STONECPS

Last night, we attended the 18th birthday party of the daughter of our good friend Ate Annie and Kuya Emil. The celebrant doesn’t want to have a party but of course, the parents believed that turning 18 is an important milestone in a girls life so they wanted to throw her even just a simple party.

The party was held at Centerstage in Jupiter Place Building in Makati. It is my first time here and the place was big for a resto bar. This is where the former I/O KTV bar is located. The party was at the Sala Room and it can accommodate 100-120 persons. Just look at some of the pictures of the room that I snagged from their website:

The rate is also good. You can book the whole room for only P35,000 good for four hours of us e and it is consumable so as it turns out (if you can consume P35,000 for your event) that the room use is free. There is a charge of Php2,000.00 per hour after 4 hours which is also still consumable. If you want to bring in your own caterer, you can rent the room for only P15,000 inclusive of 4 hours room use. (But I think the consumable package of P35,000 is still the best).

The room is equipped with state of the art videoke machine with a big flat TV in the middle of the room, a billiard table and a Wii game console. This is really a perfect venue for a very informal and fun party.

Have you been to Malabon Zoo? This used to be famous when I was still a kid (which was like a couple of years ago already. LOL). We decided to pay it a visit two weeks ago when we happened to be in the area.

Entrance fee is P120 and I was really surprised because I know that it is just a small zoo so I find it expensive. Some sections of the zoo are:


1. Batangas Tropical Rain Forest where you can see parrots, heron, Cassowary, Tarictics, Rabbits and Crocodiles.
2. Tiger Island where there is one tiger enclosed by glass cage.
3. Mindoro’s Tropical Rain Forest where you can see monkeys, Iguanas, eagles, owls, Civet cat, Kalaw and turtles.
4. There is also a section where you can see tigers, lion, grizzly bear, Himalayan black bear and snake.

If you go in a group, they even offer shows and you can even buy feeds that you can feed to the animals.

Honestly, I was disappointed with the place. We were only inside the zoo for like 30 minutes because H and I don’t feel safe while inside the zoo. We both feel that the cages are not sturdy enough to stop the tigers or the lions if they want to attack. Although, the staffs say they are safe and I really haven’t heard of any accidents in Malabon Zoo. The aquarium also needs cleaning as the water is dark and murky that I can’t see the fishes swimming inside the big aquarium.

But I guess I have to consider also that it is a privately run zoo which means that they might have limited funds in maintaining the place. At least, if you go to Malabon Zoo, you will be able to see real animals unlike in Manila Zoo where all we saw are monkeys and empty cages. LOL.