Baguio 2016: Day 2

Our next day was spent touring different parks.  We passed by Botanical Gardens and had our pictorial with the Igorots.  Then we went directly to Wright Park where you go when you want to ride horses.  Neo and Lolo Jun had so much fun riding the horses.  Wright Park has an access point going to The Mansion, where the current President of the Philippines takes residence when he/she is in Baguio for a vacation. 

You have to pay Php10 per Igorot.

Php200 for an hour horse ride.

At the Mansion.

Then we went to Mines View Park.  This is where you get a nice view for picture-taking.  This is also where you can buy pasalubongs.  Walking distance to Mines View Park is Good Shepherd where you can buy one of the best tasting Ube Jam.

After that, we had a late lunch at Camp John Hay.  We decided not to tour the place after eating because we wanted to go to PMA (Philippine Military Academy).  After a quick tour, we went back to Burnham Park where Neo had fun biking around, again. 

The little boy was so excited to “try” these military armors.

Baguio Night Market view at Baguio Condotel.

We had early dinner and waited for the Night Market to open at Harrison Street.  Because Baguio Condotel, where my parents stayed is right across Harrison Street, we get to see how they prepare for the Night Market.  We went to the Night Market at exactly 9PM, check everything it has to offer, bought a few things, and called it a night.

Baguio 2016: Day 1
Baguio 2016: Day 3
Baguio 2016: Hotel Veniz
Baguio 2016: Baguio Condotel
Baguio 2016: Tourist Spots Take Away

MBC-DZRH DESISYON 2016 Pre-Election Survey ~ Wave 2

And it’s out! 

MBC-DZRH’s DESISYON 2016 Pre-Election Survey Wave 2 results were announced earlier at DZRH 666.  With 7,572 respondents, randomly selected from all provinces of the Philippines, with 1.13% margin of error, MBC-DZRH’s Desisyon 2016 Pre-Election survey has the most credibility of all (and I’m not saying that because I belong to this company). 

Here are the results of the survey conducted last February 13, 2016, Saturday.

Interesting facts can be seen on a per region results that you can download below. 

President

Vice-President

Senator

For detailed PR post, you can check out this website: www.dzrhnews.com.

Baguio 2016: Day 1

It was an impromptu trip.  In no more than one week planning, we were already in Baguio.  Yes, trips with my parents are like that: spontaneous, unplanned, budgeted, fun, and memorable.

Around mid-January, my mother sent me a text message telling me that she wanted to celebrate my birthday and their wedding anniversary in Baguio.  I was like: what?!  But we need to plan where to sleep and what tourist spots to visit and we only have a week to do that.  No need to worry daw, we’ve been to Baguio already and it won’t be a problem. 

So off to Baguio we went.  The only thing we were able to plan was our arrival date and departure date at Baguio.  We were also able to book one hotel room that won’t fit us all. But trips like this create the most memories.  We decided to leave Cavite early morning of Thursday and be back by Saturday afternoon.  Because we are a big group (six adults and one kid), we left Cavite at almost 5AM, and arrived at Baguio by almost 1PM.  We had a lot of stopovers along the way because we have a senior citizen with us too.  Thanks for NLEX-SCTEX-TPLEX for the fast route.

Upon arrival we checked in at Hotel Venize and looked for another hotel that can accommodate Neo’s Mamita.  Mamita is so old that going up and down the stairs, walking too long is not an option.  Luckily we found Baguio Condotel, just across Burnham Park. 

Ah…pine needles…, yes, we were at Baguio. 

After settling in, we decided to check out SM Baguio (the only SM mall without air-conditioning). 

View at SM Baguio’s terrace.  Cold.  Very cold. 

Then we went to tour Burnham Park.  Neo had a blast biking around the area while we savor the beautiful surroundings while trying out the strawberry taho. 

Biking sums up this little boy’s Baguio vacation.

Yummy strawberry taho. 

We ate dinner at one of the restaurants offering grilled food at Burnham Park, and then we went back to the hotel and decided to rest early so we’ll have energy for our day 2 at Baguio.


Baguio 2016: Day 2
Baguio 2016: Day 3
Baguio 2016: Hotel Veniz
Baguio 2016: Baguio Condotel
Baguio 2016: Tourist Spots Take Away

7/11 RUN 2016

Last January 17 marked my first race for 2016.  It also marked my first race along Skyway.  The hubby and I joined 7/11 Run 2016 as Buddy runners.  The race costed us Php1000 for Buddy Run.

Since this race has so many participants they divided it into batches.  We belong to batch O, 10K RUN, should be there by assembly time 430AM, and should have been running by gun time 5AM, but was again LATE and was able to run at 530AM.  Why are we always late during fun runs? L

Anyhow, running along Skyway along with a lot of runners was really a very nice experience.  For one, since the Skyway is high, you get to breathe fresh air as opposed to running along the Manila Bay road and smell the entire foul odor emitted by Manila Bay.  And, I don’t get to run or walk at the Skyway every time I want.  It was really an experience.

7/11 RUN 2016 has got to be the race with the most number of sponsors.  During our race, there were no less than 5 sponsors of drinks: Gatorade, Poweraide, Del Monte, Nature Spring, Pocari Sweat (I might have missed a sponsor pa).  And because of that, I get to try and review (quickly) those drinks.  I find Pocari Sweat the best among them during fun runs.  I don’t get bloated like I do when I drink water.  It's not so strong like the others and not too sweet too. 

After 1 hour and 30 minutes, the hubby and I finished our 10K race.  What’s awesome is that we get to experience the program along with all the fun after the race.  Oh I love running 10k.  I get to have fun during the after-run program which I wasn’t able to have when I run 21K. 

All the loots we got from the sponsors (and we weren’t able to go to all of them pa.)

What I like about 7/11 RUN 2016 was: 1) its along Skyway, 2) it has a lot of sponsors, 3) they give our free food and coffee for all, and 4) they give finisher shirt and medals to all participants.  Needless to say, I will be running again next year J

Another race finished.