Isdaan Floating Restaurant, Laguna

Last month, me and my friends had our lunch in Calauan, Laguna. It was our first time in that place and in spite of the numerous negative feedback about the place, we still insisted to go. Luckily, we didn't experience any bad thing (from service to food and bills) in the resto. In fact, we really had a great time...

Welcome to Isdaan! This floating resto is located at Calauan, Laguna. 

* HOME OF THE 3 GIGANTIC BUDDHAS *

White Buddha

Red Buddha

White and Gold Buddha

 View from the deck.

The famous "Tacsiyapo". An anger management activity wherein you can throw plates, cups and alike in the wall with the names of the person you hated most. I tried it twice, and I keep on hitting "Mang-aagaw". Hmmm... Maybe, I'll be more glad if the one I hit with the plate is the real person. lol

cottages

will definitely go back to this place. But before that, we will try their branch in Tarlac this coming September. ^_^

How to get there from Manila:

Private Vehicle: Take SLEX then exit to Calamba. Go straight to Los Banos. From Los Banos there’s a crossing for Calauan town proper, Sta Cruz and Bay, Laguna. Go straight to Sta Cruz way instead, then on the right side will be Isdaan, just 1 km away from the Crossing.

Commute: Ride a Sta Cruz bound bus (DLTB, Green Star and HM Transport), I think it's in Cubao. It will be just one ride. Just ask the driver to drop you off in Isdaan.

Facts:

Isdaan is also owned by the Ongpauco Family (owner of Barrio Fiesta)

Calauan Branch is actually their second branch, the original is in Tarlac and now they are planning to put up their third branch in Nueva Ecija

 

p.s. photo of foods will be posted in my food blog.

God speed,

Melai

10 Places I want to visit with my special someone...

Hi guys!
I know I've been MIA for quite sometime... please forgive me coz' I've been very busy due to my new position (yeah! I'm promoted) and this semester is my 2nd to the last semester in MBA (woohoo!)... :)
Anyway, for my new post this month, I want to share with you my 10 best places that I want to visit with my future partner/husband (you read it right, not with family or friends this time). Here it goes...

#10. JAPAN

 

#9. INDIA

#8. AFRICA

#7. EGYPT

#6.BRAZIL

#5. NEW YORK

#4. LAS VEGAS

#3. MALDIVES

 

#2.ROME

 

#.1. PARIS

 

But since I'm still single and I don't have plans of getting married anytime soon, I'm focused on traveling in ASIAN countries first. I'll be in Thailand and Cambodia this coming November and probably in China on February 2013 to celebrate Chinese New Year. Hopefully I can visit these places before I reached 30!  ^_^

Baguio 2012: Huling Hirit sa Tag-init

Day 1

Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes

 

Philippine Military Academy

Tree Top Adventure

The Mansion

Mines View Park

Day 2

Baguio City Cathedral

coz' t'was Sunday, we attended the morning mass before heading to Good Shepherd

Good Shepherd

 

***I hereby declare that summer is officially over***

Hundred Islands, Pangasinan

Our 2011 Team Building was held in Alaminos, Pangasinan. It was my first time to visit the place and I was so amazed in the beauty of the Hundred Islands. Although, our team building was not as extreme as the previous year's outing, we enjoyed the nature tripping, island hopping and snorkeling.

Meeting place is in Eastwood (as usual) and of course, some of us came late (as usual again). :))

We departed Manila at exactly 7am and on our way to Alaminos, my colleagues are so hyper singing their lungs out inside the van. Everyone is excited to have a new adventure...  

Lunch with the team before the island hopping.

En route to the first island... sorry, I forgot the name of the island. hihi.

Hanggang dito kailangan may recitation? and obviously, my bosses are the one who are pro-active in this game... ^_^

Nice shot! Again, apologies coz I also forgot the name of this island. lol

credit to James who took this emo shot... :D

SOLO. Too much of the group shots...time to have my own pic.

Snorkeling for only P250.00 :)

In case you are wondering what we were doing there... nagpapapansin kami sa mga gwapong Koreans dun. lol

Class Picture. A tour to remember...

Might not be able to join this year's team building due to some school stuff. Summer class sucks! :(

Lake Caliraya, Laguna

Since it is Team Building month again, I decided to post the previous team building we had for the past two years. This was taken last 2010 at Lake Caliraya, Laguna. 

Meeting place is in Eastwood (6am). We rented 2 vans for 5k/each good for 30 person.

Instead of taking the SLEX (we are avoiding the high toll rate. lol), we tried the Rizal-Laguna way...

Boat ride to the islet of Caliraya Resort. Boat fee was included in the resort rate we paid.

(,") and we are so excited to get the team building started! ",)

We were sorted into 4 teams. GREEN, YELLOW, RED and my team...BLUE!

The BLUE team! 

READY, SET, GO...!

Relay. Our facilitators gave us the cue card and the first task of the blue team is to finish the relay...FAST!

I'm being maldita again... laughing my lungs out while my teammate is doing the sack race. lol. Bad Girl!

Sudoku

Since we are all accountants, facilitators include "numbers" in the challenge para naman daw may madaling task kasi puro pahirap ang physical challenges nila. :))

Rest. Ilan pa lang ang task pagod na kami...

It's nearly nightfall when we did the "magic carpet" challenge. Lots of frogs everywhere! Yikes!

Other tasks included: Volleyball, Cobweb, Feather blowing, frog catching, Mudslide and many more... :P

Unfortunately, we didn't won in the race.. It was the Yellow team who bagged the prize. :P

Day 2. After a very tiring amazing race we had on Day 1, we took a tour around the resort the next day for relaxation and bonding moment with each and everyone.

http://www.caliraya.net/contact.aspx

Visit Caliraya and enjoy the fun!