Since we can't build more roads to accommodate the gazillion cars on the road, why not make our public transport better?
Why not add more coaches to our MRT, LRT and Philippine Railway lines? Of course its gonna take lots of money so why not invest now? With the rising gas prices that no one can do anything about the commuting public is now looking for an alternative way to get to and from one point.
Another is to make the metro a walking city. Yea I know that's almost impossible but look at Marikina. When I say walking city it means that there should be a decent sidewalk. Sidewalk that has working streelights, bare of hawkers, garbage and side cars. One should not be like they're playing amazing race manila sidewalk edition with all the holes, garbage and roadblocks.
Next is to fix major and minor roads as well. start w the big one such as the maharlika highway, SLEX, NLEX, STAR, C5, C3 Roxas Blvd, Quezon Ave, Commonwealth Ave and most importantly EDSA! When I saw fix I mean to take out all of the obstructions (broken lampposts, hanging wires), fix potholes, fix drainage and of course fix the alignment of the roads. Its malabo naman na from a, for example, a 3 lane road biglang at some point magiging isang lane nlang no. The national government can buy a portion of the land if they have to just to fix the alignment.
Feb 22, 2012
Manners!
people have got to get some manners!
I have 2 kids and I use a stroller in the mall so I don't have to carry my kids around.
I remember when I had my first, breastfeeding wasn't the norm then...there wasn't much info about it. There was no breastfeeding rooms in malls. Once I went to Greenhills, I had to breastfeed in their clinic in front of the doctor who asked me questions such as: masakit ba (does it hurt?), di ba sya pwede ng formula (can't he have formula milk instead?). Jeez. from a doctor? Breastfeeding and pumping for milk was AWKWARD! but my son's needs had to come first so keber! Then we discovered MOA's breastfeeding room so from then on we only went to malls where they have breastfeeding rooms and where strollers are not a burden to use (no elevator, etc). But one thing I notice and continue to irk me to this day is how people really do not know when and when not to use the elevator.
In the office, former office, that is, people who wanted to ride the elevator wanted to be always first to enter the elevator instead of letting those already in the elevator disembark. The same thing happen in mall elevators plus the fact when people who do not need to use the elevator gets to use it instead of those who have strollers or who are in wheelchairs. There's an effing sign na nga to prio those w strollers and wheelchairs and yet its the same every time!
Yes I do have huge strollers. I have a single Full size Graco stroller and another Quattro Tour Duo Stroller. They are the heavyweights in their class and I love them! Everytime we're in the mall, a lot of people really do stare at them. no kid.
going back, people really have to learn manners! Just imagine if we have to carry the strollers down the hot stairwell of the mall. Believe you me, we've done that many, many times!
Mall employees also needs to be schooled in making sure that people follow these simple and common rules. The security guards, take notice and tell us its bawal to use the escalator but what will we use? I'm not stupid naman to keep my kids ON the stroller while we're riding the escalator. We take them down and we let them ride again on the next level. tedious? yes very tedious if you have a 2 rumbunctious boys.
So far the best mall to go to if you are breastfeeding are SM Malls: SM MOA and SM Southmall
Best mall to go when you have strollers? SM MOA, there are only 2 levels and hallways are spacious.
Feb 11, 2012
We attended a birthday party last December in Jollibee Blue Wave and by far, they have the best party host and Jollibee character compared to any Jollibee or McDonald's party I've ever been too.
I'm just saying.
Feb 7, 2012
Long Weekend #1
After much drama, we left our place just before 10am. There was no real traffic until we turned right in the intersection where Tagaytay Econo Inn was. From that point until Carlo's Pizza it took us an hour if I'm not mistaken. An hour again was spent in Carlo's Pizza where we got their Hawaiin Pizza (differently called of course) and a 2 cheese pizza. Yummy!
After a 2 hr drive, we finally got to Barangay Wawa. Make sure you have everything w you (ice, uling, etc) so you don't have to buy inside the resort. Which would just be around 10pesos in the ordinary store, uling was 30 pesos inside the resort! Nothing surprising about that though. In the plaza, they have dunkin donuts, andok's and jollibee in case you guys are tamad to cook. But if you're thinking of from the resort you can just go back to the plaza anytime, think again.
