We're Living In A BGC Hotel
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ม.ค. 2024
- We've now been back in BGC in the Philippines for 10 days and we still don't have an apartment, which means we're still living out of a hotel room. But life could be worse because at least we're holed up in the might-fine Shangri-La The Fort on High Street. Here's a behind-the-scenes look at our daily routine while we continue the search for a permanent home.
@shangrila @ShangriLaTheFortManila
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ABOUT US
We’re the Lockwoods. And we’re traveling the world to experience-up close and in person-all the natural wonders and distinct cultures that our kids would otherwise be consuming only through textbooks and TV. We think it’s a better way to learn and we’re working hard to fund this little experiment in the hope that our kids will grow up wiser, kinder, and more grateful for the beauty of our diverse planet and its people.
The thing I like about ABC and Mom Duty is the videos are fast paced and nice transitions. Really entertaining...
Thank you! I can speak for both families that we work really hard to make the best videos we can 🫶
Agree on the Fast pace editing!! Like no minute is wasted!!--
I definitely agreed with this... ❤️❤️❤️
Thanks a million guys! Y’all are so supportive! Love it💪Both channels are trying their best to give as much value as possible🥰
ABC are really exceptionally good presenters. They literally sound and look like ABC (no pun intended) TV show presenters. Always enthusiastic, succinct, clear, show a little personality etc. That's why their videos come across as so professional. It's not even the camera quality or anything, but primarily how well they present. Also, their kids are quintessential, witty 90s family sitcom American kids. I feel like I am watching Full House or something. All they need is a laugh track in the background and it feels like a professionally made family travel major network sitcom.
What drew me to yours and MomDuty's channels is how happy and positive your vlogs are. I know you encounter some set backs or things don't go as planned but you still manage to look at the bright side of things. I hope this carries on throughout your journey there in the Philippines
Thank you for seeing the positive side of us 🤗
I’m happy that Filipinos love y’all. In America you’d probably be just average people. But in the Philippines you’re celebrities. I’m so so so happy for y’all!!! From Florida, Filipino in Florida!!
Thanks for watching from Florida 🤗
Certified rock stars
ABC & Mom Duty are awesome fam. Thanks for loving our country.
Thank you for loving us both 🫶
Erin, you guys are fun to watch, you appear to be really caring and lovable, Phil looks cool, and your kids are smart. We adore your family.❤
Cool! That's how i also describe them caring. I find that they have a certain warmth and authenticity to them, even the kids are down to earth and not whiny/picky. Hehehe.
Thank you so much for seeing us that way :)
Thank you so much! We appreciate that you see the best in us :)
i feel relieved that everything is going in the right direction after all the adversities you've been through. Just a little spice of troubles can make our life more exciting.
We’re making the most of whatever is thrown our way 🫶
I sincerely wish this Channel grows, and be really enjoyable and meaningful for the whole family. If they can find the perfect niche (USP) that they're most real and comfortable with, vis a vis their counterpart BGC-based vlogging family friends, I think this will be a sustainable endeavor. :) i wish you well, Lockwoods! We're cheering for you!
We hope to grow and grow! 🙏🤩🤗
I am now hooked watching all your videos about the philippines. Such a positive family, you never let anything really bring your spirits down. We are really happy and honored that you have chosen to stay in our country ❤
😊 thank you
i've been following your journey here in the philippines. i am recommending my Mom's province which is the Batanes.you will definitely love that place.swear!✋🏻☺️😍🥰
We really want to visit Baganda!! 🫶🤩
I am claiming that on your next ep, you'll give us great news about the place that you guys will be staying at. Hoping for a favorable outcome for you guys. We love you!
We hope that happens too! We have a little bit of movement on the apartment, but we do not have a firm deal yet.
