Jenny's Island Adventure

A resort like no other...              Its been shining bright these days, with the sun's warm embrace. you just know vacation time is in the corner. Have you ever thought of planning for your getaway to have fun, taste good food and dance to the beat of the drums in this beautiful festival island - Negros? This is just the beginning of an adventure for us together as I take you to places, share some tips on what you can do and how to get there? We will discover new destinations and revisit sites and attractions and get to know the latest tourism events in Negros Island. * At the end of a rainbow is a speck of cold...Campuestohan Highland Resort with Santa It all started one afternoon as we drove to the mountains passing through the east along Brgy. Alangilan, here in Bacolod. It was cold and the view of Panay Island was just perfect. Looking at the mountain at the back of the log cabin was a site to see...

Kyla and Aimee ‘Welcome to the sweetest Province in the Philippines!’ This is what we usually say to visitors on a tour in Negros Occidental. Recently, when everybody were so busy with the festivities,  we drove to the New Bacolod Silay Airport on a rainy morning  to meet about 65 students and teachers of De La Salle College of Saint Benilde together with the Senior Vice President of Pan Pacific Travel, Mr. Robert Dee and Inbound Manager, Ms. Tere Ramones. Local handler for the tour is Bing Bariga of Island Trips Travel. with the owners of Bong Bongs Vallacar Transit and Bong Bongs tourist buses were the transportation used for the Export Management Society class tour. We visited the New Government Center for a tour of the people house, then lunch was at Aboy’s Restaurant and we proceeded to La Carlota City for a company tour of Bong Bongs Pasalubong plant where biscocho and piaya are made, everybody had fun for the unlimited food tasting ,  a presentati...

Jennylind Demerre  Cordero, ATOP Past President receives a Service Medallion during the ATOP Pearl Awards Night ATOP came back to Bacolod for the 15th National Convention There are 7,107 Islands, 81 provinces, 144 cities, 1,494 municipalities in the Philippines. Recently most of the hotels were filled up with more than 1,400 delegates at the 15th Association of Tourism Officers National Convention held in Bacolod. This was the second time in nine years that the Province hosted the convention, this time however the number of participants had tripled. Biggest delegation was from the province of Benguet with about 400, composed of tourism council members, officials and tourism officers. Benguet delegates visit the Ruins Jennylind, Cora Tito (GenSan), Grace Marzan(DOT)  and Roselyn Merlin (Surigao City) ATONO, the local tourism officers association in Negros worked round the clock assisting ATOP for reception and tours, with more th...

coming soon...  It is beginning to look a  lot like Christmas... It is not everyday that we get the chance to be at the mall, yet on weekends it would be fun to spend quality time with family and friends and experience the joy of living. As the season of gift giving and sharing is in the air, soon to open its 60th branch is Krispy Kreme. Jenny Since 1937 , fresh hot doughnuts of highest quality has been made by Krispy Kreme. With branches here and other countries such as the United States of America, Australia, Canada, Indonesia, Japan, Puerto Rico, United Kingdom, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, Turkey, the Middle East, China and Thailand, it is indeed exciting for the City of Smiles to have one. If Mand M is the choc olate that melts in your mouth, Krispy Kreme is the doughnut that does the same , with the original glazed and many more. It would be exciting tho to take part in its opening on the 6th of December as first 100 customers get to win prizes...

There are times that you feel like going to places and  check out what’s new and have a ‘me’ time  by yourself. This is what I just did a few days ago after five in the afternoon. Not sure of what to do, I took a taxi to the mall.   Hand bags would interest me and  shoes too, however, since I already purchased a hand made native bag  from Calatrava a few days ago, I decided to go for a gastronomic delight at a nearby Chinese fast food outlet, always remember  to pair a bowl of steamed rice with dumplings and fried spring rolls with sweet and sour sauce and  the ginger sauce.   Just as I was about to finish, I read some post of blogger friends that they were at the mall too, then I realized this must be the time for the launching of a partnership between SM, DTI, NCCA, Philippine Star, CITEM and the Association of Negros Producers.  Having been invited by Ms. May Castro of SM, I decided to walk towards the northside of the mall...