galilee garden resort

this saturday was peepee's birthday, so...

we were supposed to go swimming in amana water parks in bulacan for his birthday, but then the night before, peepee's mom read some comments about the place that didn't seem nice. so we chose to go somewhere else. friday morning, we were still looking for some resorts online. then i found this place called galilee garden resort. peepee and i were looking at the pictures on their website (http://galileemansion.com/) and we thought the place looked great! other than that, it was closer compared to amana waterpark and the place was way cheaper.

we planned to leave on saturday. same date as peepee's birthday. but we had to cancel because of an emergency. lola nanay (peepee's grandmom) fell down the stairs and she had to be rushed to the emergency room. she suffered from wounds on her head that had to be stitched shut. the larger wound had seven stitches. the smaller one had three. she was confined at UST for three days. so, we had to move the date to sunday, may 17th.

we left home around 6:30 am and we got to ate malou's house to pick up giro, his dad, ate malou and baby alumi. we left their place before 7 am, but we had to stop at tabang exit, not for dairy queen (i wish!), but to have our tires pumped. we had it adjusted to 31 psi instead of the usual 30 psi.

we got to the resort, and peepee and i got disappointed because it didn't look close to what we saw on their website. we chose to stay in the resort instead of leaving and looking for someplace else on the spot. of course, giro was soooo excited to jump in the pool. we had to ask him several times to wait for someone to go with him. his dad jumped in with him and from there, giro stayed in the water until around lunch time. we slathered sunblock on him again, and again he jumped in on the pool, this time without waiting for any of us. he then refused to eat merienda. he said, "kumain na tayo kanina. kakain ulit tayo?"

to make it short, the resort wasn't what we expected. it truly looked beautiful if you're only gonna look at the website. although peepee and i got disappointed at first, we initially came to like the place because:

1. there were not a lot of people in the resort so we were able to swim around without any mishaps.

2. the place was extraordinarily cheap.

3. the people were courteous.

4. the staff made sure that there were trash bins everywhere and they made sure to sweep the grounds very often.

5. there were lifeguards on both ends of all pools.

6. each pool (except the adult pool) has only one depth. the one that has the boat was only 2.5 feet so all children were free to go around the pool without parents fearing for their child's safety.

7. it's only about an hour drive from manila (not considering the traffic. hehe..)

haPEE birthday be! luv u!