Philippine trip 2015-16 (post written by Steve)
Day 0: 18th Dec
Flight delayed by 45 mins.Luggage self check in was good.
Emperor lounge had good lamb with chick peas, noodles.
Day 1: 19th Dec
Flight was good .Touch screens for entertainment .Watched 3 movies.
Supper was cken Panini, ice cream kapiti .Breakfast was scrambled eggs and
sausage and yoghurt. Arrived in Singapore at 645 then took sky train to Terminal 2 and checked
in to SATS lounge .Had shower and croissant and earl grey tea.
Boarded plane to Davao
at 9 am .So many forms to fill. Breakfast was noodles with spicy cken, bread
rolls and oj.Flight stopped at Cebu for 45
mins so we going home delayed by 2 hours. When we finally reached no trolleys
for luggage .Zai could not complete her bank work as staff away.Met Loida
Norwegian partner Wilfred on d road. So much traffic. Spring rolls, fried
chicken and Kookels lemongrass cken 4 dinner. Had a chat then to bed by 8 pm
Day 2; 20th December
Mass at 4 am .So many people about 3 thousand.San Lorenzo
parish. 25 minute sermon. Breakfast of pepperoni, scrambled eggs. Later went to
g mall toril. Got groceries, Johnny walker red for Neal. Baileys for the house
and pjs 4 me. Leftovers fried cken & white rice 4 lunches. Had a good nap
then at 330 pm off to the peak 4 pics and meet Shelyn. The family was
pleasantly surprised but had their suspicions. Good photo shoot then dinner @
Inengs bbq as Zabadani was closed. For 4000 pesos we had bbq pork on skewers
limpio and mixed noodles. Both very tasty. Took home leftovers then visited
Shelyn sis in laws house. Very nice and spacious and she gifted everyone. Home
by 10 pm.
Day 3: 21st December
Woke up at 3 am and Zai, Zaida and I went for 430 am mass
dropped off by gaga. Got loaf bread from d bakery along with Ricson on his bike
and had it with Kraft cheese spread and green tea. Yumm.The girls heading out
later as Zai has to go to the bank. I will stay back and watch Miss Universe on
Tele. After Miss Universe I took
jeepney to Js Gaisano mall. Used my map to navigate. Was an experience as I had
no call / txt on my phone. Mandarin tea garden 4 lunch. I had beef steak which
was sweet.Zai had pork. I got 3 pairs of socks Bhpc (Beverly Hills Polo club)
.home by 5 pm .green pork with chop steak spice and rice, leftovers fried
chicken and noodles 4 dinner. Uncle boy came over. I ditched Sun network and
switched to globe as Internet issues
Day 4: 22nd December
Mass at 4 am @ San Lorenzo parish then breakfast of
leftovers noodles and last pieced of the 5 kgs of fried chicken! Bags packed
& off to Tagum for Xmas by 8 am. It’s also Luke's birthday today. Hot as 24
degrees. So much traffic on our way to Tagum .Finally reached at 12 pm.Lunch
was chooks to go pepper roast cken,
kinilaw, spaghetti, rice & a cken curry in sauce .Pink birthday
sponge cake completed it. Later we had Emperador brandy with Uncle Tiago and Gaga.
Around 8 pm we will go to NCCC mall for midnight shopping .Got Greenwich pizza
299 pesos for 2 pizzas.Hawain and meat with veges.Very nice .They make the base
in front of u.Home by 1140 pm.Zai set up mosquito net 4 us
Day 5: 23rd December
Woke up to the sound of roosters. Still constipated. Had
star bread, moon biscuit and green tea. Later we will do grocery shopping for Xmas
cooking on 24th .Went to the public wet markets in Tagum and shopped for veg, fruits.
