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June 4, 2012

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Bvlgari Hotels and Resorts Bali

By Heart2Heart | Accomodations, Travel | 2 Comments

Two weeks ago, we were very fortunate to have visited Bali and we stayed at the very beautiful Bvlgari Resort!!! It’s a perfect getaway for a honeymoon, for a short vacation and just relax and get away from it all. It was nice to be together with the family and spend time and bond

Tight security upon entering the resort

Though it is a bit inconvenient to get to Bali from Manila, when you get there, it’s all worth it

View of the villas from the main lobby of the resort. There are 59 villas all in all

I noticed these beautiful stone decors around the resort

Our welcome drink which is made out of fresh herbs and fruits

Because the resort is quite big and has uphills and downhills, best way to travel around is with the golf cart 🙂 Just request for them from wherever you are and they will come to pick you up. You can also walk around when not in a hurry

Love the pool area

Roads to the villas

Around the bar area and dining restaurants. There are two restaurants at the resort – Il Ristorante ( Italian ) and Sangkar ( Indonesian ) and they have a bar area and they are all beside each other in one area

Pool

Bar

Love this area which leads from the bar to Sangkar restaurant. Beautiful Indonesian wooden lamps around the resort

Il Ristorante restaurant

Going up to the gift shops

Of course the Bvlgari Shop selling Bvlgari merchandise

and the gift shop

The Spa

This is the pathway that leads to the cable car which will take you down the beach

Cable car

View from cablecar station

Going down that pathway via cablecar

The waves were very strong that time so no swimming was allowed

Click below to go to their website for more information

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June 1, 2012

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Everybody’s Cafe, Pampanga

By Heart2Heart | Foodie, Travel | 4 Comments

After our event at Porac, we treated ourselves to a Kapampangan lunch! Margie and Jill took us to Everybody’s Cafe! There are two branches

Del Pilar, McArthur Highway San Fernando, Pampanga

(045) 860-1121

and

105-106 BPI Arcade, Teresa Avenue, Sto. Rosario, Angeles City

045 887 0361

Dining area

More dining area

Tita Reggie pointed it out to me that it is very Filipino to have a last supper painting or decor in the dining room of Filipino families, and I am really beginning to notice that 🙂

A mini store selling Pampanga delicacies

Take home items from Everybody’s Cafe

It’s cafeteria style where all the dishes are displayed. You choose what you want and then they will heat it up and cook it before serving

Frogs 🙂 We didn’t order this. I am adventurous but maybe not that adventurous haha!!

Murcon which we ordered

The kitchen

Oh! It’s the owner, Poch Jarolan. What a pleasure to meet him

I like the plaques around the place with prayers and sayings 🙂 Poch told me that his dad made these plaques

We ordered quite a number of dishes but we were not as adventurous, my batchmates were quite conservative in ordering. I concentrated on a few dishes that i really liked which were the Murcon, Sisig, Duck adobo and Sisig! 🙂 Oh and the longganisa!!! YUM!!

Fresh Buko juice

Pako Salad

Murcon – YUM! Also good to take home these type of dishes

Pindang Tapa (Carabao Tapa)

Oh my gosh! Margie brought back for me dried crickette! She saw a plate of them being cleaned and washed in one of the tables near the restroom and she brought back one for me to see 🙂 The dish for this is called Camaro which now I regret not ordering even just to try!

Dinuguan

Fresh Lumpia

Fried Catfish with Buro and Mustasa

Paksiw na Bangus

I made sure we ordered this! SISIG!!

Turn it over and the bottom is crispy and tutong! YUM!

In between our meal, mommy Pette arrived! 🙂

Back to eating 🙂 YUMMY longganisa!! Available at Salcedo market every Saturday also!!! I will get some when I visit!

YUMMY crispy duck adobo! make sure to put the adobo sauce

Yummy desserts from Poch! Thank you!!!

After lunch, Poch showed me around some more. He pointed out that his dad was a blacksmith and so he made the tables which you will see in the restaurant. The cylinder below is made out of the cylinder for bullets from the war

Then he took me to the function room- bigger space for events and parties

He showed me a painting on the wall made in 1967 and repainted in 1979

Its the whole wall!! Beautiful! I love it because it is FILIPINO themed!

The artist who painted this was an artist who used to make posters and billboard for movies in the olden days when everything had to be handpainted- so he drew portraits of artists and so you will notice that some of the faces look like familiar faces like Andres Bonifacio looks like Fernando Poe 🙂

And the Katipunero looks like Ferdinand Marcos 🙂

And a sexy Filipina

And love this plaque the most! Thank you Pock and Everybody’s Cafe for a wonderful Filipino dining experience

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June 1, 2012

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1st Class Laman Chicharon from Guagua Pampanga

By Heart2Heart | Travel, Yummy! | 3 Comments

Timmy and I got to taste supposedly “THE BEST CHICHARON in PAMPANGA!” 🙂

This furniture maker gave us some and wow, it had a lot of laman! Deadly but yummy! I am not a chicharon expert but it was good. I had our friend deliver some so I could share it with you. They don’t deliver to Manila so I had 10 packs delivered last night and if you are passing by to pick up some buko sherbet

The Best Buko Sherbet May 31, 2012

at the store, you might want to try some Pampanga Chicharon! It’s only P 295.00 for the bag you see below. They sent us a different one with less fat so it won’t be as unhealthy as the other one!