I really love the quality of every videos you upload and that really makes it more interesting to watch. Keep uploading ABC fam❤
Thanks! We’re working on uploading more often 🤗
I love that you guys are posting every day. I got home from the club and this was posted. 💗💗💗
So happy you're watching and keeping up. Trying to get more frequent episodes out :)
Thank you very much guys for loving our country ❤every Filipino are very proud I’m missed the country so much maybe another 4 years we be moving back for good, we’re planning to build a house soon. Guys take care ❤
Thank you :) We wish you luck with your move back in 4 years.
@@livethephilippines thanks you guys take care❤️
I just loved your daily vlog like its too ordinary sharing your experience in philippines and loving every bits of it...
Awesome 🤗 thanks for watching us!
Enjoy and continue to explore our country. Most specially the people and our culture ❤ love you guys ❤️
Thank you so much :)
🎉🎉🎉 love you guys! Thanks for loving my country the Philippines🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭
Watching from the UAE🇦🇪
Thanks for watching us! ❤️🇵🇭
love your family, seems down to earth, and accepting. Keep it up, and welcome to the Philippines!
Thanks so much! 😊
That Shangri-La pool is gorgeous😲
So pretty! Especially at night 🤩
Phil is so handsome with the blue eyes and wife is gorgeous ❤
You are too kind! 🥰
You’ve got to be one of the best family adventure reality show on TH-cam. I’m so glad to have come across your channel. All 4 of you are so eloquent and seem so natural in front of the camera. The video editing and quality is also top notch!
I’m just curious you guys must have made some pretty smart financial decisions in the past to be able to go on and fund this wonderful adventure! I mean the places you go to, the food and the stuff you buy aren’t exactly the run of the mill type 😊
Thank you so much 🙏🙏 it means so much to us that our hard work is appreciated.
I can’t say that we’ve done anything unusual except we’ve been lucky to have opportunities. Phil owns a marketing agency that he runs remotely so he is always working in addition to what we do for our channel. We have prioritized travel for our family.
first thing I noticed is the cap, American + Philippines. just shows the love on both countries
💯 Phil actually designed it 😊 alwaysbechanging.creator-spring.com/listing/usph-distressed-cap?product=2171
Hello Erin. Doing a marathon in the Philippines can be very challenging especially during summer because of the extreme heat and humidity. If you do want to push through, please make the necessary preparations and training. Love your latest upload, very entertaining!
Training every day! 💪🏼
+1
I commented about the massage in your last vlog and you did it. I’m so jealous. I need to get mine soon. I love how raw and how fast you guys are releasing your Philippine vlogs. It makes me feel like I’m right there experiencing it with you.
It was a great suggestion! 😊
Love this episode! Thanks for taking us through your day. It’s nice to get a glimpse of your life while here in BGC. Love you guys!
And at the same time, it was so weird to have an day without the Ocampos 😉
What a great Day. Hope your all settled in your new Home. Perfect to end the Day with a relaxing massage. Thats rejuvenating. Thumbs up
We are filming really close to real time so we are not in our apartment yet. Hoping it will be worked out soon!
Happy New Year! Love, love Shangri-La Fort. Great buffet spread and lots of good options. Lastly, it is right in the middle of BGC! Thanks for sharing your moments with us. Cheers!
We love all those things about it too! 😊
Love Erin’s positivity!!!! Always looking on the bright side! Beautiful!!!
Thank you 😊 ☀️
The only family I love to watch on youtube! ❤️❤️❤️
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I don’t skip the adds
And also Mom duty. This two TH-camr are my fav for 2024
Thank you :) And thanks for following us both!
Hi, we recently learned we'll be moving to Manila this summer (for work) and living in BGC. Your videos have been great and have helped to get our kids excited about the move. Keep up the great work! Cheers!
Yeah do it 🎉🎉
So happy we've been helpful. Hope you have a smooth transition here :)
I said it before and i’ll say it again, your photography is so good your vlog makes manila like a place somewhere in LA. Seriously, it’s like watching a hollywood flick.
