Century Park Hotel - Manila review...

The Century Park Hotel Manila
599 P. Ocampo Street,
Malate Manila Philippines
Phone Number: (632) 528-8888

view from Harrison Plaza Mall Parking lot
view from below...
P.Ocampo Street Lobby... checking out...
fountain fountain fountain!!!!
atrium lounge - the relaxing lobby with a P300.00 per glass of Margarita!! whheeew!

The Century Park Hotel Manila

599 P. Ocampo Street,

Malate Manila Philippines

Phone Number: (632) 528-8888

The hotel used to be a 5 star hotel...

now people are saying that

they have gone down the rank based on their experiences...

we may say,

yes the hotel is a little bit old,

but they have gone beyond our expectations...

checking in wasnt as pain in the butt when it comes to waiting...rate of $80 per night, some says its better to check in at Heritage Hotel (same rate with better accomodations) check in start at 12pm (comes with complimentary drinks, one each client)... the room wasnt cleaned though when i first got in the room...

the manager came in to check if everything's in place and hurriedly told the

house keeping to clean the room... that's one minus points from them... they shouldnt let the client go upstairs with the room uncleaned...

we were placed in the studio type apartment with TV (pay TV for movies), phone (with charge each call outside the hotel..), centralized AC, mini fridge with expensive drinks, closet, a safety deposit box inside the room which my husband thinks is very cool and i think so too...bath tub... water runs good and warm!!!,the bed was comfy.... fast room service (good food, their american breakfast and BLT and pancake was impressive!!!! quite expensive though...)

hotel lobby is nice and clean, very relaxing with the orchestra playing... the doorman dont open the doors for you, all they do is stare and look as you walk by them... the taxi outside are very expensive, they will rip you off as much as they can... we used to get taxi's infront of SM Mall to get metered payment... one good point for this hotel is they are infront of Harrison and SM mall, it is very convenient to do your shopping errands... the hotel is just a few minutes away from Robinson's Place Manila, Mall of Asia and International Airport...

make sure to put all your valuables in the safe coz even if you put the

do not disturb sign out in the room, they still enter and clean your room...

they took the wine glasses we bought from the mall..

we called the reception, and they told the

housekeeping to give it back! (we had it back :) was a mistake on their part)

the pool area is wide... 2 pools and one jacuzzi...

we took tons of pics will show you in the next posts...

rating : 4 stars

My husband's 3rd Philippines Trip

so much fun just being together...

Century Park HoteL Manila - February 22 to February 29, 2008

The Beloved Lovable Kitties of MaMa Thompson...

im a little indecisive right now... people say im just dumb... i got my eyes from my chinese mom.....or maybe im just related to grace... my name is jack... and im one sexy BIOTCH!!!! let's wrestle, im ready.... meeeeeooow.... ill kick your butt!!

these are the thompson's lovable kitties... arent they lovely and cuddly???

Louisville Kentucky....

snowy day in february...

christmas stockings :) with our name on it!!
view of the river in Louisville, KY
MV Belle of Louisville!!
Downtown?!@!?
a lovely home...
sea urchin above sea level.. hahahaha..
ice cycles!!!!!!!!! yummy :>

courtesy from the Thompsons!

have a happy snowy cold fun day!!!

Citadel Inn, Makati Philippines

Citadel Inn Makati Philippines

P. Burgos Street, Makati City

Length of stay - 3 weeks (June - July 2007)

Room 3002 - Privately Owned Service Apartment

Rent for one month - P20,000 - P28, 000.00

Rating - 3 stars

Room includes AC, Fridge, Fone, Kitchenette

pro's:

you can see the busy streets of makati from our view... tons of resto's and bars sorrounding the area...mini stop just outside the hotel... just a few minutes ride going to greenbelt, glorietta mall and MRT station... just right for what you pay for... it's a tight budget stay! friendly staff...

con's:

the building is old, only have two elevators which is a pain when you are in a hurry knowing the hotel have 32 floors... the building is in the Red light district area so dont be surprise if you see people around offering entertainments... if u know what i mean... traffic is bad in rush hours (always is)... hot water doesnt work much in our room, but the hotel part does (based on our 2006 stay...)

dinner with ron...

July 09, 2007

Kitchen Greenbelt, Makati Philippines

Dinner with my good ol' friend Ron...

the margarita's are ok... the ambiance was good for talking...

great place for family and friends...

a funny story....

the hammock

the dawn right after our wedding day, my husband and I decided
to go home to Pangasinan to meet my family...

there, he was able to meet my grandmom
my mom, my brother and his family, my aunts and uncles and
my most loved cousins...

anyways... to make the long story short...

we had a small post wedding

celebration in the
province ...

the food is more than enough for everyone that
made everyone stuffed after lunch...

there was this one tempting hammock
under the "duhat" tree wherein almost everyone tries to lay down and have some
relaxing siesta...

we've seen kids, grown-ups and even couples who had their
own share laying in that relaxing hammock and have seen them
fight & trying to get their way on it before anyone else can...

the only relaxing place you can think of on a Hot Sweaty Summer Day
to have a siesta is laying down under the shades of a cool nipa hut,
in a well ventilated AC room (not in my province),
or the most convenient way is getting cover under the shades of bushy trees...

yup!
that's right!

a cool swinging relaxing hammock under the trees

with the cool wind breeze blowing right thru the hammock threads!!! wow...

that famous place is hardly vacant..
so if you cant get on it by force, hahahha, yo have to wait til someone gets out of it...
well....luckily, someone get off of it to get some water or something...

i told my baby... look, its free!!!!!come let's try it and have a rest...

so we hurriedly get in the hammock...

we confidently get in since there a lot more heavy people who got in before us...

so we were excited and hurriedly ride on it...

so funny, the moment we got in and raised our legs up high to stretch,

(hahahahhaha!!!!!!!) the rope broke down,

sooooooooo HARRRD we landed on the ground!

BLAG!! the sound of our butts on the dusty ground!!!

we were in denial at first, Did the rope just BROKE down?????hahahhaha!!!!

(we know that half of my family was looking at us)

we just pretended no one's looking and looked at each other and started laughing our hearts out!! so emabarassing,,, everyone was laughing at us! but it was fun...

hahaha all worth it stealing the hammock for a few seconds!

one of our funny bonding moments together....
only in the PHILIPPINES!
it never fails to make us laugh just by thinking and looking back

about that one hot sweaty summer day!
under that DUHAT tree! oh my, oh my...