Gaint billboards flashed the word 'mabuhay' (greetings) as we drove down from the airport to our condo at Dela Rosa st. in Makati city.The condo was on the 24th floor much to Raheel's amusement. He was excited as we would have to use the elevator often to go down or up from our floor! I was pleased to find that mot of the staff in the building could speak good English. It was a relief since we faced quite a problem while we were in Bangkok in 2008. The hotel attendents hardly spoke any English.
24th floor gave me creepy feeling in the beginning since Manila is famous or rather infamous for its typhoons and earthquakes! I just prayed that no calamity hits the city while we are there!! The view from our unit(2403) was of course really fabulous. We can see the skyline of Makati from the glass wall once the blinds are pulled.
Having taken a qiuck snack(maggi noodles) I& Raheel slept like logs till it was evening. Mifu then took us to a supermarket where I did some grocery shopping. We headed to AIM next. The campus looked deserted as it was a sunday. Once we went in, I was amazed to see many Indian students lazying around in the lobby. I met a few of Mifu's classmates who were living in the dorm. Mifu suggested that we get dinner from the filipino lady(Jessica) who caters for the Indian students at AIM. Having taken dinner back at the condo, we decided to retire early since both Mifu & I had a busy day ahead.
Incidentally, Makati happens to be the business hub of Manila. So it has mainly corporate offices, banks, many condominiums & of course, plenty of shopping malls. I noticed that the people are all well dressed as most work in the corporate offices. There were hardly any shabby looking person around.
The first week went by in a busy way as I settled down in our new home(though temporary!) Fortunately there is a nice terrace with a green patch & jogging track on the rooftop of Asian Mansion 2 (our building). There are also swimming pools(one for the kids) on 28th floor. So Imade it a point to go up tp the terrace every evening to get some fresh air(its very breezy up there) and also do some walking at the same time. Raheel was happy to run about on the grass& play on the slide.
So began a new phase of life in Makati, far,far away from home!
24th floor gave me creepy feeling in the beginning since Manila is famous or rather infamous for its typhoons and earthquakes! I just prayed that no calamity hits the city while we are there!! The view from our unit(2403) was of course really fabulous. We can see the skyline of Makati from the glass wall once the blinds are pulled.
Having taken a qiuck snack(maggi noodles) I& Raheel slept like logs till it was evening. Mifu then took us to a supermarket where I did some grocery shopping. We headed to AIM next. The campus looked deserted as it was a sunday. Once we went in, I was amazed to see many Indian students lazying around in the lobby. I met a few of Mifu's classmates who were living in the dorm. Mifu suggested that we get dinner from the filipino lady(Jessica) who caters for the Indian students at AIM. Having taken dinner back at the condo, we decided to retire early since both Mifu & I had a busy day ahead.
Incidentally, Makati happens to be the business hub of Manila. So it has mainly corporate offices, banks, many condominiums & of course, plenty of shopping malls. I noticed that the people are all well dressed as most work in the corporate offices. There were hardly any shabby looking person around.
The first week went by in a busy way as I settled down in our new home(though temporary!) Fortunately there is a nice terrace with a green patch & jogging track on the rooftop of Asian Mansion 2 (our building). There are also swimming pools(one for the kids) on 28th floor. So Imade it a point to go up tp the terrace every evening to get some fresh air(its very breezy up there) and also do some walking at the same time. Raheel was happy to run about on the grass& play on the slide.
So began a new phase of life in Makati, far,far away from home!
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