Fun never stops at Mimosa Park

(SECOND OF A SERIES)

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)