by witsandnuts on November 14, 2009
Don’t worry, no spoiler here.
I was too excited to watch 2012 (out of curiosity) and I did yesterday.
Had I known that the script would be corny (that is the other way of saying it is a little silly), I should have not watched in the cinema.
It is a 160-minute (almost 3 hours) film, that I think could have been better had it been shortened. The impression it left me is like it is a consolidated and chop-chopped scenes of disasters alike, tried hard to match all the sides, but did not make much impact in the end.
Albeit some cheesy (I shed a tear, heehee) and predictable scenes (you don’t want spoilers eh?), I have been entertained by the remarkable special effects (amazing!). For that reason, I am glad I watched it on big screen.
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by witsandnuts on November 13, 2009
Taken on 11 April 2009 in Emirates Palace after checking the Louvre Abu Dhabi Exhibit.
She graced the harp beautifully. What musical instruments do you play?
(More photohunters)
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by witsandnuts on November 12, 2009
(Last weekend. One side of Dubai Creek at 5pm)
While eating double chocolate ice cream on cone, we seated near the shore to appreciate one side of the creek. It was fun watching the children going there and there, as if they were going around in circles. The truth is when you’re childlike there’s no limit as to what you can appreciate as long as you’re having fun.
Will you share with me the memories of the last time your feet kissed the shore? 
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by witsandnuts on November 11, 2009
(An Iranian food chain in Abu Dhabi)
My future employer (I’m moving in officially next week) enrolled me to a basic cum business Arabic course. Twice a week, I’m attending the class at night together with six classmates-future officemates (French, Canadian, Australian, Indian). The truth is, before this, I only know at most 10 Arabic words that I couldn’t even pronounce with conviction. But strangely, I would understand sometimes part of the Arabic discussions at work. Think about body language, expression, etc. Or maybe, I’m just too assuming to think that I understood some.
Anyway, after the first hour of the course, I already know how to read and pronounce properly the alphabet (which I call A-ba-ta, as the first three letters are pronounced like that). We’re on our third week, and I’m happy that I’m doing good so far. What’s adding to my confidence is the fact that a Filipino’s tongue is really the most flexible when adapting a new language. This, again, proven in our class. Let’s just say that it’s a breeze to me when it comes to pronunciation part and reading, too, in a way. But my classmates and I are really finding it more challenging, as beginning next week the medium of instructions will be purely in Arabic. And that probably there’ll be zero English moment for the students, too.
Off work and when I’m on the road or let’s just say, whenever there’s an opportunity, I try to read every Arabic wording or signs that I will see. I feel I’m back to being 4 or 5 years old, when I was just starting to read properly. I hope it’s easy like that. But guess what? Unlike in English and Tagalog, in Arabic we read and write from right to left. And the picture/form of each letter from the alphabet changes depending on when it’s used in forming a word (e.g. letter ba’ = counterpart of B, changes its looks if it’s used as the first, middle or last letter in a word. And I must always remember, they don’t have V and P in their alphabet.
By the way, the title of this post means Hello in Arabic. 
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by witsandnuts on November 10, 2009
Plaza de Binondo. September 2009.
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Test of patience ala Karate Kid
The easiest way to a kiddo’s heart
Camels say they’re in Morocco, not in Abu Dhabi
The housewarming cake
