So I already shared to you the fun that we had in our staycation at Acacia Hotel in Alabang. For this post, let me just give you a quick tour inside their De Luxe King Room. During my booking with the Reservation Officer, I mentioned that I prefer early check-in. They agreed as long as the room is already available upon our arrival. So we were already ushered to the room at 12nn instead of the usual 2pm. That's a couple of extra hours for us to enjoy.

Having a floor area of 34 square meters, the layout of the room is pretty much typical to most of the hotel De Luxe rooms, see here for comparison. But it is always fun to observe how they maximize space to give comfort to their guest.

Upon entering the door, you have the closet on your left then to your right are key card slot to power up the room and the bathroom. A few steps further and the bed gives you an inviting greeting "welcome to your home for the night, snuggle up here".

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You have your 40” LCD TV hooked up to Sky Cable. Complimentary in room coffee and tea. They also bring in Welcome Fruits and Drinks. Inside the cabinet is a fully stocked mini bar and refrigerator containing drinks in can and some chocolates.

At the top of the full size executive desk is where we found their in room service menu (Meal ranges from Php 300 up) and other information regarding the hotel. The desk lamp was so sleek I want one in our house hehehe. Mounted also in the wall is that black thingamajig (at the bottom of the mirror) where you can connect your gadgets and link output to the TV. Anyway, those techie would know what I am talking about. Moving along... For the telephone, you have that at bed side and another one in the bathroom.

The hotel offers free WiFi within the hotel's vicinity. You just need to key in your room number and surname (case sensitive). But the signal in the pool area is a bit weak so enable your 3G if you're in this spot and still wants to be connected.

Inside the closet you have your wooden hangers, bedroom slippers, a laundry bag, safety box and torch light for emergency. Hubby actually used the iron and ironing board in the morning to iron his shorts because he just packed it straight from the sampayan. Hahaha. I did not see any bathrobes though.

Let us not forget the bathroom, so without further adieu...

That's pretty much it. Like I said in previous post, we were able to get a feel all of these 36% off through Deal Grocer. Here is a sample computation of publish rate vs. voucher rate at Php 3,500.

Publish Rate

Acacia Hotel Manila

5400 East Asia Drive corner Commerce Avenue, 

Filinvest Corporate City, Alabang, 

Muntinlupa City 1781 

Telephone: 720 2000 / 588 5888

Email: enquiry@acaciahotelsmanila.com

Work load has been kinda crazzzeeehhh!!! It has been taking a toll on me that I got sick for 2 weeks. Although I got to stay at home for most of those days, my body was in recuperating mode but my mind was still left on the tasks I have in my queue so that still didn't count as rest.

So for our 187th monthsary (12 years b/gf + 3 years and 8 months married) this weekend, I booked us an overnight stay at the nearby Acacia Hotel Manila . Literally, it was just 10-minutes away from our place here in Alabang Gilid. Hahahaha! I believe we gave justice to the word -- STAYCATION since we really enjoyed the hotel's amenities. We stayed cozy and warm in the king-sized bed inside our Deluxe Room. I'll be blogging more about Acacia Hotel Manila - Alabang  in the following days but for now take a peek on our couples time there. 

After getting a long phone call from MIL (Mother-in-Law) regarding home stuff, I quickly changed to my hotel pambahay and snuck in between the sheets. Soon after I already doze off to dreamland. Zzzzz....

We ran some errands in the morning before checking in at the hotel so we had time to grab some baon of our choice from the grocery. I was looking for a bubble bath but I couldn't find one so I just bought this Camay Shower Gel in Romantique Rose Scent. I'll spare you from seeing me in the tub because I am pretty sure you do not want to see that but here's my Orly Gel FXed toe nails. Hihihi.

Late in the afternoon we headed to the swimming pool located at the 3rd floor but right before you get there is the garden. So we stopped by for a moment to get some few snapshot since it is overlooking hubby's engineering office.

There were a lot of families enjoying the pool but when the evening came we had the pool all to ourselves that we ended up bonding with the life guard on duty, Joupert. He prepared ice tea for us, complimentary drink in the pool. We also tried out the Jacuzzi which was a few steps away.

The lights in the pool were changing so here is hubby doing his Hulk impression with the green light under water. Bwahahaha!!!

After having dinner outside, we called it a night. On our last day, we headed at the Coffee Shop to have our buffet breakfast. I surprisingly enjoyed the pool so much I decided to take another dip after our breaky. Last few hours were spent sleeping in the room while hubby watches live telecast of UFC where Mark Munoz won.

All of that unwinding, thanks to the the voucher we got from their private sale offering at DealGrocer.com 

Inside the De Luxe King Room

Had to do last minute shopping for a good office friend for her send off party on her last day. She is bound to leave to work abroad. So the group thought that it would be best to give her something she could use in packing her stuff. This came after I showed them the travel organizer which I bought online. It was too late to order online so after office hours, I rushed at the nearby Alabang Town Center (ATC).

While hubby drove the car to the parking lot, I googled for travel shops at ATC which led me to The Travel Club located at the 2nd Level of the New Wing. Ooooh, of course I got giddy from all the organizing stuff found in their very sleek shop!

They even carry the line of Flight 001 Products

I drilled down my choices to these Eagle Creek organizer bags that come in different sizes and with 20% discount when you buy 3 pieces which perfectly fits the group's budget.

At the counter, I asked them to remove the price tag and the attendants put it in an elegant paper bag with gift tag. So after just 30 minutes, I was done buying out our gift. But at the back of my mind, I was already planning when to go back to buy something for myself. Hahaha.

Here we are at the send off merienda... bawal ang iyakan!

Just like most of you, I have grown with Globe. Through their evolution and innovation, I have to say that they not only shaped the landscape of the communication industry here in the country but they are truly a trail blazer in their own right. Yet with outstanding track record, they never failed to bring their goods closer to any Pinoy home which includes the agents that go from house to house, superb Customer Care Service, up-to-date website and modern Globe hubs located at the malls.

My Globe Story

Back in our Makati apartment starting 2011, we were subscribed as Globe Tattoo Broadband with Landline. I have enjoyed their service, so much so I decided that it was time for me to get my own Globe Superplan which I did and was able to avail the free Samsung S3 Mini last February under Unlimited Data Plan 999. 

Soon after, career opportunity came up that we had to move from Makati to Alabang. We tried getting their service again at our new place but after technical assessment, we were informed that the facilities are not available in our location. To our dismay, we applied for another network. That was in March but until now no feedback whatsoever from that said other network but if you follow me in Twitter, you probably have an idea which one I am referring to.

But anyhow, the silver lining is that despite this we manage to stay connected with the world wide web through, drum roll please...

My freaking Unlimited Globe Data Plan 999!!!

Yes, thanks to 3G technology plus tethering capability of the Samsung phone, I am able to power up a number of gadgets at home via WIFI - laptop, iPad, smartphones even our desktop with USB Wireless N-LAN. We download, upload, stream, facebook -- name it! We still get to do all of it with the reliable signal of Globe.

 

Napabilib talaga si Mister, that he himself (who is always been prudent) decided that getting his own Globe Plan is worth the monthly dues. We braved the rains when we learned that the Globe Caravan is in town and here he is getting his Windows Phone under the new scheme of My SuperPlan which happened less than a month ago.

 

I am sincerely glad to be Globe. Without it, would have turn out to be an irate caller to the other network who kept following up on our application but with Globe - I was able to keep my cool!