new house...new directions

NEW HOUSE, NEW DIRECTIONS ang sasabihin mo sa taxi Driver pag gusto mong pumunta sa aming BaGONGBaHaYSaBURDUBaI.

And take note...hindi lang kami ang lumipat, kung hindi pati na ang mga ipis sa dating tirahan. Hahahaha! Para sa kaalaman ng mga kaibigang wala na dito sa UAE ngunit patuloy pa rin ang pagsuporta at pagsubaybay sa aming buhay buhay dito, narito ang mga nagsilipat ng tahanan ngayong taong ito.

Ang ever solid na tandem na Mich & Lizl ay lumisan na ng Al Diyafa road (Miracle Building) at ngayon ay nakatira na malapit sa tulay ng Garhoud.

Ang mga ka-bundok na TAK staff sa Al Diyafa road (Miracle Building) ay lumipat ulit sa Bur Dubai (ART 1 & 3). Natira sa Al Diyafa si Lindsay dahil tinakwil na nya ang Bur Dubai.

Si `kuya mario na dating taga Satwa na lumipat sa Karama ay ngayon ay nasa piling na ng Deira.

Ang Deira Boys ay nag-disband at sila ay maninirahan ng kanya kanya sa Deira at Bur Dubai. Si Paolo ay lilipat kay Aimee, Si Jeff ay lilipat kay Red at si Jeck ay lilipat kasama ng Al Wasl peeps...

Kaming Al Wasl peeps ay tatawagin ng Al Raffa peeps, dahil ang aming bagong tahanan ay nasa AL Raffa area, sa likod ng Sea view hotel ng Al Mina Road. Dulo ng Rolla St. at matatanaw mo ang Dubai Customs. Kapitbahay namin ang mga Chinese Hookers and Pimp, Indian small family, the other extended filipino family and other chinese and indian feeling businessmen!

Nawa'y ang kanya kanya naming bagong tahanan ay mapuno ng magagandang alaala at umaatikabong ligaya!

Maligayang Pasko!

Birthday Galore!

Isang umaatikabong Friday Lunch gathering ang inihanda ng ating October celebrant upang i-celebrate ang kanyang 31st Birthday! Sa mga walang Facebook enjoy a few pictures!

Salamat!

mga kaibigan! maraming maraming salamat sa inyong pagbati, dasal, at regalo! bagamat hindi kayo lahat nakadalo kami ay maligayang maligaya dahil dala ng tatlong dalagitang ito ang inyong presensya! marami pang ibang masasayang larawan. makikita ito sa blog na ito.

isang malaking akap mula sa mga bagong erasmo!

Ang aming paglalakbay sa Austria

Sinimulan namin ang paglalakbay sa Vienna, kung saan kami'y nabusog sa Frankfurter at sa tinadtad na sausage na ang pangalan ay nagsisimula sa letrang K. Maraming mustard, ketchup at horse raddish.










Dinalaw namin ang aming mga ninuno at nagbigay pugay sa aming maharlikang pinagmulan. Eto ang mga palasyo ng aming lolo at lola. Dito sila nagtotong-its at nagchichismisan tuwing summer at winter.





Binaybay namin ang napakalaking hardin. Nakita ang mga maharlikang hayup at mga patong nuknukan ng dami!
















Totoong the Hills are alive sa pelikulang nagpasikat sa Salzburg - ang Sound of Music! Pero syempre hindi lang sila sikat dahil dito.




Bukod kay Captain Von Trapp, si Mozart din ay isa sa kilalang residente ng Salzburg. Meron rin syang sariling tsokolate.

Kailangan marunong kang bumasa ng mapa, kung hindi...ayan mawawala ka!













Eto ang Linz, isa sa mga malalaking bayan ng Upper Austria. Dito namin hinintay ang mga celebrity na dinayo pa namin mula sa Disyerto.







Babala sa pagsakay ng peris wil sa ibang bansa, Alamin kung paano sabihin ang STOP or HELP!

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Revisiting the Rollerblading experience

My Friday afternoons for the past 4 weeks was spent rollerblading at the Open Beach in Jumeirah. All geared up with pads from my elbows to knees, I was determined to use my newly inherited Nike Rollerblades to use. I informed my friends about my inheritance and suggested a free tutorial. I immediately suggested the Open Beach since they have special track for cyclers and rollerbladers or skaters living around the area. We went to a shopping spree of Roller Blades to different sports store from Go Sport at MOE, Sun & Sands in Festival City and City Center and finally to Sun & Sands in Al Ghurair. My instructors finally found the most suitable pair of Roller Blades!

Hope you enjoy the videos as much as we enjoyed shooting them!

Falling in love - Not Real

As I continue my reading sessions at the office (I got tired of playing PACMAN) I came across the Chapter called: LOVE in the book THE ROAD LESS TRAVELLED. The author, M. Scott Peck wrote the following things about FALLING IN LOVE.

" the experience of falling in love is not real love for the several reasons that follow.
Falling in love is not an act of will. It is not a conscious choice. No matter how open to or eager for it we may be, the experience may still elude us. Contrarily, the experience may capture us at times when we are definitely not seeking it, when it is inconvenient and undesirable. We are likely to fall in love with someone with whom we are obviously ill matched as with someone more suitable. Indeed, we may not even like or admire the object of our passion,yet try as we might, we may not be able to fall in love with a person whom we deeply respect and with whom a deep relationship would be in all ways desirable.

...Lazy and undisciplined individuals are as likely to fall in love as energetic and dedicated ones.
...Falling in love has littel to do with purposively nurturing one's spiritual development. If we have any purpose in mind when we fall in love it is to terminate our own loneliness and perhaps insure this result through marriage.
...Falling in love is a trick that our genes pull on our otherwise perceptive mind to hoodwink or trap us into marriage. "

So there it is! Nonetheless I still want to fall in love and be swept off of my feet.