When in Baguio!

Jollibee will welcome you! So, last weekend I was with my partner and his family in Baguio! This is the first time I'm on an out of town trip with relatives of my partner. This is one heck of a step for me. To be honest, I was dead scared to go, then I remembered that I wanted to go to Baguio with him. I was not there the first time he visited. I just want to be there with him, enjoying the cold weather.

One of the views along Marcos Highway

First stop, Lion's head in Kennon Road. After the landslide in the area June, a part of it was closed. You can only visit this spot when you get to Baguio via Marcos Highway and travel for about an hour to get to it. The place was empty, this was my second time here and I was surprised that we were the ones there. 

That is why I have this awesome photo!

We stayed in this awesome transient house located in Middle Rock Quarry. The owner of the place was nice. The house was warm and comfortable. Just a bit old, there are rooms under the living room so you can hear footsteps. The house was really close to two tourist spots.

Check out our pad for 3 days!

Strawberry Taho in the morning is great!

Our house was just 10 minutes away from Our Lady of Lourdes Grotto and from the Grotto it was only 15 minutes to the Old Diplomat Hotel. It will feel like a lot longer as the roads are going up. 

The altar after 252 steps

Fountain at the Old Diplomat Hotel

Yap! That's Sherome there!

Logbook showing Ms. Sharon Cuneta's signature 

We stayed in Baguio for 3 days and it was just great except for the occasional rain in the afternoon. We also visited Mines' View Park, The Mansion, Wright Park, The Botanical Garden and Burnham Park during day two! Before going home we visited the Strawberry farm and the Bell Church!

Confessions of a Japanholic

I am not really sure why there are a lot of Japanese related event this month but basically I’m torn by it today there is an ongoing free film screening in Shangri-la Plaza EDSA, Mandaluyong called 2014 Nihongo FiestaFilm Mania.

2014 Nihongo Fiesta Film Mania at Shangri-la Plaza EDSA

The films line up

February 22 (Saturday)
11:00 a.m. Howl’s Moving Castle (119 mins.) Shang Cineplex, Premiere Theater
01:30 p.m. Howl’s Moving Castle (119 mins.) Shang Cineplex, Premiere Theater
04:00 p.m. Howl’s Moving Castle (119 mins.) Shang Cineplex, Premiere Theater
07:00 p.m. Robo-G (111 mins.) Shang Cineplex, Cinema 1

February 23 (Sunday)
01:00 p.m. The Voices of a Distant Star (25 mins.) Shang Cineplex, Cinema 1
02:00 p.m. Brave Story (111 mins.) Shang Cineplex, Cinema 1
04:30 p.m. King of Thorn (109 mins.) Shang Cineplex, Cinema 1
07:00 p.m. Robo-G (111 mins.) Shang Cineplex, Cinema 1

As you can see it is for two days but I wanted to go today, I wanted to watch Howl’s Moving Castle in the big screen. However, It is now late and I decided to pass for the event tomorrow at a place called Little Tokyo called Sunday Fiesta. Little Tokyo is a small area with I think six plus restaurants all serving Japanese food and they are surrounded by Japanese Groceries. Have you heard of this place?

I have been there for number of occasion but tomorrow will be the first time that there will be an actual event organized by the people of Little Tokyo so I am excited about it.

Deciding factor for not going out today is that I have watched Howl’s Moving Castle at home and I still have the copy I can watch it anytime so yah.

The weekend is now here, what are you doing?

Cross posted here