Chilly day spent at City Light Hotel Baguio.

NOTE: This is a late post. We visited Baguio August of last year.

Due to the call of duty (and additional revenue LOL!), my boss and I went Baguio. I’ll spare you with the usual turista blog, since we did not come there to do sight-seeing. Though, we enjoyed walking around Session Road while carrying 6 kilos of pasalubong. What a great way to insert some cardio work-out haha!

This is also my first backpacking trip. No luggage, no three to four bags with me (only if we bring our own car); just my white duffel bag and a shoulder bag. Yep, that is my definition of backpacking.

My boss decided to stay at City Light Hotel for our over-night business trip. I quite like the hotel, except for this and that. Just read on to know more.

·         How to get there? Upon arriving at Victory Liner Terminal, we hailed a taxi (Note: In reality, it is an FX) and paid 60.00 PHp. The trip was less than 5 minutes with moderate build up of traffic going up.

·         How much are the rooms? Since we went there just this month and on a weekday, we availed of their rainy day promo. For a deluxe room, we paid 1,820.00 PHp/ night for two pax with complimentary breakfast buffet. You’ll also need to shell out a refundable amount of 500.00 PHp for security deposit.

·         The room? The room has a modern minimalist flair to it. Well, modern –ish design is the whole concept of the hotel. But, the minimalism has been taken literally. The room was huge and bare. There were two beds (large enough to roll around) and a TV console table. That’s it. I think one or two chic furniture would not hurt. However, the room bathroom is clean so I am a happy kid while sleeping.

·         The food in their buffet menu was so-so. The seasoning, for most of their food, was more on the salty side.

·         Over-all experience? I’d stay again here IF (and a big if) there is an available Wi-Fi for each room.

Here are some photos which I took using my Samsung Phone:

Bathroom with heater. Yey!

Lobby area during the morning.

Fireplace accent for that evening look at the lobby.

Buffet.

Ciao,

Maddie

2014. New Year, New Me?

Happy New Year to all!

Yes, I know.
                                                                               

When was my last post? It was the around the third quarter but last year. Poor habits really die hard. With this in my mind, I will share to you some eye-opener ideas for the New Year (Inspired by reading blogs that make brutal sense and by spacing out to fuel my barely-there creative mind).

1.    New Year often signals the opportunity to change to a new version of yourself; be it with a new ‘do or new mantra in life or even a new resolution (which was actually Version 2 or 3 or your last year’s resolution). It never actually hurt to think that way. But the real catch is you can actually start even before the New Year to change to that better version of you. Why wait for New Year? When you wake up every single morning and realize that NOW is the day to seize something from your bucket list.

Last 2013 I said I will save money - literally, just not I-will-do-it next month type of attitude; but heck, I was not able to save any last January 2013, nor February 2013 or June 2013. Then I planned (deadly pitfall here), to start by 2014. Come August, after so much drama over why I could not see any money (in my wallet, in my bank account, in my other bag I left at home or under my bed) I decided to act on saving. I did not starve myself to death (but had acute gastro thing, which had me think on my eating habits), but I really fought the urge to buy the things I fancy. Needless to say, I reached my financial goal before December 30, 2013.

2.    New Year means clean slate, but what about that last year drama-problem-checklist you left unattended. Though many of us will think to start fresh; begin at point zero or from scratch, there are still things from yesteryear that needs to be finished, attended to, and continued for this year.

Like in my case, all those work I had done last year (which I am proud to say we exceeded our department’s target – again), will have to be revisited, compiled, and used for this month’s planning session.  Another example is when you want to forget about your past [bad] relationship. Yes, it was a relationship that ended in the most I-can’t-face-my-invited-wedding-guest kind of way, but the thing is, that dude is still within the same Earth proximity and that your guests needs to be informed that 2014 plans will not push through.

You may want to bury 2013 six-feet under, but never forget that what 2013 has done to you will more or less have an impact you and will forever create an imprint for you this year. You need to get off denial stage during New Year.

3.    In eye-opener item 1, I said there is a pitfall when it comes to planning. I think many will agree that planning and planning and planning alone will get you nowhere (Unless you are like Kanye West who can professionally hire someone to act on your plans). Planning for your New Year’s resolution can actually bring good pheromones for you but you have to act on it to reap happiness. You plan this and that and visualize how you will feel during that awaited planned moment. There should be a process flow which you should take action to mobilize your plan.

If you plan to have a new car this year, but part of this plan is to wait until the prices have dropped. Then wait. But make sure that during that waiting period you still take action into securing that the car will become yours (Regularly checking with your suki car dealer for discounts and looking at different flexible payment terms with the amount of money you have will actually do something for you). Waiting in vain is something you should not do. Like me, getting lost with all my thoughts will not have a post to virtually pop out for me. I need to get my hands do the typing.

So what are you itching to actually do this year? Do share!

Ciao,

Maddie