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6.01.2014

White Rock Beach Subic

1st time @ Subic!

I am Mike's +1 in his work's teambuilding activity ;p

We left at around 6AM from Laguna (we need to leave Snowbell) and reached our destination by 10AM, almost 3.5 hours less the total of 30mins stopovers for coffee, gas and restroom.

Our room, we were told that all reserved rooms are good for 4 which means we have many pillows, blanket and towels :)
This room is located in the main bldg, ok naman xa but no windows.

Toiletries - shampoo and soap only, no toothpaste

card key :))

After checking in, we applied sunblock and went out to strolled a bit.

It was burning hot out there we decided to swim at night or early next day.

This part with white sand is elevated at around 3 feet and then when you go down the sand is already gray.

OOTD: I bought this printed dress from St Francis Square.

Cute print!

You can buy souvenirs inside

Our meal stub

Lunch buffet

After lunch we stayed in our room and watched 47Ronin (maganda in fairness) while waiting for their activity.

I am expecting that they will have a line-up of activities for their team building so I kept bugging mike to

go out and check their schedule. After forcing him to call their HR, he was told that they don't have activity at all - free for all daw ;)))) But of course, I still urged him to go out with his colleagues, they played billiards, table tennis and also went swimming. I joined their swimming after dinner. We got tired and slept early around 10.

As for their food, the lunch was ok but the dinner and brekkie hmmm some were bland and not very tasty.

We even need to use the table salt :/ Pero ok na rin :))

Dinner buffet

Breakfast Buffet

Accdg to their website, our room cost P8600 with buffet meals included, cable TV, free newspaper, they have WIFI but only in the lobby area.

The next day, we went swimming after breakfast. We didn't bring our phones with us so I don't have photos of the waterpark. -_-

We went at the beach first and tried the kayak for... 10mins? hehehe I'm scared kc lolz

We also tried the Giant wave pool and the heated pool.

thanks Gary for this photo :)))

http://www.whiterock.com.ph/

4.19.2014

Batangas Pasalubong

Aside from what we bought from Cafeño, we also bought Tablea and Kape Barako from San Juan Pasalubong Center which is I think about 1 KM away from the municipal hall of San Juan.

This shop sells lambanog, panucha, coffee, tableas, keychains, TShirts, handicrafts and other sorts of pasalubong.

Kape Barako (php140), Both tablea w/ or w/o sugar (php100)

The tablea packaging is not very appealing to me but the taste is ok. We had it for 3 mornings already :)

We also stopped by Cafe De Lipa in Petron STAR tollway.

It has a different packaging compared to the mall or I don't know if they completely changed it already. I thought the price is lower too but it's almost the same at P170 (If I remember it correctly supermarket price is P175) so we just bought 2 packs only. If the price is lower as I imagined then we would've probably hoarded ;p

So this is the final post from our Batangas trip :) We love to go back again. It is really nice to pause and breath with nature sometimes and then feeling recharge and ready again for the busy city life.

PS: Where do you usually buy pasalubong from Batangas?

4.15.2014

Batangas Trip: Cafeño

I spotted this cafe on our way to Laiya, I suggested to M that we'll have our lunch here on our way back. It is located just a few meters away from municipal hall of San Juan.

No parking space, just park on the side

M's Batangas Tapa w/ Barako Shot (Php145)

I tried their suman tamales w/ kapeng barako (Php90)

The suman is bland so you need to pour the coconut syrup. Surprisingly, we didn't find the barako coffee strong nor bitter. The batangas tapa taste like beef steak (somewhat).

We bought: Coffee Bun (na lasang uber sweet monay) (Php60), Panucha(Php40), CacaoBalls(Php120)

Cafeño is a quaint, home and a bit pricey but decent place to satisfy your Batangas food curiosity :)

4.13.2014

Beach Wedding at Kota Keluarga, Laiya Batangas

First Time - to be a bridesmaid and to go to the beach \^_^/

The venue is approximately 3 Hours drive from Manila, or less (if we didn't get lost somewhere in Lipa City...) After we turned right from San Juan municipal hall, we needed to stop to pay P20/Tourist.

Then Kota Keluarga is approx. 15KM or around 20 mins drive. My bff Jen's wedding was held at Klub Keluarga which is approx 10mins away from Kota Keluarga's entrance because 3/4 of the way is a dirt road.

This view gives me goosebumps but at the same time I am excited, our swimming lesson gave me at least 25% confidence lolz