Gregory in Manila

I've been missing in action for a while because my manager from Canada flew in to Manila last Feb 03, 2011 and we've been very very busy. So many meetings to attend, activities to do and lunches to eat!

EAT!!
For one, we've been doing a lot of eating: Spiral, Sentro, Banana Leaf, Dampa - all these in a span of a week! The spiral and Dampa were just too much. I don't think I ever felt hungry the whole week. I just felt full the whole time. Probably gained a couple of pounds in a span of a week. Here's a picture of us enjoying our lunch at Spiral:

Pasyal!
Aside from the eating and work related meetings, we got to do a lot of extracurricular activities so that Gregory can fully utilize his time here in Manila.

For the first weekend, we went to Tagaytay and then had the Corregidor trip. Fun, but very tiring too. The Corregidor trip costs around 2k per head, but it was very well organized. The 2000 pesos per head fee includes the boat from Manila Bay harbor to Corregidor island, the trolleys, guide, and even lunch. Not bad. It's a pretty good tour. I hope people become more aware of this beautiful island and its rich history. It is nice to know that they preserved what remains of Corregidor.

On the other hand, Tagaytay is still beautiful. And the nice thing about this trip was that, I got my best friend to set me up as a guest in Tagaytay highlands. How I love that place. I could live there. Weather is perfect, place is beautiful, and with its amenities, you can't go wrong. It's a nice quiet place to live and relax.

Gregory wanted to buy his wife a pearl necklace and so we ended up going to Greenhills last Friday to do our shopping. Apparently, South Sea Pearls are mighty expensive. A necklace with a good sized 13-15 mm pearl would cost around 80k pesos! That's way over the budget so we ended up finding these beautiful fresh water pearls (cultured), way cheaper, costs around 9000 pesos. Not bad. Oh and the haggling was awesome. Ngayon may suki na kami. Ang dami namin nabili sa kaniya eh! And she was nice.

Oh and then we also went to Subic and Clark last Saturday. Grabe nakakapagod. Pagod din si Gregory. But I sure hope he had fun. Tiring but fun trip. At least we got to show him how we Filipinos are truly hospitable!