Emergency Contact Numbers in Cebu

Cebu City Fire Department - 160
Rescue Hotline - 117
ERUF Ambulance Service - 161
Cebu City Police Department - 166

ERUF

• ERUF Banilad - +63 - 032 - 233 - 9300
• ERUF Lapulapu - +63 - 032 - 340 - 2994
• ERUF Abellana - +63 - 032 - 255 - 7287

CITOM

• CITOM Cebu - +63 - 032 - 253 - 9211
• CITOM Mandaue - +63 - 032 - 344 - 6314

MOBILE PATROL Group - +63 - 032 - 233 - 2178
THEFT and ROBBERY Section - +63 - 032 - 233 - 0202

FIRE DEPARTMENT

• Cebu City Fire Department - 160
• Argao Fire Department - +63 - 032 - 367 - 7680
• Cebu Fil-Chinese Fire Brigade - +63 - 032 - 254 - 0200
• Mandaue Fire Department - +63 - 032 - 344 - 4747
• Minglanilla Fire Department - +63 - 032 - 273 - 2830
• Talamban Fire Department - +63 - 032 - 344 - 9200
• Talisay Fire Department - +63 - 032 - 272 - 8277

POLICE STATION

• Cebu City Police Department - 166
• SWAT - +63 - 032 - 235 - 9666
• Carbon Police Station - +63 - 032 - 256 - 2192
• Guadalupe Police Station - +63 - 032 - 256 - 2193
• Mabolo Police Station - +63 - 032 - 233 - 6793
• Mandaue Police Station - +63 - 032 - 344 - 1200
• Pardo Police Station - +63 - 032 - 273 - 3642
• Talamban Police Station - +63 - 032 - 244 - 7400
• Waterfront Police Station - +63 - 032 - 254 - 6968

HOSPITALS

• Cebu City Medical Center - +63 - 032 - 255 - 7141
• Cebu Doctor's Hospital - +63 - 032 - 255 - 5555
• Cebu Velez General Hospital - +63 - 032 - 253 - 1871
• Chong Hua Hospital - +63 - 032 - 255 - 8000
• Lapulapu District Hospital - +63 - 032 - 340 - 0248
• Mactan Doctor's Hospital - +63 - 032 - 341 - 000
• Mandaue City Hospital - +63 - 032 - 345 - 9739 to 42
• North General Hospital - +63 - 032 - 343 - 7777
• Perpetual Succour Hospital - +63 - 032 - 233 - 8620 
• Vicente Gullas Hospital - +63 - 032 - 346 - 9292
• Vicente Sotto Medical Center - +63 - 032 - 255 - 1591

Bolod Beach in Panglao, Bohol, Philippines

I spend my holy week in Bohol, Philippines, my home province to meet my sisters and have some quality time together.  The three days was spent doing Catholic rituals like going to 7 churches or Visita Iglesia, hearing the 7 last words and doing procession.  And on Easter Sunday we decided to have some fun in the beach. We decided to leave early, around 6 am in the morning and arrived at the beach before 7 o'clock.  Our planned beach resort should be Dumaluan but we are unlucky because the cottages where all fully booked.  The guard referred us to Bolod Beach Resort just beside Dumaluan but we have to go to another road.

Well, we arrived in Bolod Beach Resort and got our cottage at 300 pesos. The kids immediately ran to the beach after we put our food at the table.  The water was a little colder at 7 am but still so nice.  The heat of the sun is very okay at this time.  Around 10 am we decided to go home to attend to my nephews birthday party. 

Here are some of my pictures in the resort.

Dauis bridge

Dauis bridge

Bolod Beach Resort cottage

Bolod Beach Resort cottages

Bolod Beach Resort cottage

the beach

the beach

the beach

the water

jetski

Try the Best Ice Cream in Bohol

When you visit Bohol don't forget to taste the delicious ice cream in the province.  The best so far compared to other branded ice creams.

The store name is The Buzz ice cream, it is product by the Bohol Bee Farm.  But lucky since this ice cream is in the heart of Tagbilaran City.  Just visit the store in Island City Mall (ICM) in Dao, Tagbilaran City.

The Buzz Ice Cream in Island City Mall, Tagbilaran City

Mango Flavor

The ice cream flavors in The Buzz Ice Cream

Do not missed The Buzz Ice Cream it only cost 40 pesos.

