SHIKIMIKIE

Sheraton Hotel 

We went here to visit/guide my dad’s friends when they visited not so long ago. They had a very festive display like the Christmas tree above. 

Robinson’s Place Manila

Robinson’s Place Manila

They also went to a nearby mall to buy souvenirs to bring back home. There was also a very nice display going on there and we took some pictures with it. 

Sheraton Hotel

Sheraton Hotel

They also had/have something going on outside the hotel which is very nice. Festive. Christmas is kind of different nowadays don’t you think? We’ve been talking about it at work and yeah, everything is different now, for sure. I liked the old times better so to speak. My lolo and I would go to my ninongs and ask for AGUINALDO. Bless my lolo. I wouldn’t know right away if they’re home or like hiding somewhere. LOL. Thank you for always accompanying me when I was younger. Now people would just PM/send messages to their godparents. Where’s the thrill? I remember being so happy receiving new bank notes from my ninongs! MALUTONG PA! Now, mamamasko nalang namemresyo pa! Wow ha! Not from personal experience though. Just saw it on Facebook. Bless my inaanaks! 

We went to Clover Leaf Mall to watch The Mall the Merrier. The movie was actually very easy to watch. I like it. Nothing too heavy and yeah, I guess it’s either I like it very easy and like, very heavy. Anyways, watching movie has been a tradition to the family ever since. We don’t really celebrate Christmas/Eve anymore since my grandmother died. I mean, we used to but that kind of stopped. We just eat during Christmas Eve and on Christmas day, we just attend a mass and watch a movie afterwards. Not much of a celebration anymore I guess. It’s kind of sad though since I really miss that mini celebration we used to have. Like, relatives coming over and stuff. Carolers! We used to have a lot of them starting end of November up until January but now, I’ve only seen a couple. But oh well. My dad just passed and maybe that’s why it’s more depressing and stuff but it’ll pass. We’ll be back soon. 

Merry Christmas, everyone! I hope you have a good one. 

The line outside was horrible! Like we had to go from P. Noval gate to España and to P. Noval again just to enter the campus. That’s how long the lines were. There were three lines to and from the starting point and my sister and I went thru all of that only to find out that when we were already on the main line going in, those who just queued, already joined those who are on the main line and I was like, it can’t get any more unfair than this. My sister and I was actually very concerned for those who are on that line when we were in the middle of it all only to find out they’d be able to go in first. Ang kapal lang ng mukha. The young lady in front of me kept shouting “kuya guard, kaya ba today?” . Lots of respect to those who waited patiently in line though. Mabuhay! Wag tayong garapal tulad ng iba. 

But! We were able to get in just before the fireworks. I’d probably explode if we weren’t able to go in but since the fireworks display was delayed for about 45 minutes, we made it. Ha! 

We were able to hear two songs from Ben and Ben inside so yeah. 

Fireworks was amazing as usual

So much for #ZEROWASTE though. It’s not just the organizer’s fault whatsoever. It’s the people who were there. The lines to start with. People have no discipline and respect for those who lined up properly just to get in. People have no respect for those who’re gonna clean their trash. I don’t know where you guys came from but if you’re a THOMASIAN, shame on you. 

The Paskuhan lights was pretty as usual but I just wish I was able to see all of this before I was really pissed. I probably would have appreciated this more. I wouldn’t say I had fun though. But it was still a beautiful event. Well except for the unreasonable long lines and the trash people left. That’s all! 

INFINITY POOL

Loved this! This is probably my favorite pool there. 

The beach. Not at any way swimmable which I hate because I'd rather swim here than the pool but it seemed like the water is contaminated/polluted by oil or something. Bummer. It has a nice view though! If it were clean, I might actually go back here because it's not populated and all but sorry. 

WORK MATES

I want to thank my employers for making us eat 5 times a day and for the unlimited drinks! Again, not in any way fancy or a luxury or something but it was really filling! Thank you guys. 

So long and goodbye, Star City. I don't know what got into my mom's mind when she bought us a ticket here but thinking about it now, I can't be more thankful that I at least was able to go before the whole place burned down. 

annex

This is where the scariest ride is(for me). The Star Frisbee. Also where we queued the longest, I guess. The rest of the ride is pretty unremarkable. Like,  I guess I have my new favorite ride. But nothing beats Zyclone Loop. Where my OG Star City peeps at?

So happy that even though my real sister wasn’t able to join us, my fake sister was able to come! 

Now time for a rant. Okay so...there’s this new system that lets you check in your bags or else you can’t ride. They charge 20 pesos per hour and so my sister checked in both our bags in one locker and my best friend Jie checked in hers to another, right? When we came back, after like an hour and a few minutes, they can’t seem to recover my sister’s FACE ID so they let the few minutes go I guess. But let me just clarify that the few minutes extra the allowable time was actually because the people in front of the line took so long despite the person in charge there accommodating them and stuff so yeah. Then! When it was time for my bestfriend to claim her bag, she was charged additional 40 pesos for the overtime! Now, I don’t know if our overtime fee was charged to her as well but I doubt because there were 2 persons in between them but yeah whatever happened to that, NO LIKEY. 

Star Flyer

Wild River

He’s probably the CEO or something 

The Scariest haunted house in the park. There were three before but only two left when we went and this was the scarier of the two. 

Aye Aye

My sister pointed out how unkept this ride is pretty much the whole ride and it’s just sad. 

Ice cream to cool us down a little bit

We went inside here as well. We kind of enjoyed here and agreed to compete with each other.