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Attention filipinos and all those who plan to attend the Sinulog Festival 2011 in Cebu City, Philippines! It’s time! Book your flights and hotels, get prepared for this upcoming Sinulog!

It begins on January 6, 2011 and ends January 31, 2011

Here is a list of Sinulog activities:

January 06, 2011 (Thursday) – Sinulog 2011 Opening Salvo, Walk with Jesus
January 07, 2011 (Friday) – Sinulog Festival 2011 Kick Off
January 08, 2011 (Saturday) – Sinulog sa Kabataan sa Lalawigan, Fuente Osmena street party bands and concerts
January 09, 2011 (Sunday) – Sinulog sa Kabataan sa Dakbayan, Cebu City Marathon
January 12, 2011 (Wednesday) – Miss Cebu 2011 Coronation Night
January 13, 2011 (Thursday) – Sinulog Festival Queen Photo Shoot
January 14, 2011 (Friday) – Walk With Mary, Translation, Cebu Pop Festival, Sinulog Festival Queen Competition
January 15, 2011 (Saturday) – Fluvial Procession, Solemn Foot Procession, 3rd Sinulog Pyrofest, Kasadya Nite Mardi Gras
January 16, 2011 (Sunday) – Sinulog Festival 2011 31st Grand Parade
January 17, 2011 (Monday) – Sinulog 2011 Awarding Ceremonies
January 21, 2011 (Friday) – Hubo

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I bought a PHP100 Bl@st Prepaid Internet card and I couldn’t figure out how to use it, does it need WIFI or dialup!? I think it’s a dialup thing. Anyways, to anyone that would like to use my card please do, I hate to see it go to waste.

Username: 6121180167
Password: 796051

If you use it please post a comment here and let me know it worked ok for you

Good luck, and I hope it helps
More info: http://www.blast.ph/

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SDR Serviced Apartments
“Cebu accommodation at it’s best”
Open 24hrs
website: http://sdrapartments.com
Call: +63-32-238-3929 or +63-9165428621
Address: Brgy. Matumbo, Pusok, Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu, 6015 Philippines

SDR Apartments

Location: I don’t really like the location of SDR Apartments, it’s a bit away from things, you have to walk about 15 minutes to the nearest mall, Marina Mall, and that mall is not the greatest. Otherwise, when you look out the window of your room, there is not much but flatlands, trees, and I even seen some cows/caribou
Facilities:
The Staff: Was always very nice and kind
The Room: The room was great, big room, big bed, nice couch and tv area with dvd player, a kitchen with stove, a toaster oven, water boiler, fridge full of bottled water, also has cooking utensils, pots, pans, silverware, plates, bowls, just about anything you’ll need for cooking
Extras: FREE high-speed (fibre-optic) 4MB Internet via cable (not a slow and unsecured shared Wi-Fi), I didn’t use this, I was using my Smart Bro instead. I love how there are tons of bottled water in the fridge.
Tip: For quick and cheap food give Cora’s Eatery directly across the street
Negatives: When I stayed there my room was right next to an area of the building they were doing construction, I only stayed 1 night, but that next morning 8-11am early morning I wake up to drilling, pounding, LOUD noises of construction, I was in shock they would actually allow this at so early in the morning, it was insulting to me. I know places need repairs and construction, but I am very against morning hammering, any hotel, apartment or living quarters that do this gets BIG negative points from me. Loud hammering should only be done in afternoon

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Golden Prince Hotel & Suites
“Royalty Redefined”
Open 24hrs
website: http://www.goldenprincehotel.com
Call: (032) 233-8660, 412-8660
Address: Acacia Street, Corner Archbishop Reyes Avenue, Barangay Kamputhaw, Cebu City Philippines

Golden Prince Hotel

Location: Great location, across the street from Ayala Mall and also right next to a tiny shopping plaza with massage and other nice shops
Facilities: The little restaurant has a menu with American breakfasts and Filipino breakfasts, eggs, corned beef hash, grilled tocino, omelettes and more
The Staff: They were very nice and friendly.
The Room: The room was nice and clean, I had no complaints.
Extras:
Tip: Breakfast 6:30am – 10:30am
Negatives:

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Hotel Casablanca
“Visayan Hospitality at it’s best”
Open 24hrs
website: http://www.casablancacebu.com (currently offline)
Call: (63 32) 255-2868 and (63 32) 254-5176
Address: 21 Juana Osmena St., Cebu City, Philippines 6000

Hotel Casablanca is located in the heart of Cebu City with rates ranging from 1350 – 1600 pesos per night. Wifi is available in all rooms and there is even a coffee shop and convenient store inside the building.