Then headed to NCCC and did grocery shopping for Xmas.Zai gifted me a formal
black trouser .Had lunch at the food court of beef curry, fish fillet, pork chop,
bola bola in sauce and minuedo. Have a bad cold .Taking paracetamol and vitamin
c. Had a good nap on d afternoon. For dinner we had cken soup with veg, bread,
fried cken and veg spring rolls.Zai feet hurt so she soaked it in lukewarm
water
Day 6: 24th December
Woke up at 3 am & went for mass at 4 am. Church and
outside packed as. No sign of priest till 5 am. We later learned that the
priest was invited after an earlier mass 4 a snack & his tummy was upset so
he skipped d homily as he said it may be a liquid fart .lol .Zai and her
sisters went meat shopping while I lazed at home. Lunch was noodles and bread.
Afternoon cooking started in earnest. Menu: Beef steak, cken carbonara which
turned out a bit salty, bbq pork done by Ricson was yummy, Bola bola by Zaida
was awesome. For dessert macaroni and chiffon cake. I just had a glass of port
wine and a little Emperador as have a cold .We ate around 8 pm a bit then had a
snooze and awoke at 11 pm.Met Gini Boy .After greeting at midnight, fireworks, eating,
picture taking and exchanging of gifts we headed to be by 2 pm.It was a good
Xmas celebration with lots of fun.Oh I nearly forgot I bought a pair of Rockport
loafers online thru Nz sale .lol
Day 7: 25th December Xmas day
Woke up at 6 am.Haf green tea. Mass at 9 am. Uncle Boy and
shobe will visit us later .Proposed evening visit to Aunt Puring’s place in
Tagum .Zai rescued the carbonara by
adding more pasta to it this making it not salty at all. Yummy now .Aunty Nene
visited us in the afternoon. At 5 pm Zai, Zharina & me went to Aunty
Puring's house in Bermudez sub division .Had goat curry, fried fish and rice
.Later we took pics at Freedom
Park and Tagum city hall
with Uncle Boy, Shobe. Aunty Nene, Zaida, Zharina & Zairel
Day 8: 26th December
Went to cemetery as Dad Catiben birthday on 27th.Later zai
and I went to Gaisano to top up my globe account. Then had lunch of pritong
manok while zai had pork and fish fillet with rice. Shopped for grocery .Zai making
cken biryani 4 dinner. Jangjang visited in the afternoon with her daughter.
Day 9: 27th December
Woke up 6 am and getting ready to go to Davao. Left Tagum at 840 am .Arrived at 11 am.
Had chooks to go roast cken and rice and fry cken. Ironed clothes, had a shower
and left at 1 pm for Randys wedding at
Waterfront Insular in Lanang. Zai said only Aurea had come so far." The
best expression of love is time “by the Imam or Ustad?? Who preached at Randys
wedding
Waterfront Insular is beautiful. It has lovely manicured gardens.
We were there by 215 pm.Uncle Boy came later. A long preach by the Imam then
signing of marriage docs then pics. We then left for cocktails by the poolside
for pizza, beef roast shredded and drinks. Photo shoot was a hit. After that we
were invited inside and had to head to our tables as per seating plan. I had a
chat with Wilfred, Loida partner and Jade. There were games, giveaways and for
buffet there was Caesar salad which u had to assemble with croutons, dressing,
and parmesan .Mushroom soup with bread rolls, garlic & steamed rice, fish
fillet, cken with sauce. Dessert was leiche flan, strawberry roulade. Had more
pics taken and Uncle Abed picked us up. Home by 10 pm.Good afternoon out and I
had a blast.Zai was asleep when I got home .Nova & Orlin did not come only
Au Au.
Day 10: 28th December
Woke up at 6 am had pandesal and green tea. Later went to
the beach for a walk. For lunch we had pork chops fried, salad and garlic fried
rice. Later in the evening we are going to The Peak Gaisano to dine at Mama
Maria Pizzeria. They have a buy one take one free deal. I had a good nap then
left at 4 pm.Raining.Zai , Zaida & Zharina went to get sum pics while we
waited in the jeepney .Aunty Nene, Uncle
Abed & Shobe joined is at Mama Maria Pizzeria, The Peak. All parks full we finally got a car
park. Had to wait for a table for 13 so Zai me went to get birthday card for Mum.
Pizza was good. Got 4 pizzas and 4 free.Hawaain, Grandiosa, Supreme and
Mexicana this was spicy .We got 3 pieces home of Mexicana and had 4 breakfast.
