Something blue, Something sweet, Something unusual

It was a usual day at the office, putting together the next issue of the magazine I work for and chatting with my team. Suddenly, I get a text message from a friend asking where I was already - panic attacks! I was supposed to attend this event for a newly-opened branch of Blue Water Day Spa at Tomas Morato...hmmm, I thought it was after office hours but then, I was obviously mistaken.

So, after wrapping up my mini-meeting, I rushed to get a cab to get to the event - it was already 1:30 when I finally hailed a taxi who agreed to take me to QC. Another hour of traversing the streets of Manila, I was finally at the event and as expected, it was almost over. Fortunately, Anna, my contact was still there to give me the tour of the place. I have never been to any of the other branches of Blue Water Day Spa but what I saw was truly impressive. They have a couples room, a massage room for men and women that can accommodate five people at a time. The rooms have their own bathrooms and sauna area. The most interesting part of the place was the spa theater. It's a 16-seater theater with comfortable seats where clients can enjoy foot and head massages while watching a movie. Hmmm...I might try that one of these days.

After I finished the tour, most of the people were already leaving. My friend, Arvin, and I had our lunch and decided to continue our chat somewhere else. We ended up staying at Banapple in Il Terrazo, still along Tomas Morato. We've already featured this place in our magazine but it was only my second time to try out their cakes. We decided to get a slice of their Snicker Fudge Cheesecake (Php98) and we were not disappointed at all. It was truly, truly delicious - fine and creamy cheesecake with sweet, chocolatey and nutty bottom. Yum is the word! We stayed for an hour until we both had to be somewhere else. I needed to go back to the office, he needed to be at this Nike event at the Fort.



Usually, I would have taken another taxi ride going back to Makati but then Arvin suggested we take the MRT and so we did. I was never a fan of the train, I think it has been a year since I last used it to travel in the metro. I agree that its a more practical way to travel but what I don't like about it is having to squeeze myself in a throng of people, definitely not a fan of small spaces. Also, i easily get confused with where to go to exit...hmmm, for someone who works in a travel magazine, I think this is one skill that I really have to work on - knowing where to go. Maybe because it was not the rush hour yet but I had a relatively comfortable train ride, I even had the chance to sit down at some point. Well, maybe taking the train needs a re-thinking for me. Everything changes I guess and sometimes I know I have to learn how to adapt and who knows maybe what I'll find out won't be so bad. It can even be another welcome experience. What started out to be a little bit chaotic turned out to be...well, fun and interesting. Till my next mini-adventure.