Monday, October 19, 2009

i could do all the shopping in the world and that'd be fab, but nothing beats being by his side.

i am now in manila with my beloved doodoo, and charlotte, who decided two days before my takeoff to gatecrash the trip. i remember being so shocked that i could only laugh in response.

aniwae.. one of the amusing things i saw today - a woman showing off her toothbrushing skills in a public toilet. :X apparently nobody else seemed surprised, and char says that perhaps she likes her teeth to be clean all the time :X ah well. speaking of toilets, here's one that cost 10 pesos (approx 3.2 cents) to get into:


very black. with the exception of the sinks, hand towel dispenser and the sanitary supplies machine. all 3 of us - char, doo and i, liked the design ;) we did come across another that looked very pretty though - which was in a chinese restaurant. that one had sinks that resembled ancient chinese wash basins with gorgeous painting on it. the cam wasn't with me then, or i would definitely have taken a picture of those sinks that made me feel like an empress who had fancy wash basins brought to her.

there's also a couple of things that we've had to do - to remember to lock the doors of the taxi always (no going on buses or trains cos those are very dangerous), to ensure that the cab drivers switch ON the meter and go by it... and of course, to hold onto our bags with all the alertness one could have.

all this has to be done as people walk on the roads, in between the cars and lanes to sell stuff, and to beg for cash. as we waited for a cab yesterday, a skinny girl who was prob just a teenager was holding an infant and begging for $. however, no matter what, we couldn't take our wallets out..

also, we went to the casino at hyatt hotel yesterday for a look see thing. doo's friends brought their "girlfriends" who won $ for them. wish i could've done the same, but aniwae we didn't gamble. eventually i got so moody cos of my inferiority complex and some other issues that i ended up having an attitude and looked like an antisocial as i sat with charlotte. well, at least the zi char dinner was fabulous and reasonably cheap at approx $13/person for peking duck, sweet and sour pork, fried rice, fried tofu, duck wrapped in cabbage, steamed dumplings and super soft boneless chicken.


"how dare u take a pic of me in my hungry state?" heheh.
it seems doodoo was in a picture taking mood.
and he caught fungry charlotte in the background too.


gamely posing for a pic of himself!

the place - Golden Bay Seafood

we sat in the middle, so this pic actually shows just half of the restaurant


loads of peeps even at 10+pm!






the girls and doo's friends/colleagues went to get their nails done too, and doo has always wanted to try out a manicure.. so there he is.. getting his already pretty nails prettified.


not sleeping, but looking!!


smiling because... i wanted to take a smiley pic.
poor doo has eyebags because we've been getting just 5 hours of sleep per night.

and both his friends (in white shirts) ... who have been at this manicure thing for a year already.. *gasp*


food wise, there's jollibee here which tastes absolutely fantastic. i am in love with their BBQ chicken and rice :X so u can imagine how much i wish i could eat it everyday heehee. i've eaten it twice already :X hopefully i'll get to have more of it over the next few days before i fly back to sg on thurs. hmm, and one thing we've noticed is that veggies are scarce in manila. :X i'm happie abt that cos then i won't have greens to eat but that isn't v good for doo's health. unfortunately most of his colleagues smoke, so i can't imagine the amount of second hand smoke he inhales everyday.



we had krispy kreme donuts as well ;)
from left to right, top to bottom: peanut butter, hersheys cookies and creme, snickers and oreo, chocolate, powdered strawberry, cinnamon with apple filling, new york cheesecake, some chocolate brownie stuff and some other flavour i don't remember. lol.


with apple juice :D

and this is what our room looks like. its BIG, with a king sized bed?!?!?!?!


i don't remember why we flipped up those parts of the sheets lol but aniwae, the bed's the width of 3 pillows!! O_O!!!



the dresser.. we messed up the room very quickly with all our stuff


and beside the dresser was a space to put our luggage (i don't know what that type of furniture is called), plus - the other part of the room held the wardrobe and toilet plus a space for our footwear haha. that space looks small but it actually could probably fit our bed in. also, the lighting in the room was a mix of flourescent white lights and orange ones, which was different from the full orange-lighting room that we had before this one.

about the air conditioner, it looks so old skool, but it actually works really well - being v cold and all. i've read tons of reviews of various hotels in manila, and in the pictures that are included with the written reviews, i've noticed that it is common for the air conditioners to be of this old skool kind which i thought was non-existent by now. o.o i was proved wrong :X

i also did some delightful shopping on friday and saturday with char. got a couple of rompers and a pair of high waist jeans heheh :) char got nothing but rompers - she's caught on to my romper craze!! and while i was shopping at one of the stores, i fell in love with one of the songs that was playing in there. by FM Static, it is Tonight.

I don't think i've ever posted up lyrics on my blog, but this song caught my attention for some reason, and i've been listening to it for hours haha. The lyrics of a portion of the song:

I remember the days we spent together were not enough
And it used to feel like dreamin'
except we always woke up
Never thought not having you were would hurt so much

Tonight I've fallen and I can't get up
I need your loving hands to come pick me up
And every night I miss you
I can just look up and know the stars are holding you tonight.

well, good night for tonight.
bee at 10:20 PM