Home by 9 30 pm
Day 11: 29th December
Uploaded family portrait to Flickr. Getting ready to go to
SM Lanang for lunch with Shelyn then head to Tagum.Lunch at Savoury was yumm.Soup,
buttered cken, yang chow fried rice, noodles , fish fillet with veges , pork in sauce and black ice balls. Later
everyone had halo halo while I had a burger. We took pics and bid adieu to
Shelyn at 550 pm then headed to Tagum .Traffic a nightmare. Fumes emitted from
vehicles don't help our cough and cold .Reached Tagum 840 pm had minute burger
beef but it was not so tasty. In bed by 9 pm
Day 12: 30th December
Woke up at 5 am and went to Tagum city hall for a jog. I did
a jog lap in my jandals. Had bread and mandarin 4 breakfast. Mild scare as we
thought zai camera lost. At 9 am headed to Doomlan. Was in charge of stoking d
fire .lol.Picnic there as we got cold water , bread .Nice guava trees.Zharina
and Ricson took luis to see traditional medicine man as he has rash on body .Cacao harvested and bought to
Tagum. Tandoori cken, grilled fish salad 4 lunch. Yumm.Had it with a Negra dark
lager beer .Then had a snooze till 530 pm.Awoke and headed to catch up with Zai
class mates from school .Nova& others .There was a spread of food including
spring rolls , fish .Had a coke and spring rolls. Dream Gold Pension house
where we met the class mates is owned by one of the girls mum. It cost around
10 million pesos incl d Land. The mum is very resourceful and has stuck thru
teething probs in the past 5 Years. Nova husband Jun dropped by us around 10
pm.Had pork roast 4 dinner. Everyone found it spicy
Cough not leaving us. Every second person coughs here so we
are now local’s .lol. Pandesal 4 breakfast .Left around 830 am for the wet
markets to get pork, beef, cken and gulai. So hot. Next stop to post mums
birthday card at NCCC then supermarket to get stuff for New years cooking. Got
a bottle of vodka for 120 pesos. Let’s hope it's good. Menu: Beef fry, beef
stir fry with veg, chicken joy, pork spring rolls, and pork Chinese 5 spice grilled
macaroni and fruits. Vodka with pineapple juice and Emperador 4 drinks. Good
news that Amazon refunded me the Prime membership fee which I had signed up in error.
Thanks Jesus. As this year comes to an end I have a lot to be thankful for and
the very fact I'm alive & healthy is a blessing .Touch wood and may it long
continue for us .Started drinking at 7 pm and everyone loved the vodka with pineapple
juice. Zharina was drunk. Went 4 a nap and woke up at 11 pm.Then watched
fireworks near Tagum city hall; 13 minute display. Then had food, drinks at
home and in bed by 230 am. Baileys was a hit. Welcome 2016
Day 14: 1st Jan 2016 (New Year)
Woke up at 615 am and both Zai & me went to mass. Got
half mass then had leftover spring rolls & fried chicken 4 breakfast. At 10
am we going with Nova to a park near her place then picnic lunch there.Tagum
Botanical park was lovely .Covered areas to sit and enjoy food .Lots of
people.U can even walk 1000 steps .We did it and it was tough on the legs
getting back .Huge spread of food by Nova incl duck, noodles, Jollibee, spring rolls,
coke, macaroni. I had a snooze .Back by 330 pm then packed to leave for Davao.Left Tagum at 525 pm for Davao.
Day 15: 2nd Jan 2016
Left at 730 am for Michiko resort to set it up .Nice place.
Most people turned up by 12 pm.Drank San Miguel and had lots of fun. Home by 8
pm .43 ppl incl kids.Games for kids and adults. Had to eat polvoron and once finished
whistle in yr national anthem. Dance and once music stops u lift yr partner do
both inside d plate. Next game yr partner says yes or no as u guess what's
written on yr head .Pool was cold but nice .Loved the cheese puto and pork
adobo. Uncle boy spring rolls also tasty as.Al in all a good time .Shoulders
hurt and could not sleep until 3 am
Day 16: 3rd Jan 2016
Had a huge shit, shower then green tea and cheese puto.
