Mokong Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 (edited) Hey guys, I'm back from my 6 weeks in the Philippines. Had a good holiday, now back to normality, cold weather and job hunting Landed in Dublin yesterday afternoon then drove home.... not sure but have and been sleep driving for a bit Still a bit knackered right now so for now here's some pics for ye. (There's more on my facebook if anyone has me added there... if not... find me :P) This first one is OisÃn and Joy on OisÃn's first flight (Dublin - Abu Dhabi with Eitihad) We stayed 2 nights in Manila first at the H20 Hotel at Manila Ocean Park, we stayed in an Aqua room, instead of a window there's a giant aqaurium, pretty cool waking up in the morning, haha Entrance to the Ocean Park A "Fish Spa" in the park... these "Nibble Fish" aparently eat dead skin cells from your feet... pretty weird sensation when you first step in This is from my grandmothers 89th birthday party... that is her to the right of me This is one fully roasted pig that we ate for my grandmothers birthday... there was other food also but how often do you see a whole roasted pig. OisÃn with both pairs of his grandparents Valenties Day me and Joy stayed at a beach resort (my mom looked after the baby for the day), this is from the dinner the resort set up for us, included in our room rate, Valentines Offer they had going on. These next set of pics if from Feb 20th when some of my cousins and I climbed Mt. Napulak (3936 feet). We started on Fen 19th and went to Joy's grandads house which is conveintly at the bottom of the mountain (and also in the middle of nowhere). This pick is of how we got from the main town centre to as far as the road would go. 8 of us and only 2 bikes, 4 people on one bike. Cops here would have a fit if someone tried that here... also note, no helmets About halfway up the climb Reaching the summit which has this giant rock at the top... how the hell did this thing get there Group shot at base of rock, took 3 hours 7 mins to get there (yes I timed it) Climbing up the rock... not easy and the thing was more than 2 stories high, not for anyone with a fear of heights View from the top Edited February 28, 2011 by Mokong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EEVILMURRAY Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 Beautiful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramar Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 Looks awesome, glad you had a good time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dannyboy-the-Dane Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 You and your family make me smile. ^_^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbob Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 Glad you had a good time dude. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ville Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 Nice pics, thanks for sharing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 Reaching the summit which has this giant rock at the top... how the hell did this thing get there Atleast there are mountains around, Go to ayres rock in australia, there is absolutely nothing around except a big 'ol rock, very freaky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mokong Posted March 1, 2011 Author Share Posted March 1, 2011 (edited) Cheers guys Atleast there are mountains around, Go to ayres rock in australia, there is absolutely nothing around except a big 'ol rock, very freaky. That is actually on the list for when OisÃn is a little older. Plan to one day on the way to the Philippines fly to Australia first for a few days/week then up to the Philippines after that. Anyway only just unpacking my suitcase today (yes 2 days after getting home... I am lazy). And found some things I thought I should show off. Got some new custom t-shirts made up, got a cousin of mine in Manila to get them for me, there's a few shops there now where you can get these done up. These are all made by hand by airbrush, quality workman ship here. Firstly an N-Europe shirt... thought "I've been here 9 years now, bout time I had a shirt to advertise the site whenever I go outside, haha", just the logo on the front. Then a new Tales of Symphonia shirt with Lloyd on the back. Already have 2 ToS shirts from before, one with Lloyd another with Sheena. But the first Lloyd one I have was before they put the logos on by airbrush and it was just a shitty iron-on thing they made and that's all faded now. Since then they've started doing the logos properly and the Sheena one has is proper non-fading airbrushed logo. SO thought I should get a new Lloyd shirt. Front Back And also, since I've invested over 510hours into this next game I just had to have a shirt to display the love I have for this game. Of course I mean Monster Hunter 3. I got a Rathalos on the back, wasn't my first choice, would have prefered a Jho or Bari maybe but couldn't find a good enough high res pics or artwork but that Los does look awesome on it. Front Back The N-E one cost about 13 euro and the other two approx 20euro each. Awesome price for something made by hand like that. If anyone did that here it would prolly cost double or more. Also uploading my first video from the holiday right now, just some clips of on the way over to Manila from Dublin airport till we get there. Of course there's more vids to come over the next few days/weeks. EDIT: First video just finsihed uploading Edited March 1, 2011 by Mokong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mokong Posted March 3, 2011 Author Share Posted March 3, 2011 2nd video from the holiday. Some clips from our visit to Manila Ocean Park.... also at about 5min 50secs I think I found a Metroid breeding room? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dannyboy-the-Dane Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 That's obviously a Metroid Breeding Room! But they had either just been fed or were being kept in some sort of paralysis since they didn't try to break the glass and attack people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mokong Posted March 4, 2011 Author Share Posted March 4, 2011 I posted about this after it happened, can't remember if it was in Gen or in the Staff boards though, but in the afternoon of the same day the previous video took place, Joy and I (and baby) went to a nearby Mall (Mall of Asia, 4 largest Mall in the world). I wanted a go on the iceskating rink as I never Iceskated before and always wanted to. As you can guess didn't end well That's obviously a Metroid Breeding Room! But they had either just been fed or were being kept in some sort of paralysis since they didn't try to break the glass and attack people. Maybe they'd just been fed... I had thought there seemed to be more people around he park previously that all just seemed to vanish... that or it was getting late Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayseven Posted March 5, 2011 Share Posted March 5, 2011 I like how you basically said "wench! Film me for an hour!" :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadowV7 Posted March 5, 2011 Share Posted March 5, 2011 Dude, those are actually bitching T-Shirts And nice videos! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mokong Posted March 6, 2011 Author Share Posted March 6, 2011 I like how you basically said "wench! Film me for an hour!" :P haha, she didn't film for the full hour. I think maybe 10mins or so :awesome: Dude, those are actually bitching T-Shirts And nice videos! I bet the ToS one is what caught your eye :wink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mokong Posted March 9, 2011 Author Share Posted March 9, 2011 New video uploaded Just a vid on the hotel we stayed in in Manila, Hotel H20, uploaded to compliment my Tripadvisor review (just submitted that, awaiting publishing). This is last vid from when we were in Manila, next vid (will upload tomorrow morning) is some clips from my grandmothers 89th birthday ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mokong Posted March 10, 2011 Author Share Posted March 10, 2011 ANd here we go finally outside of Manila here's some clips from my Grandmothers 89th Birthday party. Removed most of the audio due to copyrighted music playing in background Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mokong Posted March 12, 2011 Author Share Posted March 12, 2011 The anyone here now the "Happy Brithday to You" song is actually copyrighted Had to remove and reupload the video of my Grandmothers birthday minus the family singing "Happy Birthday" Anyway also upped a new vid. The drive from my mothers hometown to the city takes an hour, here it is in 10 mins... you might spot (if your quick) a few Filipino driving habits such as riding motobikes with no helmets and overloading motorbikes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadowV7 Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 haha, she didn't film for the full hour. I think maybe 10mins or so :awesome: I bet the ToS one is what caught your eye :wink: Haha, it most certainly did! Can't go wrong with a new ToS top. Also that looked like damn good cake! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mokong Posted March 14, 2011 Author Share Posted March 14, 2011 New video with a bit of Filipino Culture for ye. This is a collection of clips from a "Tribes Contest" of the Salakayan Festival (basically annual town festival each town/city gives a different name to theirs) of Joy's hometown, Miagao. Each "Tribe" is actually representing a local high school, not an actual tribe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mokong Posted March 28, 2011 Author Share Posted March 28, 2011 Final Video Bumpage (yay says everyone ) This is footage of when I went climbing a mountain to 3936 feet above sea level And there is a bonus hidden vid attached to it, which is just pics from the climb which I'll also embed here to make it easy for ye :wink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dog-amoto Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 You can't post videos of people singing Happy Birthday anymore? What the fuck?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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