SPA REVIEW | Infinity Spa

In the bustling spa landscape of Manila, five major establishments—New York Spa, Amistad, Hopemed, SM Kenko, and Lasema—have long held their positions as favored retreats for relaxation and rejuvenation. However, a new contender has emerged, adding a fresh dynamic to the city's wellness scene. Infinity Spa, with its unique offerings and soothing ambiance, has swiftly captured the attention and admiration of spa enthusiasts across the metropolis.

As word spreads about Infinity Spa's distinctive features, from innovative treatments to a serene atmosphere, it has garnered a growing community of patrons seeking a novel and indulgent spa experience. The establishment's popularity suggests a shift in preferences among spa-goers, and its presence adds a vibrant dimension to Manila's diverse spa offerings.

With a reputation for providing a holistic and revitalizing escape, Infinity Spa stands out as a compelling option for those in search of a sanctuary to unwind and pamper themselves. As the spa enthusiasts of Manila increasingly explore this new entrant, it reflects the evolving tastes and demands within the ever-expanding realm of wellness and relaxation in the city.

SPA REVIEW | New York Spa in Timog, The 2019 Revisit

New York Spa in Timog, The 2019 Revisit

New York Spa in Timog (Tomas Morato) remains to be the best place for massage. If you are searching for a relaxing massage that truly delivers that needed pressure, then NY Spa is your choice of spa.

TRAVEL | Crowne Plaza Muscat - Oman Convention and Exhibition Centre

Crowne Plaza Muscat - Oman Convention and Exhibition Centre

2018 ushers in the openings of many a number of hotel properties in Oman. This, along with the operation of the new Muscat Airport promises to boost the tourism sector in the country. In fact, the growth of visitors has already doubled since the first quarter of this year. In this edition of Expat In The City, we take a look at the newly built hotel of Crowne Plaza Muscat - Oman Convention and Exhibition Centre. The hotel is strategically located close to the convention centre and is only 10-minutes away from the new airport, making it one hotel to be sought after in the next few months.

LIFESTYLE | Hip Hop Dance Tips for Beginners

Hip Hop Dance Tips for Beginners

Are you hoping to become a great hip-hop dancer? You need to take your time when learning how to dance if you want to be a great dancer.

Here are some tips that will come in handy for beginners,

LIFESTYLE | Actively Reducing Stress Increases Health At The Genetic Level

Actively Reducing Stress Increases Health At The Genetic Level

Have You Ever Heard Of Telomeres?

If you’ve tied your shoes, you can understand telomerase. This is a substance that, for purposes of illustration, let’s say is found at the end of your DNA strands. Now, when you’ve got tape on a shoestring, that tape ends up keeping the lace together. Because of the tape, the lace doesn’t unravel.

ARTICLE | 6 Best Flower Colors to Coordinate with Royal Blue Bridesmaid Dresses

It might be surprising, but royal blue is actually a versatile color for weddings. It can be subtly paired with white or pale blush, or cause a major stir with bold colors like fuchsia and bright yellow. It can “anchor” a nautical theme or take its rightful place among the jewel tones. Year after year, royal blue remains one of the most popular wedding colors and just a little experimentation easily reveals why.

6 Best Flower Colors to Coordinate with Royal Blue Bridesmaid Dresses

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Start with royal blue bridesmaids dresses of any length, and try different combinations of your other palette contenders until you find the perfect one for you. With the help of a handy “wedding flowers by color” guide (there are many, but we like this one by Brides.com), we’ve paired up some of our favorite flowers to give you an idea of what you might want to give a try.

Which Flowers are Available in Blue?

There are several flowers that come in gorgeous shades of blue ranging from pale to bright including hydrangea, delphinium and blue thistle. Other blue blooms are darker with undertones of purple like hyacinth, clematis, and water lily.

Royal Blue and White

If you love nautical blue and white, add stephanotis, calla lilies, roses, baby’s breath, tulips or white hydrangea. Like some added textures? Weave in strands of pearls or dot with rhinestone pins.

Royal Blue with Yellow or Pink

Yellow is a summery partner for royal blue. Roses (garden, standard and sweetheart), stock and sunflowers are just a few perfect choices. Pink is forever romantic, be it in snapdragons, pink roses, orchids, or oriental lilies. It softens any look and can add a feminine touch.

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Royal Blue with Coral

Peonies, dahlias, garden roses and snapdragons all have varieties in coral or with coral highlights. Against royal blue, coral has an almost retro or vintage feel. Add cranberry or antique green blooms for a very vintage fall palette.

