my complicated life

my cousin Raquel called up to tell me that her friend is now in UAE, specifically in Al Maha Rotana Suites here in Abu Dhabi which is just a stones throw away from our flat.

on the phone...

scene1:

raquel: pinsan, punta ako diyan sa inyo kasama si kuya bong... bisitahin na din natin yung friend ko na bagong dating from pinas.mai : okay, walang problema! (teka, ano kayang mailuto?? hmm.. escabeche and sopas na lang siguro....)raquel : so-sopresahin ko yung friend ko, tawagan mo pinsan... then kunyari kukunin mo sa kanya yung padala ni mommy. i-meet mo kamo about 10 pm, dont tell na pupunta ako huh. ito yung # nya 02-610666. cge, bye!
mai : cge (okay lang... at least masisilip ko kung ano hitsura ng Rotana Suites, hehe), bye!

scene2:


mai dials a number... (02-610666)
lady: helllo? Al Maha Rotana Suites, good evening..
mai: ah eh.. hello??! (sino nga ba yun??!!!) hello, id call you back huh... sorry... (hehehe). bye!
lady: ok ma'm... bye!


scene3:

mai : raquel, hindi mo binigay yung name!!!
raquel: hehe... oo nga, kaya pala naisip ko parang kulang ang ibinigay kong info... (hehe)... Christopher Something (withheld for security reasons, ngehehe)...
mai : ah.. ok, got it. cge see you, bye!
raquel: ok, bye pinsan!


scene4:

lady: helllo? Al Maha Rotana Suites, good evening..
mai: hello?? may you please transfer me to mr. christopher something please?
lady: ok ma'm... please wait...
chris: hello??
mai: hello?? ito nga pala si myleen, yung cousin ni raquel... pupunta kasi ako ng Dubai tom, okay lang ba na tonight about 10 pm, ko na lang kunin yung things na bilin ng mommy ni raquel for her??
chris: sure, meet na lang kita sa hotel lobby, ok?
mai: yep! cge... thank you and bye!
chris: no problem... bye!

and so, thats the whole set-up... hehehe. after about 2 hours...

as soon as they arrived from Dubai, my cousins raquel and bong savored the delicious escabeche and chicken sopas that i cooked. just after that, off we went to the Al Maha Rotana Suites. while i asked for chris from the receptionist, the hotel bellboy overheard my inquiry and informed us that chris left a message that says, "i just went out to grab a bite and will be back the soonest.." so, being the mainiping ME, i asked the bellboy what time he went out and he replied that about 30 minutes ago... Hu-wat??? 30-minutes for just grabbing a bite??!! well, he could be nowhere else but in Oriental Korner (aka OK)!!! ngehehe... super tagal kasi dumating ng order dun... hehehe. so, my best and most probable correct guess is, that he's in OK! hehehe. so, sugod mga pinsan!!! hehehe.


right from the outside glass walls of Oriental Korner, there's my cousin's buddy named chris... paying his bills for the food he ate with his mates... patak-patak sila. raquel first made papansin right from outside, but no use. may pagkamanhid pala yung chris...hehe. so, after 'bout 10 minutes, she gave up and went inside the snatched him away from his new found buddies. ayun! introductions... walking... news... and we went to the Al Maha Rotana Suites, picture-taking...chatting... goofing around... hehe.

to sum it all up, it was a fun night. puyat kaming lahat but enjoy! a fine day for bonding between us cousins and at the same time, made friends as well with a new kabayan. =) welcome to UAE, chris!