Thank you so much 🤗 and his is a huge compliment 🙏
I observed that both of you are glowing. Enjoy your stay in BGC.
Erin's skin have improved soooo much! its more radiant and younger-looking 😍
Well, thank you very very much ☺️
Thank you! 😊
Love this family both take care god bless
Appreciate it 🫶
Awesome news ABC fam! Will wait for the move in video! Thank you for the amazing videos that you are making! Much love from the 🇵🇭.
Much appreciated ❤️🇵🇭
I’ve run 16 marathons . It’s going to be more difficult running a marathon in the Philippines because of the heat and humidity . You have to hydrate and pace yourself very smartly . The marathons there start very early in the morning before the sun comes up . Good luck !
Thank you for the advice and the encouragement 😊
I admire this family a lot. Phil and Erin are perfect much and the most valuable gift God has given you are the 2 smart kids. I love watching your videos.. keep it up guys❤
You are so kind 🤗 thank you for this sweet comment
So much fun watching your videos!
So happy you have fun watching us! 🤩
Well presented!!!❤
Thank you! 🙂
Glad your family is happy in BGC. Hope that you get your own condo soon. 👍🏼❤️
Thanks! Moving in soon 👍🏻
WOW guys thank you for your loving Philippines we love you too
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Sending Love from Hong Kong Overseas Filipino Worker!!!👋💃❤❤❤ Keep it Vlogging and enjoy stay and living in The Philippines! And we Filipinos behind you to support always!😊❤
Thank you for supporting us from Hong Kong 🫶
Amazing content! The very first time I watched your video was your video on vacation trip to Palawan but then I always wonder what's gonna happen next until I keep watching every release of your videos! Amazing! Me and my girlfriend will probably go to your meet and greet ☺️
Thank you so much! 🙏🙏🙏🫶🫶🤗🤗
Once you are settled in your new condo, you can visit "Cartimar", just a 30-45 minute cab from BGC depending on the traffic. I think both kids would love the sight of all the pets available there!
Yes! We really need to take the kids there.
WOW! LOVE THAT HOTEL! 5 STARS! HAVE FUN WITH MOMDUTY! LET'S GOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you! 🤗🤗🤗
Thanks for sharing your experiences in the Philippines. We look forward to more of your adventures. We don't see that many people feature Shangri-la. Nice episode!
Our pleasure! So happy it was help 😊
Awww...what a nice surpirse Phil for Erin.
Love your vlog about Shangrila❤
😊 thank you. It was wonderful!
I'm looking forward to your first marathon here in the Philippines, Erin! 😀👍🤗
I hope I can train and make that work. It would be such a huge accomplishment.
Hello guys.. it's really entertaining to watch your family go through life here in the Philippines... I've been living here in the the Philippines for over 20years now...I didn't know Alot of things that you feature in your vlogs... it's a learning experience for me.. Keep up the good work ❤😊.. hope to meet you in person 😊
Thank you for following us along. We're so happy we've been helpful. We love knowing that you're learning with us as we go :)
15:00 Thats the downside of shopping directly on High Street :/ but a bit outside the prices get slowly better. And by outside I mean, still in walking distance. When you are on Hight Street just keep walking towards east, until you reach some kind of traffic circle and then it says "Market!Market!". They have better/fairer prices, despite being part of BGC district. Maybe there are other places too, but thats what I know from last time I lived there. As you already know SM Aura - it is north of SM Aura.
And if you already know what you want, Lazada and Shopee are worth a try, they are like "Amazon" of the Philippines. Also, those Grab Drivers can pick up things and bring them really fast, if you dont want to go to a place yourself and you need the things faster than online shopping.
We hear a lot about Market Market and Lazada. We will have to go there!
Excited for the next episode!
