Tuesday, June 12, 2007
Saturday 9th June 2007 - Here's a shilling, go to the pictures!
Saturday 9th June 2007
Took Lu to the dentist again hopefully the penultimate time and then we went to the SM shopping mall at EDSA North to meet Lu’s old neighbours, Rik and Mel from Mandaluyong. We have lunch in the mall’s ground floor food court, (there are 2, the other on the top floor. The Filipinos love their food.) Did a little window shopping in this huge mall and then decided to indulge ourselves and watch Pirates of the Caribbean, The end of the world. Also the cinemas have better air con than the malls so you cool down better. I gave Lu a P1000 note (£11) to get tickets while I visited the restroom. I expected a little change bearing in mind that when we visit the cinema in UK there is usually very little change from £15. She handed back P720 so 2 tickets cost about £3.10! And that was for the Premier, top notch not cheap old deluxe seats.
Back at Hotel Encarnacion we learn a little more about our hosts, Sheila, Gerald (or Jing Jing or, Aga, as he closely resembles a good looking Filipino actor) their 5 yr old daughter Rain Danielle, Sheila’s mum, Del and their maid Annabelle. Gerald is the son of Ludy’s ‘adopted sister’ Bever and he husband Guy and they live in the house that Ate Bever had built for them. Gerald works for the largest TV company in PI, ABS-CBN as a news editor. Sheila works for a PR & Marketing Media company handling major businesses who advertise in the television media as an advertising ideas consultant. Daughter Rain has not yet made a career choice but whatever it is she will probably break hearts!
Took Lu to the dentist again hopefully the penultimate time and then we went to the SM shopping mall at EDSA North to meet Lu’s old neighbours, Rik and Mel from Mandaluyong. We have lunch in the mall’s ground floor food court, (there are 2, the other on the top floor. The Filipinos love their food.) Did a little window shopping in this huge mall and then decided to indulge ourselves and watch Pirates of the Caribbean, The end of the world. Also the cinemas have better air con than the malls so you cool down better. I gave Lu a P1000 note (£11) to get tickets while I visited the restroom. I expected a little change bearing in mind that when we visit the cinema in UK there is usually very little change from £15. She handed back P720 so 2 tickets cost about £3.10! And that was for the Premier, top notch not cheap old deluxe seats.
Back at Hotel Encarnacion we learn a little more about our hosts, Sheila, Gerald (or Jing Jing or, Aga, as he closely resembles a good looking Filipino actor) their 5 yr old daughter Rain Danielle, Sheila’s mum, Del and their maid Annabelle. Gerald is the son of Ludy’s ‘adopted sister’ Bever and he husband Guy and they live in the house that Ate Bever had built for them. Gerald works for the largest TV company in PI, ABS-CBN as a news editor. Sheila works for a PR & Marketing Media company handling major businesses who advertise in the television media as an advertising ideas consultant. Daughter Rain has not yet made a career choice but whatever it is she will probably break hearts!
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