SM Mall of Asia opened on May 21st 2006 and currently remains the fourth largest shopping mall in the world. It is currently the largest shopping mall in the whole of the Philippines.. MOA impressively boasts an impressive array of 750 shops, 220 dining establishments and a total retail floor area of 390,193 square meters. [...]
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Philippines, January 2010, Manila: Mall Of Asia (MOA) – The Fourth Largest Shopping Mall in the World!
Posted in Philippines, tagged Authentic Goods Philippines, Mall of Asia, MOA, Philippines, Shopping in Philippines, SM MOA, Travel on October 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Philippines, January 2010, Restaurant Reviews: Chow King – Halo Halo Greatness!
Posted in Restaurant Reviews, tagged Chow King, Fast Food Philippines, Halo Halo, Philippines on October 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Chow King is a very well known oriental fast food chain in the Philippines. They are well known to be of high quality and to be extremely cheap. They serve the usual fried chicken but this is complimented with several Filipino dishes. Most food here is no more than $1.50 – $2.00 Australian and for [...]
Philippines, January 2010, Manila: A Catholic Wedding in the Philippines!
Posted in Philippines, tagged Catholic Weddings in the Philippines, Manila, Philippine Weddings, Philippines, Travel, Wedding Receptions Philippines on October 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
A catholic wedding in the Philippine’s can go from an hour to several hours. Depending on how catholic the families are will depend on how much bible related material there actually is within the wedding. My cousins wedding was quite religious and to what I believe: missed a few parts that I think a wedding [...]
Philippines, January 2010, Manila: Getting ready for the wedding!
Posted in Philippines, tagged Cathloic Weddings in Philippines, Getting ready for a wedding, Manila, Philippines, Travel on October 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
For having only a few hours sleep, I didn’t feel too bad when I awoke at around 10 am. Unlucky for my girlfriend who had to get up much earlier to get her make up done. Filipino’s will have any excuse to throw a party, and weddings are no different. Usually with a couple hundred [...]
Philippines, January 2010, Knowledgebase: Balut
Posted in Philippines, tagged Balut, Delicacies of the Philippines, Philippines, Travel on October 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Balut is a delicacy in several parts of Asia, including Vietnam, Thailand, China and the Philippines. The length of the incubation per country differs and all eat it at a slightly different part of the embryo’s growth. Balut in the Philippine’s is a well known delicacy in the city of Patero. The balut in this [...]
Philippines, January 2010, Restaurant Reviews: Jollibee
Posted in Restaurant Reviews, tagged Dining in The Philippines, Fast Food Philippines, Jollibee, Philippines, Travel on October 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
A staple of Filipino fast food is no doubt the massive chain of Jollibee’s scattered across the country. Jollibee is a cheap fast food chain, offering fried chicken with rice, Jollibee spaghetti and several other Filipino influenced western dishes. Jollibee’s are probably just as common as McDonald’s in the Philippines and there should be one [...]
Philippines, January 2010, Baliuag/Malolos – Time with friends and family
Posted in Philippines, tagged Baliwag, Malolos, Manila, Philippines, Travel on October 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Coming home to the Philippines usually means one main thing: Seeing my mums side of the family, my aunties/uncles and cousins. Although some of the my mums side has moved to Australia, I still have quite a lot of cousins here in the Philippines. The Philippines is by far not the safest place in the [...]
Philippines, January 2010, International Skies: Landing in heritage!
Posted in Philippines, tagged Cebu Pacific Airlines, Japan, Japan to Philippines, Kansai, Kansai International to Manilla International, Philiipines, Travel on October 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
After only a short stay of nine days in Osaka, we were on another plane to head to the Philippines. We boarded the usual airport limousine bus from Amagasaki and went to the check in counter for Cebu Pacific Airlines. My first impressions flying on this budget airline was already of anger at how hard [...]