🤗🤗🤗🤗 coming soon
check out Century City, Makati, Kalayaan Ave. as a back up. It has condos designed by Versace also Trump Tower and some of the highest residential buildings in Philippines. It has much bigger pool, gym, also much cheaper than BGC but just 3-5 KM away from BGC. good luck
Thanks! So many great places in the metro Manila area 😊
Hi Lockwood Fam! We were at Shangrila-at-the-Fort for 4 days from NYE-at-the-5th countdown celebrations. I said Hi to Cole when I saw him at the Bread section on the 2nd day of buffet breakfast back at the High Street Cafe. New Year's day breakfast was at the Grand Ballroom (hotel was 100% capacity). Cole told me to say Hi to the fam, but I didn't want to bother you guys while you were enjoying your breakfast. I saw you again at breakfast the next day. It was really nice to see you guys in person albeit from afar. High Street Cafe Breakfast is one of the best! I'll see you around here in BGC 🤩Come to Uptown Bonifacio! Good luck on your condo hunt.
Thank you so much! Next time say hi 👋 we’d love to meet you 😊
I hope you get your apartment very soon. Yes. Join the marathon it would be great for your health and meeting new friends.
Thanks for the encouragement! I don’t know for sure if I will do it but if I decide to it would be a huge accomplishment 😊
Nice episode. ShangriLa Fort has amazing amenities. Hoping you got the best condo. God bless you always guys❤
Thank you so much. We love staying at Shangrila
We hope and pray everything will be okay soon!!! 🥰😍😘❤❤❤🙏🙏🙏
We're getting CLOSER!! 🤗
Hang in there fam. God is good all the time. Trust God. Jeremiah 29:11. God bless. Watching from Saudi Arabia.
Love the way you vlog simple casual humble creative happy ❤
Thank you so much 😊
awesome family, rich and elegant, i love your vlog guys, more power always
Thank you so much 🤗
Cant wait for your next vlog about the new condo.. 🎉🎉 so excited for you guys. 🎉🎉
We will probably upload our next episode tomorrow and it will be a condo hunt update.
We are proud to be filipinos and welcome u guys
Thank you 🤗
So enjoyed watching your vlog.. keep vlogging❤
Thank you so much 😊
I wish im in Manila that day, jan 13... good luck and have fun guys
Hopefully will meet you at a future event 😊
More videos to come. We love you so much. Welcome to the Philippines 😘❤
Thank you! ❤️🇵🇭
Run girl run!
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love you guys❤ cant wait for MomDuty and ABC family for an adventure in boracay!
Boracay is so beautiful!
You will get you place soon Family please continue do your videos and I like how you present your life into a informative videos I smiled the criticizing gang portion. We haven’t been to BGC and right now we are encourage to go.
We hope you visit! 🤩
Quality content and videos
Thank you! 🤗🤩🙏
i love this family
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Hope you enjoyed your.stay in Philippines .God bless and be safe guys
We did! And we’re already back ❤️🇵🇭
See you next week! ❤
Looking forward to it! 🤩
I love your vlogs! I call these, vlogging with class! ❤ Watching from Doha. 😊
WOW! Love that :) thank you
Go for it...luv u guy we wish we are there to meet u too
Thanks for the encouragement 🤗
You’ll gonna have your beautiful apartment for sure , n can’t wait to view your house, stay safe fammies ,❤ from Istanbul
Thank you and thank you for watching form Istanbul.
loving today's vlog as always! ❤
Yay! Thank you!
Lovely family nd GOD BLESS YOU BOTH 😇🙏❤
You are so kind. Same to you :)
Love it! I really enjoy watching you guys. I can't wait for the next videos 🤗.
Thank you 🙏 hoping to have another one out today 😊
Watching this at 2:30 AM craving for breakfast already.
