manila mania

wanted to see the sunset soooo much at the baywalk. dragged dodan along. we were supposed to go to the zoo this past saturday before going to baywalk. but since i haven't got much sleep, i met up with dodan at past lunch already. it's already 2pm when i reached ayala. dodan has been waiting for more than two hours for me, buti na lang mahaba pasensya nya. eniwey, happy mood naman sya kase nakita na nya yung hard to find na gundam glorieta. we had lunch first at tokyo tokyo. since there's no time left for the zoo, we just dropped by at their haus first. baby maki (dodan's niece) was sleeping when we came in. dodan invited me to see their newly built terrace. ang yabang, isa daw kase sya sa nagcontribute dun. below are photos i took while we were in the terrace.

pyesta na kina dodan this tuesday!

flowers galore. the actual size of these flowers is just an inch.

we took a taxi going to baywalk, roxax blvd. we were dropped of in from of malate church. from there, we saw a shuttle, yung open on both sides for sight-seeing. i thought it was for free, pero hindi pala. round trip ride costs 25 petot. pwede na rin. the shuttle makes rounds along baywalk, ccp complex, and luneta. na-miss ko tuloy yung motorco, the bus that has seats on top. the sky was gloomy, sayang, di ko na makikita ang sunset. pero anyway, at least it didn't rain.

after our round trip, sa baywalk naman kami naglakad lakad hanggang sa dumilim na ang langit.

matapos ang mahabang lakad lakad, we then went to the fountain area. it's actually called rajah soliman park.

and because the night is still young, kahit masakit na paa namin pareho, isip pa kami kung saan pa pwede pumunta. dodan thought of intramuros' WOW Philippines. taxi ulit kame on going there, mayaman tong kasama ko e, bagong sweldo. when we reached the wow philippines area, nagulat kame kase walang tao. sarado yung big tent, the one that has several tiangges from different places in the philippines. hhmm.. something is not right. dodan was humming the twilight zone background. nasan ang mga banda, ang mga kalabaw, ang mga karitela, ang mga magtataho at kung ano ano pa? we stopped asking questions when we saw the announcement posted on, park's maintenance check daw at sa september na magre-resume. haay.. eniwey, may ilang tiangge naman na bukas so dun na lang kame umikot-ikot. dodan was looking for a coin purse, nadukutan kase sya some weeks ago at ayala. nakabili sya ng coin purse, ako naman abaniko. ikot ikot pa kame until we saw a accoustic act on the other part. meron pa rin naman palang gigs dito, but it's not as festive as it used to be the last time i was there.

at dahil talagang pagod na kami at masakit na paa namin, at gutom na, nagtaxi kame papuntang robinson's place ermita. had our dinner at the food court. tapos, hinatid na ako ni dodan sa bahay namin.