No updates from me lately not just because I became expectedly busy, but primarily I was not feeling well. It rained last Sunday morning. Yes, real rain showers in Abu Dhabi (Being rain deprived, they hold an artificial rain show in Marina Mall at 4:30 P.M. everyday). As the raindrops abruptly came at 7:30 AM, instead of running to the hallway, I opted to feel the tiny raindrops until these turned onto showers. I even took a video and recorded the sound of the thunder. I didn’t pay much attention to these when I was still in the Philippines. But because it’s a once in a blue moon event here, consider yourself lucky to see and feel the drops.
Read MoreNovember, 2008 Monthly archive
Crater of Mayon Volcano as viewed from the plane, taken in 2005.
I recently fancy my self-made combo, which I named Mc Sugoi Meal. I would buy tuna salad with vinaigrette dressing from Mc Donald’s and Makki from Sugoi. It cheers me up as I devour the seemingly light salad, in between the delicious hurt that strikes my nasal area as I munched the Makki dipped in huge amount of wasabe.
Aside from our old favorite food couples, mangga at bagoong, puto at dinuguan, it pays to ‘discover’ your own version of combo. We have different taste buds, hence, the different preference. I also like:
(a) V-Cut + Coke
(b) Ginisang monggo + spicy hotdog
(c) Mc Donald’s fries being dipped in Chocolate or Caramel Sundae
(d) Danggit + ginisang ampalaya
(e) Bread (preferably pandesal) with spicy pancit canton, dirty ice cream or Spanish sardines as spread
(e) Etc.
What’s yours?
Uber (synonym to Super) Amazing Blog Award is a blog award given to sites who:
~ inspires you
~ makes you smile and laugh
~ or maybe gives amazing information
~ a great read
~ has an amazing design
~ and any other reasons you can think of that makes them uber amazing!
Thanks to Kayni for passing this award to me. She wrote,
… To Jo – for her creative thoughts and ideas ( I was inspired by the 1001 Letters post)
I am passing this award to the following:
Read More
On the deck towards the stairs
As I wrote here, our Department held its annual get together cum team building within a Dhow Cruise. It’s one of the rare occasions that colleagues from all three offices in UAE gathered, without necessarily discussing work. Although there were little chattering about professional encounters as we catched up on each other’s lives. It was also a great time to mingle and reunite with fellow Filipinos, which we term as Filipino community/Pinoy Department.
The team building itself was not strictly held at its ideal phase. There were few but acceptable group games, good enough to make us more excited for dinner. We spent the first half of the affair at the deck, savouring the breeze. The cruise timing was good because winter already set in. The wind was literally refreshing.
Read More
Conversations