Ahhhh, I usually start craving breakfast again by lunch time :)
Loving the new channel and when Phil corrects Erin. More of that, please. 😂
Coming up! 😄
I'm glad you guy's enjoying life in Philippines 😊,,watching here in Saskatchewan
Thanks for watching us from Saskatchewan 😊
Little by little you guys are building your daily routine. For sure youll have tons to do when you get your apartment. Looking forward to that! 😊
Can't wait to get unpacked in a place of our own :)
Been followung you for some tume now, congratulations& welcome to our country keep having fun
Thank you for following us and welcoming us 🤗
Great video ❤
Thank you!! 😊
That gourmet buffet is to die for. Cole is a carbotarian. Good thing you have will power or you'd gain 100 lbs in no time. Gourmet meals, shopping, gym, pool and massage. I'm so jealous! I wonder if you got the condo. Keeping fingers crossed. BTW, P250 for the box of street cookies seemed expensive. But you made that guy happy.
:) We thought the cookies were probably over priced but we don't don't like to haggle.
Hope you can find a home in BGC really really soon...
We now have a contract ready to sign... hopefully by Monday we'll be official! 🤞🏼
Your channel is fun to watch. Full of great content, places you guys go to, restaurants you dine in, shopping thing, and everything in between. Very well explained and good thoughts about your daily routine/activities, and letting us know the good restaurants to visit. Thanks for sharing. Watching here in Jacksonville Florida USA 🇵🇭🇺🇸
Thanks for watching from Florida 🫶 so happy you like our content. More to come! 🤗
Oh, I love your cap.
Thanks! Phil's design. Here's a link: alwaysbechanging.creator-spring.com/listing/usph-distressed-cap?product=2171
Saw you at the hotel lobby yesterday, hope you get your house soon 😇😎
Thank you 🙏 we hope it goes through soon too 😊
This is a very feel-good vlog! love it!
Glad you enjoyed it! 🤗
I love the shang (except for the prices) oh well at least you are maximizing the facilities. Btw I lived in the adjoining building, Grand Hamptons, which has the same developer, for a few years, so you picked a great area (it's called Crescent park). Lots of shops nearby. My tip is observe the aircon, in our case we changed the aircons to more energy efficient ones at our expense but the savings were well worth it. Also lots of great options in Bonifacio stopover which is righ across saphire.
Thanks for all the tips 🙏🙏❤️
Hi gorgeous family.
Im new subscriber
Thank you very much for loving my country Philippines 🇵🇭
I your content ❤❤❤
God bless
Welcome to our channel 🤗 so happy you found us
abc and mom duty...2 of my favorite youtube channels ;) just gives me good vibes everytime i watch your videos. it's even better that both youtube channels are now connected giving more fun and adventures as well as interesting contents. just amazing guys ;)
Wow, thank you so much!
@@livethephilippines 🥰
Not a bad place to stay actually I was there a month a go with my fam for school break. There is a nice burger joint just around the corner from there, forgot the name but their burgers were some of the best i tasted since moving here. Definitely going back there on the weekends. GL on your new search for your new home.
It’s a great place to stay if you’re looking for a hotel in BGC 🤩
Yeah guys, next new years eve (if yall are going to spend it in Manila) , make sure to go to a Rooftop bar or a roofdeck in BGC so yall can have a 360 view of Manila and its insane fireworks display! Such a s missed opportunity!
We had a wonderful night! But we do need to catch the fireworks next time 😊
your vlogg are really amazing, more informative i love it,
Thank you so much! 🥳
Phil is a master on drinks...
💯🍸 the best!
Can you do a mom vs daughter divisoria outfit challenge? And a commuting challenge maybe boys vs girls? So 2 videos in one divisoria trip.
Interesting we’ve never heard of a challenge like that. Sounds intriguing.
Cute yellow running shorts Erin! Love it💛Yellow is definitely your color💛
Thanks!! I 💛 yellow
LIVING VICARIOUSLY THROUGH YOU 🥰
We love that! We’re happy to share our lives with you
A unique cap..love it sir!
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@@livethephilippines we are praying you will get the house to be your HOME soon..positive vibes sorrounds your entire family!
goodluck! 😊
Thank you! 😁
Love seeing you guys loving our city. ❤
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