I have heard about Wensha from my friends. I have read about it on a myriad of Gay blogs, but I haven't had a chance to experience this gem of a place. I am not really the type to flaunt my body around to a lot of people, coz deep inside; I am really a shy type. But this experience changed my mind-set.
Wensha is located at the corner of Timog and Q ave, Quezon City of course. When you get in, a receptionist escorts you and gives you a menu on their various services, and since this was a treat from my friend( thanks again), we chose the full body massage. I would have picked the same. It was a safe choice, and you can loiter around the wet floor, to get the full experience. You will be asked to deposit your footwear ( I was wearing my worn-out havianas, nakakahiya i-deposit), and you are given a set of in-house slippers to wear, without asking for your size, so you have to do the wear-and-see-if-it-fits-or-else-go-find-another-pair routine in crossing. It's not Mark's first time in Wensha, so he already knew where our lockers were. After depositing my 6 year old bag inside the locker, I immediately asked for 2 towels (which is the maximum number that an individual can carry at a time), and STRATEGICALLY wrapped it around my groin, and went about with my careful stripping. While waiting for my friends to finish, I sat and on the gang chair and looked around. As usual, I envied the koreans and how they were "hanging" around the lockers. I also noticed that the attendants weren't looking half bad with their tank-tops and their smiling faces. At last, it's wet floor time. It wasn't as big as I expected, as compared to the other spa's that I have been to (Fitness First, Philippine Plaza Hotel), but in fairness it had all the things that a spa should have: Hot and Cold Jacuzzi, Sauna, Steam Room, and..Too bad for me, a common shower area. It gave me chills down my spine. It was an oriental type common shower, where you have to sit down on a dingy monobloc chair and go about doing your showering, while in the act of doing number 2. I hated it. It means, the people will see my HUGE backside, while showering, and to add to it, they had mirrors in front too. But when I saw my firnd, and everybody else do it, I was pressured to do the same. Then, something weird happened; I didn't care a t all. I mean. I looked better than more than half of the men there. So I was showering like crazy, even standing up to wash my arse and genitalia. After showering and putting my Tapis (towel) back on, I first tried the Sauna, and immediately felt all the toxins come out, my 2 friends followed suit and joined me. After 10 minutes of chatting, we all decided to try the steam room. Ugh, I hated it, I hated the smell of menthol, I hated the heat of the steam. It was too much for me, then I noticed that there was people getting water from a dispenser between the Hot and the Clod Jacuzzi. And the envious person that I am, I wanted to get some too(even though I wasn't thirsty), but when I got out, I couldn't find the plastic glasses, so I non-chalantly went back to the steam room, wiped the glass of steam, then watched closely as to where they are getting those plastic ups, then, the miraculous door of the dispenser opened and I saw the cups, the glorious plastic cups. I had my water. Yes.
After 2 hours on the wet floor, we went upstairs for some smokes and grub (with the P580.00 damage, a hong-kong buffet is included), and we scheduled a massage for the three of us(Yes you can choose if you want a male or female therapist, you perverts!). When you sit on the lush and comfy chairs, they immediately offer you a choice of orange, iced tea, hot tea or coffee which is also complimentary. Then the Manager(I think) calls you in for your massage. We wanted a private room for the three of us, knowing how noisy we can be, but since there wasn't any available, we settled for the common room. Three (not-good looking) masseurs came (it was ok, I was in it for the massage (really. I love you Hun). The massage was wonderful. They would really untie your nodules(so to speak) and give you a rubdown you wouldn't forget. Oh I forgot, you had a choice of Shiatsu, Swedish or Thai Massage ( I chose the Swedish with Mineral oil). They even stretch you after the massage, and you feel all your bones and tendons cracking. The drawback is after the massage they give you this piece of paper, in which, you are sort of OBLIGED to give a tip, and write the amount in the paper. Not really nice. After being covered with tons of mineral oils, and having to feel sticky, we decided to have our dinner. It was my favorite. They had Kani Salad, and Salt and Pepper Spare-ribs, fried rice, sotanghon and Cauliflower with Peas. They also had a red-sauce pasta (whose name I did not know). After 2 helping, we went down to the wet floor again to freshen up and remove the oil from our body. I dipped myself in the hot and cold Jacuzzi and showered thrice to completely remove it. It was the ultimate in relaxation. We came in at around 7pm; we came out at around 11.30. If my friend tin wasn't waiting for us, I know we would have stayed longer.
I'm definitely coming back.
