Ninoy Aquino Parks and Wildlife

After attending a children's party last Saturday, Sweetie surprised me by bringing me to the Ninoy Aquino Parks and Wildlife in Quezon City. If my memory serves me right the first time I went there was through a school field trip. 

It was truly a surprise and I'm glad I brought my camera on that day. It was really surprising to find a spot within Metro Manila that's quiet and soothing.

Location: Quezon City

Entrance Fee: cars - PhP15 and PhP8 per person

Tips: you can have a picnic! just bring a blanket and a basket of food; also a nice place for a pre-nup pictorial

I Want to Try Out Blue Water Day Spa!

I love going to the spa and have tried out different spas across the country (Cebu, Davao, Kalibo, Boracay, and Cagayan de Oro) and I loved `em. Unfortunately I'm based in Manila and my favorite spa closed a few years ago and I could not find a replacement. I recently even tried the phone-a-massage, but ended up feeling bruised and beaten rather than relaxed. I think the masseuse thought I was a bread being kneaded and she just had to spill her life story when I finally felt a little relaxed. So, I've yet to find a new favorite spa.

I saw Janette's plurk about the "first spa movie theater in the world" and got curious, so I checked out the post and found out the unique offering of Blue Water Day Spa, where you can watch a movie while having some spa service! I think this is a cool idea since I usually want to do something else while watching a movie (multi-tasking!). I'm also hard-pressed for time and watching a movie while having a foot massage would be totally awesome.

My siblings are abroad so I don't get to see them often. This Christmas would be one of the rare times that we would be complete and if I had the budget I think it would be great to bring everyone together and probably show a home-made family movie while having a foot/hand massage. Why a family movie? My nephews and nieces grew up in different continents and it would great to show them family photos/videos so they can see their roots. We also usually do affirmation as a family during our gatherings and a relaxed atmosphere would bode well for this kind of activity. Who knows it may be my despidida de soltera too?

Krocodile Grill

It's been some time already since I last dined at Krocodile Grill. The last time I did was in their branch in Makati and I was told that they serve the best sisig in town. I was not disappointed. I also remember bringing some guests from the United States a few years back to sample the delicious sisig and inihaw. They still remember it to this day.

Anyway, it's been years since I visited Krocodile Grill and I did not know that they have a branch at the Mall of Asia (actually at the Bay area already). We decided to have dinner there after watching the pyro display (which was really awesome).

Since there were 8 of us we ordered 3 platters of sisig, a plate of calamares, inihaw na liempo and pusit. The waiters also did not fail to keep the bottomless iced teas bottomless! (Other restos require you to request for refill, but at Kroc's the iced tea was literally bottomless!).

The Pork Sisig.

The Inihaw na Liempo.

The Calamares (almost forgot to take a photo).

And we ended up devouring the inihaw na pusit, totally forgot to take a photo.

Ave. Cost Per Person: PhP211 (with bottomless iced tea)