the Beach Hut Bar in Boracay

Beach Hut is everybody's go to face sunscreen when it's time for

frolicking under the sun, in the water, at the beach. :)

it's a travel staple! forget your favorite pair of swimsuit but

do not leave without your Beach Hut. (no, this is not a paid testimonial.)

but in case you DO forget, worry not 'cause the

Beach Hut is sitting pretty on the sands of Boracay waiting to

serve you. and now through refreshing smoothies too! :D

see me thumb-uppin' my strawberry mango surprise? ;) 

yes the smoothies come in this cool and lovely tumblers that

just brighten any day with its tangy color. :)

although they sell this sunscreen dudes in the same shack as the smoothies

are sold, do not fret because they don't share tumblers. heehee. :P

 

happy hour at the Beach Hut Bar. shots anyone?

all smiles after a refreshing smoothie. :)

xOHx

Mesa at the Boracay Regency

remember me telling you here how sometimes it gets crazy

deciding where to eat in Boracay? well, here's one more

joint to try! :) i hope this helps even a little. haha. :P

but if you're one rich girl who stays in the more upscale hotels and never

leaves the hotel grounds, you might wanna read something else. ;)

Mesa is a high-end modern Filipino restaurant from the Lamesa Grill group

owned by Kiko Pangilinan. it is housed at the Boracay Mandarin. so

basically i'm not talking about the Greenbelt branch in Manila. ;)

so anyway, back to Boracay! if you're walking around D'Mall

trying to find a place to eat, you will have to walk towards Station 3

instead and make sure you're not too hungry. :P

baby squids for starters. :)

i swear this has the biggest serving. i just could not remember

how much it was, but it's sulit!

aaahh, the lovely chicken honey patis! ;)

yes, lovely! i am not a chicken person, especially if the

skin is not crispy-fried, because i don't know how to eat chicken

the proper way. i always waste a third of the edible part.

but! this is the first time i ate chicken to the last bit of meat!

it's that good! :D i have even been hopelessly trying to cook this at home. ;)

another one of their specialties is the sisig in a pouch. :)

 don't forget to try the crispy tilapia. :)

xOHx

rain chasing in Boracay

these are extremely overdue photos frogs & rats.

but shall post for history's sake. heehee. ;)

this was from my last Boracay trip in July which is a really

rainy month thus the rain chasing. :) it did rain but mostly during

the night when all everybody's doing is sleeping off all the booze

from happy hour. ;) a little warning though, these are random photos. :)

  

xOHx

Red Coconut in Boracay

one of the very few difficulties i face when in Boracay is the

seemingly endless dining choices. i always get the itch to just

enter the first joint i see just to get it over with and go back to my

enjoying the sun, sand, and water. :)

but of course, after a few times of having to face this difficulty,

the missus has, i believe, learned a little of the art of dining in Boracay. ;)

and for starters, i fell in love with Red Coconut!

the hotel/restaurant/bar is always full mostly with foreigners so

this my best go-to place for breakfast, when crowd's still thin.

their oh-so-melts-in-your-mouth Cheese Omelette.

this may look the most ordinary spaghetti to you, but be fooled not

because it got this lovely taste that makes you want to take

forkful after forkful. (i kept trying to guess the ingredient that

makes it superb while i was finishing the plate, but didn't succeed.)

Red Coconut is well a few steps to Station2 coming from Station1.

xOHx

it's a small world

[0822]

my 35mm affair: it's a small world

by now, you must have figured me out as a beach lover. :)

i am! i love the heat the most. i love the sun. i love the water too.

and the sand! and when i look up i see the world and how small it is.

and how small i really am in the vastness of a beautiful world. :D

xOHx

look up and pray

[0820]

my 35mm affair: look up and pray

it calms me. the sun does. and when i look up and it looks like this,

i cannot help myself. i involuntarily (sort of) say a prayer of thanks.

and praise too. no definable entity is responsible of loveliness like this. :)

xOHx

foresight

[0806]

my 35mm affair: foresight

three of my most favorite things, plus more!

yes, i love Robert Ludlum and i love to read. :)

my beautiful scarf from Abie and my favorite overused bag.

now where am i? haha! ;D my sunnies did a lovely rendition of moi. ;P

split seconds of bliss. bow. grateful. =)

xOHx