GNO: Top 5 EDM Clubs in Philippines 2015

Like after (counting on my fingers) few months, finally an update for my Girls Night Out segment. I was two weeks in Manila months ago. The impact of not booking my return ticket was awesome. One of the perks if you are working as a freelancer. Go work hard and play harder! My "summer never ends" mood was real.

When Pulse Radio posted the Philippines Top 5 EDM Clubs, I gasp when I read it because I've been to all of them, amazing! HAHA Maybe I just don't mind. It was a perfect week to go straight night out with my friend, Cathryn.

Valkyrie at The Palace

My first time I went here last December 2014 for our (traditional) year end party with friends. Last May, it was a perfect timing when I arrived Wednesday in Manila for DJ Snake! He was the mixed DJ of Get Low one of the soundtracks in Fast and Furious 7. He was wearing his sunglasses the entire time as his trademark and still looking good.

The crowd. We were in front on the left.

First time to taste Smirnoff Mule with Ginger Extract :)

My babe, Cathryn! :)

I also met her friend, Coco! 

MC Aoh, DJ Mars Miranda, MC Roda King 

excuse Cathryn for being blurred. :D 

For an update:

I ended my last weekend of July with friends at the Valkyrie, I always have a great time in Manila. Tadaaah! our one and only group picture in my phone. 

Seph, Jewel, Eric, Cath and Benedict

Hyve

This club is located inside the building at the 8th floor of W Global Center, The Fort, Bonifacio Global City near the Valkyrie. The club is not that big, but they are currently under renovation this month for new interiors, I will definitely check this out when I come back in Manila. 

We went there for the international DJ Dayro, wohooo, great Thursday night! I was surprised his supporters with banners were there to support him. I was in front to see him spin. I had fun with Cathryn of course. 

Photos from Art Oca uploaded to Hyve's Facebook page.

with Charlie!

DJ Dayro

The Palace Pool Club

New place to chill where pool party in the city is now possible. It was Friday when they opened the Palace Pool Club to all. Great place to chill and perfect to go there in your beach outfit. Spell dress down. If you want to transfer to Valkyrie in the same location, you have to dress up again. Visit their facebook page for their upcoming events.

Cheers!

Arm band!

Chaos Manila

Saturday - friends were free on weekend! Chaos Manila is located in City of Dreams Manila. We met in the condo and before we leave, group photo first! We were disappointed on not giving our exact ordered bottle of drink that night, but still we managed to have fun! 

Tadaaah! There was a UFC Fight Night event that time and had a chance to met the UFC fighters on the dance floor.

I love their interior.

I can't resist it, I asked Seph to take a photo of me. :D 

We went home as early as 6:30AM :) 

Hello sunrise! Ouch, my eyes!

You can visit www.chaosmanila.com and fb.com/ChaosManila for upcoming events.

Liv Super Club

Not the first time to have a "Girls Night Out" post of Liv Super Club on my blog and also Farewell Party with the boss. I spent my first weekend of July when my friend Tinay had her vacation here in the Philippines from the U.S. with her family. She saw my posts about this club and she wanted to have gathering here with her friends and her brother's friends. Visit their facebook page for upcoming events. This is in Cebu, by the way. :)

After two months of waiting, we've finally seen each other again. 

The last time we saw each other was two years ago.

Jewel, Tinay, Shiela

Literally GNO (hello, pretty ladies!)

I dragged Tinay on stage because why not! 

Love this candid photo from Shiela. 

In case you don't like EDM Clubs, 71 Gramercy is perfect to chill and enjoy the city lights while having a conversation while drinking coffee or black mojitos. 

The latest I went up here is last weekend in July, spent it with my friend Pierre.

I hope you like this post. 

Cheers! 

Have a great day everyone! 

xx

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UTYouTalk: I Aspire To Be Authentic

Finally sharing these photos taken last June when I come back from my Manila staycation. The condo I stayed in Makati is near Century Mall and I was on downtime looking for something to do and I was thinking of my favorite store Uniqlo. I swear, I gasp when I saw the store in Century Mall! :O I love their micro shorts and tees, as usual, I went to their tees section and they have a lot of cute prints. 

