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Dive into a seafood spectacle — see the lobster up close and celebrate James & Carmina’s birthdays at Fresh International, Solaire Resort.

While traveling around the world, the family visited the Philippines and decided to combine a double birthday dinner with James. In our chat group, we discussed which restaurants we’d like to dine at, and Mom Violy has been eager to try the all-you-can-eat lobster her best friend recommended at Solaire. Carmina took charge of making the reservation through Solaire's Resort  website and asked the family which seating time they preferred, choosing between two options with different time frames. Carmina registered it under Mom Violy's name and phone number. She received an email for our confirmation, and a week beforehand, a reminder was sent to Mom Violy's mobile to confirm if we were going ahead or not. Carmina replied to the SMS since Mom Violy wasn’t sure how to do it. We were told to arrive fifteen minutes before our scheduled entry time, which was 5:30 p.m. on February 12, 2026. When we arrived, we were informed we couldn’t enter the dining area until exactly 5:30 p.m...

Difference From Any Other Country

Summer in the Philippines is almost starting and people are planning their vacation even if we still have the coronavirus. Us Filipino love to travel when we have a chance too and travel with families, friends or meet a new friend there are always a lot of opportunity for someone like us to travel within our reach. Living in the Philippines even if you earn less of the value of any other country, we still have time to travel even if it means not leaving our country. We can travel just few hours to visit a new destination just to take a break from the real world we sometimes plan ahead or sometimes it is just last minute. No matter what we have time to explore rather than always working hard and staying at the office. Some people even bring their work as they still enjoy the beach scenery. There is a difference from the life in the United States and the Philippines we are carefree people and you will notice people living in the United States they come home and go ...

Lent Season

Easter is approaching and here in the Philippines they are very religious they obey the rule no meat on every Friday. These are the food not allowed to be eaten during this time: Chicken Beef Lamb Pork Ham Food allowed to be eaten: Vegetables Fruits Fish Egg Milk Grains The only ones who are allowed to eat meat are the seniors and those who do not believe in that kind of superstition. Restaurant provides meals for a limit time offer for example at Mc Donald’s they offer breaded fish and chips a part of their meal. Some Filipino people believe when Good Friday comes they are not allowed to go to work they will just pray and attend mass at the Catholic Church. Some people put them on a restriction to remove something they common daily routine during lent season for example: No Facebook  No Drinking. No Junk Food No Smoking They try to remove something they often do that it will be difficult for them to remove this way during lent season...