Celebrating 9th!!!

Hey there everyone. :) I miss all of you. (If I have a reader. Ha-ha) It's been quite sometime since I posted somethin'n here, right? Anyway, I've been busy these past few months and focus myself too much at work. LOL. I'm here again to share something about what happened in our 9th year of love. I hope your getting what am I saying here. YES! My lovelife. Hah!!! So let me start.

My boyfriend and I went on a 3-day vacation last August 4-6 of 2013 (of-course). We went to CWC (Camsur Watersports Complex) to do wake boarding. We missed it and we want to practice more to be a pro. And it's a bit cheap as well that's why we decided to stay there. Here are some few pics taken there.



                        


                        

                           

We were just a bit unfortunate because the big pool is under reinvention. It was closed and will reopen this August 2013, but they didn't give us definite date on when but you can ask them directly through the numbers posted at the end of this post. But we were still able to enjoy the heat and the water sports at the beginner's pool. :) The highlight of this post is not really this, but this!!! Please check the photos below! :)

                            



                            


YES!!! My boyfriend surprise me a dinner date on the night of our anniversary date, August 6th at Hotel Venezia (Caffe San Marco) here in our city. It was really a surprise because I was expecting to go home after we arrived in Legazpi City after our trip in CWC. He told me that we are just going to have a simple dinner there and then go home after. I refuse at first but because I can't resist his charm, I let go of myself and let him bring me in that hotel to eat our dinner. Haha. Well, honestly, I'm a bit excited too. Hihi. Here is a photo of us taken before he surprised me.



                             


I have ordered a pasta and a shake because I think that will only fit my appetite that night. My partner was still choosing his, until, one man came near us and was asking if we can move to another part of the hotel because there will be an event in the cafe where we are sitting. I thought it was a bad timing for us to eat there but I agreed, well, we both agreed that we can move to another side of the hotel. And then the man lead us to a small room where everything was set up. A candle light private dinner date with my boyfriend. Then I realized that they are just acting the whole time I got in there. And then I just smiled and looked at my boyfriend and said thank you. To my surprise, I think I was saying thank you the whole time. Then I laughed because the man who asked us to move was really great in acting. Haha. And when we got inside the private room, the man gave me the bouquet of flowers. So that made me realized again that these were all planned. And so I thanked him again. Haha. :D Here are some photos at that night. Enjoy. :)

Isn't he sweet? ♥

Hotel Venezia set it up prefectly.

My hair is so long that you may stepped on it. Just make way for my hair. Haha

A very tasty apple drink with love. Thanks Hotel Venezia. Thanks bby.

The creamy delicious crab soup! Nom nom

Salad. Nom Nom. 

Lasagna. Thought this was the main dish.It was just the appetizer. Hah!

The lasagna comes with the sandwich and it's oozing tasty. Nom nom.

A very tasty chicken with its gravy!

The other surprise.

Woah. This is really nice.

After blowing the candles.

Thanks baby. :)

I'm speechless. I said all the things I wanted to say already. It'll just be between us. But thank you for everything. It was a great night to remember. I also highly recommend Hotel Venezia. They did a great job in presenting everything. They also serve luscious lunch and dinner buffet with acoustic band at Caffe San Marco. It's tried and tested by yours truly. You must try it too. Thanks a lot.

Thanks for reading my fellas. :)



Contact them: 

CWC (Camarines Sur Watersports Complex)
Address: Pili, Philippines
Office Adress: Provincial Capitol Complex Cadlan, Pili, Camarines Sur
Telephone Number: +63 (54) 477-3344 / +63 (54) 477-3349
Fax Number: +63 (54) 477-3344
Cellphone Number: +(63) 917 8954156 or +(63) 999 8893697
Email: villadelreyreservation@gmail.com
Website: http://www.camsurwatersportscomplex.com/contact_cwc
Facebook page: CWC (Camarines Sur Watersports Complex)
Twitter: @camsurwater
Instagram: cwcwakepark

Hotel Venezia (Caffe San Marco)
Address: Renaissance Gardens, Washington Drive, 1400 Legazpi City
Telephone Number: +63 (52) 481-0888 / 481-0887
Manila Sales and Reservation Office: +63 (2) 661-8888 / 470-3607
Email: reservations@hotelvenezia.com.ph
Website: http://www.hotelvenezia.com.ph/index.html
Facebook page: Hotel Venezia

- This blog was based from my own experience that I wanna share. If you don't find this writing helpful and informative I would like to apologize for that but if you find it interesting and great I owe you  lots of thanks. Some information such us contact details  were taken from the net. Thanks Google. Thank you for reading. May God bless us all. More food to tastes and places to experience soon. :)

Jasmine at The Oriental Legazpi

Jasmine is located at the ground floor lobby area of The Oriental Hotel. (Please click here for my separate blog about The Oriental.) They offer gratifying food and luxurious setting that surely one of us will adore. The setting of the place is modernized with a beautiful view from the outside. This is one of the best place to dine-in if ever you'll be visiting Legazpi City. Everything you crave for is already here. You should try it.

