Relaxing and Rejuvinating at Sanctuario Spa

The Sanctuario Spa offers indigenous Filipino as well as oriental treatments and therapies such as hilot and albularyo. The services are offered by male or female therapists, young and well trained. Okay, this is where I won’t complain about job discrimination in the Philippines. There’s perfectly nothing Read more

Aerobics and Dancing at San Miguel by the Bay

I say go for it. Filipinos should compete in the Guinness’ record for the largest aerobics and dancing by general public. People from all walks of life, young, old, locals, foreigners, male, female and everything in between dance and exercise from the break of dawn until, I don’t know, maybe until the sun is hot and unbearable or until the last drop of stinky sweat falls off. This could well be Manila’s answer to Cebu’s dancing prisoners who shot to fame via the viral video ‘Thriller’. Read more

Alchemy

Alchemy is touted as a one-stop-clubbing destination which boasts of three floors that offer a variety of music genres and styles, several bars and a first rate coffee shop . I thought, wow! Something like Lulu’s in Washington DC or the Embassy Club at the Fort?  We visited Alchemy in Silver city near Read more

Spa + Buffet

Quite unbelievable. How in the world would you get that zen experience and mind and body relaxation at the same time you indulge in an endless serving of food? I don’t think they go well together, personally in my opinion. What the Read more

Tennis Anyone?

Every year that i come home for my three week vacation in the Philippines, i always look forward to getting an extra time off to hit the courts.  My tennis racket is the most important staple in my Read more

The Embassy Club at The Fort

The Embassy Club at The Fort is an imposing spectacle at night and impressive inside with lighting, video and sound systems that rival the best upscale clubs in the US. This nightspot is overflowing with Lindsay Lohan look alikes, Read more

Laffline Comedy Bar

If you decide to come up the stage of a comedy bar like Laffline,  you really need to have all the courage to stand the jokes and humiliation the gay hosts (believe it, some are real women) will hurl at you. They give you these interviews which could be really nasty but at the same time is also Read more

Fitness First

The largest gym, health and fitness club in the world, Fitness First has about 15 clubs now in the Philippines. The club offers world class facilities that include over 80 cardio equipments such as treadmills, steppers and ellipticals per club and modern free weight equipments. It also boasts of a Read more

Scents and Touch Spa, Manila

If you live around Makati or Manila and likes to get an occasional massage, Scents and Touch is highly recommended. The place is decently clean, staff is professional, courteous, cordial young male and female massage therapists.  They offer therapeutic massage for total relaxation including aroma Swedish massage, shiatsu, Thai massage, facials, body scrubs, mesotherapy and lipodissolve treatments, and foot massage. Read more