Royal Blue with Silver

Metallics are hugely popular at the moment, and this year brides are venturing outside just gold and rose gold, and incorporating other colors like pewter and silver. Royal blue and silver were made for each other, and together make the most glamorous, shimmery winter palette ever. Clearly flowers don’t naturally come in shiny metallic silver, but there are varieties that come in grey which lends a silver-ish tone to which you can add your own metallic accents. Brunia balls, dusty miller, lambs ear, the tips of dried pussy willow, grey garden roses and some varieties of succulents will add the grey you need in natural form.

Royal Blue with Purple

A crowd favorite pairing, royal blue and purple combine for a stunning display. There are dozens of flowers that come in purple shades: tulips, alstroemeria, delphinium, anemone, hyacinth, and freesia to name a few

Royal Blue with Teal

A perfectly beach-y royal blue palette matches the hue with teal. Except for a variegated variety of hydrangea that inconsistently produces a flower with a teal accent, naturally teal flowers aren’t really a “thing”. While floral sprays can be used to make white flowers teal, your better bet is to incorporate non-floral accents to bring out the beauty in the teal-blue pairing. Ribbons, beading, brooches – choose something that matches your theme and overall look.
There are unlimited combinations of flowers that you can use to complement royal blue bridesmaid dresses. Be creative, consult a flowers-by-color guide as well as your own floral designers, and choose the one that makes you smile!

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Author Bio

Wendy Dessler

Wendy is a super-connector with Azazie who helps businesses with building their audience online through outreach, partnerships, and networking. Wendy frequently writes about the latest wedding trends world on My Wedding Tips.

ARTICLE | 5 Things Dancers Do Differently - They Are Ready For Anything

5 Things Dancers Do Differently - They Are Ready For Anything

Good dancers usually start dancing very young. Parents recognize a natural talent in their child and thankfully, they help them develop that talent. A dancer is not born great, but they could be born for greatness. 

ARTICLE | The Anatomy of An Online Sensation, Security Officer - Je Olivar

The Anatomy of An Online Sensation, Security Officer - Je Olivar

How does one become viral on the Internet? This is one curious question I had at the back of my mind, after the ascent of sensations like Sigmaton aka Carrotman and the rest of the blue collar working Filipinos who followed the trend.

ARTICLE | Je Olivar - the Hottest Internet Discovery After Carrot Man

Je Olivar - the Hottest Internet Discovery After Carrot Man

For one Lucenahin's life, things won't be the same after going viral recently on Facebook. A netizen has spotted this eye catching security officer at SM Lucena and has posted the photos online, featured in Expat Photographers and Models, with the tag- "Is he the next carrot man?" For which several hundred netizens have started to comment and share the photo.

REVIEW | Spa and the Wellness Lifestyle: Focus on the Growth of Spa and Wellness in the Philippine Market

Spa and the Wellness Lifestyle: Focus on the Growth of Spa and Wellness in the Philippine Market

What is it about wellness that drives people the extra miles to achieve it? Nowadays, the idea of going to the gym to have the perfect body; of selecting organic food as opposed to junk food; of undergoing aging reversal surgeries- all these have become all too common that 10 years ago, were not deemed necessary for people. Well times have changed. People's orientation are now geared towards achieving the lifestyle balance. On the one end, you have the stressful work milled around one's neck; and on the other is the constant search for relaxation.

JOURNAL | How To Be Wealthy... Or At Least How To Try To Be One!

How To Be Wealthy... Or At Least How To Try To Be One!

Here's a good read! A reminder to us all that financial stability should be one of our top goals.

How do you become wealthy?  Some would say pure luck, others would say inheritance or even intelligence. However, wealth is the result of a person's discipline and above all attitude. Attitude is the biggest difference between wealthy people and the rest of the populace. 

JOURNAL | Some Economic Thoughts

Some Economic Thoughts

Well I'm no expert on economic matters, but I do understand that the Peso-Dollar exchange hugely affect my capability to purchase McDonalds or KFC when I'm in a foreign land. So perhaps high school seniors or college freshmen can expound more on economuc concerns that hit the Pinoys most.

ARTICLE | What and Who Is Marimar? The 90s Generation Won't Definitely Remember

What and Who Is Marimar? The 90s Generation Won't Definitely Remember

Marimar is one of the several telenovelas of Mexican actress Thalia, re-rebooted by GMA 7 on its primetime (first was Marian Rivera, now it's Megan Young). 

Makes one wonder how many more Marimar is going to pop out in this network.

ARTICLE | Why Is Philippine Comedy Funny?

Why Is Philippine Comedy Funny? 

Being stuck at home, one normally finds himself in front of the boob tube. There are only two things that appeal to me on the program menu- NEWS or FILMS. 

