Summer 2012 Starts... Are you ready?

Tan skin; crazy days; late nights: Summer 2012!

School was done and we are looking forward experiencing the heat of the sun. What could be better than splashing yourself in a cold water of the swimming pool and slide your butt in the gigantic water slides of resorts. 

Summer, in fact, is the most awaited part of the tropical season in our country, Philippines. By this time, we don't care about the monsoon or whatsoever calamity we might encounter after this astonishing heat wave. The degrees for each day that we suffer and complain defies it all when we have nothing to do but to be a home bum or specifically pigs waiting to be fed.

What has life to offer us without this wonderful season, for adults, none stop "inuman" or drinking session. We go to different places just to relax though we have no money to prick out in our empty pockets, as we always uttered, "NO SCHOOL, NO TOOL" tool refers to money to be spend. 

As we get along surfing the net, we found out one good place to shed our body sweats. It's my dad's birthday that's why we tend to look for some place to celebrate it. My brother and I found out a place to surrender my dad's ultimate dream, to be with us, completely celebrating his 59th birthday. We then found 9 waves.

This PHP 300 worth of entrance fee resort granted my father's wish. Located at the heart of San Mateo, Rizal (Carrieland Country Homes II

Ampid San Mateo, Rizal) this resort blogged as breathtaking, awesome and outstanding resort flourished what we so called a bourgeoisie relaxing place. 

Part of finding a hidden place is being out of nowhere searching for the right map to locate this area. Believe me, it took us 2 hours before we figured out the best way to prolong our excitement with this villas knowing that we are only living in Pasig City. Well, I cannot blame my brother though he is just a driving starter but it is because of Marikina's way of teaching lost drivers (not literally) of the place where we are headed. No signs or category on the streets we entered since we are just hanging by the bridge with what does people instructed us to enter through. 

Dad and big bro asked at least 5 people on how are we going to find J.P. Rizal Avenue that will lead us to San Mateo right away. Though my brother followed one jeepney heading to Marikina, the pathetic streets have their own signs of one way only.

Yeah we got lost! And damn I was so hungry that time and my ears were soaring because of my imbecilic ear buds. The moment I heard that my brother was in tantrums because he can't manipulate the streets, I started to listen on what did the last person we asked say. 

Over then, we finally figured out the utmost way getting out on that puzzle-like streets of Marikina. Alas! we found the hidden chronicles of 9 Waves.

How on earth are you going to classify these brilliant mapping. We are like toys in "Toy Story" movie looking for a place where our owners live. But just so we know, we found the place thankfully. Thankful that we made it earlier than the target time of 4 hours for searching and 6 hours of driving for the 11 kilometers south of Pasig City only!

Upon arrival, I was astonished by the awesome and thrilling double looped slide. We are perplexed with the entrance and the pergola hall itself. 

Amazingly, they do have carts to help tourists to pull out there foods and stuffs, but one cannot bring the cart up to the kiosks, it will just help you up to the entrance for inspection. 

This one made my hurt palpitate. Imagine, I pulled out most of our stuffs from the entrance going to our kiosk since my brother left right after we are dropped in the paying section for him to pick up his wife and my nephew. That was insane. The sweat definitely outraged the big pool.  

 For those who's planning to go there and experience the awe-inspiring water slide. These are the rates: 

Swimming Rate	Child	Adult	w/o Picnic hut
Day Time [8am-5pm]	275	300	add 30/pax
Night Time [6pm-11pm] (Mon-Thurs)	200	225	add 30/pax
Overnight [6pm-4am] (Fri-Sun & Holiday)	300	330	add 30/pax
Day & Night [8am-11pm]	400	450	add 30/pax
Day & Overnight [8am-4am]	495	550	add 30/pax
Late Afternoon Pass [2pm-5pm]	250	275	add 30/pax
Late Overnight Pass [1am-4am]	275	300	add 30/pax

*As far as I know, they don't have the Night Time, Late Afternoon Pass and Late Overnight. Because they slashed it brutally at their board of rates.*

• NIGHT TIME applicable only during mondays to thursdays except the day before the holiday and the holiday
• NIGHT TIME applicable for the period of June 21 to Oct 21, Nov 14 to Dec 15, Jan 15 to March 14 only
• Price are subject to change without prior notice
• Picnic Huts are required for a group of four (4) persons

For the Kiosks and other sets:

TABLES: Maximum of 10 persons. 