Sunglasses: Sunnies by Charlie | Shirt: Uniqlo 

This collection caught my attention The Sea Graphic T-Shirts maybe because of the word "Sea" because I love going to the beach. As much as I would love to buy them all, I only choose two. I always been a fan of statement shirts.

Oh, well! Uniqlo will open their two stores here in Cebu soon. Cebuanos will be happy to have them for sure. :)

Anyway, I need to catch up on blogging, I have a lot of experiences to share, if you are following me on instagram and twitter I was on a trip for two consecutive weekends. I can't wait to share them all to you. :)

Photo by: JC Guiam

Have a great week everyone! 

xx

Soul Surfing in Siargao Island

"Learn How To Surf" - Is this on your bucket-list too? I was so lucky to be with the people who have the same goals in life - to experience Siargao Island and to learn how to surf. I guess, I fell in love with both experiences. I know my travel diary to Siargao Island from our hometown was all worth it!

We arrived at the island in the afternoon and we just watched people who are having surfing lesson during sunset time. Looks like the struggle was real for first timers, then to find out how difficult it is for beginners, we decided to have our surfing session in the morning as early as 7AM!

How much? 

It will cost you PHP500/hr with instructor and board. Oh well, not a bad rate, all of their instructors have licensed and professionals. They also have other options such as rent a board unlimited or per day if you already had at least three to four sessions of surfing lessons, they will allow you to surf alone. For beginners, of course its given that you need a guidance from instructor.

Finally sharing my soul surfing experience to you. 

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What's good about this session is that Hendrix volunteered to take photos and videos of us while we are doing our surfing lesson and the photos turned out so cool! He was at the boardwalk and took best shots to all of us. 

On our way to the surfing site we have to walk through the boardwalk as you can see above photo. I was with Ching and her sister Nicole. 

Basic Instructions

Before you start, they will give you some basic instructions: proper paddling, how to stand up, and balance. If you know how to do planking or push-up or cobra inhale in yoga, it will be easier for you to stand on board. I can stand up and balance using my right leg in front and left leg at the back. You will see more in the photos below. 

My instructor, Alvin teaching me how to paddle.

After few sequences of paddle, push-up, stand, I was so ready to hit the water!

Here we go!

Obviously, I fell so many times as a beginner after I stand and can't balance HAHAHA! 

You know the next sequence of this photo..

Distance is Important
(for beginners)

Nicole and I had a minor accident when our boards collide and my board hit her ankle or shin, then we both fell so hard that we hit our feet on the corals and rocks. Make sure to inform your instructor to have distance to others to avoid this minor accident. We both had cut on our toes. It was prickly because of the saltwater, but we still managed to surf again and have fun.

For less than an hour, you can stand, balance and had "just to get wet" ,"got a few" and "good for what it is" in surfing made me so happy! (*surfing terms here)

Advantage:

If you are active into fitness work out or any activities like me, Muay Thai, Yoga and Running, you will never have a problem with strength and some breathing and you will not feel body pain the next day!

This is my favorite shot. My last ride or last wave before calling it a day. 

After surfing lesson, look how tired and happy we are.

We were all wearing rash guard and look at Nicole, she's so sexy.

Nicole, Jewel, Ching

With our photographer Hendrix! 

Thank you so much for taking our photos.

The trio in Siargao: 

Hendrix: www.facebook.com/bluepaxphotography

Ching of www.chingsadaya.com

Going back to our room at Point 303 Beach Cloud 9 Resort and walked like I don't have a cut. We were getting ready to have our island hopping, I will blog about it soon.

Overall, learning surfing is fun! 

I had bruises as you can see in this photo right knee, the next day all of them turned into color violet (I don't know the term of it) and really hurts, I also got bruised on my ribs area and scratches on my elbows and the cut on my left toe due to minor accident. I am not discouraging you not to do surfing, in fact these are remembrance and proof that you had fun and learned. 

PS: Isn't this golden retriever dog name Pilsen so adorable? I can't help it and asked Ching to take photo of us. Dogs at Siargao island are friendly too! This photo is taken when we were going to our sunset surfing session. Surf pa more! (more photos soon)

If this is also on your bucket list, go surf now! Who said summer is over? Summer is forever!

Thank you,  Siargao Travels for arranging our trip!

(van transfers and room accommodation w/ breakfast)

you can like them on:
www.fb.com/siargaotravels

Have a great day everyone!xx

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