" There just comes a time when it's so clear that
moving on is the best decision. "
Love is a powerful emotion. It brings two different people together and brings hatred and grudge for some when a good relationship turns sour.
Love is Life.
Love is Happiness.
Love is Blind.
Love is Eternal.
Love is Forgiving.
Love is the End.
Love is the Beginning.
Love is Moving On.
Love is Freedom.
We all experience love in various intensity. Most of us gave everything, that when this love meet its end, our heart and mind can't process it quickly, we can't accept it, we are in denial. Because we emptied our hearts already, nothing left for us and gave all to the one we thought will do the same. We felt that we're useless without the other person. But we are not! We maybe incapacitated for a while, but thru hope and diversion, we can manage to survive.
It will take time to heal. The process may be antagonizing but time will heal everything.
I am telling my good and dear friend about this, I can't feel the hurt, but I understand her pain. Love is a never ending search for the right person that will love us back, respect us, protect us, give us strength. The right person will come, it may not be the guy or girl were expecting, but he or she will come, to bring back the colour in our lives, to give us back the smile and the kick...
Sooner or Later. We'll see.
I wanted to change my room every now and then, I feel that this is my home away from home so might as well make the most out of it. I get my inspiration from UZ, Real living, Ikea, Zen Magazine and more.
All my stuff in the room are from my travels and from the local shops.
I like it and I hope you like it too!
The day that was...
47 degrees hotter. Off days filled my roster. All my friends were thousands of miles away-- dinner in Paris maybe? "Merienda" in Jollibee! Grrrrrr! Coffee in Milan? while I'm stucked here in the land of unconsiderably filthy rich locals and schools of Pakistanis and Indians.
I decided to make my day productive. Went to uniform store, begged to give me additional stuff, failed! . Ate my favorite Dried Beef Fried rice with Egg or the infamous "Tapsilog short for Tapa, Sinangag and itlog". Though I barely eat rice now, I can't help myself but grind over the pearly, soft, yummy pieces of grain. So another bottle of Green Tea HP assured me that I'll be okay. Bloated and feeling so fat, I needed a break! Window shopping.
Rushed to Marina Mall. Walked. Walked. Walked. I didn't buy anything, fitted many clothes in Zara, visited Louis Vuitton for the nth time, empty handed =( . Envied the locals. But still proud!
Someday, when the sun sets. I will walk with my chin up high again.... Kudos for the high interest from HSBC huhuhu! Hate it!
Flight EY 402. Cabin Manager-Petar. Hot briefing but manageable. Full flight. Delayed aircraft from Jeddah. ET-C no ground airconditioning.Delayed boarding. Passengers irritated. Shouting like they own the plane. No announcement was made regarding airconditioning malfunction on ground. Cabin Senior A-Kon Krub! Vegetable choice sucks, Potato with Tomato sauce!. Arrived Bangkok an hour late. Changed outfit and went directly to Chatuchak with Anna Dom. Amazed with the weekend market. 100 USD budget. Too much people, fashionable and mediocre. Saw some Flip Models and Locals. Ate a lot of Thai food. Satisfied. Bloated. Swept Chatuchak. Found Thai Wall Frame. Happy. =) . Anna was lost. Went to the hotel alone. Tired but Happy. Slept. Ate. Slept. Packed my stuff. Flight back to AUH, EY 407.
Krub Siam!
Ramadan is coming to town...
It was September of 2006 when I first stepped foot on a foreign land where most of my information came from either watching Discovery Channel or reading my history books. I don't know what to expect, I was alone for a couple of weeks, the longest 2 weeks of my life though.
A good friend sheltered me in Abu Dhabi and I was fortunate to have a friend who offered his very fabulous penthouse in NBAD building at Old Airport Road.
The sun was super hot and I was amazed with these bunch of pointed nose driving the yellow cab at that time, holding hands like lovers and smelling like hell, very proud of wearing their national costume (white camiso knee length shirt and white pants)
I would say that I am a well-rounded person, I can cope and adhere easily to a new environment, that's why when I stayed in A.D and DXB, a couple of weeks later, I speak like them and talk like them, leaving my proper English on my suitcase.
And for the first time I experienced the Holy month of sacrifice. Store closed, most of the day and opens split shift, no eating and drinking in public places and no sex, imagine? Kidding aside.
People are quite uneasy during day time and too lively on night time.
It was a great experience, eating inside the loo because it's prohibited to eat publicly. It was 3 years now and I can still smell the toilet odor when we ate our Burger King Meal inside, passing ketchup and mayo discreetly underneath the toilet stall so not to see by the cleaners. It was fun!
And now it will be my 4th Ramadan in UAE. I tried fasting but didn't last long.
Salute to our Muslim brothers and sisters...
Ramadan 2009
Islamic Events 2009*
Here's a few information about The Holy Month Of Ramadan...
Muslims around the world anticipate the arrival of the holiest month of the year. During Ramadan, the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, Muslims from all continents unite in a period of fasting and spiritual reflection.
May Allah accept our fasting, forgive our sins, and guide us all to the Straight Path. May Allah bless us all during Ramadan, and throughout the year, with His forgiveness, mercy, and peace, and bring us all closer to Him and to each other.
