So how did i celebrate birthday this year? First, escape from work!! ha... managed to convince my boss that i can take 3 days of leave though i have a project on hand & just joined my new company but boss is nice enough to approve lah. Secondly, hubby agreed to bring me go holiday @ a beach resort call Boracay in philippines! Yipee!!!
We left on 3rd May morning & travelled on philippines airline to manila before departing to kalibo. On our flight there, i decided to take some pictures but found out that my favourite digital camera spoilt lah. Everything that i attempt to take are pinkish & looks yucky. I was really upset & disappointed coz i can't take nice pictures of the beach there. :-( Sigh... anyway the next day, the camera totally blackout so it is confirmed dead... *sob*... Thank God for the invention of camera mobile phone coz all our pictures are snapped using our mobile phones. ;-)
Our trip in Boracay was fun except that it was a long journey there. Upon reaching the airport, we need to take a bus ride for 1-2 hrs before reaching the jetty for another 30 mins ferry ride & finally reaching Boracay in the evening @ 6pm. It was pitch dark there as the sun rises at 5am & sets at 6pm.. Anyway, we stayed at this resort call Surfside Resort & Spa for 3 nights & tried the spa massage there too!
On 4th May(my birthday), we went snorkeling trips around the island of Boracay from 10am till 4pm. After that, we laze around at the beach chairs of our resort waiting for the sun to set. Beautiful sunset view! Evening time, hubby bought me a small birthday cake that is Ube flavor. Ube is a local name for some purple potato. Anyway it's a purple cake & taste Yummy!! :D We had buffet dinner that nite & they have oyster spread. Big oysters leh! Oh ya, not forgetting to mention that even though i was out of town, i still received many heart warming birthday greetings via sms, emails & friendster messages from frens like Chris, Yuan Shan, Hanyu, Serena, Soon Yeow, Jasmine, Mei Ying, Lucy & Trixie! :) Thanks to those who have remembered & sent me the msgs.
On 5th May, we went for the ATV(all terrain vehicle) ride to Mt Luho. It was really fun though it was a bumpy ride! This mountain is the highest of Boracay & u will be able to see 80% of Boracay. Nice view indeed!! The ATV guide also brought us to another beach call Puka Beach. After the ATV ride, we went to the one of the most expensive resort in Boracay beach call Friday, which is at Boat Station 1. Unfortunately, we can't take much pictures there becoz they are busy preparing for a wedding that nite. We took some pictures of the wedding deco & we saw another wedding nearer @ our resort. Having wedding there was really cool coz they even have fireworks for their wedding leh! It reminded me of my wedding solemnisation @ sentosa beach but i dun have fireworks leh.... :-p
As we walk back from Boat Station 1 to our resort which is Boat Station 3, there are many shops along the way that sells beach wear, bag & accessories! Of coz, how can i didn't buy anything for myself rite? Hehee...hubby & i bought 2 pairs of slippers each, beach shorts, beach dress for me & beach top for hb, bags, sun glasses, ear rings, accessories & the list goes on.... :-p
This island reminded me of phuket but it is 10 times cleaner than Phuket & comparable to Redang. The only shortfall of Redang is there is no shopping & nite life whereby u can find nite shopping & nite life @ Boracay! The crowd are here are mostly tourist from asia country such as korea, japanese, taiwanese, china. Everyone come with family or big group of frens! :)
On 6th May, we left Boracay & made our way to Manila for another round of shopping! We stayed @ Makati - similar to our orchard road/cityhall where u can do lotsa shopping!! Our hotel is those 2-3 stars kind but good location coz it's at the Greenbelt(expensive shops like Gucci, LV, Channel, etc are there). Walking further down are many other shopping malls call LandMark, Glorietta, SM Makati & many more. As our time in Makati is only 24hrs so I shopped non-stop until my leg got blisters & body aching when I am back in Singapore the next day(7th May). :-p
We left on 3rd May morning & travelled on philippines airline to manila before departing to kalibo. On our flight there, i decided to take some pictures but found out that my favourite digital camera spoilt lah. Everything that i attempt to take are pinkish & looks yucky. I was really upset & disappointed coz i can't take nice pictures of the beach there. :-( Sigh... anyway the next day, the camera totally blackout so it is confirmed dead... *sob*... Thank God for the invention of camera mobile phone coz all our pictures are snapped using our mobile phones. ;-)
Our trip in Boracay was fun except that it was a long journey there. Upon reaching the airport, we need to take a bus ride for 1-2 hrs before reaching the jetty for another 30 mins ferry ride & finally reaching Boracay in the evening @ 6pm. It was pitch dark there as the sun rises at 5am & sets at 6pm.. Anyway, we stayed at this resort call Surfside Resort & Spa for 3 nights & tried the spa massage there too!
On 4th May(my birthday), we went snorkeling trips around the island of Boracay from 10am till 4pm. After that, we laze around at the beach chairs of our resort waiting for the sun to set. Beautiful sunset view! Evening time, hubby bought me a small birthday cake that is Ube flavor. Ube is a local name for some purple potato. Anyway it's a purple cake & taste Yummy!! :D We had buffet dinner that nite & they have oyster spread. Big oysters leh! Oh ya, not forgetting to mention that even though i was out of town, i still received many heart warming birthday greetings via sms, emails & friendster messages from frens like Chris, Yuan Shan, Hanyu, Serena, Soon Yeow, Jasmine, Mei Ying, Lucy & Trixie! :) Thanks to those who have remembered & sent me the msgs.
On 5th May, we went for the ATV(all terrain vehicle) ride to Mt Luho. It was really fun though it was a bumpy ride! This mountain is the highest of Boracay & u will be able to see 80% of Boracay. Nice view indeed!! The ATV guide also brought us to another beach call Puka Beach. After the ATV ride, we went to the one of the most expensive resort in Boracay beach call Friday, which is at Boat Station 1. Unfortunately, we can't take much pictures there becoz they are busy preparing for a wedding that nite. We took some pictures of the wedding deco & we saw another wedding nearer @ our resort. Having wedding there was really cool coz they even have fireworks for their wedding leh! It reminded me of my wedding solemnisation @ sentosa beach but i dun have fireworks leh.... :-p
As we walk back from Boat Station 1 to our resort which is Boat Station 3, there are many shops along the way that sells beach wear, bag & accessories! Of coz, how can i didn't buy anything for myself rite? Hehee...hubby & i bought 2 pairs of slippers each, beach shorts, beach dress for me & beach top for hb, bags, sun glasses, ear rings, accessories & the list goes on.... :-p
This island reminded me of phuket but it is 10 times cleaner than Phuket & comparable to Redang. The only shortfall of Redang is there is no shopping & nite life whereby u can find nite shopping & nite life @ Boracay! The crowd are here are mostly tourist from asia country such as korea, japanese, taiwanese, china. Everyone come with family or big group of frens! :)
On 6th May, we left Boracay & made our way to Manila for another round of shopping! We stayed @ Makati - similar to our orchard road/cityhall where u can do lotsa shopping!! Our hotel is those 2-3 stars kind but good location coz it's at the Greenbelt(expensive shops like Gucci, LV, Channel, etc are there). Walking further down are many other shopping malls call LandMark, Glorietta, SM Makati & many more. As our time in Makati is only 24hrs so I shopped non-stop until my leg got blisters & body aching when I am back in Singapore the next day(7th May). :-p
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