2023.01.29 – PoGo, Japanese Day
Hey guys! This is it, the first of my regular updates. *cross fingers*
Obviously, it’s not going to be a daily blog, I’ve accepted (as we should all), that life is not going to be eventful every single day. But, I will at least try to take my camera with me to capture moments that I want to “save” on this blog.
Last Sunday, me and my friends went out to play Pokemon Go and to eat. Oh, I also went shopping for shoes because all of my casual shoes got damaged by non-use because of the pandemic. You probably have experienced this. π
After walking around so much (because of shopping), we had coffee and some pastries at this Japanese cafe in Glorietta, called JIPAN. If you have foodpanda Pro, you can get a 20% discount on the breads/pastries, so we took advantage of that.
I recently realized that I like blueberry cheesecake, and I’m now on the quest to find the best blueberry cheesecake in the Philippines. Haha. So far, the one at Calm Street in Bonifacio District in Cebu tops the list. Will probably post about that separately.
Because we got so tired from shopping/walking around, we wanted to get a foot massage after. The nearest massage place to the mall was quite expensive (900 pesos for an hour of foot massage!). We were shocked at how much the price has increased after the pandemic. So, we left the area and went to Valero where we found a Nuat Thai in one of the quieter “malls” there.
No photos of the massage session, of course. But, I paid 1,000 pesos for 1.5hrs of aromatherapy massage – more reasonable than the 900-peso 1-hour foot massage at that other place. Still a lot more expensive pre-pandemic but it is what it is.
After the massage, we discovered an affordable ramen store in the same mall called Kuroda Ramen. A bowl of legit tonkotsu ramen for 250 pesos? A STEAL!
I felt a bit guilty for skipping my weekend Japanese class but I deserve this self-care moment. Haha.
And that’s how that Sunday ended. Until the next one!
P.S. Soooo…the photos above are taken using the Olympus camera I bought last year. But I also took some photos on my phone so, sharing them as a gallery below.