Location: The location is great, near restaurants and laundry services, and a very short taxi ride to Fuente Osmena circle for restaurants and shopping, and very quick to Mango Square nightlife also
Facilities: Casablanca lacks facilities but it does have a little coffee shop called Rick’s Cafe and a convenient store
The Staff: The staff here was super friendly
The Room:
Extras:
Tip:
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Last week a little village north of Cebu City called Liloan was the host to the worlds biggest flag. It has already been submitted to the Guinness Book of World Records (link). Here are pictures from my Cebu Pacific Air flight on Friday, March 12, 2010 from Cebu to Manila

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Venue: Manny Pacquiao vs Joshua Clottey Live
Location: Various hotels, bars have live coverage of this championship boxing match, I know for sure Marriott near Ayala has it
Show Date: Sunday, March 14, 2010
Starting: 8:00am

Manny Pacquiao will defend his world welterweight championship title against Clottey, don’t miss this!!! It will surely be another memoriable fight! Arnel Pineda of Journey has been invited by Manny to sing the Philippine National Anthem in the fight

Some places that are having Pacquiao Clottey fight parties:

Marriott Cebu City
Grand Ballroom, Cebu City Marriott Hotel
Brunch Buffet Php 650 net
Doors open at 7:00am
For inquiries call: (032) 411-5800

Sports Exchange Bar and Grill
3rd Floor, Mango Square Mall
Buffet Brunch, coffee, ided tea, P550
Doors open at 8:00am
Pick up your tickets at Sports Exchange by Saturday
For inquiries call: (032) 412-6446

Golden Prince Hotel & Suites
Exclusive viewing with 2 big screen tvs
Lunch buffet with drinks included is P550
Buy 2 and pay only P990 only for reservations made on or before Saturday March 13th
For inquiries call: (032) 412-8660 or 232-8482
www.sportsexchangecebu.com

Fine Cuisine
“Your finest cuisine in town”
WWC Manny Pacquiao vs Joshua Clotty
P550/person eat all you can
Menu: appetizer, entrees, salads, deserts, fresh fruits, steamed rice and bottomless lemon ice tea
Live via satellite
Visit them at:
Parkmall, 168, Ouano Avenue, Mandaue Reclamation Road, Mandaue City, Philippines 6014
(fronting CICC)
For reservactions call: (032) 516-7351 and 346-4488
Cell: 0922-824-8431

The Gustavian
Buffet Extravaganza P590
Pacquiao vs Clottey
Starting at 9AM in the Tap Room Banilad
and 10AM in The Gustavian Ayala
For Tap Room inquires: (032) 344-7653
For Gustavian inquires: (032) 514-1979

Mandaue Sports Complex
Pacquiao vs Clottey Main Event
P100 see live on Sky Cable
8am

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UCC Coffee
“Coffee with a smile”
Open Daily from 7am
Website: http://www.ucccoffeehousecafe.com
Call:
Address: Ayala Mall ground floor near Marriott Hotel

I was walking around Ayala very early looking for a breakfast spot, and I ran into UCC Coffee, I love that they open at 7am unlike the other restaurants and shops at Ayala (most open around 10am). I walked in and was greeted with a japanese saying for “welcome”, all the cute girls had big smiles and were very friendly. UCC originated in 1958 and now has 300 branches worldwide, mostly in Asia

The Menu:
What I Ate: I had the eggs sunny side up, with corned beef hash, wheat toast, and salad, it was all delicious!
The Staff: Very nice staff, you have a button on your table, just push it whenever you need something
The Bathroom:

Conclusion:

Extras: 2 hours free parking if you spend over P400

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Da Vinci’s Pizza Cebu
“Famous for the white sauce pizzas!”
Open Daily til 3am (delivery stops at 2:30am)
Website: http://www.davincispizza.com.ph
Call: See the numbers on the bottom of the website
Address: There are 7 locations in Gaisano Tabunok, Paseo Arcenas Banawa, Osmena Blvd., I. T. Park Lagug, Centro Mandaue, Parkmall North Reclamation, and Marina Mall Mactan

Da Vinci’s Pizza in Cebu is the place to go when you are in the mood for a great high quality pizza, they have many totally different kinds of pizza’s, red sauce pizza, white sauce pizza, chicken wings, some pasta and many more great tasting pizza at a VERY inexpensive price, I just had my Pepperoni Craze pizza with 1 bottle of water, free delivery costing only 219 pesos!

The Menu: Da Vinci’s Pizza has something for all pizza lovers, they have their famous white sauce pizzas, like their best seller the “Da Vinci’s Masterpiece”, they have premium pizza’s like my absolute favorite Spicy Shawarma pizza!!! They have all the basics too, like Meat Lovers and Pepperoni Crave. I love Da Vinci’s Pizza!
What I Ate: I just had the Pepperoni Crave with hot sauce, delicious! Ma sarap!
The Staff:
The Bathroom:

Conclusion:

Extras: Free delivery

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Ayala Mall Cebu City
Open Daily NA
Website: http://www.ayalamalls.com.ph
Call: (032) 516-3025
Address: Cebu Business Park, Archbishop Reyes Avenue, Cebu City, Philippines

Ayala Mall

What  to Eat: There are TONS of places to eat at Ayala Mall, the best places are the new terraces that were created in 2008. They have many restaurants, like Pancake House, Red Kimono, Cyma Restaurant, Henrico’s Pizza, Starbucks, Hukad, Bigbys, UCC Coffee, Dessert Factory, TGI Fridays, Teriyaki Boy, Yellow Cab Pizza, Sunburst, Gerrys Grill, Figaro Coffee, Banana Leaf Thai Cuisine, Casa Verde, Shakeys, and many more.
The Bathroom: There are nice bathrooms located all over Ayala Mall

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