Monday, August 9, 2010

Sunday Lunch with the Family


Have you guys visited the Meralco Development Center in Antipolo City? Its not only a venue for trainings and seminars but also a great place to visit with the family.

It has a cafe and restaurant named "The Pavilion." Their meals are delicious and their cakes are great! We sampled their pork sinigang, Kare-Kare and Fried Chicken among others. Yes, there's fish and pasta too! I'm sure with the food ordered, you're now not w0ndering why my cholesterol is super high! And you think I'm done? For dessert...we had brownies, blueberry cheesecake, pastillas de leche cheese cake, sans rival and tiramisu!

After that...I had to have hot tea. Yes, ofcourse I got scared that all the fat and butter would stick in my innards and I would get sick and....(*hikbi*)...

Anyway, we ate and ate. After that, since our stomachs were bulging, we decided to take a walk around the Meralco compound. The area was really full of greens. There were lots of mango trees and other plants. Butterflies abound, which is a sign that the place was clean. There were walk ways that led to areas to be discovered.

(There's supposed to be a photo here but the server and I are not in good terms right now so I'll have to delay its posting...)

In a short distance from the restaurant...a beautiful sight greeted us...Lo and Behold! There was an Aviary! A huge one at that. We saw different species of parrots, peacocks, cockatoos, weird looking chickens (which you wouldn't in your life dare eat...) and an eagle etc. They were plenty...and noisy! Sounded like monkeys eating a cow! Mind you..the parrots were HUGE! It was terrifying to get near them lest they're hungry and find a way to get their claws on you and fly you to the moon! But by gad they were very beautiful. All colorful and feathery...(obviously!)

The loveliest part of it was that we found a....SWING! Yup, a swing. The kind that you find in kindergarten school. The best thing is that I fit! I was actually able to swiiiiiiiiiiiiiiing! Most of us didn't let the opportunity pass so we rode on it like little kids. It was fun. Ofcourse, I have motion sickness... so...you know...

There was also a Grotto of the Virgin Mary near the Aviary but we failed to walk by that area as everyone felt that the mosquitos were just a bit too friendly!

All in all, it was a fun day.

Meralco Center is located in Sumulong Highway, Antipolo City. They're open the whole week starting at 7am.

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