English Mass at 12 pm at San Pedro cathedral .As its holiday season difficult
to get a jeepney.Made it to Mass just on time. After that went to Unitop which
is just like a $2 shop and zai got a brollie.Then headed home. Lunch was fried
marinated beef and rice .Uncle Boy, Shobe, Maying and Aunty Nene had come over.
Just relax at home as my tummy feels strange and I have a body ache. Dinner was
omelette with onions and tomatoes for me with bread.Zai made eggs with corned
beef for everyone else. Yummy. In bed by 830 pm .Life is good .Thanks Jesus
Day 17: 4th Jan 2016
It's back to school for Zoren. Zai took mum by taxi to the
doctors as her cough bad. I stayed back and watched a bit of TV then had a
snooze and watched homeland. Lunch was garlic fried chicken. Then we watched Scouts:
Zombie Apocalypse movie .Was funny. Caught up on South Park
too. Dinner was green pork and fish soup. Neighbour gave pork adobo and it was nice.
Made yoghurt as Zai will make butter chicken Moro
Day 18: 5th Jan
Went to SM city around 920 am .We had d same jeepney driver
Burgoys Roy as on Sunday. Did shopping
for gifts for suz zai. Got Suz a bag and shoes / bag 4 zai.got me old spice
deo.Lots of International spices in SM supermarket. Took taxi home. Pork
leftovers 4 lunch. We got ham and cheese puffs but outside was sweet. Same with
chicken puffs. Dinner: butter chicken was yumm.too spicy 4 mum. Watched
American horror story and billions new TV show
Day 19; 6th Jan
Had cereal with yoghurt. Went to people's park at 915 am to
alter mine and zai's pants .Zai found d seat in d jeepney too hot it burned her
arse.lol. Searched central Davao
for a tailor but no joy. Went thru alley ways etc for more than an hour and
neat found a tailor only to see the sign "tailor wanted”!! Had a good
laugh. Had eggs fries sausage at a cafe with iced tea whilst Zai had lasagne
with toasted buttered bread. Her lasagne was sweet. Fries & sausages good
but it was an omelette instead of scrambled eggs. Lol.Whilst on our way home we
stumbled on Pankaj Indian restaurant in Aurora Quezon st. The goat curry was
spicy as, cken biryani hot but nice. Rotis crap.Owner Juvy nice and married to
Punjabi.Ricson & Gaga enjoyed d spicy goat curry. Ironically we found a
tailor in Block 10 of Gulf view.150 pesos to alter 3 pants. Cheap as. That’s $5!!Later
in the evening we visited Aunty Lydia
who was sick .She is Net Nets mum. Had Kookels and noodles at their place 4
dinner. Spotted the bridge pub in the inner streets on our way back home
Day 20: 7th Jan
Picked up altered pants. Watched cricket t20 .Nz beat SL by
3 runs. Fried cken for lunch .Then went to SM city mall. Had a huge fight with
Suz as I requested her to help with bills but she say I'm using her money to
fund my trip etc
Window shopping at SM .Met Zairel and we had space burger
with cheese .Was yummy.45 pesos.Zai did supermarket shopping and we got vodka
antonov for 132 pesos. took jeepney back .we were squeezed in .16 on total!
Pork roast and pork adobo 4 dinner
Day 21: 8th Jan
Rest day at home. Ham & cheese sandwiches 4 lunch. Tuna
fry 4 everyone else. Later zai cooked spaghetti with pork ^ beef mince .Rested
and later around 6 pm went to buffet dinner at Zabs buffet .Uncle Boy &
Aunty Nene joined us.Zabs is very nice. Good layout, air conditioning, pizza
and mini slider section .Soup was good. Fish fillet breaded was yumm.Fried rice;
veg in batter, crispy pork were awesome too. Amongst the desert the blueberry
mousse in a glass was d best.php 375 pp; 20% discount for seniors and 50% for
luis.came to around 5000 php..finished by 830 pm as they close at 9 then walked
around Roxas night markets. saw bankerohan markets on our way home as Rene had
to collect coal from saloy.