How I Start My Investment in the Philippine Stock Market

I am one of the ordinary citizens of this country.  I have a  job and my income is enough for me and my son.  During good days I can save a little money.  Sometimes I have sidelines to have some extra cash in my pocket.  I have been working for almost a decade now and honestly I don't have a good savings, emergency fund and for my child's future.  So last year I made a promise that I'm going to save.  Every pay day I spare 500 pesos out from my salary.  And luckily I made it until November.  So by November I have 11 thousand pesos in my savings.  11 thousand is already a huge amount for a savings and I told myself that my one year of effort should not be wasted, I must put it a good place.  Luckily I have an officemate who introduced me to COL or Citisec Online.  She showed me how she growed her money.  Making it grow for almost double for almost two years.  She even showed me her portfolio.  Convinced I joined.  I applied last December 2012 and got approved a few days after I mailed my requirements.  After two months from buying stocks from the market the percentage increase is already more than 10% from the two stocks that I bought. 

So for those who wanted to know how I applied in online investing here are the steps:
1) What is COL?
COL is the no. 1 online stockbroker in the Philippine Stock Exchange.  Their site have an update for the current prices of the stocks in our country.  Here you can buy and sell the  stocks of your choice.  For a detailed information about this site here is the link

Click this to go to COL website

Main page of COL

I choose this site because they are online though I'm from the Visayas region I get the latest update every few seconds of the stock market prices. 

2) After choosing a stock broker.  In my case COL.  I follow the instruction from their site. 
a) I must have atleast 5 thounsand pesos.
b) I fill out the forms they provided.
c) I gather all their requirements, including valid ID's and billing statement.
d) After the requirements are completed I send it via LBC to

COL Financial Business Center
2403B East Tower, Philippine Stock Exchange Center, Exchange Rd. Ortigas Center, Pasig City 1605 Philippines

3) After 2 days I received a call from COL staff saying my application is already okay and they will send my account number via email.  And the account number will be used in funding my account.  You can deposit in BDO, Metrobank or BPI.

4) When my fund shows in my COL account I started buying the stocks I like.  As a first timer I read a lot of articles from the internet and from my officemate.  So my first  stocks were suggested from my officemate. 


I pray and hope that my investments will helped me in my long term goal. 

Pakpakan Road Under Construction

Last Saturday I visited the Pakpakan road in Basak, Lapu lapu City and indeed the road construction is ongoing. 

This  diversion road will be a great help to those travelers along Mactan Doctors, Gaisano Grand mall and going to Masulog, Sudtonggan.  As one of the residents in this place, everyday is a struggle :)  You have to wait patiently with the traffic and it is almost daily during mornings and evenings and also during Gaisano's Day of Sale.

Here are some pictures of their works.  Hopefully the road will be okay this March :) 

Valentine's Day

Yesterday was the day of the hearts.  Everywhere in sight are flowers, roses, chocolates, teddy bears, hearts and hearts.  People were in streets, malls, restaurants busy walking, meeting with friends, and of course couples in love.    Some wore red clothes, girls holding balloons and flowers.

It makes me happy to see people who are in love.   It reminds me of myself before when things were good between me and my ex.  I was one of the happy girls who will carry bouquet of flowers during Valentines Day.  With the envy of some women, I thought I was so lucky that I have him.  Things back then was not that perfect but I am happy, very much fulfilled and contented with my life.  But like the cycle of the day, there is the mornings, the afternoons, and the midnights.  And I'm in the midnight part of my life now.  I know I have move on with my life.  I have been used living alone together with my son.  Been happy, contented.  But there are also some times when you wanted to have somebody to share with, to talk with about your life.  But it's so hard to go into another relationship, to start anew with another person.  I'm scared to even date, maybe because of my religion, my family and my emotions.  I don't want to go back into the dark ages of my life, the sleepless nights and the crying days.  For about five years God is good, maybe I have to wait for the right time, the sign and of course the man who will not break his promise with me.

