The Cebu Experience

I first stepped on Visayas’ soil last October 11, 2011 when the kids of BossChief Inc went to Cebu to promote our very own penny auction site, BiliBid. We ‘launched’ BiliBid in Cebu last October 13 at Handuraw Pizza located at Gorordo Avenue in Cebu City. Around 20 bloggers came up. Dinner was served, then the ‘program’ followed. It was a simple program. After dinner, we introduced BossChief Inc, the people behind it and BiliBid. The mechanics of BiliBid were explained, followed by a live bidding demo then the Q&A portion.

We spent most of our stay in Cebu inside our hotel room at Alba Uno Residencia, just behind IT Park. Our usual waking time was 1pm, which made it difficult for us to roam around the city since we had to fix ourselves before we can go out. Aside from our stay in the hotel, we were able to:

• hangout at IT Park (walking distance from the hotel),
• eat for dinner at The Ranch in Banilad,
• eat for lunch at Matias BBQ in A.S. Fortuna,
• ride the zipline at Papa Kit’s in Liluan,
• have our massage at Thai Boran near Crowne Regency Hotel just before leaving Cebu.

We weren’t able to explore Cebu much due to time constraints, but never did I know I’ll be coming back to Cebu after a month.

Last week, a BossChief and I came back to Cebu to meet some friends and talk about our upcoming business in Cebu. Tonight will be my last night in Cebu and tomorrow morning, I’ll be going back to Manila. Just like last time, we still checked in at Alba Uno Residencia.

This time, I was able to enter a mall in Cebu to attend the Visayas Blogging Summit. We had our ‘business meeting’ on a Sunday at Cebu Yacht Club. After our meeting, we went to Portofino Beach Resort beach resort, at last natikman ko na rin ang dagat ng Cebu. I was unprepared for our impromptu visit at the beach – but that did not stop me from dipping on the beach.

I’m looking forward to my next visit in Cebu. Sana tuloy-tuloy na once a month ako makakabalik ng Cebu.

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