A Massage after Shopping (“Aiko Health Spa” @ Tanglin Road) April 14, 2009

This spa is located in the midst of a shopping centre. It has the claim of relaxing your mind and body in a cosy ambience. You will be able to treat yourself with a wide range of their services. Their body massages are provided in individual rooms with shower attached.

Some other facilities include steambath, sauna, jacuzzi and a coffee lounge. If you like to, you may also opt to relax yourself at the Theatre Room and have a go at the mini buffett with some light refreshments. The operation hours are between 10am till 11pm.

Relax after Shopping (“Pissa Health Centre” @ Cuppage Plaza) January 27, 2009

We do understand that Orchard is one of the most expensive area in Singapore. Having a massage there can cost you quite a lot naturally. That’s what most will think of. But there’s this outlet at Cuppage Plaza where it only costs $35 for 45mins. On average, massage therapy in Singapore will cost approximately $1.00 per minute of time spent or even less, whether it can be an actual full body massage at a clinic, centre or spa. And that is equivalent to about $50 for 50 minutes of relaxation. While many are willing to spend $50 to dine out buy coffee at famous outlets weekly… why not spend it on something more worthwhile for relaxation?

At the Pissa Health Centre, the cosy ambience combines well with the array of facilities in provides. A theatre room and coffee lounge in the setting. The steam and sauna at a corner. The masseuse does her charming job of work on your body as you rest well on the comfortable bed. She presses on the body with adequate pressure and held on for a moment before releasing with a soft rub.

The experience at this outlet was indeed a de-stressing one. A recommended outlet.

A get-together with friends at spa (“Dragon Executive Spa @ Tanjong Pagar”) January 4, 2009

There are times when we just run out of ideas of what to do for a gathering with some friends. It has always been the usual BBQ, eating sessions and karaoke. So this time round, I was thinking out of the box and suggested the 5 of us good friends go for a spa session together..it would certainly be fun!

It needs to be a nice spa that can accommodate the 5 of us in the pool and also in the sauna  room. We settled down at Dragon Executive Spa along Tanjong Pagar Road after some beer at the pub nearby. There was a private lift access at the entrance of Amara shopping centre. We felt like VIPs as soon as we step in and greeted warmly by the staffs in their dark uniforms. The reception seems large a grand in receiving us on the front desk.

We selected our Therapeutic Massages for an hour each and got into our ready suit for the massage. In our individual rooms, we were further greeted with ready smiling masseuse. Mine was a China girl from Shenyang province, I got to find out that she was in her early 20s and began work only a month ago in Singapore. The massage session was a chatty one and she used the traditional technique on pounding on my back with both hands clasped. Its been a long time since I tried that style. Her way of kneading her knuckles into those tired soles were superbly skilled and I truly enjoy that foot reflexology by her. As her dripped some aromatherapy oil on my arms and rub hard, I felt that she could have been a little softer…but her high energy actually rubbed off my tiring arms’ fatigue.

My good friends and I met up at the sauna right on time as we completed our relaxing massage. The sauna was great with chats about our old University days. We ended the session with some coffee at the lounge before checking out of the spa centre. It felt really good and we are already planning for the next gathering at the spa…

Stumbled upon one at Jurong (“Ella Spa @ Jalan Ahmad Ibrahim”) January 2, 2009

This spa has a prominent location as it is located just next to Jurong Bird Park…how close can you ever get to nature while doing spa in Singapore. The grand opening was some time in the 2nd half of 2008 and it offers Sauna, Hot Pool, Steam Bath, Foot Reflexology. Together with it…this outlet is equipped with a theatre room for your viewing pleasure of the latest films. After a massage session, you will be most welcome to have some time for yourself with some nicely brewed coffee.

The facilities that Ella Spa provides are aimed with the objective of pampering customers. I picked their 1 hour Swedish Massage (they offer Thai and Shiatsu too) package and was ushered into my room by a pleasant customer relation officer. My masseuse took a short moment before entering the room with a courtesy knock on the door. As I got to know a little more through some casual chatting, I understood that she was from Sichuan, China. I wasn’t much in the chatting mood and got down with her working on my body aches. The room was filled with rosemary scent when she applied the lotion on my back. Using her palm, my masseuse grind and untie the knots ending of my back. It felt really great when she pat on my back repeatedly and soothing the itch by rubbing her hands in the upward motion constantly.

The ambience definitely makes the whole place very comfortable with relaxing soft music playing in the background. I had a cup of coffee at the lounge before settling for a movie at the theatre room. It was a total of 3 hours spent as I felt so serene inside this spa outlet. A worthwhile visit indeed.