MUSIC | May 2015 | Week 3 - Top 5 Songs in the Playlist

May 2015 | Week 3 - Top 5 Songs in the Playlist

These past few days, I've been enjoying a handful of songs from different genres- from Ed Sheeran, to Matt Corby, to Conchita Wurst, to Anggun. All different but one thing in common is that they talk about social issues or sends out messages that goes beyond the box. I hope you enjoy them too. If you have any other songs which you think are equally enjoyable please feel free to comment.

GUEST POST | Faces and Stereotypes: I Deal With It

Faces and Stereotypes: I Deal With It

By Nischal Gurung

I am a 23 year old Indian man working in the Middle East. Now when I said '23 year old Indian man', I am sure you have had a vague image of how I look like in your mind but before you go any further with your imagination, let me stop you. 

"One of the perks of being me is having an Indian talking in an Indian language near me completely unaware that I understand it and then he ends up saying something he shouldn't say near me and then goes the awkward moment when I reply back in Hindi." 

Most people around the world, and sometimes even people in India do not know that, Indian people do not have the generally stereotyped look and I kind of look like a Korean or a Chinese, but well I am Indian, and so does more than 8 millions Indians looks like me and yes there are 100% Indians and not related to anyone from China or any other Asian countries.

That's the story of my life. Because of my look, I have always been misunderstood, misinterpreted and looked upon weirdly, which makes my life strangely interesting. I work as a host in a restaurant and my job makes me deal with talking with lots of people, who come from different countries and background and this question always pops up to me everyday, 'So where are you from?'. Whenever I meet new people, get introduced to new friends in a party or I talk to client at work, they ask me, where am I from and then this frequently asked question, always end up with a long long explained answer. I generally prefer giving just a one work answer, 'India', and then goes a 10 second pause, a long stare at my face and then comes, 'No, you're not Indian', or sometimes I get a variety of weird answers. 

I get a lot of Asian people coming to me and talking to me in their native language and must say I actually have learnt to say 'No' in various Asian languages. With an outrageously large Filipino population here in the Middle East, I am often confused as a Filipino.

Well, I sometimes end up giving long explanation for how I am not Chinese or speak any other Asian languages, other than Indian and am purely Indian, and how my ancestors and forefathers have always lived in India and yes there are more than 8 millions of us looking the same as me in India. Sometimes its just not convincing enough for people to prove what I am and I find it kind of funny too, explaining all this.

Most of the time I finish explaining and they are pretty convinced I am from India, there follows up a number of brief questions. These questions are no less weird, which could be someone asking me, 'So you also like spicy curries?', or 'So you can speak English as well?'. Well, maybe they didn't realize I was speaking in English all the while. It is rather very challenging a task to explaining people for how I don't practice Kung-fu and I can speak Hindi fluently.

One of the perks of being me is having an Indian talking in an Indian language near me completely unaware that I understand it and then he ends up saying something he shouldn't say near me and then goes the awkward moment when I reply back in Hindi. 

Yes, the daily ritual of how I can speak Hindi and which country I belong to do follow up. That's my life, which gets weird everyday with extra strange and awkward situations, in a world full of stereotyped minds, being different (forgetting there are 8 millions of us) can be a challenge, which is fun and tiring at the same time.

REVIEW | New Year Superstitions

New Year Superstitions

You know how as Filipinos, we tend to be very superstitious on important events, like New Year for instance. When we were young, our parents taught us the DOs and DON'Ts at the struck of midnight. Now when I think about how strange our superstitious belief system is, I just laugh about it.

LIFESTYLE | Language Barrier... and the Funny Side Of It All

Language Barrier... and the Funny Side Of It All

Funny Conversations

English is a universal language, and although there are existing grammatical rules; the language is still modified depending on which culture English is used. I'm no nazi when it comes to grammar, and I embrace the fact that people have the right to express however and whatever they feel in the closest words they can think of. The only thing is, it sometimes become funny, but hey I'm not complaining.

NEWS | Cyclonic Storm "Nanauk" Heading to Oman

Cyclonic Storm "Nanauk" Heading to Oman

Oh no, it looks like we're expecting some whiplash this weekend!

The Oman weather forecast center has announced the landfall of a strong cyclone in the sultanate. For people who come from countries where cyclone (hurricane) is common, you need to understand that Oman has a very different story. The Sultanate is rarely visited by storms and even with small rains, the roads get flooded- what more with a storm?! But we all just have to be vigilant and cautious during this time. Keep safe!

NEWS | The MERS Virus

The MERS Virus

There is an increase alert level on the MERS Virus which ironically is spreading in the Arabian Peninsula. In fact, 100 deaths have been recorded already in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and also caused a number of deaths in Europe.