes me think that all of our lives were also at risk that

    > certain time, not just our belongings. So if you

    > and your family or your friends are planning a trip to Tagaytay, please

    > stay away from Viewpoint Inn. I would not

    > want you to end up the same way we did.

  8. I remember when NLEX was being constructed, the detours were very organized. They also had personnel to help guide motorists. But in the SLEX, man, the detours are like mazes. Very unorganized and dangerous. At night, SLEX is not well lighted. One can fall in a ditch. I almost did and it was moderate traffic. It appears the SLEX guys have no regard to the safety of motorists.

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