We were able to dine-in at Jasmine again when we had our stay at The Oriental last August 5 and 6. I can say that this is really one of the highlights in our visit at the hotel because we celebrated our 8th year of  love there. We were not down of what we've ordered. Yummy food plus great servings is equal to a superb dinner. Here are the foods that we ordered at the night of August 5th. :) Enjoy and be seduced again.

Jasmine. Modern and elegant!

Menu

Four Seasons

Watermelon Shake

Bagnet

Osso Bucco

Great servings and presentation.

Dessert Sampler

Deliciouso!

The dinner was astonishing. We needed a back-up. Haha. We didn't finished all of it but we got it as a take out and brought it to the room. Haha. Well, that was a luscious and luxurious dinner after all. Nom nom nom. 

As what we felt at Hotel St.Ellis, we were also excited of what will the buffet breakfast be in the morning. And fortunately, this is what we've got. A very tempting food that we didn't hesitate to try. All of the food that was served at the buffet were tried by us. Haha. You should try it too. Here are the photos that we had on our buffet breakfast the next morning.

Chicken Tocino and Pork Adobo

Different kinds of bread.

Yummy cheeses. Different kinds of cheeses.

Omelette. Served by request.

Nom Nom Nom!

My boyfriend had his coffee while I had my fresh mango juice.

Haha

Sanwich ala Alex. Haha. He made this for me. 

The breakfast was elegant. We really had a lot of breakfast that day. We felt like not eating lunch anymore because of this delicate breakfast. It was a blast. You should try it too.

And before I forgot, I would like to share this photo of ours last February 14, 2012. This is when we had our valentine dinner date at The Jasmine too. That was memorable. ♥

You may still avail of their promo: 

Contact them: 

Address: Taysan Hill, Sto.Nino Village 4500 Legazpi City

Telephone Number: (+63 52) 435-3333 Front Desk / (+63 52) 435-5555 Sales and Marketing

Email: inquiry@theorientalhotels.com

Website: http://legazpi.theorientalhotels.com/

Facebook page: The Oriental Legazpi , The Oriental Hotels and Resorts, The Oriental Leyte

Twitter: @Oriental_Hotels

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- This blog was based from my own experience that I wanna share. If you don't find this writing helpful and informative I would like to apologize for that but if you find it interesting and great I owe you  lots of thanks. Some information such us contact details  were taken from the net. Thanks Google. Thank you for reading. May God bless us all. More food to tastes and places to experience soon. :)

The Oriental Hotel Legazpi - A wonderful experience!

Even if The Oriental Hotels and Resort is just situated near my place, I am still dying to have a luxurios feel-like stay at the said hotel. And well, I think I can say that I am so LUCKY enough to be one of the chosen winners on their Facebook contest which just ended last June. The contest had three phases. I am also so desperate on winning that I never gave up even if I lost at the first and the second phase of the contest. The third phase would be the last and I told myself that I have to give my best shot. The mechanics were just easy, you just have to answer the question, "Why do you deserve a Legazpi City tour?" And luckily I GOT IT. FINALLY! Actually I was aiming for the 3 days and 2 nights stay at the said hotel but maybe God thought that it'll be too much so He just gave us an overnight stay. But still we are very thankful for that. I won the audience award in the contest which gained my photo 2,108  likes as of the cut-off period. This was my winning piece and a proof that I won the contest. 

A screenshot from The Oriental's facebook page.

My winning entry.

(If ever you think that I am just hallucinating, joking or whatsoever about the contest, please click on this proof.)

A room accommodation for two, breakfast for two, and a complimentary massage for two at their spa wasn't bad for a prize. :) I was really overwhelmed when the time that they announced the winners. But, enough of the drama!

 We had our reservation August 5 - 6, 2012 at the hotel. We both agreed of that date because we will be celebrating our 8th year anniversary at the 6th of the said month. :) ♥♥♥ To make the story short, after we left  Hotel St.Ellis at around 4:30 we went to The Oriental Hotel and these are the things that we experience. Let me start from the first photo that I've taken that day at the said hotel. :)

The bathroom door. Sorry, wasn't really impressive as for the first photo :D. Haha :(

The shower area. :) A lot of towels were provided.

The toilet.

Still inside the bathroom. Ofcourse. LOL

The comlimentary soap, shampoo, body lotion, cotton buds,  toothbrush and toothpaste.

The blower and mirror.

Bathrobes :D

The tv. Sorry for the photography :( I'm an amateur!

The gorgeous bed.

Perfect for workaholic.

The carpet. Floors were carpeted on the second  floor. Even outside the room. Nice

Safety box. Easy to use.

Ticket for buffet breakfast. Nom Nom.

Complimentary. :)

Mini Bar. Not free. :)

Inside the fridge. Mini bar drinks. Water is the only one which is free. :)

Cool!

