First Days in Manila

My time is upside down! And I am so glad to have the weekend to get myself settled. When I arrived it was 11:00 PM here... But that is 11:00 AM Eastern time. I had slept a lot of the flight, so not really tired. I didn't know if I should try to sleep or not. I will be working from 9:00 PM - 6:00 AM Manila time because this group will be working US hours. I decided to go into the Writer's Lounge at the Hotel.

I am staying at Raffles. A boutique hotel that has "residences". So I basically have a one bedroom apartment. The reason why I am here is because there are some long stay trainers and coaches here. And I wanted to be with others. So it was from that lounge that I wrote my arrival post.

Saturday I slept most of the day. In the afternoon I went over to The Landmark. Which is the multilevel store and got some fresh vegetables, rice and other staples for my apartment. My total bill was 1677.00 pesos, which is about $38. About 1/2 what I would pay for the same groceries in the US.

After getting all the groceries and all my things unpacked, I went down to get dinner. The Raffles has an AMAZING buffet. And I was hungry. So I enjoyed the mixture of the cuisines. Then I went to get desert I asked if they had Halo Halo. She said she would make one for me! YUM! In southern California there are many Filipinos. And I have some really fabulous friends that are and introduced me to much of the food culture. Halo Halo is one of them.
I am going to attach some links for you to explore about the hotel and Halo Halo. :)

Halo Halo at Raffles Hotel

Raffles Hotel Link