Crownpeak Gardens Hotel Subic

... We arranged to try and meet a few in Bangkok on the Saturday night. Imagine Sophie's surprise when her friend Darren calls to say he may be flying over from the Phillippines (very exciting). <br><br>Then the unbelievable happened when Darren called back and offered to fly Sophie and myself to the Phillippines for the weekend instead! This was going to cost about $400 each but as Darren is particularly well off it was his ...

... Ni(2) Cor(corinthians) shi(4) indicates 2Cor. chapter4 related to a verse, ".. treasure in earthen vessel". Senzin means saints in Japanese. We had a sweet time in the fellowhip of life which was very refreshing.<br><br>Not often we meet a person leaves you with sweet impression and today we met those kind of people by the Lord's arrangement. we will remember them and pray for them that we run the race together.

... took the taxi back to the Courtyard Inn. They dropped us off. Parousia gave us a present which was small figures of dolphins and elephants.<br><br>Then we went to Gerry's Grill we had a late lunch which was noddles and a chicken kebab. <br><br>Dad came home late.<br><br>We went to Gerry's Grill for dinner.<br><br>I and Michelle had spaghetti and pork BBQ. Dad found an ant in his rice. So he had to have new rice. <br>

... too. They cut off the sugar cane and squash the sugar cane until sugar comes out. <br><br> It took two hours to get there. Dad said it was a bit dodgy. Dad's friend in the training named Mark Kim was there and with his wife Lucy and their son Parousia (which means the lord is coming). We came to Courtyard Inn at 10:00am. I and Michelle played in the ...

... side of the rock ledges outlining the beach. We were told that those are brought by the tide from all over. It is such a shame to see waste on a place like this. I mean, if I was in Manila, this dump site would be normal - sad to say, but yes, this should be a usual street corner. But, never would I imagine this on an island so far away from the polluted Metro! I have to talk to the guys and organize a clean-up drive or something. With all the ...

... and a quick freshening up, we broke camp and prepared ourselves for the 5-hour descent. A few meters from camp, I was greeted by jaw-dropping beauty before me and I'm not even standing in front of a mirror! The sweeping foliage in various shades of green took my breath away; like an otherworldly carpet spread out on the eminence accented by its texture and movement. The mountain's nectar spills to the ocean through the gray ...

... church now uses the choir level windows as their front door because of how deep the solidified ash is now. It was pretty intense to see this town literally buried over 10 feet underground. We also went to Subic Bay and observed a very nicely put together town. It's an old naval station converted to one of the biggest export locations in the Philippines, as well having numerous tourist activities. It was a big change from downtown Manila or rural country ...

... yet covered in black grease, dirt and smog. No one bothered to check his pulse, I'm sure not even the many nursed that are trying to go abroad to make enough money to support their families. Currently even Filipino doctors, engineers, etc,.. are going back to school to get a nursing degree to go abroad to the USA or Europe. My host sister just told me that Bush signed an agreement with the Philippines accepting 4,000 more Filipino nurses into the USA this next year. The ...

My new home is in Subic Bay Freeport Zone. It used to be an American navy base, now it is a "zone" because of the tax status here as far as I can tell. The city outside the gate is Olongapo City. My house is basically in a jungle which comes with all the wildlife--big snakes, wild pigs and best of all monkeys who, when I go into my backyard, chase me ...

... toiled day and night to rid the place of sand and debris. When I came to Subic almost 10 years later, there was no trace of a volcanic eruption I could find there. <br><br>With the rejection of the treaty for the extension of their bases in the country, the Americans withdrew their forces from the area, a move everyone thought would mark Subic's end. <br> <br>Over the years, however ...