Boyfriend :)

We arrived at the hotel at around 5:00 pm. After taking some pictures, my boyfriend and I took a short nap. And when we woke up we decided to swim because we were informed that swimming pool operates just up to 8pm only. When we went to the pool area it was a bit creepy cause we were the only ones who were there, it was also dark till we view a man from the kiosk heading its way to us, we were asking for the towel because we read in their policy that towels are provided when we go swimming, but unfortunately after a long wait, it wasn't given to us. But it was just ok. The towel wasn't really a big deal. The pool is what matters most. Haha. It is gorgeous and very wide.

The pool at night. :)

Cool infinity pool. Boiling! Haha

Haha. Sorry for the face! :D

Well. The infinity pool is so nice!

Beautiful

You can lie on it or sit on it. Nearby the pool.

Another pretty furniture.

The Oriental

After the swimming session we decided to dry ourselves first before we go back to our room because we were not provided by a towel. But it's ok. After we took our shower back from our room we both agreed to have our dinner at The Jasmine which is located at the ground floor of the hotel.

Yummy dinner.

It is also not our first time to dine-in  here. We had our 2012 valentine date at The Jasmine and that was memorable. This night was also memorable for us. The foods were great, it comes with big servings. (Please click here for my separate blog about Jasmine.) After we ate our adorable dinner we went to the front desk to ask for the complimentary massage that I won. We asked if it's ok to have the massage from 11:00pm to 12:00am. And it was been approved, but while waiting for the time (because we still have 15 minutes more) we decided to take some pictures. Hoho. Here are some of those... :)

And so it's time, it's time, it's time. Haha. I was really aiming to have a massage that night because I have a back pain. After taking some pictures, we went outside the hotel to go to their spa. Spa is located at the left side of the building. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to take a photo of their signage due to some unknown reasons. Haha. Maybe I was just too excited to have the massage done and I remember I was saving the battery of my cam because it is almost low. Here are some photos that I can share.

Inside the spa.

Salabat before the massage.

Cool! :)

We were both at the same massage room. Cute :)

The massage was really great. The therapist were good and friendly. We had the Swedish massage that costs 700php -750php I think but  because I won the prize, we had it for free. Yehey! :D IT WAS AWESOME! We were very satisfied! Delighted! That ends our day 1 at The Oriental.

After a very nice sleep, it was time for us to wake up because it was a little bit too late to eat breakfast and it is only serve until 10:00am. Fortunately, we were just about on time. Breakfast was so great because it was a buffet. We ate a lot. Haha. Same venue, ofcourse, we ate our breakfast at The Jasmine. :) ( If you want to know more about the breakfast please click here to see my separate blog.)

It was our last day at the hotel and we want to make the most out of it. And the only way to express our enchantment at the hotel is to take lots and lots of pictures. LOL Here are the last blast of pictures that I'm gonna share. Haha :P

Left please.

Cool elevator. Touch!

Morning view.

The infinity pool. :)

Bad thing we weren't able to see the Mayon that day. It was foggy.

Always gorgeous.

You may swim in here even if you didn't checked-in. 300php for the regular rate  without towel and 350php with towel.

Electric door. Tit tit!

The view outside of our room. :)

Outside our room. The view.

Thank you

THANK YOU THE ORIENTAL LEGAZPI FOR MAKING OUR FANTASY CAME TRUE. WE REALLY NEVER IMAGINED THAT WE WILL BE EXPERIENCING THESE ALL FOR FREE. I COMMEND THE PLACE, THE SPA, THE JASMINE, THE HOTEL ITSELF AND THE STAFFS. THEY WERE ALL FRIENDLY.  WE WILL DEFINITELY RECOMMEND THIS HOTEL TO MY OTHER FRIENDS AND FUTURE ACQUAINTANCES. THANKS FOR BEING PART OF OUR ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION. THANKS FOR MAKING THIS HAPPEN. THANK YOU ALSO FOR THE PEOPLE WHO LIKED MY PHOTO AND BROUGHT US IN THIS JOURNEY. THANK YOU GOD AS ALWAYS. :)

THE ORIENTAL IS ONE OF THE BEST PLACE TO STAY AT HERE IN LEGAZPI CITY. A PERFECT SETTING FOR ANY SPECIAL OCCASIONS LIKE, WEDDING RECEPTIONS, MEETINGS, BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION, SWEET DATES AND MANY MORE.


You may still avail of their promo:

For more promos and updated published rates please click.here.


Contact them: 

Address: Taysan Hill, Sto.Nino Village 4500 Legazpi City
Telephone Number: (+63 52) 435-3333 Front Desk / (+63 52) 435-5555 Sales and Marketing
Email: inquiry@theorientalhotels.com
Website: http://legazpi.theorientalhotels.com/
Facebook page: The Oriental Legazpi , The Oriental Hotels and Resorts, The Oriental Leyte
Twitter: @Oriental_Hotels
Tumblr: theorientalhotels



- This blog is based from my own experience that I wanna share. If you don't find this writing helpful and informative I would like to apologize for that but if you find it interesting and great I owe you  lots of thanks. Thank you for reading. May God bless us all. More foods to come. :)