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Zdi’s 10th Bday at Qabana Resort

Posted by Jay on June 23, 2011 None comments


Happy B-day Zdi!

Seems to be lonely here, or scared? He’s on top of the slide… lol

My second son celebrated his 10th birthday last June 4,I was only able to find the time to blog and post the pics today :D .

So we went swimming again which is their all time favorite thing to do for celebrations.

We went Qabana Resort along Governor’s Drive in Dasmarinas Cavite. A few minutes away from Pala-Pala intersection. The place is easy to find because its just beside the high-way.

Entrance:
Php 130.00 adult
Php 90.00 – kids below 4 feet
Tables w/o umbrella – Php 100.00; w/ umbrella – Php 150.00
Cottages – Php 500.00
Parking – Free

What I like here is that it is very accessible.  We went there commuting only by jeep.  I also like the fact that I dont need to bring any food, just buy foods there, save me the hassle of cooking and carrying a lot of stuff.  Plus the entrance fee is affordable :) .

The tables, cottages and stage

I also like the kiddie pool with the mushroom umbrella painted with disney characters.  My 4 year old loves it there, he’s not afraid to be by himself (of course he is being watched all the time), he sits, walks and swims by himself without being scared, unlike in some places we went too, where he always wants to be carried or someone holding him.

They have QTV’s, rooms to stay, a hall, 2 pools, for kids and an adult pool (4 ft) with a slide.  They also have a small stage.

The rooms

The hall

They also have a mini restaurant there where you can order food (of course lol), mini bar too.

The minibar and food counter

Outside the resort, just beside it you can find 2 restaurants, food is easy to find here, so it’s ok if you dont bring any to save time and hassle. Just go there and buy cooked food.

Magdaragat (a place with many seafood restaurants) is also near it.

We would definitely go back here again, since my kids love swimming, we can just go here anytime we like.  No worries on food preparation.  We’ll just buy food there, there’s a sari-sari store also beside the place.  Can go there by jeep or by bus if commuting.

Oh.. and night swimming is also allowed here.  Has a WI-FI also.  I recommend this place.

Qabana Rating – 4 stars.

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Kichiro’s 4th Bday at Veninna Resort

Posted by Jay on May 22, 2011 1 comments

Time flies so fast, it seems like it was just days ago when I posted Kro’s 3rd bday, now he’s a year older.

Happy birthday Kichiro!

getting cold here :D

Our celebration was just a simple one, no parties not even a cake, we went for a swimming instead, this is his first bday without the other one close to him. So we had to make it happy for him. We went to Veninna Resort, located in Amadeo, Cavite.

Veninna used to be one of our favorite places to go for a swimming, because I like the way how they did the place with one huge pool, 2 small pools and the other small one with a slide, when we got there those 2 pools were already closed, so we used the huge one, they made another one though, for kids, but its not something you can call great.

Entrance adult/kids – Php 100.00
Cottage – Php 500.00 up

Try to haggle for the price … lol.. you may get a discount, I did ^_^.

I was disappointed when we got there, it’s not the same as it used to be. Before it was well taken care of, now it’s not just the same anymore. My daughter mentioned she heard that this place has a new owner, so that is why.

One of the things I like here is there are lots of trees, flowers, there was even a place here where they have butterflies aviary(?), now there’s no more.  Still lots of trees and flowers though.

I also like the huge pool here, where there’s a place for little ones like mine, they can walk and just do about anything without adults worrying too much that they’ll get drowned, but of course they still need to be watched, so you just sit there where there’s shade and watch little ones play, swim and just have fun.

The water they use for the pools came from the mountains, spring water they say, its cold really cold… Good for swimming on very hot days.  But as you can see the water is color green, maybe they need to add more chlorine here, smells chlorine though.

So the bday went well, Kro enjoyed swimming and so does my other 2 kids. I just bought lunch, not too much food since it was just the four of us.  They played till almost 5.00 pm.

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Veninna Rating – 1 star.

For those with “sweet tooth”

Posted by Jay on December 20, 2010 None comments

An ice cream cake.

This one is just soooo… yummy. A birthday gift from a good friend, my 9 year old picked the flavor. There were so many to choose from, I wanted that Mango Madness, but kids’ favorite is “always” chocolate. I never regretted it since this one is just so good.

My 3 year old was the one who blew the candle.. yey! He’s the one at the center pic (cake mix pic) :D .

Chocolate cake inside, with mocha ice cream as filling.
Just thinking, maybe next time on one of my kids bday, instead of buying a separate cake and ice cream, I’ll buy an ice cream cake instead… hmm. We used to buy choco moist from Fortune baker, the price when compared, just a hundred pesos more for the ice cream cake, not bad.

Nothing fancy for my birthday except for this special cake.
This year has been a very tough one for me. I hope the next year to come would be a much better one.

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Enjoy!!!