I love my bosses!

I just love my bosses right now hehe. Today, we (my 3 Korean bosses, me and another indian officemate) went out for lunch. He asked me to make a reservation at Dusit Hotel, telling me that it will be our year-end party thingy.

So before 12:30pm, we all left the office. I get to ride in our GM's totally awesome Cadillac, hehe.
Then during lunch, my bosses (the GM, Sr. GM and the Mngr) presented us (moi and the indian guy) with what they say is our year-end gifts. I was like, whaaatttt?

First, they gave my indian officemate (who's been working for them for 10years) a Samsung mobile phone, i forgot the model though, but it's that sleek silver one, the hell, all of them look the same hehe.

Then they gave me my gift. As you can see from the pictures, it's the Samsung YP-T7F digital audio player! It's got 512mb, in a totally cool metallic sky blue color, it can play videos, i can view photos, and of course it plays music hehe. It even has a recorder and FM radio.. jeezzz.

I checked it out in the net and they say it costs around $209, or maybe more here. It's more expensive that its Ipod counterpart. And they say it battery can last 10hours.

Now I feel guilty for all those times that I complain about my bosses. =)

Schmuck's Dad

A few days ago, schmuck’s dad was here in Dubai. He stayed for two days, and since both schmuck and I were able to get a day-off last 26th December, we toured his dad around Dubai. Here are some pics:

We first had lunch at Noodle House. It was supposed to be a momentous event as it is the first time ever that schmuck treated his dad for lunch.. hehe. The rest are just pictures taken at Madinat Jumeirah:













That was Burj al Arab, the only seven-star hotel, in the background.

We also went to a lot of other places but I was not able to take some pics. His dad though had taken a lot of pics with his cam, I will show them to you when I get the copies.

It was a fun day, I enjoyed his dad’s company. Sabi ko nga mas cool at saka mas gwapo pa si daddy nya kesa sa kanya haha! I am hoping that his dad, along with his mom, will stop by again on February. Maybe then I can get them a tour inside the Burj.

Christmas @ work

Merry Christmas everyone!

Christmas day! And here I am spending it in in the office haha! I have to work 24th and 25th as I have requested for a day-off tomorrow coz schmuck's dad will be arriving tonight and we want to tour him around Dubai tomorrow.

It was a funny christmas eve for schmuck and I. Since we both have work on 24th and 25th, we both do not have time to cook noche buena and stay out partying late, so we just had an early noche buena, and of all places we ate at Chowking haha! I was craving for kare-kare so we both decided to dine there.

It was really nice how a simple dinner, at a simple place, can turn out perfect with the perfect company and some christmas spirit. Dunno how it happened but we both feel giddy and elated (feels like it really is christmas haha) just walking around the mall and doing some window shopping hehe.

We did the christmas shopping on the 23rd, and that was also fun. We both gave each other unconventional christmas gifts, he gave me a quilt and quilt cover, and i gave him a 256mb flash disk haha. I also bought myself a new pair of high heels and a suede bag. And yeah, i bought myself a Palm Tungsten E2 as my christmas gift to myself, and shcmuck got himself a new Nokia 5140i phone.

I bought my bosses some nice cotton hankies from Bhs, don't wanna give them something that is expensive as I want them to think that i cannot afford buying them anything that cost a lot so they will decide on giving me a raise next year, hehe. Then I gave my health-concious roommates some belgian chocolates to ruin their diets wehehe.

I called my parents last night, got a little sad when my mom told me she misses my steaks during noche buena. I called again this morning as they have a reunion with relative so I was able to talk to almost everyone, from cousins, aunts, uncles and my beloved granny. I was able to call some friends back home yesterday, and it was really nice to chat with them after almost of two years of not seeing them.

Christmas is still not over til tonight, and so far, it had been a great one for me. Better than last year definitely, as now I have schmuck to spend christmas with. I hope you all have have a great christmas too! Happy Christmas everyone!

