Happy Holidays!

Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas. May your blessings coma a thousandfold, may the joy in your hearts never grow old, may you find treasures more valuable than gold. Have a happy holidays everyone!

By the way, I have completed the 9 mornings of Misa de Gallo. Hurray!! I'll be blessed this season and the coming years. God bless you all too. =)

Christmas Season

Relax Mode

At long last, I saw my dearest friends Zeny, Pache and Gen a.k.a “Barangay”. Last Nov. 10 was the submission of our initial deliverables to FTL (Fujitsu Ten Limited, Japan). So I had the time to see my friends and relax after … hhmm … almost 3months I guess. I didn’t even get to celebrate Ate Crispy’s Birthday. I’m such a loser. Sigh.

Anyway, what’s our agenda for the night? Body Spa!!!

First, we went to Wensha Spa but they didn’t agree with the price and the “common” room means we have to see each other side by side. So we went to City Lifestyle where they usually go. It was my first time to join and so I just followed them.

Zeny, Gen and Me had an Aromatherapy Body Spa while Pache had a combination of Swedish and Shiatsu Body Spa. Since they know it’s my first time, they told me what to do. I will then enumerate what are the essential things to bring and what to do when you go to a spa for the first time.

Things to bring:

1. Underwear
1. Disposable – so it is easy to bring and you can just throw it after.
2. Non-disposable – for those who are sensitive to use disposable undies.
2. Swim Suit
1. If you want to take a Jacuzzi without exposing your whole body, you can wear a swimsuit. You can also use this when you want to take the sauna bath.
3. Hot Oil Treatment and Shower Cap
1. For those who want to maximize the sauna bath, you can do your hair treatment. Just like in the salon!
4. Extra Cash
1. This is for the tip box.

Procedure:

*This may vary for each customer. I’ll just share what we did.

1. Paid the counter in the Lobby
2. Get the receipt for reference
3. Proceed to 6^th floor (Women’s wet and dry area)
4. Go to the receiving area and give the receipt.
5. Pick your preferred oil for the massage.
6. Since we chose Aromatherapy, we get to choose what scent we want.
7. Get the locker key and proceed to the locker area.
8. Give your shoes to the staff and get your slippers (by the way, it is a big-sized yellow plastic slipper.)
9. Get a towel and change your clothes.
10. Proceed to the shower room to stabilize your body temperature.
11. Now, you’re ready for a sauna bath.
12. First, steam bath.

- Here we used our Hot Oil Cream.

13. Next, dry sauna.
14. Then we planned to use the Jacuzzi, however it was still not prepared during that time. So we decided to take a shower and be ready for the massage.
15. Ask for your robe.
16. Cool down. There is a complimentary drink for everyone. The drinking water is free.
17. Then we went to our designated rooms for the massage.
18. The Aroma oil comes first.
19. Then the masseuse came.

The body massage took around 1hr. The back massage is longer than the front massage. It felt weird since you’re naked and someone’s massaging your whole body. It felt good though and very relaxing. The masseuse will give you a tip envelope.

20. After, you can rest for a while. My friends told me that you could even sleep for a bit. I didn’t have the time to do that since after the treatment, I saw that their room lights were already turned off. So I already went outside.
21. Put your clothes on and breath.
22. Drop the tip envelope in the tip box located in the Lobby area.
23. Finish

It was a new experience for me. And I kinda like it. I’ll invite my friends and Carlo to join us sometime. It also helps in your blood circulation and definitely a stress reliever. Many will get addicted to it. Its price is worth it I guess. Php500-600 wouldn’t hurt that bad especially if you’re ALWAYS working overtime! You must reward and pamper yourself from time to time. Don’t you think?

Dinner Time

Location: Heaven and Eggs

Let’s keep this short. Basically, we ate a LOT since we shouldn’t be eating before the body spa. We ended around 10pm already so we were starving already. What’s our menu?

• Zeny – Tapa Meal (she loves breakfast food)
• Pache – Porkchop that comes with 3 side dishes
• Gen – Chicken that comes with 3 side dishes
• Kath – Minute Steak that comes with 3 side dishes

Sorry, I can’t remember the exact order we ate. Also, I only got to take some pictures during that night. My camera battery was empty!!! My bad, I forgot to charge it. So we end up using our camera phones.

