Celine's Life Adventure

Baguio, the Summer Capital of the Philippines, is on top of my fave places to visit in the country. Why? I love the fresh vegetable, and I like staying at Azalea Residences.

We were in Baguio for my birthday last November 8. Aside from celebrating my birthday in my favourite city in the Philippines,  +Jomar  and I were also speakers for the Google community Baguio events last November 9. He will be speaking at  +GDG Baguio 's Devfest while I will be sharing about Google+ and Google Search for Education for  +GBG Baguio 's gDaysXBaguio. The morning started with a round of breakfast from  +Azalea Baguio . The joint morning program happened while we moved from one room to another and we also visited the ongoing launch of  +GEG Philippines  in  +Berkeley School Baguio . We had lunch at Canto in the Ketchup Food Community. Delicious food from Canto!

I celebrated my 24th birthday last November 8. Below are highlights of the week that I had. To start, last November 4 -  +Jomar  and I had my fave Kare-Kareng Gulay from Giligan's. November 5 - for my love of Mexican food, +Jomar  and I had dinner in Mexicali

I've been to Baguio quite a few times, and here I am trying to share about the excellent restaurants and yummy food I have tried. Good Taste Cafe and Restaurant They serve great food served with the freshest available ingredients at affordable prices. I would recommend the Chopseuy, Beef Broccoli and Buttered Chicken.   +Jomar and I ordered those and we could not even finish one of the viands! Talk about takaw tingin . O' Mai Khan This is my fave restaurant in Baguio EVER. No, I don't order the Mongolian buffet. Rather, I choose to explore their culinary expertise with the ala carte meals. My favourite right now is Kublai's Dream. Trying out the Genghis Khan Steak (Php 210) and O'Maikhan's Hearty Meal (Php 210)

+Jomar Tigcal  and I celebrated our second anniversary last August 4, 2013, in Baguio City with our dearest friends from both  +GBG Philippines  and the  +GDG Philippines . The morning started with another round of delicious breakfast from  +Azalea Baguio . Since we already checked out our room, we decided to stay in the common area of the three-bedroom suite of Mama  +Chelle Gray  and Ms.  +Aileen Apolo .

After a restful evening in  +Azalea Baguio , we woke up to enjoy the delicious breakfast the hotel served. I fell in love with the Baguio longganisa. After having breakfast and loading all the tab, I needed for my Google Search presentation,  +Jomar Tigcal  and I went to the events place on the other side of the hotel. There were almost a hundred women entrepreneurs and students! Android wood carving is their token to the speakers!

Travel to Baguio City We spent day 1 of our anniversary celebration on the road going to Baguio City.  +Jomar Tigcal  and I met up with Mama  +Chelle Gray ,  +Jerome Locson , and  +Reymart Canuel  in McDonald's near Greenbelt 1 to wait for Ms.  +Aileen Apolo  and  +Maricar Dabao  with the van. Hot Chocolate from McCafe We left Makati at around 8:30 AM. We had lunch in Max's Restaurant at SM City Rosales in Pangasinan and met with Allan Medrano there. By 3:30 PM we found ourselves in the beautiful city of Baguio. We went straight to  +Azalea Baguio  and rested a bit.

I've been to Baguio a couple of times and have shared my experiences in this blog ( Baguio-Bontoc Adventure and Places to Visit in Baguio ). This particular visit is special because I am going there to do what I love, share with educators what I know and how they could maximize Google Apps. Day 1 Jomar and I left Quezon City at precisely 11:00 PM riding the Joy Bus: The Deluxe Coach of Genesis Transport, Inc. A review of the experience in a separate blog post . We arrived a little after 3:00 AM which makes the travel time just 4 hours between Manila and Baguio! We took a cab going to my favourite hotel in Baguio, Azalea Residences . The person at the front desk said that they have to charge us for two nights already since there's an early check-in charge. I was too tired and sleepy to argue, even if I am worried since I have a limited budget for this trip. I paid using my card, but it seems that their card reader isn't working correctly, but I informed the front des

Summary Last January 26, GDG Halsema  had their first meet-up . Jomar and I went up to Bontoc to be their speakers. Jomar talked about GDG and GDG Philippines while I discussed and had a demo of Google Apps particularly with an emphasis on how teachers and students could maximize it. But before the meet-up, Jomar and I rode a 12-hour bus ride going to Bontoc through Cable Tours. Some tips, buy or reserve your tickets ahead of time. I purchased our tickets the day before our trip, and we were already seated at the back. Come Friday, some people wanted to buy more tickets but they couldn't. I tried reserving tickets through phone but they didn't reply, so I decided to go to the terminal located inside a compound. To go there, you have to walk inside the compound between Shakey's and the Trinity University of Asia along E. Rodriguez Avenue. The bus left 9:00 PM, and we had three to four stopovers.

I was part of the DepEd Gone Google project as Change Manager and trainer. The whole experience of that would be in another entry as well as the food trip we had. In this particular post, I would like to share about the cities where we conducted training as well as hotels and places we got to visit. Davao City Our first stopped was Davao City to conduct the Mindanao leg of the training. After so much stress and drama, I would say it was a good learning experience for everyone. My Mindanao Class

I had been to Baguio twice, and these are the images of places I saw when I was in there. The Summer Capital of the Philippines lives up to its name because the temperature is colder than the rest of the country. Anyway, here are some of the places that I saw in Baguio. The Mansion The Mansion is the official summer residence of the Philippine President. The Mansion