Carlos Celdran's Escolta & Old Manila Walking Tour

Here's a fresh, new entry! Minsan lang to haha. I am just so excited to share with all of you how fruitful and amazing my Sunday last week was. Spent that day learning about history, reliving the past, admiring world class architecture, re-igniting our love for the country and imagining how Manila once was. How? Well, when Carlos Celdran announced on Facebook that he'll be doing an Escolta & Old Manila tour on a weekend, I knew I just had to be there. I've always been a huge fan of Carlos. I joined his Intramuros and Imelda tour before and they were such a huge hit. His storytelling skills' just phenomenal. Perfect din 'coz I had no ASAP that day (Mother ZsaZsa is leaving for New York to shoot their new teleserye) and my pulmonologist cleared me to leave the house again. I convinced my cousins, Nico, sis & bro-in-law to come too, so I had our slots reserved. Here are stories through photos!

Studded Gold

I don't know what to feel right now, super irritated maybe, coz one of our Bloggers United 6 sponsor cancelled at the last minute. Hope it gets resolved ASAP coz it only adds to my stress and bawal yun bilang I'm still recuperating from sickness. Flu naman. Tsss. Been going back & forth to the hospital for weeks now. Pansin niyo? Haha. I don't know if it's the apartment or if it's me lang talaga.  Anyway, I'm currently looking for a new job, homebased and full-time naman. Hope it works out, pray for me!:) Anyway, here are outfit shots from last month. I know I don't get to post often na coz of our sucky internet connection na forever magload and upload. So much to post, so little time! Haha. RIP Paul Walker! (random lol)

photos by my cuz Patrick Stevens

Team Manila Opens in SM Aura!

I've been MIA in events lately due to personal & work reasons, BUT! When Team Manila calls, I come in a flash. I've been a Team Manila fan ever since it started. So proud of how far this brand and my friend Kuya Jowee Alviar (TM owner and my UST orgmate) has come. Pinoy pride:) So Team Manila just launched their fabulous Autumn Holiday 2013 Collection and I love everything! So many new and awesome designs. Check out photos from the launch!:)

bet this new designs! For the love of Ka Andres.

Team Manila’s latest collection is out with a sole mission and that is to fight. Continuing to advocate expression of identity and culture, Team Manila’s 2013 Autumn Holiday Collection takes on the military inspired route. The street-ready collection ranges from graphic tees, button downs and hoodies to cargo pants and accessories. Apparels are detailed with pocket-prints and appliqué.

The design revolves around the themes of forward-thinking and fighting for identity and passion. The collection’s highlight is the newest Rizal Camouflage. The design theme also features the KKK and its revolutionary icons.

loveee the bag! 

So much cool merchandise! Unleash your inner Rizal or Bonifacio and parade your love for Manila and our country by wearing Team Manila designs:)

my loves Niche and Sarah

 loving Sarah's new tatts by P&P!:)

 hello jowa hehe

happy campers! with my girlfriends Tracy, Tin, Ana and Sarah

Team Manila 2013 Autumn Holiday Collection is now available at Team Manila Lifestyle stores nationwide!!! :)

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White Knight Intramuros Tour

I will never get tired of touring Intramuros. The old walls hold countless stories that I would gladly hear and listen to over and over. Old Manila fascinates me... from the horrific carnage to the inevitable redemption and resilience. So my first official Intramuros tour (impromptu much!) happened 2 years ago when we decided to check out the vicinity na din after picking up my cheque from the Manila Bulletin office located inside the walls of Intramuros. Second time was when we joined world renowned guide, pied piper of Manila and my crush (oo inaamin ko! haha) Carlos Celdran's Walk This Way tour. It was one for the books! It was mostly centered around Rizal's life with some history on the side. We loved it. I wanted to kill myself when my SD card died on me taking with it all our tour photos. Gaaah. So when White Knight Hotel invited a few blogger friends to try out their Electric Chariot Intramuros tour, we said yes in a heartbeat. I've been wanting to try it out ever since I saw their long expired deal on CashCashPinoy or Ensogo ata. So bongga perfect their invitation! Thanks Janeena Chan we loves you!:) Here are photos from that day!
 

 meryenda first before our tour + short tour and hotel history and briefing

finished this salad, sarap!

favorite watermelon shake

our small tour group hihi

view outside. looove.

