Manila Ocean Park

Last time we traveled as a family was in February 2010. We went to Manila for a short vacation. It was Chloe's first time to be there and she had her grandest vacation ever. My cousin offered to drove us around Manila and Chloe was just so happy about it :-)

One of the places we went to was Manila Ocean park. My little girl was just too happy to see different sea creatures. Well, let the picture do the talking.

(L) Outside cousin's house in Parañaque (R) At the entrance of Manila Ocean Park

(L) Chloe and Daddy; (R) Blue-spotted Stingray

(L) Sharks behind Chloe; (R) Me and Chloe

The little jeepney driver =)

Me and Chloe

Baby Zoe was not yet born at this time but she was inside my tummy. I was about 4 months pregnant in this picture. When Zoe's old enough, I plan to bring her to Manila and see this memorable place.

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Manila Vacation: Day 4 @ the Malls

I forgot to post our 4th day stay in Manila last February 2010. We just went to Glorietta and Megamall that day and bought some souvenir items. We let Chloe experienced riding the MRT, too. At first, she was excited to ride on a train, but after experiencing it, she said she'd rather ride the roller at enchanted kingdom, hehe. Well, I can't blame her as the MRT was very crowded. My cousin usually drove us around but we wanted her to rest that day so we decided to go on our own.

We first went to Glorietta and bought Chloe's graduation dress in there. We then proceeded to Megamall and stayed there for the rest of the afternoon as Chloe was not feeling well. I only bought a blouse and my husband bought a laptop which became mine, hehehe :D

Chloe and Daddy @ Glorietta; @ Megamall hugging the monkey

Bear Hug; Chloe and a very tired me @ Megamall...

Flowers for you; a Tower inside the mall and my little girl in her signature pose :-D

Manila Vacation: Day 3 @ Enchanted Kingdom

In our 3rd day in Manila, we thought we'd be able to go to Tagaytay in the morning and perhaps go to Enchanted Kingdom late in the afternoon. But Chloe was getting sick already. She had a cough, cold and her skin was slightly warm even though her temp was just below 37C. We stayed home in the morning but Chloe was too eager to go to Enchanted. Her skin was not warm anymore by noon and she also became restless. My husband and I thought only Chloe will enjoy the rides at enchanted and we would be home in an hour, so, off we went.

We arrived around 1:30 P.M. and boy, it was so hot!! Since we paid for the rides-all-you-can ticket (which was, by the way, expensive), the 3 of us rode the Grand Carousel to avoid the heat of the sun and much to my delight, too. I have always wished to ride the carousel when I was little but it never came true. And it was only granted on this very day, hehe.

(L) Mommy Cookie's first ever pony ride :p; (R) With the cannibals, hehehe

It turned out that we, adults, enjoyed the rides as well, hehe.. We went home after firework displays at 8:00 p.m. and there were plenty of rides that we missed. Guess we should've have been there earlier :p

Chloe & Daddy

Chloe and Daddy tried lots of rides & enjoyed it to the max!

Chloe enjoyed watching the show titled A Story About Mulan. Below, photo op with the older and younger versions of Mulan :D

More video clips shown below. Thank you for taking your time to view ;-)

Manila Vacation: Days 1 & 2

My husband, daughter and I went to Manila last February 5-9, 2010. We decided to have an early vacation this year for several reasons... My daughter, Chloe, was very excited to ride the plane, see her relatives and see the places she wanted to go. When we arrived, we were fetched by my cousin and we had lunch at Mall of Asia. In the afternoon, my cousin drove us to Starcity because Chloe was restless already. Well, let the picture below tell its story:

Day 1

Chloe on the plane; @ Mall of Asia, the 4th largest shopping mall in the world


Chloe wished to go to Snow World. We were here for less than 10 minutes only. Chloe swore never to go back to this place again, hehehe... It was freakin' cold!

Day2

The following day, we went to Ocean Park because Chloe wanted to see sea animals. Unfortunately, we were a few minutes late for the mermaid show. In the afternoon, we went to TriNoma Mall to meet another relative. The place was big but very crowded that I don't have the desire to shop anymore. Oh, I just bought a pair of fuschia-pink Havaiana flip-flops then grab a snack...

(L) On our way to Ocean Park; (R) Chloe, with one of her many poses

(L) Chloe and Daddy; (R) Blue-spotted Stingray

(L) Sharks; (R) Me and Chloe

TriNoma, the largest mall in Manila and 2nd largest mall in the world

I'll be posting our Days 3, 4 and 5 in Manila maybe tomorrow or in a few days. Thank you for viewing my blog. Have a great Thursday everyone!!!