1 post tagged “the fort”

After the last day of the brush-up class, we decided to shoot over to the Fort for some dinner, and to generally just check the place out. Neither Gretch, Maridol, nor I had ever been to the place (and I live in Makati, at that...). For a first-time visitor, let me just say that... It was awesome!


You can't tell by how crappy my digicam is (low ISO rating - meaning it sucks at low-light shots), but it was a beautiful, sprawling ground full of interconnected malls (though not in the same manner as Glorietta and Greenbelt). There was Serendra, which was more of a dining-oriented cluster, just right across Market! Market! (which, btw, looked like the bastard love child of Rockwell and a Divisoria mall), which was in it's own right, a pretty good mall. However, the mall that impressed me most was the Bonifacio High Street (I swear I've got that name wrong in some way) strip mall.

It's rather new, so there were still a few shops here and there that were under construction, although most of the shops were already open to the public. The mall had a sprawling, well-manicured lawn that separated the two lengthy rows of shops (I believe said rows could be characterized as being similar to 3 street blocks). It was awesome. I would really love to hit the place again during the day. The water features added a really nice charm to the place; People were sitting on the grass reading books, lounging around with pets, playing guitar, and then... there were these really cool exhibits.


I so want that Vespa.

Anyway, the girls looked around some shops while I went along right before dinner (I'm used to such punishment - I swear my Mom goes OCD whenever she shops). We chowed down at Mann Hann at Market! Market!. If I was gonna pig out, this was the time to do it. I ate three platefuls of rice (dammit, why'd it have to taste so good?) along with some beef, sweet-n-sour pork, soup, and veggies. I was so full I had a hard time walking!

Afterwards, we hit the strip mall again to look at some more stuff, then Maridol bought some doughnuts at Krispy Kreme (I hate you, you taste so good) for her siblings.Despite being full, I was handed a free doughnut... and I obliged. I shot over to Starbucks for some coffee to help me digest all that unhealthy stuff I ate.

After all that, they dropped me off somewhere near my house, walked home and called it a night, with full knowledge and expectation of the following day's likely gift of explosive diarrhea. Yet I slept satisfied.


I seriously have to get a better digital camera. These pictures suck!

Hey, Gretch - send me a message if you wanna get the downloadable file for the MRT fight video.