Sometimes, it isn’t so much fun when booking flights to local destinations. It costs less to book flights to other Asian destinations, but we decided to stick to the Philippine islands.

I will be traveling with 5 other persons. Only one of us has been to Coron, so he’s going to be our activity guide.

1st Day : Trek Mt. Tapyas and bathe in the hot springs
2nd Day : Island Hopping from 8am to 5pm
3rd Day : Island Hopping from 8am to 5pm

This trip will cost me a lot, so I will start saving up until May comes. I will make the most of those 3 full days!

Coron Palawan, here I come!

Tonight, my sister and I are going to see Katy Perry perform live at the Mall of Asia Concert Grounds. We plan to go early so that we can get the best seats. Katy Perry was supposed to have a concert here in 2009 but it was postponed. She does have a big heart because she performed on a benefit concert for Typhoon Ondoy victims in 2009.

I have read good reviews of her concert around Asia, so I am really looking forward to her concert tonight. Yes, this is it!

UPDATE:

We arrived at the venue at 6PM. When we bought the tickets, we were made to believe that our seats are reserved. Arrived at the venue and our section was actually first come, first served. We were lucky to get good enough seats, but it was still too far from the stage.

The concert was supposed to start at 8PM. DJ Skeet Skeet pumped up the crowd at 8, and after 30 minutes, we were made to believe that Katy Perry is next. Well, she was. But she got on stage at 10PM! I was quite disappointed with the organizers of this concert. SMART is one of the major sponsors. No one got on stage and told us what’s going on. The crowd was already booing because of this.

Katy did tweet an apology:

Thanks for an AMAZING FINAL CDT date Manila! Sorry to keep u waiting earlier… had to solve a security issue, but THE SHOW WENT SPLENDIDLY!

When Katy Perry got on stage, we forgot our anxiety. Her performances were amazing. Her voice sounded really good! She’s also beautiful and quite charming. She wowed all of us with her stunning productions. She also did a quick change during her “Hot and Cold” performance. I found a clip online.

The lucky guy in Manila who got a kiss from Katy Perry is Ivan Dorschner. He’s a local celebrity who hurriedly took off his shirt to get picked by Katy to be on stage.

Although we were quite satisfied with Katy Perry’s concert, my sister and I decided that if another artist comes here, we are going to get VIP tickets. So, Adele, come on over!

My day started at 5:30am. We arrived in Singapore on time around midnight. Since we are 6, we decided to take a maxicab, which will take you anywhere in Singapore for $50SGD. The driver knew where to go by just saying the name of the place where we’re staying at, Footprints Hostel.

Singapore at night is in itself so beautiful. The city is alive with gorgeous lights and you can see their landmarks lighted beautifully. We saw The Singapore Flyer, The Marina Bay Sands and the Fountain of Wealth at Suntec City. We arrived at the hostel at 1AM. Ryan and I decided to go the corner store, which is open 24/7. I found my favorite Pepero, $1.20/each but when you buy 3, it’s only $2.10 – so I bought 3; got myself a can of Winter Melon Tea and noodles for Ryan.

Our first day was spent mostly at the Universal Studios Singapore. I knew that walking around Universal Studios would wear us all out, but it was worth the visit. Footprints Hostel is near Little India MRT, so every morning we walk towards Little India Stn to go to different places in Singapore.

Off to Universal Studios Singapore

First stop, Harbourfront Station. It’s the first station on the purple line, but it’s 5 stations away from Little India. We get off at Vivo City, went up to Level 3, bought ourselves $3 tickets to board the Sentosa Express. There are 4 different stops, but to get to Universal Studios, we get off at Resorts World.

We watched a lot of shows.

• Monster Rock
• Lights, Camera, Action – must see!
• Shrek in 4D – loved this :)
• Waterworld – amazing stunts, but don’t sit on the blue and green seats if you don’t want to get soaked!
• Donkey Live!

We had lunch at Mel’s Drive-in Diner, $10.80 for a meal. I ordered the Chillie Burger, but it was too bland for me. Good thing I had cheesy fries with it.

We took lots of photos and walked around the whole park from 10AM until 6PM. We were supposed to go to Clarke Quay after, but my parents were exhausted.

Enjoy the slideshow below, well, click on the thumbnails to view our Universal Studios adventure!

I bought a pair of Merrell sandals, Faded Rose.

 I will be bring my Nike Air Bold, too, since we’re going to do a lot of walking. We already have tickets to Universal Studios Singapore, and we’re going to purchase tickets for the Singapore Zoo and the Singapore Flyer, too. Our friends are meeting us there and they are going to bring us to different places in Singapore.

After our trip, expect a lot of blog entries about it! I will be talking about the sights, the food, the everything.

Useful link I discovered: GoThere.sg

Tweets have been appearing on my timeline that Coldplay will have a concert in Manila. So far, all my googling has led me to no particular date or any information at all. Coldplay’s Official Facebook Account does not have Manila listed on their tour dates, yet. But they say that it is huge possibility, so I am crossing my fingers. I do not want to miss this!

Here’s my poorly edited Halloween photo of Booboo. Happy Halloween!

I do have close friends, but unfortunately, the closest one I have migrated to Canada. The other one lives in Laguna, which is about 2 to 3 hours away from me.

Lucky me to have sisters who have their own lives. I thought I was lucky because I have two sisters that should’ve been my best friends by default. I do enjoy their company, but sometimes they make me feel left out. Like today. I wanted to go out and do a little bit of shopping, but when I tried to join them, one of them shut me out. Telling me that I am not invited. It really hurt me a lot that it brought me to tears.

I know I sound pathetic. I do have close friends that are boys, but I can’t count on them with shopping. They’d rather eat out with me and watch movies, but shopping?

I wish Booboo can transform into a real person. Maybe we can go shopping.

I admit it, I am sucker for these kinds of TV series, that’s why I also liked 10 THings I Hate About You, which ABC Family canceled. Anyway, if you’re into watching something to pass the time, go watch AWKWARD.

I bet a lot of you already know what this is. I only had Lotte’s Pepero Almond and Chocolate when I went to Hong Kong early this year. Since then, I have been looking for this in every grocery I go to. My friend from Hong Kong went home last June and I had him buy 5 boxes. I thought I’d never find this in Manila, but I did! 

I went to the imported section of SM Taytay and found it! Below is the photo of Pepero from Hong Kong:

Of course, it costs more when you buy it here in Manila. It’s Php54/box. In Hong Kong it’s only Php40/box. It’s worth it! Php14 difference without flying to Hong Kong! Some people told me that this can also be found on Korean stores. Maybe it’s much cheaper there, so I’ll have to check it out.