Day 22: 9th Jan
Zai Woke at 3 am to cook hot dogs eggs. Juicy hot dogs .Had
with green tea. Left for Tagum by 518 am.Zaida did not come as Zairel sick *
Zoren has activities. Ricson will come later as he has errands. Early road trip.
sat in front seat Reached on 1hr 50 mins.Zai went out after Aurea came .Had
chooks to go and san Miguel 4 lunch. Snooze then watched cricket big bash .Zai
cane around 730 pm.Had leftover cken roast and adobo cken 4 dinner. In bed by
740 pm.Raining all thru he day and night
Day 23: 10th Jan
Heavy rain. Woke at 720 am went for 8 am mass. Was in English.
Came back had green tea and star bread .Zai went to NCCC to get Ricson Xmas
gift with Zharina and Ricson. I stayed back watched t20 nz vs. Sri Lanka. Good
win to nz .cken curry with coconut milk potato and carrots 4 lunch .very tasty.
After lunch we drive back to Davao.
So hot .stopped at awhag subdivision as Zai Zharina check if Lynette home as she
had clothes for zaida .Home by 4 pm.Had cken tandoori and cken adobo 4 dinner.
Some of zai's previous tenants in Tagum who worked in d mines with her dad came
4 a visit as they had gone to the beach
Day 24: 11th Jan
Early morning wake up tel call from courier driver in NZ re
NZ sale shoe package .Told him to keep outside our door. Zai went with her mum
to do her mums check up at 6 am back in hour .Cream bread and spread with
pepper 4 breakfast. Off to G mall the Peak later in d morning. Went to JSGaisano
mall first as Zai wanted to buy pants
and clothes. Next G mall the Peak and lunch at Khans Express. Chicken biryani
was yummy. Afghani cken on skewers zai found sweet .Potato rotis with sauce and
fried chicken good too. Total 523 pesos. Got a msg from Sam that no package
outside our door. I was sad .Later Sam msg me that package on the deck.
Lol.Thank god as they were Rockport shoes. On our way home Uncle Abed saw on on
d road and gave us a ride to Boulevard and we took jeepney to Bago .Mum had
gone for a hair cut with Aunty Nene and Zharina. They were back later with beef
rolls, roast cken and fries from S& R. U have to pay a membership fee of
750 pesos annually and lots of American style food there. Ham and fried tuna 4
diner .Later went for s walk around d block with Ricson then 3 ltr ice cream
Double Dutch and Rocky Road. Ricson & Zharina gifted me 2 tunes of
herbal toothpaste
Day 25: 12th Jan
Lazy day at home. Had cken sandwich grilled by Zai, green
tea and watched odi between India
and Australia.
Buttered cken, pancit noodles and garlic rice 4 lunch. Zai went to dentist but
she no longer there. Later she and Zharina got their nails manicured buy a lady
who comes home. We will go to S & R later to get a membership php 700 for
Zharina and with that u get discounts on American style good like meats pizzas
grocery etc.Its hot as .So much sweat. The major gas stations are: Flying V, Petron,
Shell, Caltex, My Gas, Jetti, and Phoenix. S & R nice. We had a big Hawaiian pizza
for php 589 .Beef & cken rolls yummy so was the beef burger. Southern fried
cken good too.u can refill drinks .They stock nz meats, us foods and huge
amount of wine, booze .Glenfiddich was 1600 pesos so good price .jack Daniels
rtds was 500 pesos for 4 bottles so costly. We saw sour cream, parmesan, ricotta,
Gouda cheeses.