Courtesy of AllAbout
I saw the sign....
On August 15, the new collection of Louis Vuitton will conquer the golden dunes of the United Arab Emirates, where will you be?
" Primetime Bida " 
Whew!
I'm going 80's like most of my friends.
If before I am used to S or XS shirts I am now going for a more loose shirts. But of course my favorite outfit- casual chic with most of my clothes ranges from longsleeves, longsleeves and longsleeves only and will still be inside my closet.
I went to Abu Dhabi Mall to meet my dear friend Angelica with hubby Mikael to have some breakfast at Mugg & Bean then window shopped at Zara and Virgin Records then decided to go to Marina Mall to watch movie.
Unfortunately,they wanna watch The Proposal but it was showing no more so we decided to just roam the aisles of Marina Mall. Mikael shopped at Ikea, Carrefour, Quicksilver, Roxy and Billabong while Moi & Gen talked to catch up stories and more since we haven't seen each other for months now. I was able to sales talked Mikael in buying my diet supplement, Green Tea HP...
After hours of shopping, Not Me Okay... I paid visit to my uncle Louis, And of course my dear friend Alain (SA) informed me that my Monogram Davis Tote Bag/Cabas Macassar and a couple of new models will be due on the 15th of August. Good for them, as for me...I really need to let go of some of my precious to give way to my next baby.... So see you on the 15th? Huhuhu!
"Bad Habit To Break, Really!"
Since we are really hungry and thirsty and we are going to Hamdan, the best place to indulge our cravings? where else, but at TAZA's Broasted Chicken right? We had a great early dinner, thousands of calories went straight to our bums. Then after a long chit chat and contradictions we went to Elegance for some perfumes and sunglasses hopping. Never bought anything though, Yahoo!
I am tired really, very tired actually and I don't have an extra bucks for a cab fare? Did I walk? A bit and since the heat of the sun almost burned me eventhough it's already 6PM I walked. But right after I passing HSBC, I raised my hand and waved. The grey taxi stopped and heaven at last.
John, Godo & Bianca came after to cook " Beef Soup/Nilaga " chit chat till 2300H and finally parted ways to have a goodnight sleep.
Our grooming officer finally emailed me back and instructed me to get my new uniform after a series of replies and confusion.
Another day. Tired but satisfied.
Ciao Ciao De Carabao
French tourists are the worst in the world!, coming across as bad at foreign languages, tight-fisted and arrogant according to a survey of 4,500 hotel owners from around the globe.
They finish in last place in the survey carried out for internet travel agency Expedia by polling company TNS Infratest, which said French holidaymakers don't speak local languages and are seen as impolite.
"It's mainly the fact that they speak little or no English when they're abroad, and they don't speak much of the local language," Expedia Marketing Director Timothee de Roux told radio station France Info.
"The French don't go abroad very much. We're lucky enough to have a country which is magnificent in terms of its landscape and culture," he said, adding that 90 per cent of French people did their traveling at home.
"So when they're on holiday they can be a bit stressed, they're not used to things, and this can lead them to be demanding in a way which could be seen as a certain arrogance."
French tourists are also accused of generally spending less than other nationalities when abroad.
De Roux said the French, not accustomed to leaving large tips at home where a service charge is automatically levied on restaurant bills, can seem "tight-fisted" compared with other nationalities.
The Japanese ranked top of the Best Tourist survey, with the British and the Germans judged the best of the Europeans.
But French tourists received some consolation for their poor performance, finishing third after the Italians and British for dress sense while on holiday.
Courtesy of Reuters Live! & Joseph Tandy & James Mackenzie
Beijing the second time around. Still wide awake after a tiring but very interesting flight from Abu Dhabi. My second experience working with a Cabin Senior and indeed it is better this time. Alexia from South Africa,eventhough direct FJ transfer from Gulf Air she knows and loves her work, she actually went out the cabin and served our guests. Bravo! Bravo! Not being grumpy, bossy and do that, this, that, this.
Seven hours and fifteen minutes seems fast. Passengers are mostly Chinese Male and a few female and colored passengers. Very smooth flight because most of them barely speaks English but some really studied the language through work and self-study I guess. Hydration and frequent lavatory checks were done, I'm satisfied but still contemplating why the lavatories were wet after each passengers used. I hate wet ones. LOL!
I flew with Khumo, my batchmate from abinitio and indeed its fun to see her again and catched up with the lost time.
One thing that most of the guests didn't try is the Nissin Cup Noodles, we had minimum load so we just offered it to those who were awake, which was nobody. Operating crew going back will see that almost 70 cups were still in tact. But the rest are well taken care of.
One concern is that when I checked the roster for EY 888, there is still staff no. 124++ in Coral and I was ? Marco, the Fil-Lebanese guy is the most senior with 15+++ then his beau Dorina, 160++ then moi, Khumo and Magdalena (blonde Polish girl) who speaks Mandarin fluently, weird Ei?