mandatory waiver

hello ATVs (na super bago lang kakarating lang mga 1 hour ago lang hehe joke) that they launched last year 

and tada! the electric chariots charots

bilang always excited ako, sinampahan ko agad this one and muntik lang naman ako tumambling. haha

check check blood pressure

joke lng. Elbow and knee caps muna!

fasyown!

the forever model and forever fresh, Janeena Chan!

forever fresh din naman si kuya. hehe. demo first

then walang kamatayang practice until we've mastered the ride. Man vs. machine ang peg!

doing great guys! haha

Trying to look cool but dying inside haha. This ride might look small but it's harder than it looks! Swear. Boracay ATVs are sisiw. Super sensitive the controls. So 1 inch of pihit, 1 kilometer na andar na ganun haha.

picture picture

hinay hinay sila'y nagbabantay. Gwardya Sibil!

kuya tour guide trying his best to get our attention. hirap makinig while riding an ATV!

classmates hehe

we finally got it! nag totokyo drift na kami nian. hehe

group pic!

wacky!

but then again, some good things never last. we were asked to return to our homebase and get off our ATVs. Booo.

may construction worker! hahaha joke laaang. Hi Paul.

So here's the real star of the show. The electric chariots!

Took long before I finally got it bilang ADHD ako, so I had a hard time balancing. So chill people! Chill!!! 

Almost dieeeed trying to balance and trying not to fall. Haha. Nearly bumped into a pole and a plant box WTF. 

They had to remind me countless times to relax, chill and breathe. This ride has sensors that reads your body movements or language. So if panikera ka wala pang 5 secs plakda ka na. Haha.

After mastering the art of balancing (na very easy naman sa totoo lang) on these chariots, we went to our first stop na..San Agustin Church!

I wanted to go inside pero bawal segway inside haha

pose pose nalang

cge lang

puro pose nalang wala na nakikinig kay kuyaaa

ayan umeexhibition na! haha

o more more pa! haha. buong araw yan! joke

welcome! haha

More tour photos...

yes very serious sa pakikinig. Best in participation na naman.

History of the Philippine Presidents

awww sweet!

rest rest stretch stretch din pag may time

The tour was brief but so much fun. Naimagine ko if joint tour sila with Carlos Celdran super epic cguro! Anyway, let them know if you want to enter the premises so they can wait for you and arrange entrance fees etc. If you want to tour Intramuros without breaking a sweat this is it na for you! Here's the price list:

30 Minutes Tour - P500 / Head
1) White Knight Training
2) Plaza San Luis Complex (Casa Manila and La Monja Loca Store)
3) San Agustin Church


1 Hour Tour - P1000 / Head
1) White Knight Training
2) Plaza San Luis Complex (Casa Manila and La Monja Loca Store)
3) San Agustin Church
4) ECJ Building
5) Ateneo de Manila
6) Galeria

2 Hours Tour - (new, no price yet)
1) White Knight Training
2) Plaza San Luis Complex (Casa Manila and La Monja Loca Store)
3) San Agustin Church
4) ECJ Building
5) Ateneo de Manila
6) Galeria
7) Cuartel del Sta. Lucia (PC Barracks)
8) Light and Sound Museum
9) Buluarte de San Diego
10) Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila
11) Manila Bulletin, Buluarte de San Andres
12) Buluarte de Dilao
13) Mapua Institute of Technology
14) Lyceum of the Philippines University
15) Colegio de San Juan de Letran
16) Manila Cathedral
17) Palacio del Gobernador
18) Plaza de Roma
19) Arzobispo de San Ignacio

After our tour, hotel tour naman!

 

lobby

forever pakners

hotel hallway. it's old but well maintained. kasama na yun sa charm nia.

Standard room. Fully carpeted. Cozy din!

hulas.com

standard room pa

view from the window. gandaaa

comfort room

Double room

Janeena: dali pose kau kunware honeymoon

Ana & Pax: oo ba tombax kami eh! hahaha

Suite (i think suite to haha)

opened the door inside the room. ito sha. so i said, uy dancing room! i dunno why haha

Here's another room. Parang attic lang!

kyooot

thanks for coming to my hotel! char. Thanks for the lovely tour White Knight!:)

Do you want to experience all this and more? Naks. Haha. Then book na! :) Click on the links below and follow them for updates:) Avail nio na yan!

http://www.whiteknighttours.com/

https://www.facebook.com/ElectricChariotsTour

*some photos from Ana, Myke and Ryan*