Every year, all ASEAN Leaders will gather for their ASEAN Summit meetings... so yeah, despite all the terrorist threats, postponement of meetings from Dec '06 to Jan '07 that made me visited Cebu back and forth .... the 12 ASEAN Summit was concluded in Cebu, the Philippines.
As part of work, me n other colleagues used to stay awake, working long hours, woke up early morning n had these 3-4 hours sleep.... for a week or so. We didn't have that much time to have a look around the city... especially with the travel warning of not visiting public places, in case terrorist attack or bomb blasts... hmmhh.... it was quite scarry...
But then Cebu is more or less a bit similar to Lombok... beaches nearby ... but definitely Bali n Lombok are far more organised n touristic! But then again, I am a fan of Indonesian beaches...
All in all, I spent 10 days in Cebu in December 2006 and 7 days in Cebu in January 2007. That includes each one-day trip of Jakarta-Singapore-Davao city-Cebu and Cebu-Manila-Singapore-Jakarta... with 14 boxes of documents and other 4-5 big luggages in our cabin...
Yeah, that is just the story behind the Summit scene.... but hey, to be in the face-to-face position with PM BJ Lee, Shinzo Abe, Sultan Bolkiah, SBY, Badawi n friends is worth the trip, I guess! :)
but hey, to be in the face-to-face position with PM BJ Lee, Shinzo Abe, Sultan Bolkiah, SBY, Badawi n friends is worth the trip, I guess! :) 
