Day 9:
When we arrived in Ceres North Bus
Terminal, we boarded another tricycle to take us to McDonald’s at Lacson, which is one of the main streets
of Bacolod. Troy and Julius would meet us there, and show us the homestay where
we are staying. Since we were hungry, we ate at KFC while waiting for Troy and
Julius.
We went to the homestay, washed ourselves,
and well, fell into a nap Hehe Except for Victor and Leo who went ahead to the
parade. Around 2 PM, we woke up, washed and went out. We asked a guy outside
for directions on how to get to the plaza. Then we also asked where we can eat
some good Bacolod food, he pointed us at Chicken Deli… where he apparently works! Haha
In fairness, there really were a lot of
people there given the time. But the service was soooo slow! It felt like it
would have taken half an hour just to get our order! Anyway, we ate the famous inihaw na manok of Bacolod, and some sisig while waiting for the rain to
subside. Quality-wise? Normal…
Then we walked to the end of Lacson to ride
a jeep to the Plaza. (The street was closed because of the parade.) We met up
with Leo and Victor at the end of the parade. But we positioned ourselves to
watch the Dance Competition, presented by different grade and high schools.
They were all so colorful, so vibrant, and
full of energy, despite the dreary rain on their parade. I think this would be
better shown by the pictures (by Victor Ayson).
After getting rained on the parade and in
the dance competition, Cesar went ahead to meet his friend while we went to SM
Bacolod to buy some clothes Haha Running out of supplies!
Because most of the jeepneys were being re-routed and Lacson was closed, we just walked going back. We passed by the Lagoon where there where many people hanging around, waiting for the parade, and eating. As we passed by, we tasted some street food: pancakes (PhP 5), mango shake (PhP 5), isaw (PhP 10 I think), fried chicken, roasted chicken, roasted liempo, etc. But since Cesar was waiting for us, we only ate some before we finally reached Mushu.
Wow, Mushu was said to be a mediterranean restaurant according to Cesar, but it was a bar at night! There was also an event, where Globe was the sponsor, and we have to pay an entrance of PhP 200. On the way to Mushu, there were a lot of parties and drinking done on the streets. What made us think otherwise in Mushu? Tsk tsk! It was just like one of the fancy social drinking pubs in Manila, where people are dressed WELL hehe Slippers are not allowed inside, but Leo was wearing one and we were allowed in... our damp clothes! Hehe we SO DO NOT belong here! Hehe We just said Hi to Cesar and his friend Anton, drank our consumable drink, then went out for some real dinner.
We ended up in Shakey's hehe There were so many people outside, drinking, eating, and partying. None of us were really party people (except for Ray-An), so most of us are sleepy hehe After dinner, we went to visit Troy's booth near our place. They already had a bit of drinking, and just to socialize, we all had one beer of Red Horse. Then head home for some slumber time!