PHP 500.oo

UMBRELLAS: Maximum of 10 persons.

PHP 550.oo

SMALL KIOSK: Maximum of 15 persons.

PHP 1,050.oo

BIG KIOSK: Maximum of 30 persons.

PHP 1,650.oo

SMALL PAVILION: Maximum of 50 persons.

PHP 2,750.oo

BIG PAVILION: Maximum of 70 persons.

PHP 3,850.oo

Yes. If you are planning to stay there for overnight or so, here are their published rates:

Types of Room	Cabana	Country View	Garden View	River View
Twin Sharing	3150	4150	5150	6150
Triple Sharing	3550	4550	5550	6550
Quadruple Sharing	4050	5050	6050	7050
Quintuple Sharing	4650	5650	6650	7650
Family Sharing	5350	6350	7350	8350
Key Deposit	800	800	1000	1000

Extra Charges (optional)	Cabana	Country View	Garden View	River View
Extra Person	650	650	825	825
Extra Hour	350	350	550	550

CABANAS

Nipa Hut inspired rooms.

10.5 to 12.5 square meters

PHP 3,150.oo

COUNTRY VIEW

Overlooking the Cabanas.

16 to 19 square meters.

PHP4,150.oo

GARDEN VIEW

With charming outdoor garden.

23 to 26 square meters.

PHP 5,150.oo

RIVER VIEW

Overlooking the San Mateo River.

32 to 37 square meters.

PHP 6,150.oo

• Check- in time: 2:00 pm | Check-out time: 12:00 noon
• Use of swimming pool included according to the number of occupants
• Senior Citizen Discounts will be accorded to ID holders only, that is, fraction of total
• Children below 2 feet are free of accommodations
• Additional persons shall be charged accordingly
• Key deposit will be applied
• Strictly no smoking and cooking inside the room
• Prices are subject to change without prior notice
• Prices are inclusive of all taxes and other charges

*Note: All rates are base on the resorts website and subject to change without prior notice. If in doubt, please visit their website via http://9wavesphilippines.com or try to hear them personally through their contact numbers (632) 997-9999, (632) 997-5945, (632)997-6009.*

There you go. Well actually I chose the small kiosks, we are located at the front of the wave pool as well as overlooking the San Mateo River. There are certain rules and regulations that every one should follow they called it "House Rules" or else you will just enjoy the outskirts outside.

HOUSE RULES

• Air-conditioned Rooms: check- in time is 2:00 pm and check-out is 12:00 noon of the following day.
• Daytime swimming: 8:00 am to 5:00 pm. * Overnight swimming: 6:00 pm to 4:00 am.
• No one is allowed to swim during swimming breaks and cleaning time (5:00pm - 6:00pm, 4:00am - 8:00 am).
• Management reserves the right to verify that full payment is made by swimmers and/ or non-swimmers. Any monetary discrepancy must be settled at the Ticket Sales Counter. No rainchecks, rebates, or discounts will be given should a feature or attractions be closed temporarily for whatever reason/s.
• All patrons must wear modest swimwear or garterized/ cycling shorts with spaghetti strap shirts for female and garterized / cycling shorts for male. Shorts must be four (4) inches above the knee. Swimmers wearing jean shorts or cut- offs, and immodest apparel will not be allowed.
• Wave Pool effects operates only when there is a minimum of twenty- five (25) persons walk-in guest, however, the schedules subsequently may vary from time to time. Last full operation of the wave pool is 12:00 midnight during sunday to thursday and 1:00 am during friday, saturday & holidays.
• A responsible adult must accompany children/ minors at all times. Parents/ guardians are solely responsible for their children/ minors.
• Cooked foods, fruits in plastic containers, grilling of meat/ fish (in a foil), water and juice are allowed.
• Grillers are provided, first come first serve basis (limited only).
• Beverages with alcohol content, liquors, beers & softdrinks are not allowed inside the resort. Light beer & softdrinks are exclusively sold in the resort.
• Breakables and glass objects (dinnerwares, drinking glass, casseroles, bottles and the likes), sharp objects (knifes, ice picks, swiss knifes), flammables (liquid gas, gas stove), firearms, deadly weapons, prohibited drugs, pets, loud/ big sound system, and gambling paraphernalias are not allowed inside the resort.
• Electronic appliances brought in shall be subject to a corkage fee of P100.00 per unit.
• Fast food deliveries (Mc Donalds, Jollibee, etc.) and Outside catering are not allowed to enter the resort.
• There are no cooking facilities in the air- conditioned rooms. Ala carte available at the T'boli Hall.
• Persons under the influence of alcohol or prohibited drugs will not be allowed to enter the resort. Management have the right to refuse clients or expel clients causing any type of commotion that might affect the safety of the guests.

