life as I see it...telling my story as simply as i could. making it sound less complex, less complicated.
marvin had invited my choirmates (the boys, specifically) for a drink in our home. subsequently, we had choir practice this evening so together with josie, we just waited for them down kuya jun's building. we went out to buy some alcohol first, a Fundador and some Red Horse beers. while they were doing their drinking, me and josie were devouring on extravaganza-flavored Domino's Pizza.
they gulped up all the alcohols at about 12:30 AM. bitin daw! =) Dennis suggested for continuation of the drinking session in Manila Bay, a disco bar, where we could also do some dancing and drinking at the same time. =) so, on we went to the bar. it was jampacked but we still managed to squeezed through! hehe. we had some drinks and disco'd like crazy! how did the boys (and girls) behaved???!!!
everyone had a fun night... the boys even got a secret joke about a brotherhood sign. i won't disclose it here, else i might be kicked out of the group. haha. yep, me and josie are part of that brotherhood. =)
i just received a package from Australia. it's the DVD from Maridel!!! she's a member of Hillsong choir. anyhow, the DVD's their choir's live performance. Galing nila, grabe! however, the DVD has no autograph of the members.
although i know that Del's going to send me a DVD, i still got surprised when i got hold of the package. wala kasi akong friends na sumusulat sa kin, more so nagpapadala ng gift sa kin, dito. hehehe.
"before and after"
marvin and i went out to buy groceries at Carrefour in Marina Mall. he was such in a happy mood today. siya pa nagyaya to go out (see before photo). right after were done with this chore, we parked our pushcart outside the Starbucks outlet inside the mall. mag-Starbucks daw kami! dunno if he's serious or not. kasi, i know my hubby is not a coffee drinker plus he'd rather not drink coffee if it costs like your buying the coffee farm! hahaha. anyway, i just went on with the flow as they say. when he actually went inside the coffee shop and approached the counter staff, then i figured na seryoso nga ang mokong! =) i had a hot cappuchino with caramel while he got an iced coffee with some choco. i forgot the exact flavor names, though. basta, both contained quite many sugars. for snack, i had a strawberry cheesecake while my hubby got a choco-flavored cheesecake. everything cost him a whooping 60 dirhams! hehehe. ayun, mega-himutok ng mokong (see after photo) coz only then that he realized that he spent 750 pesos for just 2 coffees and 2 slices of cake. i've only eaten half of the cake i ordered because i felt like vomiting due to high sugar content intake. grabe, ang tamis talaga!
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.
"raquel, mai, bong,chris"
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.
i just got a new mobile phone! this is actually my dream phone... an i-mate JAM. yey! along with it is a 128MB SD memory card.
my old yet sentimental mobile phone, Nokia 6510, has been missplaced a couple of times and yet it has always found its way back to me. call that loyalty to the max! hehehe. with that, i have returned the favor by being as loyal as she is (i somehow assumed it is a "she", hehehe). even if everyone has got a new mobile phone with lotsa features, a polyphonic tone, a camera, bluetooth connection capability, etc... i have never thought of changing my mobile phone. well, that is, before i saw the i-mate JAM. well, i am more inclined into getting this brand/model not because of the tone, camera or bluetooth features. but, i am more attracted with it being more of a PDA with a phone and NOT a phone with PDA. getsch mo??? =) basta, when i saw this phone a few months back, i told myself that this is going to be the last mobile phone that i will ever own. am supposed to get this for my birthday but then, each day i become so restless kakaisip on how it's going to be when i finally have it. ang drama...hehe. anyway, now that it's with me, katabi ko na siya sa pagtulog lagi... ngahaha.
oh well, as of now, i'll be busy tinkering with this phony for awhile. learning why some people aren't comfortable with it...hehehe. ang weird, noh? but i like taking the plunge in things the majority are not used to.