MMLDC: Fun punctuated by random inconvenience

We came to MMLDC on 12/29 and had quite a bit of fun there despite some real issues with the hotel/convention center. The issue is that MMLDC claims to be both a hotel and convention center, but the reality is that it is really just a convention center. there were not very many people there and lots of things in MMLDC were closed, even things like the in-house restaurants, including the promised free breakfast on the last day, etc. So we had fun but we will never go back there again. [breathe] OK, I'm not going to get into that rant. lets focus on the fun.

The rest of the Americans got to MMLDC before Joy and myself. And spent some time checking out the nice aviary.



Joy and I were sharing our condo with her parents and brothers and sister on 12/28 and finishing wedding preparations and then met up with the group in the evening. We had good fun playing different games in their game room that evening.


We went out for dinner because of the aforesaid issues [rant excised] but we had a lot of fun doing it. we got into several tricycles and rode into the town of Antipolo. For the uninitiate a "tricycle" is actually a motorcycle and large open sidecar that you can cram 1-9 people in on and around depending on your size and determination (I think I have actually seen 8 people on one and yes several were children).



We got some fast food at Chow King and Joy was presented with a gag gift... a handbook for me. It mentioned lots of very important things, like me not having an off switch, there being no warranty, and that my primary fuel is mountain dew. We got a good kick out of it that evening.


here is a random video that Dan took that night evidencing the cuteness of the shortest Greenlaw:



On the way back we noticed a large Christmas tree at MMLDC.


On closer inspection we realized the tree was actually created entirely out of copper. It might help to know that MMLDC stands for Meralco Management Leadership Development Center Where Meralco is the electric company for Manila. So I guess they recycled some old copper into a gigantic Christmas ornament.