Here is the contact details in case you plan to go to Pampanga and maybe pick it up from there

Store hours: Tuesday to Sunday 12 noon to 10pm

Tel #: 854-7055

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May 29, 2012

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San Guillermo Church, Pampanga

By Heart2Heart | Travel | One Comment

Part of the road trip to Pampanga, Timmy took me to this beautiful church!!! Thanks Timmy!! I love the church visit!!

She told me that it was buried under the lahar when Mount Pinatubo errupted

If you will notice in this photo, this is already the top or the ceiling of the church

and the windows are already the top of the windows and everything else is buried under

Window of the church from the outside

To the right hallway

is like a museum with many beautiful religious articles and photos of the old church

Beautiful collection!!

Then Timmy took me to the adoration chapel, so peaceful and quiet. We had to whole church to ourselves actually at the time we went

More photos and exhibits

The church before the erruption

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May 29, 2012

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Lunch with Leslie at Betis

By Heart2Heart | Foodie, Travel | No Comments

After the garden tour at Beti’s, Leslie prepared a home cooked lunch for us. So refreshing and so delicious 🙂

Lime from the garden was so good with water and iced tea

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May 28, 2012

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Plate Collection

By Heart2Heart | Hobbies, Travel | 2 Comments

The owner of the place ( Beti’s Crafts Inc. ) has a beautiful collection of plates!! Blue and white and other kinds of plates

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May 28, 2012

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Betis Garden, Pampanga

By Heart2Heart | Nature, Travel | 2 Comments

My friend, Timmy, took me to Pampanga to visit different exporters of furniture since she is helping me furnish my house. She took me to Betis Crafts Inc. which is a factory and residence all in one.

The owner lives in the big compound and she loves gardening so you will see at the back of the factory her garden. Many come over to see the place as well and has become sort of a tourist spot 🙂

Guest house!!!

Outdoor open kitchen

I love this bamboo walkway- its the kind of bamboo that keeps the area cool – so when you enter this walkway- you feel a certain coolness

This place is being used for wedding receptions

Love this treehouse!!

This is a gigantic swing. We have something similar but this is in a grand scale. That whole thing swings!!

She grows her own pigs which is organic and then this is what they eat 🙂

Here’s Timmy and the daughter of the owner, Leslie

This is a long long table made out of a single piece of wood!!! WOW!

Recycling at the factory! Love it!

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May 20, 2012

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A Family Affair at Balik Bukid Country Fair

By Heart2Heart | Green, Shopping, Travel | 4 Comments

You are all invited to Sta. Elena’s first Country Fair. Please help us spread the word!

On May 27, experience an incomparable family day amidst the wonders of the countryside and embrace a holistic way of life with Sta. Elena’s first-ever Balik Bukid Country Fair.

SHOP from a wide array of unique, handcrafted and artful products from our select merchants

FEAST in our selections of homemade, organic, artisan, natural food varieties

PLAY and let loose in our fun farm activities and interactive outdoor recreation for the whole family

UNWIND and let loose in our fun farm activities and interactive outdoor recreation for the whole family

A Family Affair at Balik Bukid Country Fair

Discover the simple joys of country living with the entire family.

On May 27, Sta. Elena Golf & Country Estate, a world-class golf course and residential community, will continue to live up to its core essence of creating a community for families who Live with Soul, with its 1st Balik Bukid Country Fair.

This event allows modern Filipino families to experience the nurturing beauty of country living and discover the innate longing of bringing more soul into their lives.

With its array of holistic fun and interesting activities, a combination of recreation and entertainment will surely be felt by the family, strengthening family ties along the way. The 1st Balik Bukid Country Fair enables families to have fun in a back-to-basics way.

Saddling up a horse, horseback riding, fishing, feeding the cows, carabao-cart riding, climbing trees, and chasing chickens are only a few of the many activities set by the 1st Balik Bukid Country Fair at Sta. Elena Golf & Country Estate.

More so, for family members seeking more thrilling activities, off-road biking, interactive trekking, an outdoor obstacle course, rope courses, a big trampoline, a sprinkler playground, and other bukid games can also be experienced.

The 1st Balik Bukid Country Fair will also feature local craftsmen and hip designers selling their earth-friendly creations for apparel, accessories and home decor.

And to cap off the country-style festivity, guest artists are invited to serenade families with acoustic vibes and the country’s finest cooks are sent to delight in healthy and organic cuisines.

May 27, 2012 (Sunday) at Sta. Elena Golf & Country Estate will undeniably be a one-of-a-kind family funventure day.