Barbecue Madness at Cordova Home Village

Last Saturday, May 17, 2014, I had a great time with my friends where we spent our weekend at Cordova Home Village Resort. After not seeing my closest friends Dianne and JJ for a month, I really missed them both so we have decided to go on swimming and eat out. I really wanted to see Rueno, the businessman and also Ate Lady, my former workmate together with her son Dwayne. Well actually, we have been planning to go to Cordova Home Village since last year but we're not able to go because of busy schedules of our other friends. So, I was happy that last week we're able to bond again and really pushed the plan to go to CHV.

I loved it when there's eat all you can to all of our hangouts. I'm really super greedy (matakaw) when it comes to food. What I really liked most at CHV aside from the eat all you can is the pool. Woah, I enjoyed swimming :) and we had fun a lot especially when we took groupie videos and photos underwater using Dianne's GoPro camera. We also roamed around CHV which I find it very exciting after seeing those cute big Disney characters and animals and we even took pictures of each one. I highly recommend this place for summer getaway, parties, reunions and other big events to celebrate.

There are so many things you can also do on Cordova Home Village aside from swimming and eating. You can take advantage of listening to a live band. What I also liked about that adventure was I had time also to listen to the group of female singers or the band where I find their music very relaxing and comforting. You can also have an unlimited time of taking photos to the beautiful view of the resort especially the captivating and attractive designs of rooms. I was really fascinated by the designs of the rooms because it looks like that you are from other country. 

Total Money Spent: 

P35.00 - vhire - from Ayala(since we decided to meetup there) to a jeepney stop(ask driver to where to stop so that you can ride jeepney for Cordova) where you can ride a jeepney to Cordova

P10.00 - jeepney stop (where the vhire stop) to Cordova Home Village

P300.00 - Entrance (pool use and eat all you can included)

Here are some of the tips I would recommend for you:

1. Call in for reservation of table.

2. It's better to go there early so that you can take nice pictures during the day. The barbecue madness starts at 5pm but you can absolutely starts swimming around 2pm. 

3. Since 5pm the eat all you can will start better reserve more food for dinner that means get more food and barbecue while the buffet still open because that will end at exactly 8pm.

4. Don't leave your things unattended.

These pics below were taken using Hero GoPro

I will soon upload some photos and videos next time :) Thanks for reading!

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Spending Time at Cafe Noriter after Cancelled Flight

What a sad day it was, January 10, 2014 after a cancelled flight with my friends for our Butuan-Surigao escapade. Therefore, we just spent the rest of the day at Cafe Noriter for a replanning of our iterinary for Butuan-Surigao trip. You know what I was so excited at that time because that will be my first time to ride a plane. Though, I'm not alone also my friend JJ that will be his first time too. Unfortunately, the flight was cancelled due to bad weather in Butuan. The eye of the typhoon Agaton was in the Caraga region. So sadly we need to reschedule our vacation. And with regards to that, we decided to go to Cafe Noriter for re-planning our itinerary.

Cafe Noriter! 

This was my friend Dianne's idea to hangout in Cafe Noriter from the airport. As we arrived, I was really fascinated by the ambiance, the place looks very comfortable and I so loved it because of the Korean culture touch. I highly recommend it for a place of relaxation and chit chats with your family, friends and workmates. This very much likely for coffee drinkers. I really like that they have cushions, big stuffed toys, cute hairdos and eye glasses.

Why Noriter? Simply because it is now one of the new hangouts for students and friends and it is located at the heart of Cebu. Noriter is a Korean word for playground. So very Korean that it has Kpop magazines, it is a wifi area where you can take photos and upload it on your SNS(social network services) and the Post It notes where you can post anywhere you like with your dedication. 

Follow Rules:

Of course, every cafe has its own rules to obey. You can actually stay 3 hours during weekdays and 2 hours during weekends. You are advised to re-order for extension of stay. 

Here are some of our pics (sorry the photos were so kinda awful bec I'm still a noob when it comes to using Dianne's dslr hehehe! )

These are the pics I grabbed online, just to give you more idea what Cafe Noriter looks like and of course their drinks and desserts :)

Location:  One Acacia Place Unit 10-11 Arch Bishop Reyes Ave Cebu City
Contact: 09273647138
Store Hours: 9:00am-11:00pm

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Bucket Shrimps

Hello readers, I'm back! This will be my first post this year. Sorry for not updating my blog recently because of very much important family emergencies, struggles and still giving myself a time to grieve and trying to moved on from my sister's death. (ouch! I really miss her so much!) Anyways, this post today was a dinner date with my friends and her siblings that happened last February after my vacation in Butuan-Surigao. This was a remarkable supper in Bucket Shrimps.

This was actually my friend Dianne's idea to dine-out at Bucket Shrimps since we really love to eat seafoods especially our favorite shrimps. And when she let me saw the resto's pics it was so inviting and made me salivate.. lol.. That picture of a bucket of delicious shrimps really wanted me to go there asap and made me crave for that.(Omg! now I'm craving more of it.)

So, how to get there!

Bucket Shrimps, a new restaurant in Cebu is located at Gov. A. Climaco (ORCHIDS) Street, Jones, Cebu City, near Capitol. It is across S.T.K. Ta Bai! (Sugba, Tuwa, Kilaw) restaurant which is also a famous seafood restaurant.

The Menu!

Actually all food is served in buckets. Since we're 6, we ordered 2 buckets of shrimps, the cajun sauce and gata, 3 buckets of rice, 2 buckets of chicken wings and 1 1.5liter of Coke. That was really a sumptuous dinner, the fact that we're eating by hand.

I was fascinated by the ambiance because of the open air accommodation and the fans with full speed really made me comfortable. Everything was simple especially the menu in the center table, plastic wraps as plate, paper bib with the Bucket Shrimps written on it and the plastic gloves to use in eating.

I highly recommend this restaurant to everyone. It is a good seating for a meal together with your family members, friends and workmates. Aside from different sea-foods they also serve beers and soft drinks.

Check below for the food prices:

Boiled Shrimp(in Cajun Sauce or Gata) … P250.00

Soft Shell Thai Shrimp … P250.00

Chicken Wings (6 pcs) … P150.00

Liempo Loco … P130.00

Crazy Pusit … P120.00

Just a tip for everyone, reservation is a must since Bucket Shrimps has been a buzz lately and people always visit there everyday.

Here's a contact number to set your reservation, 09331992521.

  

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