I stayed in Zeny’s for the night coz we have to attend a Kiddie Birthday Party, where we are both God Parents. Waaahh… we’re getting old already!!!

New Layout

It's been ages since I posted here in my blog. Maybe this is now the time to update it coz I've been having a lot of adventures lately.

Hhhmm.. sorry but I'm really so lazy to update a lot of blogs.. (sino ba naman kseng nagsbeng damihan ang blog no? tsk tsk.. hehe.)

Okay okay, I'll try to update this from time to time. I'll just copy my post from my other blogs. hahaha. ;)

Happy New Year

2006:
reunion, valentines, baccalaureate, puerto galera, bicol, pangasinan, resignation, probitionary, ftspi, responsibility, bills, welcoming, bukluran, birthdays, mobile, laughter, beer, vodka, tears, pain, heart, field, italian, bellini's, sbarro, aioli's, grappa's, seminary, ust, don bosco, lunchkit, issues, pain, anger, hatred, fun, joy, friendship, love, family, self.

2007:
may this year bring me happiness and contentment. may i grow in faith, hope and love.


Thank you for another year of realizations and lessons. May we continue to face life with firm faith in the Lord and joy in our hearts.

God bless us all and our endeavors.

Merry Christmas!!!

An Unexpected Escapade

Bolinao-Manaoag Trip
November 3-5, 2006

It was on a very hot All Saint's Day in Bulacan when Ate Cha asked about beaches and resorts in Puerto Galera, Batangas and Pangasinan. I remember then my frustration to go to Bolinao when I visited "kapatid" in her hometown in Dagupan last May Pangasinan Post, so i suggested we head for Bolinao.

The moment we arrived home, she searched for possible resorts we can go to and she found Treasures of Bolinao. And right there and then she decided that we'll go there on the weekends.

>> fast forward >>

We were going to ride the 12:30am trip to Bolinao of Five Star Liner in Cubao but there was a sudden change of schedule due to the traffic in Ayala and we thought that the bus going to Bolinao will not pass Cubao so we took the San Carlos trip and praying to catch the Bolinao trip in Tarlac station. And yes, we did catch the Bolinao trip. Good thing there were vacant seats for us. Cost: 400/person

Around 5:15am, we arrived in Bolinao station and rode a tricycle going to Patar where the resort is located. It is roughly an hour drive from the town proper. At 6am, we reached the place. Cost: 150/trip

We reserved one Villa, good for 2-4 persons and ate breakfast by the pool. Cost: 2500/night (Villa); 199/person (Breakfast)

We went to the lighthouse after we unpacked our things. It was said to be the 2nd tallest after the one in Ilocos. Around 15-20mins trek from the resort before you reach the place. Unfortunately, there was no gatekeeper that time that's why we didn't get the chance to go inside.

And now, it's Swimming Time! The resort has a nice view of the beach and what I like most is the bridge along the beach heading to the gazebo. A very peaceful place where you can just feel the breeze and hear the sound of the waves. ... sigh ...

At lunch, we ate again by the pool and then had out siesta after that. Then we went to the lighthouse to witness the sunset then back again to the resort for night swimming. We had our dinner then we had a gudnyt sleep afterwards.

The next day, early morning around 6am. The tricycle driver fetch us and bring us back to the town proper where we can ride a van headed for Dagupan. From Bolinao it will take you 2-3hrs before reaching Dagupan. Cost: 90/person.

From Dagupan, we rode a van again going to Manaoag. About 20-30min ride. We heard the 10am mass and bought some kakanins after that and ate lunch in a nearby restaurant. Then we rode a van again going to Dagupan then booked for the 1pm trip to Manila of Victory Liners. Cost: 20/person (van)

Around 6:30pm, we arrived in Cubao terminal and then by 7pm, we are home and very tired but satisfied.


Note: (for those planning to go to Treasures of Bolinao)
First, there is no signal for Globe users. You have to go to the lighthouse first to get some signal. They are all Smart subscribers. Also, you have to bring lots of PATIENCE with you. Hopefully you'll never know why. =) There is also a corkage fee in the resort.

To see more pictures, visit my Multiply Site.