Sex and the City- Drop-off

I will have a more personal, kinda adult-ish entries.  It will begin with SATC so you'll be warned.

Enjoy

When your close to 30, no current boyfriend or boy-toy (whatever is better), in a foreign land (with a lot of men around) you begin to wonder is it just me or is it just me?  I seriously think that I may be projecting a very tough image.  Probably.  That's why they don't come as easily as to other women.  Well, that's actually an over-reaction to being single.

Okay so the past months (maybe even a year ago), there are those who send some "feelers" but I always brush them off.  The past few months/ weeks however, there is this one guy who kept inviting me to lunch, taking time to greet me... pa-cute in short.  Until one day he asked my officemate if I had a boyfriend... I frantically asked my friend to say to say that I have one.  I don't know why I did that.  Am I afraid of something?

Tsk tsk tsk. Am I being afraid of opening up?  I did open up to someone, sort of, when I went home. Lol. 

Did I mention he dropped me home today?

English Breakfast et al.

Last night we went out to get groceries and some other stuff for my/ our consumption at home.  The group went to Carrefour.  We actually went out almost 9pm because of the Movie we were watching.

Yesterday was probably one of the longest movie marathon I had here.  Four movies. Remember Me (by this Edward of Twilight fame guy), The Tooth Fairy, Karate Kid and Clash of the Titans. I began watching movies around 10 or 11AM.

Anyway back to our trip to the grocery, as usual, we had to endure a lot of people (read: Indians) in the supermarket.  This probably is the worst infested Carrefour around here.  There just simply too many of them.

As usual, the supermarket had/ as it's promos and what have yous to entice customers to buy from them.  I checked out the LCD TV I wanted to get my brother as a wedding gift.  Very nice. I am excited when I am gonna really buy it.  Alas, I called the shipping company which may bring the TV back home.  Lol, it will cost me a lot. Hahaha!  So, I better think twice how I will be bringing the TV home.  Most probably I'll carry it with me when I go home and then ours at home will be brought next time na lang. To save the more or less 10,000 pesos shipping cost.  I can do a lot more shopping with that money!

I am supposed to add an image to this post but I left the image with Drew- I am at work (and blogging on the side).  The english breakfast took the back seat already.  But it was good. I should do that more often.  Oh, and seriously try to reduce more weight.

It pays to be social

After many years of being member in a social network?  What has it done to you?  Many times it actually did me bad.  Negative that is.  The separation was brought about by the discovery over at Friendster. Well, that's history now.


Lately it has been a lot of meeting both new and old friends from all over the world.  Discoveries that one friend is a friend of another that you have met somewhere else.  You wouldn't realize it until you see the "common friends" list between you.


Today I realized that more than the horrors of meeting people online, the innate goodness surfaces.  I met a fellow blogger Ate Antonette who blogs at Cool Mom Antonette.  I was actually at ease when she began commenting in some of my entries.  She probably is around age with Mama.  Seeing her and her husband here in Dubai is really a welcome change in a what should have been a common Saturday at the flat.  I think I just met a truly good friend in them.


Thanks for the goodies!  Mangoes still waits to be eaten. Can't wait.  And the perfume too. :)

Friends

After over a year in Dubai, I finally got to meet old friends.  No, not the one who you pretend who you are not.  Those kind who they'd take you in even in the middle of the night, even if they too have their own set of setbacks and problems kind of friends.

Reynold and Marla are friends from high school.  While Marlyn and I are more closer than Reynold and me, when we met them for the first time here in Dubai after probably over a year being here, it just felt so good.

We first had a planned meeting about March.  When Rey was preparing to leave for his Annual holiday.  Yep, we do have those kind of things here!

Anyway, it was fun catching up.  We went to see the dancing fountain at the Dubai Mall, at the foot of Burj Khalifa.  You read it right.  The world's tallest building.  And had a nice dinner at Fridays. Rey got to treat us.  Way to go!

Today, after Rey's vacation, we came down to visit him in Abu Dhabi.  It was fun to catch up once more.  Parang di ka nauubusan ng kwento. Seemed like we went to Abu Dhabi just to chat. haha! It was really to hot to go out anyway.  So I'd rather that we stay inside the Mall and eat and eat and eat some more...

I wish I could do that with another friend.  So much for wishful thinking.

Here's some pictures from the Dubai Mall/ Burj Khalifa visit last March.

Needed

My Person

I am not sure how to begin telling our story.
Knowing you half of my life should mean something.

It isn't always that we meet somebody who we get along with
And be very very at home with.

I was fortunate to have grown up
knowing that besides my family I have another person
I can go to. Run to.

I am very fortunate that I among all the friends you've crossed path
I am one of the many you considered close as well.

On the crossroads that I/we are faced
I hope that one day and soon after this things are over
We'll be able to say that it was something that this friendship needed.

As Yang would say,
You are my person.

How hard it is

Today I saw my friend get hurt. It was not simply seeing her "get hurt". It was as if I was seeing myself in her not so long ago.

I thought, so this is how they felt when I broke down infront of them it was probably too hurting on their side. As what I felt when I saw my bff cried. I couldn't help but be sad and hurt for her as well. I cannot do anything for it wasn't my relationship in the first place. I just can be here to support.

Always. As you had been and is always are until this moment.