Our wonderful friend Rax just got back from her three-week vacation in New York, while married friends Dan-dan and JC will be kicking off their own U.S. vacation by jetting off to Hawaii first, whereas good friend Grace is on a four-day vacation with friends in Thailand. And we can’t let them have all the fun, right? We went to get ourselves some authentic Thai massage too! But we didn’t fly to Bangkok. Several minutes away was Ton Ton Thai Massage.
It’s one of those massage places that we’ve heard so much about. And we’ve been meaning to try it for the longest time. We practically drive past it every week! But almost always we find an excuse not to drop by.
Since I’ve been really sick, my back’s been aching from all the coughing. So last Friday, my wife and I decided to try their massages. Maybe I’d feel better with a bit of stretching.
The Ton Ton Thai Massage along Aguirre Avenue, BF Homes, lacks the ambience typically seen in spas. Which was actually fine by me. At Php250 for a one-hour full body massage, I wasn’t expecting much.
The place actually looks nice, albeit dimly lit. And the bathrooms look like they been rubbed by pressure washers: very clean. And there’s water to fluch the toilet. 
It started with a foot bath (soaking your feet in hot water for a few minutes), which they then towel dry. Then, you change to the provided pajamas.
The therapists assigned to us were Vanessa and Cristina. And true to Southbound’s review:
The therapists had a no-nonsense and down to earth attitude, instructing you to lie down, or kneel, or relax, or push against them, all while they carried on the business of massaging and stretching. They were exceptionally strong for such small women, their size being an advantage, since parts of the massage called for them to sit on you or otherwise hold you down with their body weight…
My wife and I actually had a great time. We felt our body/joints loosen from all the stretching. We’d definitely come back again.
The good news: It’s another holiday today. Yay!
The bad news: I’ve been sick since Thursday.
It started with a little sniffle Thursday morning that went to a full-blown cold and slight fever that night. And what perfect timing. I was swamped with work files that were to last till Saturday. Of course things got delayed as I wasn’t able to go to work on Friday and Saturday. I can only imagine what my work area looks like.
And this is not man flu!
I’ve got phlegm to prove it!
My wife says there’s no real cure for colds, just like finding treatments for Mesothelioma. All I need is a good rest and lots of fluid.
So there.
What a weekend huh? Three days baby! Three full days of rest from work. And we spent much of our long weekend battling zombies. Yup! You read that right! We fought zombies last weekend.
There’s this game called Plants Versus Zombies that pretty much had us all clamoring for game time to whip some zombie ass! A horde of funny and resourceful zombies are invading our home. Quite different from our regular zombies, these zombies are marching thru our backyard, and our only hope are a bunch of plants to defend our homes. We strategically place the plants on the lawn so they can zap those pesky zombies away. The different plants have different purposes. And it’s up to you to plan your veggie military against the zombie force. So choose and plan wisely, just as we review safety products. Or it’ll be the end of you.
Of course the clever zombies will stop at nothing in their invasion. Some zombies don a football gear, some are on pogo sticks, and some are riding a lawn mower or a dolphin. At night time, you’ll even be visited by the moonwalking zombie Michael Jackson, complete with his spotlight and dancing entourage!
I highly recommend this game. It starts off pretty boring, but after a few stages and those zombies are still at it, you’ll be challenged to zap them all back to hell.
Last weekend, we had breakfast in one of our favorite coffee shops in town: CBTL in ATC. One of the reasons why we love this is because it isn’t as crowded as most coffee shops. At around 9:30 AM, there were only two other tables occupied. My wife had their Eggs Ben, and I ordered their bagel with cream cheese. It was just perfect.
And this coming weekend, we plan to have breakfast at my in laws and make eggs ben! What makes eggs ben really yummy is the hollandaise sauce smothered on top. And good thing my wife’s cousin, who currently stays at my in laws, knows how to make some. All we need now are Canadian hams and English muffins! Thank goodness these items, along with weight loss products, are now regularly available at groceries.
I’m also craving for pancakes. I wonder if we could also make some.
This is going to be a delicious weekend!
Photos are from ladyironchef.com.
Do you still remember the show Thundercats? I used to watch this cartoon back in the 80s when I was still a kid. This is one of my favorite cartoons at that time, right beside Voltron: Defender of the Universe and Visionaries: Knights of the Magical Light. Each episode starts with the show intro featuring Lion-O hollering “Thunder, Thunder, Thundercats, Hoooo!”
Thundercats are on the move
Thundercats are loose
Feel the magic, hear the roar
Thundercats are loose
Thunder, thunder, thunder, Thundercats!
Thunder, thunder, thunder, Thundercats!
Thunder, thunder, thunder, Thundercats!
Thunder, thunder, thunder, Thundercats! Thundercats!
Last week, a friend here at the office mentioned that he’s downloading via torrent all 130 episodes of the show. And he gladly gave me a copy of season 1, which has 65 episodes. I’ll get the rest of the episodes when he finishes downloading. I wonder if any of the kids nowadays will appreciate the show? And while Yuan is still too young to watch this show from his uppababy vista (which we call his Ferrari), you can bet that I’d make him watch the show when he grows a bit more.
Last night, we watched episodes 1–3. And we felt like kids again. It was nostalgic. Memories of the characters Lion-O, Lord of the Thundercats, came back. He has this sword called Sword of Omens that he swings around and gets big. There was Tygra, who has the bolo whip and can become invisible; Cheetara, who has a bow staff, runs very fast, and can see into the past and future; Panthro, who made the Thundertank; the mischievous youngsters Wily-Kit and Wily-Kat; Snarf, who’s real name is Osbert and Lion-O’s nursemaid; and Jaga the Wise, Lion-O’s ghost guardian.
Last week, I couldn’t have been any prouder. There we were, celebrating Cory Aquino, who’s moral compass showed us and the world that prayers and flowers can face tanks and fully armed military men and topple a dictator. It was called People Power. A few years after that, other countries followed suit, using this peaceful uprising called People Power to bring change.
Today, I feel a bit embarrassed (and outraged). And it’s all because of Gloria Macapagal Ayoko. I’ll admit it, I voted her. She was different then. Now, I can’t even say anything “nice” or “clean” about her. It even feels weird (offensive?) saying, nay writing, her name and the words “nice” and/or “clean” all in the same sentence.
As we all know, she went to the US. Then, Cory died. So she and her entourage went to Le Cirque to have a simple dinner. No big deal, right? Except this restaurant is the watering hole for the rich and famous, and that their dinner costs US$20,000, or roughly Php950,000.
No matter how unpopular or corrupt a president might be, when she goes out on a foreign trip, she carries the colors of her country, much like a national sports team marching with pride with its country’s colors on the opening day of the Olympics.
With the world in financial trouble, and with millions of hungry fellow Filipinos mourning the death of a beloved former president, as a public official, the head of the state no less, that was very inappropriate. I expected even a bit of delicadeza.
The rapacious little Ayoko must be very proud of herself. She even made it to New York Post’s Page Six.
That money could have helped so many people. What were you thinking?! What would the great Diosdado Macapagal say? Tsk! Tsk!
And here’s something that’ll kick you in the nuts. Sen. Lito Lapid said he might as well have stayed home. With no photo op with US President Obama, he apparently found the service terrible and was not impressed.
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