Chow time at Mann Yann

Honestly, I'm really not into Chinese food(except for Chowking! :P) but we still decided to have dinner at Mann Yann in the The Link, Makati.

*Tricia's very tired from work... patiently waiting for our food to be served.

















*Fried Spicy Squid
I love this served with bagoong & calamansi












*Lumpiang Shangha
I like Goldilock's Lumpiang Shanghai better. The texture is too soft which was just ok.










*Yang Chow Rice
We were surprised when this was served because we were sure we won't be able to finish it(we actually had it packed after). Their Yang Chow rice is good for maybe 3-4 persons.









Mann Yann is located at the the Ground floor of The Link right in front of The Landmark, Makati.

A Weekend in Paradise

Boracay is one of the most popular beaches here in the Philippines. It is known for it's fine white sand and blue green water. We went there last year and spent a weekend in February.

Travel time:
55 minute flight from Manila to Kalibo
1 hour and 45 minute bus ride from Kalibo to Caticlan
10 minute boat ride from Caticlan to Cagban Ferry Port(Boracay Island)
20 to 30 minute tricycle ride from Cagban Ferry Port to Escondido Beach Resort Boracay
(Left image: Our boat ride going to Boracay)

We availed of the PALakbayan's package and stayed at the Escondido Beach Resort. The resort isn't beach front but it's just a minute's walk to the beach. We had 2 double beds in our room, TV, air-conditioning and veranda. The place is nice. It's very quiet and the people are courteous and accommodating.

Tricia outside our room and behind her is our breakfast table. Other pic is inside our room.

Day 1:

Despite the heat, we still managed to take a walk down the beach, go to D'Mall and have lunch. Later in the afternoon, we went jet-skiing!

Day 2:

The day was pretty hectic! We woke up and it was raining all morning. We then decided to have brunch and by 11am the sun is up and smiling down on us. We then hired a boat to go snorkeling and caving.

All set to go snorkeling!













We went to Crystal Cove and stood on the top of the mountain overlooking the sea.

Take while in one of the caves
Caving!

Day 3:

We went shopping for goodies, took a few minutes walk along the beach and headed back home.

It was quite a short trip and there are still many activities you can do in Boracay. We'll definitely be back to experience the rest.

We saw Saturn & Mars a month ago.

We were so happy when we learned about this a month ago. This was on the bay grounds of Mall of Asia. We accidentally learned of this when we decided to take a walk by the bay to exercise. The company who set this up is Astrocamp. Follow them on twitter if you wish to know the schedules of the viewing :) They have all these technical equipments that will aid the watchers see the stars & planets at a certain time of the day, or would you rather say night. They're only operational at night which is nice because going out at that time means less heat. They even have brochures that they give out for free if you wish to know more about the twinkling lights at night. For viewing purposes, a reference of when the stars or planets is displayed on top of their front desk. Grace here was all giggly & couldn't wait to check them out :D

That's a very very huge telescope. Is something that huge really called a telescope or something else? We saw Saturn from this telescope :D Saturn looked like a a white almond with rings around it. Yup, we saw the rings! It was so close that 1 would think that it can be touched :)))

You see that white globe over or us?.. That's rotational! Sir I forgot his name, who manned it, will just press a remote button & it will rotate to the other side so that Mr. Unnamed can rotate the telescope easily. It was so amazing!

Look! Everyone can't help but view, too.

This telescope is for us to view the stars. The big 1 inside the globe's for the planets :)

Mary Grace, Grace & I

All of these pictures were taken at Alabang Town Center's Mary Grace :) Grace & I like their food there & of course, their tsokolate but this time, we decided to just eat the main entree.

This is Grace's order, which I totally forgot what it's called ;)

..& this is Grace sporting the "I like my food" look. Don't worry.. She did ♥ the food but the look fared better with the red iced tea.

This is my order :) I think this was just plain carbonara with sardine bits. Or was it yours, Grace?..

We ♥ how Mary Grace personalizes everything inside their restaurant - their tables, the decors, chairs & couches, etc.. It feels as if you're home.

& this is what I was talking about ;)

You'll find such letters stuck on every table in that restaurant. We believe it's very sweet that the owner keeps them. It's very inspiring to read such letters in restaurants. I personally ♥ to stay at different tables just to feel the change. Now, this is 1 more reason without other people being weirded out of that quirk.

As embarassed as I am to admit it, this was my plate, near to empty & my tummy near to bursting :D