Tagatay Highlands

the land around the volcanic islands are usually very fertile.

hence, there are plenty of plantations growing all sorta fruits.

the pineapples in Tagatay are famous for its sweetness :)

starry, starry night at east wood...

phoa thai for dinner

ja jiang mien - lunch at korean restaurant around Makati district

krispy kreme - king of donuts

snapshots outside of SM Mall of Asia (4th largest mall in the world)

Mogu - best jap restaurant. not just in philippines.

the best i've ever tasted in fact.

Intramuros - Spanish walls

First and only Filippino food we tried.

kinda like ayam penyat.

filippinos love their meat and rice.

American Cemetery - maintained by the USA

herein lies the bodies of all those who lived and died protecting Philippines back in WWII.

Day 2 - Manilla

Vocal lessons 101

we're gonna join Singapore Idol soon.

if not our 8am vocal lessons for 3 consecutive days would go to waste.

lol.

Tagatay Highland

tagatay is one of the most active volcanoes in the world.

and it was reallly....

errr....

small.

Beth (my vocal instructor) and i.

she really has powerful vocals.

it was my pleasure to be taught by her.

filippinos are one of the best singers on earth.

Dining at Sonia Garden - a garden concept restaurant

it's salad starters are just fascinating, the ingredients (i.e vege, fruits) were fresh and the salad dressings were just a sinfully good. Aunt bought each of us their specialty dressing - "Sonia Dressing". Absolutely delightful, i never knew salad could taste that good until i tried the salad here.

i can't speak much about the main course (salmon pasta) though.

i believe people come to this restaurant mainly just for the salad.