It was a perfect Saturday.

It started when A called me to wake me up at 3:30pm. Now don't go on thinking that I am the epitome of one of the 7 Deadly Sins: Sloth. Au contraire! I was up till 8am on Saturday working on a report which I emailed to my uncle (which I found out upon checking my email after waking up that it didn't go through!) I knew what was in store for me today and I didn't want to think of work. Hence, staying up late just to finish it.

Anyway, I left the house at 5pm and met up with A at The Fort Parking Lot (with a flat rate of P20, we don't mind leaving our cars there the whole day!). We, then, proceeded to Neo Day Spa at Net One Center for our 6pm appointment. I had a Deep Tissue Massage while he had a Lymphatic Message, which supposedly removes/ releases toxins. We were both famished after the massage and excited to try out this new Japanese restaurant we discovered.

Behind McDonalds in The Fort is a unique Japanese restaurant called Saeke Sushi. Except for the tables outside, all tables are in booths right beside a conveyor belt that snaked around the restaurant. A what?!?! Yes, a conveyor belt. On the conveyor belt are plates of different sushis. All you have to do is take whatever you like and they'll base your bill on the number of plates you get. All multi-colored plates (pink, yellow, green, black) are P89 while all red plates are P189. And if you like something that's not on a conveyor belt, you order it from the computer. From where?!?! Yes, the computer perched on the conveyor belt right beside your table. It was exciting seeing all those dishes go past you and you would have to fight the urge to grab everything. As a result, A spent P1,600 just on our dinner... by far, the most expensive we paid for a Japanese dinner. Must fight the urge next time! Oh yes, there is a next time. We're recommending the place to our friends! Here's a picture of me in the resto, fresh from the spa and looking very excited to eat.

After dinner, we went to Greenbelt3 to browse around Powerbooks (I was tempted to buy books but kept reminding myself P600 isn't worth it and that I should wait for the paperback versions. I, however, bought a copy of Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov for only P225 which A will read first), buy tickets for the 12mn showing of Brokeback Mountain and buy a kiddie sized double chocolate and aussie vanilla with Nutella from Cold Rock. With still an hour to kill and feeling lazy from all the food we ate, we headed back to the car where A read and I watched Veronica Mars on Kylie.

Now what can I say about Brokeback Mountain? It made me realize that although I am open to homosexual relationships (uhm, note: other homosexual relationships that don't involve me. I don't swing that way!), it makes me uncomfortable seeing it out there. I guess it's much easier to accept if the one half of the couple in the relationship is flamboyantly gay, rather than seeing two manly men kissing. Now, I know I mentioned in this blog many times over that I rather watch films, especially films with homosexuality as a theme, in Greenbelt 3 because the crowd is educated enough not to hoot or shout when a controversial scene comes on but tonight, you could hear people squirming in their seats. You could hear muffled "oh nos!" or "yikes!" or the discomfort of some men whenever Jake Gylenhaal and Heath Ledger would kiss but I'm grateful that nobody hooted or shouted, "Yuck!"

After the movie, I dropped of A to get his car and we convoyed to my house where we watched the latest episode of Lost. He left after an hour, at 4am, and now, here I am!

Ahh, yes! It was the perfect day. The spa, the dinner, the movie... and hardly any money spent by me (except for the movie which I treated A out to)! How I wish we had more days like these.

Thank you, A, for a wonderful Saturday! I love days that go smoothly where work never enters my, and hopefully, your mind. Now if only I was able to get a foot spa and pedicure, it would have been more than perfect.. but you can't have everything!