Simply J's Restaurant

Simply J's Info:

Location:    Apitong St. cor. N. Escario, 6014 Cebu City
Hours:    Mon - Sat: 10:00 am - 9:00 pm
Phone:    505-8315
Facebook:   Just search Simply J's in the search tab

It's another food trip Fridays for us, me and my friend Jane.  Together with some of our friends we choose to spend the evening dining in Simple J's restaurant.  Actually I don't usually choose the place it's my friend Jane who loves to search the net for a good place to eat.  She said this restaurant has many positive feedbacks from other bloggers.  So after office we meet in Ayala and from BDO in front of Pag ibig building we hike to the place.  It is just around 2 to 3 minutes of walk going to Simply J's.

The place is near Parklane Hotel and I've actually passed this place a lot of times and I'm amazed with the decorations.  Before I thought this is just an ordinary house.  The place is comfy with us five. 

These are the foods we ordered, and we shared it so each of us can have a bite from different dishes.

Chef's Signature Baby Back Ribs (P 200.00)

Stuffed Pork (P 220.00)

Lasagna (P 180.00)

Taco Salad (P 160.00)

chocolate swirl shake

strawberry ice cream shake

peach-mango smoothie

All of the food tastes good.  So it's no wonder why there are so many people inside the restaurant.  The food and the place is worth remembering and sarap balik balikan.  I hope by next time I can order some other dishes.  And the price is okay, each of us only paid 287, not that expensive but it satisfied our hungry stomach.

Dinner in Payag Restaurant in Bohol

Last december my sister treated us to Payag Restaurant for her birthday.  There were 24 of us my parents, sisters and their families.

Payag Restaurant

 This restaurant has two floors and we choose the second floor.  We dine in inside the airconditioned room with free WIFI. So while waiting for our food we busied ourselves with the internet. 

Second Floor

The airconditioned room

Most of us orderered their specialty the JO's chicken Inato which cost only 95 pesos with unlimited rice.  The chicken for that specialty was big and it is barbecued.  The chicken taste delicious and is cooked very well inside.  Every piece of chicken tastes good.  And for the drinks I ordered their mango shake and as expected it also tasted good.  They have also other menus like pork BBQ and some other dishes.

Menu

mango shake

Jo's Chicken Inato

 I finished eating satisfied and happy.  Happy because I am with my family and the food is very good. I always looked forward for December birthday treat from my sister.  Thank you my  sister and thank you Payag for the nice place, good service and delicious food.  I will surely visit you again when I visit Bohol.


Payag Restaurant information:

Address:

18 C.P.G. East Avenue, Tagbilaran City, Bohol, Philippines 

Telephone:

+63(038)5017852

Concreting of Pakpakan Road in Basak, Lapu Lapu City

Pakpakan road in Basak Lapu-lapu will be concreted this coming second week of December 2012.

The announcement was posted in Lapu-lapu's facebook account http://www.facebook.com/lapulapucity on November 26, 2012.

The message is :
"Here are some good news from Mayor Radaza.
Pajac - Maribago road concreting will start by first week of December.
Pakpakan road (the road that connects Basak road to Sudtunggan via Deca Homes) set for concreting by 2nd week of December.Kagudoy road set for concreting by 2nd week of December."

Facebook posts from Lapu lapu City

The concreting of this road will be a great help and will lessen the traffic along Mactan Doctor's to Grandmall.

We hope more roads will be fixed in Lapu lapu City including putting a good drainage system.  

Voters Registration in Lapu lapu City

The City Hall of Lapu Lapu 

Last October 27, 2012 I woke up early morning because I wanted to transfer my voters registration from Cebu City to Lapu lapu City.

1) The COMELEC office is located inside the Lapu lapu City Hall.  It is in the second floor.

The City Hall of Lapu Lapu 

2) The office opens at 8:00 AM.

3) The requirement for registration is a valid ID and the ID must state that you live in Lapu lapu City.  In my case since all my ID's don't have an address

   a) I was asked to get a Barangay Certification stating that I live in Lapu lapu City.
   b) The certification cost 40 pesos in Basak, Lapu lapu.
   c) And to get the Barangay Certification you will need a 1 piece of 2x2 ID picture.

4) After the requirements are met you will fall in line to

   a) get and fill out the registration form
   b) one personnel will check the data
   c)  another one will encode the information and have your picture taken, make your signature and thumb marks.
  d) DONE

The last registration will be on October 31, 2012! Let's vote and exercise our rights!