After Bamboo beach which is now called Kawayan Cove and Punta Fuego, you'd see colorful banners on your right to mark the entrance to the resort. Before entering, make sure you c
heck your breaks because the road is steep and 1/2 of the way is not paved. I don't think that there's light at night so I discouraged people from the resort driving out in the middle of the night. Parking is at the top of the resort. Make sure that your car is secure of course since I don't think anyone makes bantay the cars.
Make your way down to the beach. Just straight down (Cardio!) and at the end of the stairs, on your right is the information desk where you can check in.
They gave us the Family Room #5 (FRA 5), the "building"was divided into 4 units.
2 rooms on top and 2 rooms at the bottom. We got the bottom right unit.
There were 4 bunk beds. They allowed up to 10 people in this kind of room. There was 1 TV that we didn't bother to use. 1 ref and a small table. If you're all gonna use electronic devices you might wanna bring an extension and that multiple plug thing since there were only 2 outlets ~1 for the tv and an extra beside then we unplugged the one for the emergency lights so we can use it. No plugs at the other end of the room (where the aircon was). They provided pillows w clean beddings. it was acceptable naman and there was no "amoy" but OC as I was I brought my own pillows and mattress.
banyo was clean and spacious. don't expect hotel room banyo but it was ok.
There was a common grilling area, outdoor shower area and where you can wash the dishes too. Below, you can see the grill area w the red roof/ and just beside it is the outdoor shower area.
We ate outside since we can't fit everyone inside. Make sure you bring a candle or 2 to ward off the langaws and katol for the mosquitoes. You can buy katol in the resort but it was 30 pesos each. Yaya said that it was just 10 php outside. There was a lot langaws esp since we had inihaw isda for lunch. so make sure you have a candle or 2 ready. There was also ants of all sizes. The biggest was...the length of the nail of my thumb! grabe!
They provided the table and bench seen below :)
now the beach.
don't expect boracay type of sand..maybe more of Galera type of sand pro not naman gray or blackish ha.
in front of the beach resort, the water has lots of stones.mabato sya so not really nice for swimming but it's not THAT mabato when you compare it to Laiya. if you wanna swim, facing the water, just walk to your left past the resort and bingo! better swimming area especially for the kids since there's no sudden drop in the water level.
only 1 or 2 vendors asked if we wanted to buy a lobster or bracelets unlike in Galera and Boracay where one would pass by you every 15mins/so.
over all, the trip was nice. again, don't expect a lot from the resort but for a cheap beach thrill its ok.
btw, with 2 kids in tow, I wasn't able to roamed around and inspect the different facilities of the resort
Costs:
Room: 5kphp (good for 8-1opax). 4 bunkbeds.pwede na mag tabi ang di 2 payat.
Entrance/ person (same for adults and kids): 330php
Sucat to Sta Rosa Exit: 91 php
Gas: 2100 w lots to spare. 1500-2k gas would suffice.
katol in the resort 30php each ~buy somewhere else
uling in the resort: 30php/ bag ~buy somewhere else
Reference: http://www.muntingbuhangin.ph/
Feb 2, 2012
Jan 20, 2012
finally we found a place. not the ideal place I wanted to go in the first place but it would suffice since we have a limited budget plus the people who wanted to go w us couldn't go out of town longer than what we wanted to. sigh. Baguio would have to wait till the 2nd quarter.
Back in the day, when we spent our summer in Bamboo Beach (now Kawayan Cove), we'd hear about Munting Buhangin but we never wanted to hop on the boat and explore it...think my mom did and other relatives but I, personally didn't. why. because it was sq....never mind.
now with 2 hands tied at my back sige let's see. so far I've been reading mostly good reviews but 1 or 1 not so nice reviews.
so far, 1 point for being the most affordable place I've seen on the net for a beach resort that is.
2nd point for allowing people to bring food w/o any corkage. I can never understand what corkages are for.
We were also s'posed to go to Canyon Woods but the place was booked and to Tamarindu Beach Resort but we took into consideration that the beach wasn't pure sand plus we couldn't bring food. But they had the lowest food package amongst the Beach Resorts in Laiya at 600php for adults.
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