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.
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Our Department is holding its annual get together cum team building today. And we’re setting in Dhow Cruise in a while.
Happy weekend, everyone!
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Dubai is almost 1.5 hours drive from Abu Dhabi. Except for my Ski Dubai sidetrip, the rest of my visits there were work-related. Most of the time, my friends/former officemates based there take their turn to come here. I almost didn’t note that the last time I came was in April when we had the company annual party in Al Sahra Desert. My turn to see the other fence. Some of the things that happened as I spent the weekend in Dubai:
(a) Met up with my good friend’s sister and helped her scout a place to stay. We’ve inspected the units I’ve marked from the net. She came to Dubai a week ago and will be based there for work. We’ll hang out again when she does visit me in first weekend of November. Feels like I’m excited to give her a glimpse of Abu Dhabi. I’m thinking of taking her to Lulu Island.
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For some reasons that I wrote here, we had a night out last Thursday for a treat from four office pals. We had dinner in Fuddruckers. Platters or not, its meals are so huge. Pricing and store layout remind me of Chili’s in some ways.
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I have long embraced that T.G.I.F. is not applicable here. In UAE, working week starts on a sunday and ends on thursdays. During my first month here, I used to say, “see you on monday!”, instead of sunday. In a way it used to made me feel benefited to think that I am resting during fridays while the rest out there are working. But pouting whenever I would realize it’s a 360-degree turn during sundays. That I am alone in the field and the people I love in the Philippines and those out there are savouring sunday. Psychology, eh? =)
It’s thursday again. We’ll be pigging out tonight since four of my office pals are throwing a solidary celebration. Bowling all night will follow soon after dinner.
What’s the picture of your friday night and/or weekend? Have fun and be good, everyone!
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