Tech Kids

THIS PHOTO was taken approximately one year ago, some time in December 2011.

Back then, our kids, Marielle (8 at the time) and Johan (6 at the time) would still borrow their mom’s and dad’s iPads or laptops whenever they wanted to play or look up something in Google or You Tube. Now we practically have to borrow our iPads from them. They have also grown so comfortable and proficient with computers that they automatically just google stuff that interests them. Continue reading

Resort-Hopping in Mactan Island. Second Stop: Plantation Bay

FOR the second stop of our family’s 2-nights-and-2-days resort-hopping in Cebu we went to Plantation Bay.

My xxGF and I first visited Plantation Bay in 2000, right after we terminated our “going steady” relationship and went “permanent.”  No we did not have our honeymoon in Plantation Bay.  We just dropped by for some refreshments.

Fast-forward 2011.  The Plantation Bay I saw in 2000 impressed me a lot, so I had very high expectations when I finally got to visit it again in February this year. Continue reading

Resort-Hopping in Mactan Island. First Stop: Crimson Resort & Spa

FOR our annual family vacation this year we took advantage of my xxGF’s PAL Mabuhay Miles and booked the whole family a trip to Cebu.

Crimson Resort & SpaWe were to stay in Cebu for approximately two nights and 1.5 days only.  Nevertheless, we managed to sufficiently explore and enjoy two very nice resort-hotels in Mactan Island in that very limited time, thanks to the practice my xxGF and myself had during our Holy Land Pilgrimage in November last year where we toured four countries in 15 days (and stayed in nine different hotels in that short time span!).

Our first stop:  Crimson Resort and Spa Mactan. Continue reading