Fun never stops at Mimosa Park

One can never go hungry in Mimosa Leisure

Estate with the six specialty restaurants located

around the estate aside from inroom dining. If

you are a hotdog-franks and sausage lover, the

Gasthof German Restaurant is the place. Yakiniku

Korea House as its name connotes serves Korean

cuisine. On the other hand, Kapampangan

specialties are featured at the Bahay Kubo while

Derang Derang located at the top of a hill by the

swan lake offers a cool ambience. Here, theres

barbeque and other ihaw-ihaw pulutan. At the

Fun House, there are a snack and tea bar, ice

cream parlor, pool table and video games. The Verandah which serves

international cuisine is for members only.

After a hearty lunch, we went back to our villa. All of us instantly fell in love with the

place which exudes an aura of tranquility and an unbelievably homey atmosphere. It

became so homey to me that I promised myself when the time comes that I have to

build my own house, I will pattern it after the Mimosa villa because it is simply

designed, spacious and yet tastefully decorated. It was like my barbie house. But we

were no barbies. Not too long after we occupied the villa, we had transformed it from

a cute dreamhouse into a little girls disorganized locker room. Realizing that we have

already grown into young ladies, we immediately and methodically put things back into

place.

We had a late dinner that day after my interview with Holiday Inn Clark GM Michael

Weiss (a separate story). At first, we had a hard time deciding where to eat. Two of

my friends wanted to eat at Bahay Kubo while another just wanted to stay in the villa

and try the in-room dining or room service. Finally, we ended up eating at the Fun

House and playing games. I realized, though all of us are already in our early 20s, we

still could not get rid of our childlike and playful attitudes.

The next day was our first encounter with golf clubs at the driving range. No one in

the group knew how to play golf but we enjoyed it nevertheless, not minding if we

were doing it the wrong way. After all, no one was looking.

The Mimosa Golf and Country Club has a natural all-weather 36-hole golf course

designed by Honolulu golf architect Robin Nelson of Nelson and Haworth (N&H).

The course which consists of four distinctive nines, has been designed to be friendly

to new, high handicap golfers, while the championship tees provide a stern challenge

for even the most seasoned players. Members and guests are also entitled to use

other facilities such as the 18-hole putting course, putting green, double-ended

driving range and the golf clubhouse which has locker rooms, sauna, lounge, gym,

whirlpool, Pro Shop, Verandah Restaurant and a Golf Academy where besttrained

personnel make a pro out of every amateur. According to Peqa, membership fee for

individual is R750,000 while R1.8 million is the corporate fee that entitles a member to

have three nominees.

Our goal is really to be a family-oriented one-stop golfing destination in Asia, Peqa

and Serrano confidently said as they enumerated the many perks and activities they

have lined up for their members and their families.

Aside from the special room rates they give to members, they also prepare fun

activities for their children especially during holidays and summer. Members wives are

also treated to a relaxing break with the promotional spa treatments and other forms

of relaxation.

In Mimosas Golf and Country Club and Montevista, members and guests are not the

only ones being taken care of. Its 520 employes are also given benefits including

get-together activities such as sportsfests that includes basketball tournaments,

Christmas parties and the exercise of their right to voice out their views, comments or

suggestions during the Employe Circle meetings held frequently. Also, despite the

current tension in the estate brought about by the controversial Clark Development

Corp. takeover of the estate last Dec. 4, the employes who continue to report to

work even if refused entry recently received their 13th month pay.

All these and more make the Montevista and Mimosa Golf and Country Club valuable to

its members, guests and most especially to its employes who have worked hard day

and night, in good times and bad just to make sure that even just a short stay in this

place will truly be an enjoyable and memorable experience. After all, this is their home.

(TO BE CONTINUED)