Hard to get a jeepney to Bago so forced to take taxi with Zai and Zaida as NCCC
closed .mum went in taxi earlier with d
kids and Zharina
Day 26: 13th Jan
Zai took mum to doc. Sam msg to say he having water issues
again and the water very brown at home. Had fried cken with green tea for breakfast
.Sat to watch CNN as Obama to give final state of the union speech .Went around
1230 pm to S& R again!! Had cken and beef rolls and beef burger. Then to
NCCC as Zai got her BB cream, handkerchief and a bag. Started raining around 3
pm and we were home just b4 four pm
.Watched basketball semis between San Miguel & Rain or
Shine , had Vodka and 3 pieces of Chicken roll 4 dinner. Interrupted by flying
cockroach & I ran away. Was killed by Ricson. Pussy me .lol
Day 27: 14th Jan
Larry emailed me again ( not 4 work but he just missing me
.lol) I replied back and sent him pics.After breakfast we got pork from Red
Basket in Gulf View .Zai made pork pilaf. Uncle Boy got satemi which is spicy noodles,
bihon old ladies hair noodles and lumpia spring rolls with coconut and meat.
Good tasty satemi and lumpia.Pork pilaf always yummy.Zai, Zharina & Zairel
went around 245 pm to the dentist in Puan
(Pooh - Anne) .I stayed and lazed back in bed. Dentist not there so Zai
came back and went to sleep. Leftovers 4 dinner .After dinner went around the
block 4 a walk with Ricson who had his cup of Novolino wine frozen in hand. Zai
msg me to come back as Zaida bought Vodka schnapps mango & orange which we
all drank. Was yummy
Day 28: 15th Jan
Zai went to dentist with Zairel around 9 am. I watched odi Australia vs India. Buttered cken 4 lunch.Zai
back around 1 pm with her teeth clean .cost nearly 5000 pesos. Neighbour baked
fresh banana cake. I no like .Dinner at Mandarin tea garden at 7 pm with Aunty
Nelia and her family. Matina Town
Square around 9 pm.Torac a local heavy metal band
was playing. Awesome as shit loved it.Zai put cotton buds in .lol. Had a bucket
of red horse .Shandy for Zai, Zaida & Zharina.San Miguel for Gaga. Had
chips and garlic nuts. Left by 11 pm as we have to go 2 Samal next day
Day 29: 16th Jan
Woke at 5 am and left by 6 am in Aunty Nene multi cab to Samal Island.
Had brekkie at Jollibee. I had cken fried and a hamburger along with hot
choc.Zai had pancakes .Had to wait ages for the drinks .Bad service. I msg
Jollibee on facebook re bad service. The ferry was huge and it took our multi
cab in .10 minute ferry ride to Samal
Island then a 30 minute
ride to Villa Amparo. We stopped on d way to get chips. Villa Amparo is
beautiful. 100 pesos entry per person and 800 for the cottage .We took pics,
had a swim in the beach which is very rocky and u have to wear jandals else u
get cut. We ordered Emperador and lunch of fried cken, noodles, fries, rice and
pork. Was yummy. Zai and the kids along with Zaida Zharina combed the beach for
crabs, star fish. Had to vacate the bungalow by 5 pm and they allowed us to
stay in the sun lounges till late. By 630 pm we left and home by 8 pm.I slept in
multi cab as my whole body itching like crazy.Zai put coconut oil after I had a
shower and had an anti histamine tablet of Zairel. Dinner was chooks to go.
Neighbours we having a party.
Day 30: 17th Jan
Had bacon and eggs for breakfast then Zai and me went for
the 12 pm mass to Matina shrine Hills Davao. Heaps of people. No taxis to get
back but Infant Jesus kept one 4 us waiting as we walked away from the shrine. Lunch
was rice and Thai green curry by Theresa the neighbour .Zai had arozcaldo which
is cken porridge with rice. Zaida gifted me a cup with our pic on it.Zai got s
cup with the family pic on it. Later around 5 pm we went to Mintal to see Zaida plot of land then to G mall
Toril to do shopping for the house. Dinner at Lumad native restaurant at
d'garden.Did not like any of the food on d menu .Told Zai I want to go sleep in
multi cab and not eat anything but she saying I'm making a fuss .Ate a bit of
the sweet bbq cken and pork
Day 31: 18th Jan
Last full day in Davao.
Pork roast 4 lunch. Bags all packed. Total weight around 35 kgs.Lazed in bed
most of the day .Viewed from outside the opposite home on sale it’s very small.
