Happy Birthday to Me! :)

It was my birthday last Saturday and I really followed my plan, with minor changes, all by myself!

I arrive at Fitness First gym in Greenhills at around 10:30 am and started off my 30 minute cardio workout, followed by machine workouts, a few minutes in the steam room, shower and it’s off to Makati I go :)

I had a late lunch at 2pm at Chef d’ Angelo but it was very very filling! I just ordered Chicken Al Pesto without any drinks and I came out really full! I think it was meant for two since there were 2 slices of garlic-butter bread with the pasta.

After eating, I went to Greenbelt to buy tickets for Sky High then I bought Pure Vanilla Ice Blended at The Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf. Before entering the movie house, I checked Dome for their flourless chocolate cake, but they just had the regular choco cake so I didn’t get one anymore since I was also full from my pasta lunch.

I sat right smack at the middle of the theater, well maybe a bit nearer to the front—my seat number was F8 and I was surrounded by kids and their parents and a man also sat beside me but didn’t bother me at all, whew :) The trailers in the movie house were all for kids hahaha, and it was funny coz I was watching a kid flick while drinking a beverage that tastes like melted vanilla ice cream on my 23rd birthday! I was celebrating getting older while reminiscing of the joys of childhood, hehehe :-P

The movie was really good and I was laughing and making a lot of excited noises while I was watching Sky High. Near the ending of the movie, my friend Ricky texts me that he’s bored and asks me where I am. I was kind weirded out by his text coz I wondered what he was doing bumming around on a Saturday and it’s me whom he texts since we weren’t really super close? I was thinking maybe he wanted to hang out or something but I already told him my plan for the day and I didn’t have extra time to spare. I made sure of this so I wouldn’t be bored, hehehe.

So after the movie, I started walking from Greenbelt to RCBC Plaza via the walkway and texted Ricky when I was near RCBC already since he said he was at GT Tower. I waited for him outside the entrance of Fitness First plus and he even called me up saying he was at the entrance of RCBC. When I told him I was already inside, he said to wait for him to go up. I really didn’t know what he was up to coz I couldn’t think of what we would do since my scheduled Body Scrub + Massage was due in around 5 minutes. But hey, he wanted to meet me so I waited a while.

Ricky finally arrives and he was carrying a huge bouquet of roses! He was Drich’s delivery boy! Addendum: Oscar was the delivery van driver too! Hahahah! I was sooo surprised coz I really didn’t expect another bouquet of flowers from him since he just gave me one for our monthsary and it was given to me 4 days ago! This really really made my day! The bouquet held 4 dozen big as in BIG red roses that was arranged into a cascading bouquet, much like what you’d give to a Miss Universe awardee, shucks!!! :) :) :)Hehehehe :) I am soo happy!!! I love roses, especially big red ones! :) Hehehe. I love this guy so much, he really knows how to make me smile :)

I went in Fitness First Plus, holding a bouquet of roses in my arms and prepared for my one and a half hour body scrub and massage. I requested for a locker to put the roses and I had a shower before my treatment. Their massage area was a semi-spiral staircase up from the gym floor and I was led into a dim and spacious room to lie down. I chose the chocolate scrub out of curiosity but they also offered melon, strawberry and green tea flavored scrubs. The therapist named France, was very courteous, asking me if the pressure was okay and if it was okay to scrub my underarms, my butt and my boobs, hahaha! La lang, I just wasn’t accustomed to that much courtesy since massage therapists usually assume that you’d know that they’d scrub you on those parts, hehehe.

After the body scrub, I was asked to take a shower in the shower area also inside the big room. They had towels prepared for you and even put your slippersby the step outside the shower area and if in case you forget to take off your earrings like me, they also have this capiz holder where you can place your earrings! I really liked the service :) The massage was also good, the therapist also tried to massage off my the stressed out veins on my back but I’m not sure why I didn’t fall asleep. I was actually about to, but I think she massaged a vein somewhere on my head or neck that made me wake up all of sudden, how weird! I also noticed that the music they played was louder than the usual massage music which kinda preoccupied my mind for some time. They played this chinese song on strings and there were times when the music would stop and I would really notice the silence. This disturbed the relaxing rhythm of the massage.

Anyway, after the massage, France assumed that I was sleeping so she left me for a while, but I was actually awake. I waited until she arrived and asked me indirectly to dress up by telling me that she had tea prepared outside. So I wore the bathrobe and earrings and had a little massage marketing chat with her over tea. I also found that that her birthday came after mine! What a coincidence!

After that chat, I’m considering their hair spa with avocado as the main ingredient for only 650…next time when I have extra money, hehehe. I went back to the locker room and it wasn’t really what I expected of FF Plus. The area was kinda dim, maybe they were trying to achieve this homey feeling? But I appreciate the bright and colorful design in the regular Fitness First. The locker room is also smaller—for select guests only maybe? Well, the real appeal of the place is their indoor pool that I passed while going the the massage area.

After that I went home with my parents, bouquet in hand. Oh and we took out Jollibee food for my dinner since my mom didn’t have anything prepared. I had my usual #6: Spaghetti with 1 piece Chicken Joy and a Chocolate Sundae :)

It really was a happy birthday for me even if I celebrated it alone, as long as I know that there are people who care about me and delight in my existence, hehehe :-P