A few weeks, or is it months *grins* ago, we went to Manila Ocean Park, it is located behind the Quirino Grandstand (Rizal Park) in Roxas Blvd. It would have been nice to blog about what I and my family had seen and did inside the water park but sadly, it wasn't as much fun as you might think, it sort of failed our expectation. Don't get me wrong, I am [so] happy that we Pinoys have our own ocean park, and from what I see, I think it can even stand on its own, it may never top or equal the ones that other countries have but I firmly believe that it can run its own show. The problem is, visitors like us cannot fully appreciate the beauty and wonders of the deep, or even acknowledge the coolness of the park itself, as there were so many people scrambling around, forcing their way in and fighting for individual space. Well, I can't blame the MOP clientele, as expected, they all paid to get in so they will get their money's worth by hook or by crook, right? The problem lies on the staff and, of course, on the administration, can't they just have a maximum limit of people inside, when some people get out others can get in, a simple case of ratio and proportion will work wonders I think. Anyway, we spend an hour and a half max, shorter than I ever imagine, because my son was terribly uncomfortable due to the non-working (properly) air conditioner, add that to the jam-packed place and you'll get hell on earth, as in it was super hot, you won't even have the chance to breath and take in the marvel in front of you. That one and a half hour was mostly spent in the souvenir and arcade area at the second floor (?), not a good first impression, if you'll ask me. But, here's a big but, given a chance, we would like to try again, but this time we're gonna call to inquire if there's any scheduled school, company or community outings the day we're gonna visit *grins*, better safe than sorry.
And so we went out and decided to roam around Rizal Park, it's been ages since we've been there but as it was scorching hot, we decided to cool down in the Manila Ocean Park Cafe which we found out is owned by a woman who also co-owns the ocean park, how's that for rich? It is an open-air establishment with a number of those big air-conditioner/blower units around, which was a definite turn on on that hot, hot day. One more thing, it has yellow and blue tables and counter tops accented with pretty flower centerpieces, it oozed of coziness and comfy-ness. Adventurers (read:the three of us - hubby, me and bebe) who didn't get a good start found a haven to rejuvenate, hmm... did we, really?
And so we sit ourselves and asked for the menu board, I looked, I scanned and I almost fainted, the prices were high, as in mighty high, though we wanted to, we can't very well bolt out of the establishment, common sense told us to order the cheapest in the list *lol*, and we would have followed but kids these days just don't get the meaning of frugality *grins*.
This was our son's order, according to him, this was a crabby patty, in truth, this is a Cheeseburger and Chips Combo, I forgot the exact price but if I remember correctly, it is between 180-200php. It would have been worth it if my big bundle of joy had eaten the entire serving but no, he only gobbled the chips (which was Lays) and left the entire burger on his plate. Hubby ate it instead, and I did have a bite, of course, it was okay but nothing extraordinary.
This Halo-Halo was my hubby's order, it is the special kind, I don't know what's the difference between the regular and the special variety, all I saw in this halo-halo which is not usually seen in our everyday/usual version of halo-halo is the cherry on top, and if we're gonna talk about the taste, I swear I didn't find anything new or different, by the way, this cost 70 or 80php.
This was mine, Green Mango Shake, the first-ever green mango shake that I had tried in my lifetime. Yes, I've heard about it for a long time but I just never find the liking to try it before, until I saw a lot of customers in MOPC sipping theirs delightedly, hahaha, inggetera ako eh, anyway, a glass cost 60php and it tasted like Green Mangoes *grins*.
We, also, ordered a can of soda and a bottle of water - we ate, we chat, we chill...
Right before we went on our way (to Luneta), my super sweet baby picked a piece of chrysanthemum in the table centerpiece and handed it to me, saying "I love you Mommy!" That precise moment was my favorite part of the day and I still had the chrysanthemum tucked in one of my treasured romance novels (pocketbooks).
And now, I say goodbye, till next post folks. Have a good life!
