I had a fantastic Friday last week. After 2 weeks of slogging for the P&B, my team and I got our well deserved break. Actually, my team slogged much more than me, having stayed up till 2 to 3am every day for the last 2 weeks. Poor things! I am very lucky though, only need to handle the planning for headcount. I am blessed that my boss is understanding, so she did not involve me fully in the P&B cycle. Otherwise I will die!
Back to my fantastic Friday. My team and I had half the day off to go for our team building event. We had a mini birthday celebration for one of my colleagues. The cake was from my boss's sister's shop - green tea with crunchy chocolate bits inside. It was sooo delicious! Thinking of getting it for K's birthday next month.. = )
After the mini birthday celebration, we headed to the Japanese Club for some supposedly good quality Jap food. One of my colleagues is a member so he brought us all in. The special of the month was unagi, so everyone ordered the unagi set lunch. Not such a big fan of eel, i decided to order ala carte. So i got myself a teriyaki cod fish, edamame and chawamushi. When my cod fish arrived, everyone (including myself) was surprised. The $28 cod fish that i saw on the menu was only 2 miserable pieces of cod. I thought it was a main dish size, but turns out it's more like an appetizer. My colleagues thought I was on a diet or something. I came up with some excuse that i don't want to eat too much before our massage, which was the next thing on our itinerary. The most embarrassing part was, after eating everything i ordered, i was still feeling hungry. So i ordered one more California roll. Haha.. Don't think the food there is super good leh, but it sure is expensive!
The highlight came after lunch. We headed to Spa Botanica at Sentosa - voted the Best Spa experience in 2009. And they truly deserve it! I'm not really a spa-goer, but this one is really tops! Our massage was supposed to start at 430pm, but we arrived more than an hour early to use their complementary facilities. They have common areas, as well as men and women only facilities. Me, my boss and another female colleague went to this waterfall pool, where we stand beneath the waterfall and just let the strong pressure of the water massage our backs. They even have these floating mattresses for you to lie on and just float around on the water.
Waterfall pool
Mud Pool - The mud is inside the huge beige vase in the middle
We also went for the mud pool, where we spread layers of mud (specially imported from New Zealand) all over our body and then sat there waiting for it to dry. After that, we went into the locker rooms, and spent about 15 minutes in the warm jaccuzi. We then went our separate ways for our massage. Mine was a 1.5 hours tibetian clay and oil massage. I knew it was gonna be an outdoor massage, but I was pleasantly surprised when my masseur led me to my own private villa for the massage! Each villa was surrounded by trees, plants and a small water feature that provided the continuous soothing sound of falling water. The villa also came with 2 beds and it's own shower facilities. After the massage, we were treated to a cup of nice Hawaiian tea in a peaceful pavilion beside a koi fish pond. It was such a pampering experience that I don't feel like I was in Singapore at all!
And because I didn't have my handphone with me, I kinda lost track of time. By the time we were done showering, it was already 630pm. I had a wedding dinner to go to at 730pm. My initial plan was to go home and change before heading to the wedding with K, but there was no time to do that. So i ended up having K bring my clothes, shoes and cosmetics to the hotel so i can change there. The wedding was at Grand Park City Hall. Food was not bad, but i didn't like the service. The banquet started pretty late, so the staff was like rushing through the dishes and clearing them even before we could finish the food!
That night, K and I reached home around 11pm.. By then, Bria was already asleep. I didn't see her for the entire day.. felt so sad...
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