Foggy Foggy Day!

I’ve been carrying my digicam around lately because I know any moment now the whole Dubai will be covered with fog. I remember it so well last year when I first experienced winter here; and coming from a tropical country where the nearest thing to fog that I can get is the air pollution in the metropolis, seeing the whole city wrapped in this magical white fog is really a sight I really want to capture. So just to be ready, I have the cam always ready.

Then last 6th December, it finally came! So I hurriedly took out my cam, and what do you know! Its battery is dead empty! How thick can I get huh?

Good thing I received these pics in my email so I can share it with you. I can't give credit to the owner of the pics though since it was just forwarded to me. All I know is he/she took the shots from the 33rd floor of the Emirates Tower (just a few blocks away from my office building) at around 8:30am on that beautiful December 6 morning..

Take look at these:

That white building in the right hand side, with that protruding antaenna (if that's what it is) is where my office is. That's the Dubai World Trade Centre. Then that building at the center with four pyramids on top is the Fairmont Hotel.



With the fog effect, it looks like these buildings are really towering in height no? not really hehe.. imagine the one who took that pic was only on the 33rd floor so mababa lang talaga yung fog hehe..



This is Sheikh Zayed Road that day hehe..

But imagine how it was inside that fog. Funny how I was already in front of our building yet I still can't see a thing. Zero visibility hehe. Then this is where my "pagiging inosente" comes in.. pano ba naman, super awestruck ako with smoke coming out of my mounth when I speak hehe. E ano ngayon? E sa walang ganun sa Pinas diba? Basta I know I must have really looked stupid hehe.

My First Costume Ball

Last 2nd December, UPAA-UAE held its first-ever Christmas Party, and what makes it more fun was that they decided on making it a costume ball!

It was a total show of creativity for everyone. And being someone who loves dressing up, I had decided on wearing a flapper girl costume a week before the event. But as it turned out, the costume I had borrowed from a gay friend was too flimsy that I decided to change costume the last minute.

That was the morning of the day itself, and still I’m costume-less. I woke up early that day to head to the nearest mall. Since I already bought a cigarette holder a few days back for the supposedly flapper costume, so I decided to think of something wherein I can still utilize that ciggie holder. So schmuck said I could go as Cruella Deville.

So with that decided, I bought fake long nails, hair spray (to set my hair up ala-Cruella) and white washable hair color (as her hair is black and white). I borrowed a long black dress from a friend and since I cannot find a cheap animal skin coat, I settled for a white boa. With everything all set, I went to a friend’s house to start dressing up.

But it seemed I was never really meant to go as Cruella as another disaster took place. It never really occurred to me that to be able to color your hair white, your natural hair color should be light brown to blonde. So after spraying that white hair color, instead of me having platinum-blonde hair, I ended up looking like an old lady with graying hair. Since I cannot do anything about it anymore as I’m out of time, I just wrapped a turban on my head, and luckily another friend had an extra wig so I was able to change my look around the second half of the party.

Here are the pics:

Kuya Mike in the Samurai costume, moi in what they say was a merge between Grace Kelly and Medussa (though I feel that I look like Professor Quirell) and Kuya Anthon as the Arabo



Moi, Xernes without his Mardi Gras mask, Lucy who supposedly was Reese in Legally Blonde, Galo the Mariacchi, and Janice the tennis-playing, Chinese-hooker looking Marilyn Monroe hehe



Moi in the old-lady look hehe



Schmuck (who insisted on not wearing a costume hehe) and moi (now in wig!)



Charles (cow-girl?), Frando (Abu Sayaf), Josh (Mano Po-look), Simon (Turkish attire), moi and Schmuck

I didn’t won the “Best Costume of the Night” prize but Tinette, who owns the wig I wore, gave me the wig as it fits me better daw hehe. So I still went home happy. Plus I was able to take home some leftovers and bottles of vodka and red wine hehe.