New Year

Went to Mango Square celebrating the new years eve. Alles good, but when we left Juliana's night club, a small group of little girls and boys started to hassling around me. While walking across the street to taxi, surprise surprise, they managed to pick my phone from my front pocket. My friend was fast enough to catch the oldest girl, and after a few seconds of shaking my phone started to glow inside her t-shirt. I am a lucky guy, have to say.

Visited Bohol, Panglao island last weekend. A really relaxing time and enjoying beach life and good food. Very clean place and plenty of fresh air. Few pictures below.

 

Tarsier, Bohol.

 

Alona beach, Panglao.

 

Oasis Resort, Alona beach.

 

Oh crap:)

 

Flushing Meadows beach, not drunk, resting.

 

Chocolate Hills, Bohol.

Now waiting for wood delivery, planning to build a small fence against cats and dogs. Tired to clean the piles of poops every morning:)

Christmas

Finally, before Christmas, I cleaned my front yard and build a wooden terrace and a table. Yes, it is a rugged one, but using only a hammer and saw, it is adequate for me. It is nice to sit outside and enjoy the smooth winter winds. Hence it has been raining a lot lately. No pictures, due the heaviest rains occurs during the dark hours, and I'm afraid to lose, or deep wash, my mobile phone.

Front yard, before the cleaning.

Actually, the right side is cleaned, left side is waiting for action.

 

Job done.

Removed that rather smelly grass. Filled empty space with gravel. Nowadays, cleaning the yard at least once per week to avoid moss and bad smell. 

Have to paint it as well. I'm not sure is the wood thee best material for this climate.

 

Santa Claus, my favorite man.

Oh yes, I agree.

Now getting ready for new years party, after that the year 2011 is nicely wrapped and gone.

Happy New Year 2012 for all of You! :)

New year song. 

Storm

Luckily, not here in Mactan island. The storm passed us from the south. Weather forecast was predicting heavy rain in this area for Friday and Saturday.  Despite of that, weather was nice and quite sunny. Hence, Thursday night it was raining cats and dogs. Till alive:)

 

Thursday rain, Mactan.

Waiting for Santa

Yeah, Santa is coming:) Well, at least one Finnish guest from China will hit the Cebu during the Christmas time. Just taking easy at the moment and checking how Euro is doing in market. Dammit.

Went to see some live music. Not bad, nice voice and lively show. Some western guys were brave enough to show their talent as well. Not me.

 

Diones, Mactan.

Weekend relaxing in nice bamboo bar with good atmospehere.

 

Banana Moon, Mactan.

Oh yes, the third Visa extension, 2 months, was only a bit over P2,800. Not bad.

Independence Day

Today, 6th of December, is Finland's Independence Day. Happy birthday, Finland! Perhaps a couple of shots of ice cold vodka is in order later on.

 

:)

Went to Manila last week. Lucky guy as I am, had a flu during the whole trip and the remaining of the week. Hence only one pic taken from my hotel window. It was a blast lying in bed, watching TV and ordering room service... Not!

 

Manila, Quezon City.

 Holidays are coming. Time for a Christmas decorations. Well, few lights, it is better than nothing:)
 

 

Let there be light.

ACR I-Card

Went to Immigration Office today to get my I-Card. Now I am an registered Alien:) Also, finally found Parmesan cheese from Park Mall, Mandaue City. Now it is possible prepare real spaghetti, risotto and pasta.

 

Talamban, Jan's Kool Bar, Pizza Hut

 

ACR-Card, front

 

ACR-Card, back

Birthday Week

Went to see local point of interest, the statue and doom of famous Mactan warrior LapuLapu. He was the leader of the battle against Portuguese explorer and conquistador Ferdinand Magellan. During the battle, Magellan and several of his men were killed.

As we are Finnish, he remains us a Finnish man called Lalli.
Lalli is an apocryphal character from Finnish history. According to legend, he killed Bishop Henry on the ice of lake Köyliönjärvi in Finland on January 20, 1156

See internet/wikipedia for more information about Lalli and LapuLapu.

 

Lobster and prawn meal

Had a good sea creature dinner nearby the statue of LapuLapu. Lobster and giant prawns. Very good and delicious food. Lobster price was around P1000 per kilogram and prawns P740 per kilogram. A one kilo equals 8 prawns. The whole dinner with the beverages and coffee for three persons was a bit over P2000.

 

The doom of LapuLapu

The doom of LapuLapu. We had a nice local guide with us. And yes, that is me smiling, a Finnish smile at least:)

 

The statue of the Mactan Hero LapuLapu

Me and my friend Karri from Finland. He was visiting me 10 days while he is traveling around Asia. We had a great time partying and relaxing during my birthday week. We had a party in local pub called Eddies. Free beer and pizza, nothing too fabulous. At the same night we hit Julianas dance nightclub in Cebu City.. And yes, we can remember something... but not much:)