Pedro Calungsod will become a Saint on October 21, 2012

      This coming October 21, 2012 will be the canonization or the declaration of Blessed Pedro Calungsod as a saint.  He will be the second Filipino saint, the other one is Lorenzo Ruiz. 

About his life
      Blessed Pedro Calungsod was born on 1655.  His historical place of origin is not specific, some claimed that he comes from either Ginatilan Cebu, Hinunangan and Hinundayan in Southern Leyte, Molo district Iloilo or from Loboc Bohol. He received his basic education at a Jesuit boarding school.  At around 14 years old he was on of those young catechist who accompanied the Jesuits in their mission to Ladrones Islands or Mariana Islands. Pedro and San Vitores went to Guam to catechise the natives.

His Martyrdom
      Blessed Pedro Calungsod was killed at the age of 18 while doing his missionary work on April 2, 1627, a day before Palm Sunday that year. He was persecuted together with San Vitores after a certain Chinese named Choco accused them of spreading poison  through the baptism ritual.


Beatification and Cannonization
      Blessed John Paul II beatified Blessed Pedro on March 5, 2000 in Saint Peter's Square in Rome. Last December 2011, the Filipino martyr passed the third and final stage towards sainthood after the Vatican verified a second miracle attributed to him—the healing of a businesswoman from the Visayas who fell into a coma in 2003.  His date for cannonization will be on October 21, 2012.

      Blessed Pedro Calungsod is a role model to all the Filipinos that despite challenges in life and faith we keep on holding to God.  He is an inspiration to all of us!  Mabuhay ka Blessed Pedro Calungsod and we are proud of you!

Food Trip: Something korean

Our next food trip was in Yum Yum Baboy.  Yum Yum Baboy is a korean restaurant located in SSY Business Center, Salinas Drive, Lahug, Cebu, City.  It is near the JY Square Mall.

It was my first time tasting korean food aside from kimchi.  Most of their foods are spicy hot.  And the taste was kind of weird for me.  But to be fair even if their food are not good for my taste they are healthy because most of them are vegetables or mixed with vegetables. 

The restaurants prices for their menus are affordable.  Some of our food at our dinner are ramyeon, samgyeopsal, miso soup, kimchi.

Here are some of the photos from our dinner:

Yum yum Baboy  opens at  11:00 AM  -  2:00 PM  and  5:00 PM - 12:OO AM every monday to saturday.
Their contact number is 032-266-8390.
Email: yumyumbaboy@gmail.com

HSBC's Starbucks Promo

My friend and I usually spend our Friday evenings after a tiresome week to Starbucks.  Have some chat while sipping the delicious and free beverage from HSBC promo.  I could not go to starbucks if not for this promo.  Their drinks are quite expensive.

These are some of our drinks while spending our time in Starbucks.  I usually ordered the coffee free drinks. Thank you HSBC... I hope that you will have more promos soon...

For other HSBC credit card holders who have not tried this promo, this is their requirements:

- Use your HSBC credit card from August 1 to September 30, 2012, and for a single chargeslip of P2,500, you can redeem a tall handcrafted beverage from Starbucks or 3-pack Starbucks VIATM Ready Brew for only 250 Bonus Points. 

- Charge slips must be from transactions made from August 1 to September 30, 2012 (current promo)

- Cardholders may use their charge slip and Bonus Points to redeem a tall Starbucks beverage or 3-pack Starbucks VIATM from August 1 to November 30, 2012

- Only one (1) charge slip issued by a particular merchant on a given day can be used to redeem the Starbucks product

- All foreign currency and casino transactions will not be honored for redemption

- Faded charge slips will not be honored for redemption

- Only Bonus Points earned from your new spend is eligible for a Starbucks beverage

- Existing Bonus Points may not be used for redemption

Food Trip: Tsiboom Native Restaurant in Parkmall

My friend treat us to dinner last night as a celebration to his birthday.  We ended in Tsiboom Native Restaurant in Parkmall Mandaue. That was my first time in that mall and in that restaurant.  The said restaurant offers Filipino dishes at an affordable price and most of their food are delicious. One of the dishes I like best is their bikol express.  Enough gata and enough spices for my taste.

Here are some of the pictures we have, quite blurry :)

Bikol Express

Calamares

 

half chicken 

  Decoration Inside