Anyway, the 12+++ Leila was assigned Galley Operator. So no problem for me, I am L4A floater for Diamond, Marco, R2A floater for Pearl. Then in the middle of the flight in between and after service, the galley was a real mess and she was quite bossy Ei! But I can still manage then aftern I've learned that our GO was just flying for 2 months but was with the company for a while as ground staff, Hello Garci! I almost dropped on my jumpseat, overacting of course!
I don't know but I have been very patient with her, unfortunately, until now SDO or whoever is in charge of assigning positions should be fair or our human resources since they were responsible for them. She was ground staff (with respect to other ground staff ) and of course when she transferred to Inflight department she carried her staff number. Thus gave her the privilege of getting the GO position surpassing more senior crew like Marco and Dorina. I have been in the company for almost 2 years now and seldom I get galley position since my staff number is low. Okay I envied them for getting faster promotion to FJ eventhough they have not served enough time in economy zone but since they have higher staff number they were very fortunate to be immediately trained for FJ's which for me is unfair. I have friends and batchmates who have previous experiences as Cabin Crew for more than 5 years and still stuck they are stucked in the jungle, few of them were upgraded recently in premium zone which they really deserved.
Oh well, Cest' La Vie. Just one of my breakdown moments. Please forgive me.
Going back. Arrived at Shangri-La's Kerry Hotel Bejing, nice room and bath. Had a nap for 4 hours, went to shower and met the crew at around 6PM. The weather is fine, actually, cool! Please bear with my attire, I wore a thin sweatshirt and I managed not to wet my armpits Awwww! We went for a 15 minute walk to Silk market, as usual, Chinese SA are clever and sometimes rude to customers but I didn't mind, I just wanted to eat. Then we look for a restaurant nearby and we were told its in the upper floor, we took an elevator ride and ALAS we had a very sumptuous Chinese dinner buffet on the 6th floor for only 78 Chinese Yuan. Not bad? I didn't eat any chicken so to ease my allergies but I drank beer and house red wine that according to Marco, tasted really bad. (Actually!)
I went back 4 times, imagine... How's Diether? (My Diet) Our Premium class crew Anthony and Arti told me it's fine and it gave me the boost to eat more... I need to vomit! Hu Hu Hu... I want my Green Tea HP!
It was a learning experience again to go out with the crew. Not an expensive day for me but very fun.
We decided to go back to the hotel, that was around 10PM so that we can wake up early for our Great Wall Adventure which will take place a few hours from now. And I am still awake!
I was watching CCTV8, A local chinese channel and I was surprised that Pangako Sa'yo ( A Promise To You ) a popular Filipino soap-opera in early 2000 was dubbed in Mandarin. It was also popular to our South East Asian countries and even in Kenya and some other Eastern Africans cities. Wow!
Well I need to sleep now for its a full day tomorrow. Bless my feet bukra huhuhu!
Answered prayer, I just checked my schedule today for my New York (JFK) flight tomorrow and to my surprise, no more Garden City Hotel and instead, Intercontinental Hotel The Barclays at111 East 48th Street, New York City.
InterContinental The Barclay New York is ideally located off fashionable Park Avenue at East 48th Street in the heart of midtown Manhattan's East Side, with New York's most exclusive Fifth Avenue and Madison Avenue shopping, fine dining, Broadway theaters, the Chrysler Building, world-famous museums and the business district all nearby.
The hotel is conveniently positioned steps from major corporations, within minutes walking distance to the Rockefeller Center, the United Nations and Grand Central.
InterContinental The Barclay New York welcomes Etihad Airways, a luxury business hotel in "the city that never sleeps." Minutes away from LaGuardia and JFK Airport. The Barclay Hotel was the most luxurious hotel built by the New York Central Railroad and one of the most glamorous and elegant hotels near Park Avenue.
Visit the United Nations, Wall Street, Broadway Theater or take a stroll in the world-famous Central Park! There have been a number of famous faces visiting The Barclay New York Hotel over the years. Because of its proximity to the United Nations, nearly every major head of state has visited the hotel, including President Ronald Reagan, Francois Mitterrand and Nelson Mandela. The Barclay Hotel has also been the home away from home for such celebrities as Bette Davis, Marlon Brando and Ernest Hemingway
The hotel has 686 luxurious guest rooms and suites, all beautifully appointed with a wealth of modern amenities for a comfortable and relaxing stay. Rooms with facilities for the disabled are also available.
Dining facilities offer a choice of New American cuisine at the hotel's Barclay Bar & Grill, while Room Service is available for guests wishing to dine in the privacy of their own room.
Complimentary Wireless Internet Access in our Lobby and the Barclay Bar & Grill.
InterContinental The Barclay New York hotel's exceptional banquet and meeting facilities include 18 elegantly appointed function rooms, which are perfect for hosting from 10 to 300 guests for business and social gatherings of every description. The in-house audio-visual department offers a comprehensive range of equipment, and the hotel has a 24-hour Business Center, which is well equipped to fulfill business requirements.
The hotel's leisure facilities include the 1500-square-foot Health Club, featuring state-of-the-art fitness equipment, together with an array of massages.
Oh I can't wait. Nevermind our very interesting and very polite guests! No more rushing at the Subway to see the beauty of the city. I love New York, I will always will!
