I remember, it was October 26, 2009 when hubbee and I celebrated our first monthsary in Cebu. It was in Cebu also where we watched our first movie together. Wanna know what movie we watched? And how romantic it was? It’s actually this movie…
What a romantic first movie together!!! Haha.
Anyways, it was my first time in Cebu at that time. As mentioned in my previous entries, Hubbee was born in Cebu so he knows the place. And his family used to live there. But he actually grew up in Cagayan De Oro. And yes, he’s a pure cebuano.
Cebu is like Metro Manila in some ways. They have worse traffic at times too. Haha.
When I arrived in Cebu together with my friends who joined us in our Bohol tour, hubbee picked us up at the airport and parted our ways from there. My friends went straight to their pier for the ferry ride to Bohol while hubbee and I went straight to SM Cebu to grab some lunch. I was already hungry at that time.
It was an “enjoying” moment already for me while inside the taxi and on our way to SM until something great welcomed me on that mall….
Power was out when we entered the mall. Great!!!
But it did not stop our hungry stomach. We went to Pizza Hut for our lunch and enjoyed my very delicious Lasagna. Then after lunch, we went straight to the pier for our ferry ride to Bohol.
So that’s the story of our Cebu adventure…
Haha. Just kidding.
After a few days in Bohol, we went back to Cebu but went straight to Bantayan Island and stayed overnight there. On the day of our Chapter I, we were back in the city. And since it’s our celebration, we decided to dress up and go to Ayala Mall. Haha. Just to get a little feel of celebration. Ayala Mall in Cebu was a surprise. It was very nice. I think it is better than Glorietta here in Makati. Just my opinion.
Then we just strolled around and met our good friend Monica. It was her birthday also that’s why it was a double celebration for the three of us. And what a good way to celebrate our monthsary and her birthday was to eat. And not just eat, but a feast!!!
We went to The Port in Waterfront Hotel, which I highly recommend to those who will visit cebu, because they have a cheap buffet. And their buffet, oh boy, it’s amazing. They offer a huge variety of delicious food, cool beer, good service and the buffet is worth the price (P 199 lunch buffet / P 299 dinner buffet). It is really nice to go there. Oh yeah, heaven!!! And they have this no left-over policy.
Since it was a celebration, and there was a band (Acushla Band) playing at that time, hubbee and Monica had some beers and I, putting up my thick face, joined the band and rendered two songs, dedicated to hubbee and to Monica. Hubbee, whom at that time, didn’t know that I can sing. I was not caring at all on what people might say on my voice. No one knows who I am so the hell I care. I just sang the song and enjoyed the moment. See some videos that hubbee took. I bet he enjoyed it, and admitted that he liked it. Haha!
I have to admit, I got nervous in the beginning. Haha. So please, don’t criticize too much =)
We planned to do the Sky Adventure at The Regency Hotel, and experience the Edge Coaster and Sky Walk but due to lack of time, we were unable to do it. What we just did after eating was walked around the city. We went inside the nice Waterfront Hotel and did what we do best, picture-taking!!! Haha. We also went to the IT Park where most of the call centers are located, and nice bars and restaurants.
And we called it a night after. We stayed by the way at Gran Tierra Suites, which is a super chic hotel with a super cheap price for their rooms. We got a Double Room which costs P989.00 only for a night. Highly recommended.
The next day, we woke up early so he can still bring me to the famous Magellan Cross and Basilica de Sto. Nino Church. Of course, I wouldn’t want to miss that. It completed my Cebu trip. We also did a significant act by burning 5 candles each for 5 wishes in our lives at the church. It was romantic. It was sacramental. It was symbolical.
All in all, I enjoyed my trip in the Queen City of the South, and felt it was “bitin” and had reasons to come back. Which is why this year, we have allotted 6 days for our Cebu adventure. And I don’t mind going back again because there are more things to discover and places to go in Cebu. This place will remain special to me and hubbee.
– Cebu City, Cebu was visited last October 2009
“Travel is glamorous only in retrospect.”
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