so here we are again... in the valley of gold

ok... here we are again... in the city of golden friendship, Cagayan de Oro. Literally, the "valley of gold". But poverty seems rampant in my wallet. haha. Al the money I earned for this trip has all been spent. Well, I don't mind really. "Pasalubongs" have been bought. And a well earned spa treatment. It was all good. Feeling refreshed after a day out in the sun... working the day away. But now all is well... after a body scrub and a full body massage with my dear friend ee at local spa, I feel all but renewed. In a way at least. Stresses of the last few days were just scrubbed and rubbed away with each stroke of the hand on my body. Woah... stop that... no imagining how it looked now.

Now back at the hotel. Well, this blog serves as my review of the hotel, among others. Later... well... let's see where this writing takes me.going back now... let's start off the review. And that comes in the next paragraph.

For this trip, eeyan and I are staying at the Southwinds Hotel near Gaisano Mall and Limketkai Center. This became so after that horrific experience in our last trip (check out my previous blog entry for more details). OK.. the place is nice... nothing really special about the place but it is "quaint" (don't make me define quaint for you... look in the dictionary). Quiet and physical would be the words to describe the place. Physical coz there's no elevator and our room is on the third floor. Quiet... well.. far away from the downtown area and will not so many people checked in (at least until now while i'm writing this).

Good points: Rooms for a cheap price. We got the Executive Room and it costs less than Php1500. Well.. nothing really special on the room. The room was spacious enough for two people... a thrid or fourth person could possible stay in too. You each get two pillows... I like this as I'm used to sleeping with lots of pillows. Free WIFI!! This is very important as eeyan and I stay up for this. (Define desperate). Down side... well later for that. Food is cheap and servings are standard Filipino servings. Smoking areas inside the hotel and restaurant (eeyan likes these). Very large parking space up front... not that this matters to us. Courteous staff... for the most part. What else?? Well, I'll add to this later... On to the bad points...

Bad points: Do NOT believe in advertisement pictures from the internet or whereever that show the rooms as very nice. They're not. The rooms are simple. Two standard single beds for our rooms. We have a ref... not much use for us. TV was a measly 14" but the reception was clear as it should be since it is cable TV (can't say the same about other hotels). Very limited menu selection... servings are Filipino servings... meaning, if you want to pig out... this ain't the place for it. Staff... courteous as they are seem to always be stunned or awed by our presence... I guess it's their firt time to see celebrities up close... and even more talking to them (at least to ask for water or the menu). WIFI is only available in the lobby and resto... can;t complain much since it's free and it's fairly fast. Small bathroom in the room... I can barely move in there... it's like working in the lab... err... clean room. I don't want to write anymore. I'll leave the rest to ee at this point.

Overall... The hotel is great if you're just gonna be staying there at night... that is.. if you're just gonna be sleeping there. If you want more, go somewhere else. I would come back here if the case is like that... just to have a place to sleep. But if I'm having another trip like this one... I'd look for another hotel.

Ok... so that was the review... short and that's it. It's around dinner time. ee seems engrossed in what he's doing... i really don't know what he's doing... last night he was modding his multiply account... I'll do that some other time... no pix of mine are ready yet.

My head was cleared up with the scrubbing and rubbing... but now it seems to be getting clouded up again with so many things.... Sigh... as usual... we go emo at night... during nights I'm with and without... Well, you know what I mean... I think... I hope... Well... can't realy stop this... it's just how I feel... it's like stopping to breathe... or stopping yourself from blinking. Whatever time brings... I'll cross the bridge when I get there.

If your reading this and got this far... leave your thoughts... I'd like to hear them... I know you know who you are... haha... I'll stop at this point to prevent myself from burying myself deeper in this pit of despair... I just can't stop thinking of you sometimes... Well... that's all... STOP IT NOW!! (shouting at myself right now)...

Song of the night... "The (Shipped) Gold Standard" - FOB... listen to it to find out why... I just wanna scream... but I'm afraid... I got no one else to blame but myself...