Before anything else, I apologize for my blogging delinquency. I had a very late night over the Chinese New Year’s Eve and a rather early morning the day after. It was an extremely satisfying day but I can’t really talk much about that until perhaps a month later 🙂 *Yes, something exciting is happening!*
Now I meant to mention the fantastic Chinese New Year celebrations over at the Mandarin Oriental Manila the other night…
While Katy Perry had her Firework concert, Mandarin Oriental had fireworks by Enchanted Kingdom 🙂
Dotting of the eyes of the lions and dragons were done by Philippine Vice President Jojo Binay with Mandarin Oriental Manila GM Mark Bradford, and Master Joseph Chau
Earlier that evening, I had the chance to meet the VP of the Philippines, with his wife. It was my first time to meet him 😀
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| Seated, VP Jojo Binay and Dr. Binay. Standing: Charisse Chuidian of Mandarin Oriental Manila & myself |
LOL I made sure I wore golden yellow and hah, not forget to add that element of red- orange. I even wore golden glitter Miu Mius just to make sure I get to bring home some luck ;)”Fat, fat, fat!!” or “Luck Luck Luck” please 🙂
Anyway, back to the outdoors, Master Chau conducted a blessing ceremony for the crowd.
The event was hosted by Tim Yap and Tessa Valdez (love the outfit + headpiece!!)
It was a spectacular show which was followed by arguably one of the best Chinese meals I’ve ever had in a hotel. Kudos to F&B Director Chico Angeles! The meal was really something to write home about!
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| Lucky Dragon Centerpiece! |
The 8- course Lucky Lauriat Meal began with servings of the Five Happiness Combination Platter, a symbol of bountiful harvest and family togetherness!
And ended on a very sweet note: The tikoy or nian gao and the sticky mango with coconut “crepe”.
Entertainment this year was by Black Theatre which also had a personalized show which showcased the different Mandarin Oriental hotels in the world. I had great fun at this event, and the show mounted was really very entertaining, and the food, undeniably top notch!
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| Entertainment by Black Theater |
Congratulations to the Mandarin Oriental Manila team for this extremely successful event! You guys really outdid yourselves this year! Everything was perfect!!
x
TheBagHag