TERMS AND CONDITION

• Air-conditioned Rooms: check-in time is 2:00 pm and check-out time is 12:00 noon.
• Daytime swimming: 8:00 am to 5:00 pm. * Overnight swimming: 6:00 pm to 4:00 am
• Payment can be made in cash, credit card (Visa, Mastercard & BPI with a minimum bill of Php 1,000.00) or through Metrobank SA#0173017336305, Ciudad Christhia Resort.
• Full payment must be done for the picnic hut or rooms to ensure the reservation.
• Reservation payment can be done within three (3) days after log-in of reservation. Failure to meet the option date would mean automatic cancellation of bookings.
• Kindly fax the reservation form with approved signature and deposit slip with your name and date of reservation at 997-5945 or 997-9999.
• Cancellations should be done strictly seventy two (72) hours before the arrival of the guest/s. Otherwise a cancellation of no show fee of one (1) Picnic Hut or Room Night shall be charged. Re-scheduling can be done within one (1) month upon availability.
• Rates are subject to change without prior notice.

You better read everything first before you plan and count the heads of your participants. Before hand, be educated by the underlined words since they are the most important. Yes, you can bring food inside but nonetheless they do have their own cutting area for you to slice those chilies and tomatoes for your grilled fish.

One thing that I was fascinated was their tolerance to dirt (kidding). Most of the employees will greet you with a warm smile and a glistening eyes. Most of the time, you will be greeted by on-the-job-trainees working inside.

Also, they do maintain the cleanliness of the area, after the use of the charcoal grills, they will snatch it and clean it thoroughly with soupy water and then wiped with clean cloth. I noticed that a supervisor generally inspect each of those grills as well as the used kiosks.

The bathrooms are big enough to accommodate hundreds of pool dippers. for the male bathroom located near us, there are 8 big shower rooms converted into change rooms as well and 2 big bathrooms with bowl for your stomach ache because of plenty of foods you've taken.

It was called 9 waves because of its 9 different style of waves, I really don't know what are the names of those but I assure you, it was fun. 

Those are not real sand, those were just pebbles stuck on the floor. Big jars compliments the area with showers at the corner of the wave pool. There are mushroom-vomiting-water as I called it for the kids to be really wet. There are water falls at the high top of the wave pool for those picture addict people who wanted to pose brutally seen by the people enjoying the waters below. 

I must say that this resort is safe for children since there are plenty of life guards surrounding the area. You will be notified easily when you heard the whistle of the luscious life guards because you are wearing the wrong swimsuit attire.

The kids section pool was awesome too. There's a huge whale with a large mouth enjoying those kids who looked like a plankton sliding upon his throat. 

 Imagine, a kiddie pool with a 4 feet water deep. Wouldn't they want the kids to enjoy it. haha.

Fountains scorching water were everywhere. Children will not go slipped because of those green floor mats surrounded everywhere. My nephews didn't get hurt because of these, they didn't get any painful souvenirs because of these as well.

The adult pool was the one with the double loop slide. I was quite disappointed with the slide, though it avoids the eye soaring view of the Jacuzzi. I have to slide my glutinous maxi mus to the fullest from top up to the end of the slide for me to enjoy the loop freely. That was tiring. But the view on the top was so great that I can't feel my numbness. 

I suggest that you come early for you to get kiosks better than that of others and for you to avoid lines in cashier and the cutting area.

The parking lot by the way is also big enough to accommodate tourists but it will take you a tongue slapping moments before you can reach your car whenever you have to go. Better yet, use the cart when your leaving to avoid hustle. 

I saw a wall climbing facilities maybe for team building or sort of another payment for fun. For me, although the resort was good, it wasn't good enough for a PHP 300.oo worth of entrance. maybe around PHP150.oo will do because of the wave pool. 

It's more fun in the Philippines!