Masskara Festival at Day

The next day, October 21st, we went around to shop for "pasalubong" since some of us are already going back to Manila. Our first stop was at a market where we bought danggit (or dried fish). Then we went to Bongbong's in Araneta Ave. (if that's really the place haha 'coz that's the information Foursquare gave me) to shop for pastries. Then we saw street dancers waiting for their competition to start. In the line ahead of the street dancers was the parade of the big puppets made by engineering students. Everything was just so colorful!

NEON!!!

with the street dancers

minions!

Pacman!

Comedy King: Dolphy

After that quick stop, we headed to Calea to buy cakes. On our way to the airport, we dropped by The Ruins. It's so picturesque! We super loved that place. Then we had another stop where we bought more pasalubong, but i forgot the name of that place. Anyway, after sending two of our friends to the airport, three of us went back to the city. We had dinner with my friend's relatives at Bascon's Restaurant then we headed to Flow for KTV! We were so full because of the unlimited treat of my friend's relatives haha!

so picturesque!

it looked like I was pasted on this photo

fountain of our friendship :)

:)

i swear, they were not moving!

at the balcony

the WATER room at Flow

The next day, October 22nd, was the day of our flight back to Manila. We had lunch with my friend's relatives, who were also our hosts there, at Delicioso. Yummy food! I loved their paella and Bailey's cheesecake! We spent the rest of the day in SM City Bacolod. Then we headed to the airport. Too bad my Sinamak (spiced vinegar) got confiscated 'coz it's not allowed in the plane. And I didn't like the fact that their luggage x-ray machine was busted so the security had to manually inspect our luggage. Anyway, but those things were not enough to ruin the entire trip because we totally enjoyed the trip!

yummy paella :)

I have this thing about having a photo taken at provincial SM Malls :))

Jojo Vito's Masskara-inspired home decors

our home and service (van) for the weekend :)

thanks Bacolod, we had a blast!)

I see myself coming back to Bacolod City...most especially during Masskara Festival! I really had so much fun! Bacolod, indeed has a lot to offer -- yummy food, good people, and nice places.:)

Surviving Shanghai: Day 1 (Official)

Sept. 21 (Friday)

By "official" I meant, it's the real deal...those activities we sort of planned to do.

Since we started out late, we were not able to do everything in our itinerary for this day.  First thing we did upon leaving the hotel was to find a place to eat. We walked along North Sichuan Road, until we saw a mall with signages of food stores. There we tried Happy Lemon (it's cheaper there than here in the P.I.) and a Chinese restaurant. We order a roasted duck and a set meal like that of a shabu-shabu. Then we ordered "mi fan" (rice) but we were given a black rice that tasted sweet, which we felt was a dessert haha! There, you'll have to pay your food right after the waiter has gotten your order.

cute Hello Kitty cake! I want!

So after our late lunch, we took the Metro train to the West Nanjing Road. It's a long road of lots of boutiques! Truly a shopping haven! It reminded me of Shinjuku and Harajuku wherein all the brands are on the the both sides of the road.

From Nanjing Road, we took the Metro train to Century Ave. There we were on an elevated walkway and we got a perfect view of the best buildings and structures in Shanghai, most especially the Oriental Pearl TV Tower. We originally planned to have a dinner buffet at the tower but it costs around Php 2,500 when converted. So we opted to find something else to do. We wanted to go to The Bund, so we had to cross the Huangpu River. We went through The Bund Sightseeing Tunnel wherein we rode a see-through covered cart on a rail going to the other side of the river. The ride costs 90 RMB/pax. We didn't actually pay much attention to the voice over and the effects shown inside as we were passing through the tunnel, but for sure, it's not worth 90 RMB! haha

Jin Mao Tower

 Oriental Pearl TV Tower

 BFFs and the Oriental Pearl TV Tower

 I was surprised I can take a photo this nice!

it's very evident on this photo how tired I've been from walking the whole day

 that's our ride going to the other side of the river

That's the tunnel! Kinda scary haha!

Besides the Huangpu River, we also got a nice view of the French Concession on the opposite side. And to cap our night, we headed to The Apartment where we had our late dinner and some drinks. They serve sumptuous Italian dishes and good cocktails. Just like what its name suggests, it's a 3-storey apartment with a roof deck that somehow felt like Skye. One of its rooms was for house music and it felt a bit like Relik, while the other room was playing RNB and HipHop, which felt like Republiq. There were lots of expats and tourists at the place. We headed back to the hotel at 1:30am and it only took us around 36 RMB via cab.

I used the HDR effect of my Camera 360 app on iPhone 

 The ferry ride costs 2 RMB only. We should've taken this instead on the tunnel thing.

 So funny that this looks like the Empire State Building in New York haha!

 The French Concession

Felt like Paris over here!

Price Range: 70-200 RMB (drinks at 70+, food at 100+)

 the dining area (resto part)

 Roof Deck

 Shanghai party :)

 the room for "house music"

the room for "RNB and Hiphop" music

It's so cool because we found flyers/invites for Maroon5 Shanghai concert's after-party at The Apartment scheduled on the coming week.

Tip: Download the Wow Shanghai app because it's very useful in finding the perfect places for shopping, dining, partying, and more! It's complete...with directions!:)

So that's our 1st day in Shanghai! I got more to share about our second day. Stay tuned!:)


xoxo