my complicated life

my hubby and i left abu dhabi bout 10:30 am and we arrived in dubai just before lunchtime. however, paalis palang yung bus gutom na ako...hehe. as soon as we reached Al Ghubaiba bus station in Bur Dubai, i took a pee inside Carrefour's john. my hubby said that it was as if he's travelling with a kid. kasi daw reklamo ako ng reklamo that i'm either hungry or would like to take a pee. hehehe. as always, i know he will still give in to my requests. =) so, i told him that we take our lunch at Jollibee in Karama. miss ko na kasi ang Jollibee. =) we waited for #5 bus amidst the scorching heat. tagal naming naghintay... he got really pissed off because of the heat and said we just take the cab instead. a cab costed us 8 aed!!! ginto ang taxi fare sa dubai! hehe. whereas, when we reached Jollibee, it is still closed and would be open at 1:30 pm pa since it's a Friday. the more my hubby had his eyebrows met in opposite directions. okay, so we'll just go to Ibn Battuta Mall instead. we waited for bus again for more than 30 minutes. still no bus!!! kaya ayun, asar na talaga siya. ;p we took a ride back to the bus station via taxi and ate lunch in an italian resto (i forgot the name, basta peborit ko kumain dun! hehe). as usual, i had a bolognese spaghetti and some garlic bread while hubby had half roasted chicken. after getting ourselves full, we took the #92 bus bound for Ibn Battuta Mall. good thing, the cold air of the bus airconditioning unit dessipated my hubby's heated head. hahaha.

after 45 minutes of travel time, spans of desert land, a hundred billboards, and about 10 phonecalls to friends verifying the accurateness of our location, we finally reached Ibn Battuta Mall!!! it has a horizontal built with artistic design all over. it has the size of megamall multiplied by three!!! it has prominent shops inside and big grocery as well. imagine having three (or more??? i couldn't recall, but i did saw more than two) starbucks coffee shops inside!! so, that's how big it is. (FYI: design depicts the places taken by a 14th century arab traveller, known as ibn battuta, who's full name and title is Shams ad-Din Abu Abdullah Muhammad ibn Abdullah ibn Muhammed ibn Ibrahim Ibn Battuta al-Lawati al-Tanji. hanep sa haba noh! =) ) i was able to buy my mobile phone cover from one of its shops too. we met up with evangeline and her former officemate from the philippines, darwin, who's also on a visit visa. naku, eva's still a wacky fella. daming kwentong mala-telenobela..hehehe. after we have walked the mall about five times, we called it a day and decided to give our foot and mouths some rests. =) we separated ways about 8:30 pm.

marvin and me travelled back to abu dhabi about 9 pm and we reached home about 10:45 pm, wasted and so sleepy. yep, we missed all the tele-nobelas in TFC for this day but i heard quite new ones based on true stories from evangeline! so, it wasn't quite a big loss after all...hehehe.