Somerset Olympia Makati
7912 Makati Avenue Makati, National Capital Region, Luzon, 1200, Philippines
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No more rice, please!
... I collapsed gratefully onto it for a few hours sleep. A little more refreshed, I headed out for the afternoon to meet the sisters of a friend of mine, and after a slightly disastrous meet up (at a shopping mall, in a Starbucks. Never wise, considering Starbucks seems to be everywhere, and the malls here are huge) we all headed for ChinaTown for an afternoon of dim ...
Supersize Me
... of salt and sugar. Colonialism is a *****.
Spain's and America's strong influence over decades have fully changed the country's eating habits - to my downside. Unfortunately you can't get any spicy food in the Philippines. So I have to fake it with false chilli flavour. Yummy!
However, the Filipinos still love to eat - regardless of their rather poor kitchen. My only benefit is that instead of suffering from Jetlag, I mostly suffer from a lack of appetite.
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Manic Manilla
... food places, well I think it was pretty even, maybe even more food places than other shops. It was crazy, at least 150 eating venues. And most of them were busy to! Obviously eating out is the thing to do here. We walked around for a little while and stumbled upon the cinema.. And a though hit us... We could go watch a movie tonight – which meant a few less time in our stinky room.
Went back to our room, we were going to have a shower, but thought ...
Profiles
... blondish hair. I remember him from 2 years back running around with only a sando (undershirt). I have never seen him wear slippers nor shoes and his bare feet are crusty from dirt build-up. He is 7 years old and will be turning 8 on May 20th. My Mom tells me that he does not attend school. He is a happy boy and he runs to my Mom everytime he sees her even though he is engaged ...
Ni hao ma dimsum etc!
... we were greeted by Old Manila. It's as if we were transported back to old days. Old but nice looking buildings were everywhere. And the streets are way much narrower than the usual ones we see in Makati. Jewelry shops are very welcoming and a sight to behold but they were not part of our iterinary so we didn't give them much attention. Our main target here? FOOD! I'm a Chinese food addict. I love it. From dimsum to their rice and main dishes. ...
This hotel was formerly known as: Somerset Olympia



