Lunch at Garden by the Bay

It's a beautiful Sunday and we woke up very late because there's no work. After few minutes of taking our breakfast, Papa invited us for a lunch in a restaurant inside Garden by the Bay. It's just near to where we live and we brought with us Keona's swim suit so that she can just swim in case she wants to because there's a swimming pool inside the resort.

We arrive at around 11:30 in the morning and only few people were there. Papa right away ordered our food - fried rice, chicken barbecue for Troy, lechon kawali, kinilaw, mongolian spare ribs and plain rice for me, Keona and mama. We can't eat fried rice because there's egg on it and we are having an allergy to eggs and chicken.

Few minutes, we waited our order and we roam around the place. I like the place because it's not crowded. There are a number of cottages for people who are bringing foods with them. But if you don't have foods, you can just order from the restaurant like what we did. A lot of children are having fun at the pool, swimming.

Some photos of the place...

Our food consist of...

lechon kawali

kinilaw

fried rice

Mongolian spare ribs

posing while waiting for our order

my man and my girl went swimming after eating

floating restaurant

the swimming pool

a number of cottages

Garden by the bay is a great place to relax and unwind because you feel the gentle breeze against your skin since it's located along the seashore. You also get to enjoy the spectacular view of Samal island and the colorful boats that went to and fro fetching beach goers to the beautiful beaches and resorts in the nearby Samal island. I hope you have a great weekend friends:).

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Garden by the Bay Beach Resort
Maryknoll Drive, Lanang, Davao City
234-8491

Grand Men Seng Hotel

My sister sent me a text message during my lunch break telling me that she's at grand Men Seng Hotel having a seminar. We agreed to meet at five after my work. Me and hubby went there and we exchange news updates again of our respective lives since I miss her as well. The last time we saw each other was when she was having also a seminar at Marco Polo hotel. She invited us for a dinner but we refused because we were still full from our snacks. I ate rice with pork afritada and fish pinangat courtesy of my office mate Ate Caring in my afternoon snack. My snack was as heavy as my lunch so I refused.

I love the ambiance of Grand Men Seng Hotel. When me and hubby were still dating, we would go the hotel's pool side ihaw-ihaw restaurant and would have dinner there. Yes, those were the days when we live not on a budget, when we where yet free from house amortization bills and infant formula budget.LOLz.

Grand Men Seng Hotel is conveniently located in downtown Davao, Philippines. Within 5 minutes walk from City Hall and nearby shopping areas. Only 30 minutes drive from Davao International Airport and they offer shuttle service. They have newly renovated deluxe rooms and suites which are spacious and well appointed truly designed for their client's comfort and convenience. They also offer free in-room internet access. The hotel has a Grand Ballroom that can accommodate up to 1500 persons and can be divided into 4 small ballrooms. It also has several function/meeting rooms available that can be arranged according to client's needs.

Here are the Grand Men Seng Hotel's services, amenities and facilities:

• free in-room internet access
• free airport shuttle service
• business center
• Le Grandeur Cafe
• Poolside Ihaw-ihaw
• Le Baile
• Ticket reconfirmation/reservations
• grand ballroom
• function and meeting rooms
• audio-visual equipments
• swimming pool
• safety deposit boxes at front office
• laundry service
• free parking for hotel guests
• doctors-on-call

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Grand Men Seng Hotel
Magallanes St., Davao City
Philippines
tel. #(63 82) 221-9040
fax# (63 82)221-2431
cell# - 63 917 702 2988

A Nice Place to Relax from the Hassle of Work

We have been busy on our work in order to survive and meet the needs of our family and our selves. But sometimes we do forget to stop and take a breather from all this. Our body needs a little time to rest too you know. I tried looking for some place to relax and found one at the net. The place can be found 4 kilometers from Gaiole in Chianti, the place is or to be precise a hotel named Hotel Le Pozze di Lecchi is what I'm talking about. The place got one heck of a swimming pool, spa, wine shop, and a restaurant. Check this place out and I'm sure you'll like it.

The Blob

We went to SM City Davao last time to buy Keona's milk and at the SM ground, we see a swimming pool with a balloon with kids inside.

Kids are having fun

Putting oxygen inside the balloon

Here are the rules

Upon seeing it, I right away remember an old movie of Jackie Chan "Armour of God". There's a scene in there wherein Jackie Chan was inside a balloon, just like the blob when he was chased in the field.