Makati - Note 5

Hi all.. haha.. my last note from here before I head off for Sg. It's been .. fun. Tiring and bleak at times (work, meh!) but on the whole.. fun. Philippines is made cool due largely to the folks I think. Maybe it's the hospitality extended to people from abroad, but I've been made to feel really at ease and comfortable here. So.. I think the one thing I will miss - besides the food and copious amounts of MSG - would be the peeps here. But at the same time, I'm really looking forward to seeing you guys again! :) So I'll just end off with a few more pix in the last week - and I'll see you guys soon..

Sun - the service - I felt weird taking photos so it's just the one

Went later off to Market Market (it looks NOTHING like any market I know) to get mangoes for you guys! and then caught a movie (A Team - very entertaining - testosterone overload whoohoo!).. not before doing a double take at this though.

Looks familiar?

Anyways it was workworkwork for my final week till Thurs, when things started to look slightly more happening. My team treated me to lunch .. haven't hung out with them much, due to a variety of reasons, but it was nice of them to do this... halfway, the waiters came out with pots and pans, and did like a rap (?) or a rhyme for this bday boy at another table, keeping odd time with said pots and pans. Hmm marks for effort, though they are still a looong way from Stomp.

Ana - she seems to be happy with her food

Michelle stuck in front of Pots #2 and #3

At night, Jen and Nino took me out for food - not this place but Jen parked nearby. This is Burgos Circle, a gimmick place too, for hangout. Like.. hmm. a quieter version of Holland V. Pretty, though.

We went to this place called Chicboy - near where I had my haircut!

Nino deliberated a while

Not so much, us

Chic(ken) and (ba)boy - Best Friends..(aww)

They all end up like this though.. wahhahahha

Baboy...that's pork. Looks like Pacman, no?

By the time we were done it was already 10ish I mean.. we quickly headed off to this place.....

go on, make a guess!

Well.. Tadah!!! Videoke! wahahhah.. go everywhere also Karaoke.. I made them sing A LOT of tagalog songs.. melody quite nice leh, and they have pretty good voices - confirming my suspicions that most Filipinos have good voices hee.. I sang like 2 old chinese songs... and a lot of rock whoohoo!! lots of screaming in there. er mainly from me. I think i really let go (up to 40 % - I don't really dare to go 100% like I do with you guys hahhah)

Still. We sang till 1 am! Zombiefied

Came in the next day with not much of a voice actually. Then hung out for lunch with Nino, Juvy , Carol (my trainee) and some other gals..it was fun lah once the initial awkwardness was gone. I think I really amused (likely horrified) them with my mango-love

Go Philippines eat chinese! haha...

Happily tucked in though hahah

Mango YUM!!

Nerd with mango. Nerd ate TWO of these things.. !

After saying my goodbyes later (gosh stayed till 9+ with Carol doing my stuff and answering her qns too.. I hope she does well when I'm back.gulp). She nicely took me out.. to Burgos Circle!

It's this orangey-looking place there, called.. Mile Hi. hee.. concept is very much like Billy Bombers..

This is Chicken Lollipop with Spag! Sylvia's ones are nicer though hee

Last ones for the road...

It's been fun lah. till the next time, (hopefully not for work!)

Bee, signing off from Manila