Shobe arrived at 5 pm and we went to dinner at Grab a Crab at SM city Annexe
with Auntie Nene and Uncle Abed.. Good good. We had Chicken soup to start then
spring rolls, seafood with veg, fried cken & fries, spicy cken gumbao .Then
headed to Ice giants and most of us had halo halo with Aunty Nene & Zoren
having a black forest Parfait while I had a Oreo cookies and cream Parfait. So
filling .Home by 1030 pm .Our last sleep in Gulf View...
Day 32: 19th Jan
Our holidays have come to an end. Woke up at 230 am to
update this blog .it's been a good holiday. Zai has taken very good care of me
and the family has been very good too. Had lunch at 10 am then left at 1045 to
NCCC to get suz mug then airport. Emotional to leave .Had to pay 700 pesos pp tax.
Lounge good. Had smb and zai had orange juice .on d plane we had cken in
Mushroom sauce with rice .our luggage only checked on till Singapore so we rechecked it at Singapore.
Driver picked us up to airport .room good. We had dinner at the hotel
restaurant of beef mutton and cken satay and flat noodles with fried beef .Went
to nearby Bugis Street.
Zai shopped 4 valley girls top but d mall closed at 10 pm.went to seven 11 shop
and got lemon drink and chips and in bed by 11 pm
Day 33: 20th Jan
Woke up at 7 am had breakfast at starbucks of country cken pie and hot choc.zai had rosemary cheese pie .then showered and awaited sia bus but no luck .so took taxi to Mt Faber then cable car to sentosa. Cable car ride awesome. Sentosa gr8 .could not go to sea attractions as not part of the package so went to universal studios and merlion.hen took taxi to burgis mall and had lunch st Victoria Beckham st .kebab quesadilla with Jalapeño. Nice. Started raining so ate in d alley .lol. Zai shopped for more tops while I sat and browsed d net .at 230 we went back to hotel took luggage and went to airport and sat in SATS Premier League lounge from 4 pm to 7 pm .food good .fish fillet, sausages, mushroom pie and tiger beer .Left at 630 pm to shop around Terminal 3 but zai says no good shopping here. Boarded plane at 820 pm and we were on upper deck .Zai had Xtra space 2 keep her pillows etc .Dinner was cken in mushroom sauce and later ice cream. I watched Korean movies CasaAmor and a thriller not sure of d name and a bit of Filipino movie crazy beautiful you. Landed on time picked up duty free and went thru green channel. Only later on reaching home we realized one of the small bags looks like ours but is not ours .Tried to contact the baggage Co bit no joy so will head to airport Moro. Pie 4 lunch and beef pilaf 4 dinner. Met Sam in d evening. Holidays r over .Thank you Jesus
Day 33: 20th Jan
Woke up at 7 am had breakfast at starbucks of country cken pie and hot choc.zai had rosemary cheese pie .then showered and awaited sia bus but no luck .so took taxi to Mt Faber then cable car to sentosa. Cable car ride awesome. Sentosa gr8 .could not go to sea attractions as not part of the package so went to universal studios and merlion.hen took taxi to burgis mall and had lunch st Victoria Beckham st .kebab quesadilla with Jalapeño. Nice. Started raining so ate in d alley .lol. Zai shopped for more tops while I sat and browsed d net .at 230 we went back to hotel took luggage and went to airport and sat in SATS Premier League lounge from 4 pm to 7 pm .food good .fish fillet, sausages, mushroom pie and tiger beer .Left at 630 pm to shop around Terminal 3 but zai says no good shopping here. Boarded plane at 820 pm and we were on upper deck .Zai had Xtra space 2 keep her pillows etc .Dinner was cken in mushroom sauce and later ice cream. I watched Korean movies CasaAmor and a thriller not sure of d name and a bit of Filipino movie crazy beautiful you. Landed on time picked up duty free and went thru green channel. Only later on reaching home we realized one of the small bags looks like ours but is not ours .Tried to contact the baggage Co bit no joy so will head to airport Moro. Pie 4 lunch and beef pilaf 4 dinner. Met Sam in d evening. Holidays r over .Thank you Jesus





































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