the Christmas..

I was running late.. looking at the new wristwatch that my brother Jeff has given me as a  Christmas present, (so sweet of him, I'm kinda not expecting anything, given the status that we are in) I know I am not gonna make it to my 7:00pm schedule. It's December 24th, for crying out loud, 1 hour more and it would be Christmas in the Philippines, 4 hours more and it will be in UAE... and I'm bound to spend it in the Airport. On-duty.

A couple of emotional calls to my family in the Philippines and some heartfelt messages to dearest  friends, my emotions went spiraling down in an instant. It doesn't help that 24th falls on  Friday, because everyone is at home preparing for the Noche Buena, so, while everyone is out doing last minute shopping, buying gifts for the holidays or sending money to the Philippines. I was there, waiting for my f*&%@g bus to arrive. And last but certainly not the freakin least..I was allocated to do Thai Airways flight, to which 75% of the passengers are kabayans bound to go home to the Philippines to spend the holidays with their loved ones. Looking at the long cue of excited passengers, I have felt that this is one those days when I really really wish that I am the one in the "other side of the fence". 

When was the last time I went home? 2 years ago...? God I have been missing a lot! For the last two years I have been busily spending my annual leave in making business trips to other country. Instead of going home, when I am expected to spend money, I chose to go elsewhere where I could earn more of it. I have always been practical in nature and for the last 2 years,  my practicality beats me badly.  Being the eldest in the brood of  four, I have taken the responsibility of providing for the family. My urgent need to PROVIDE is always greater than my need to get self gratification. Now, there is nothing I would trade for a few hours with my loved ones, especially with my Mother..

I recalled on the way to work, when the MRT doors opened... the voice said.. Al mattar, magna rakam wahed.... Airport Terminal 1... 

One kabayan.. hurried past me  carrying loads of shopping bags and she said exasperatingly  " Haayyy !Ang bigat namn ng dala-dala ko....!!

Following her with heavy steps,  alighting  the Metro,  I whispered... "Me too..."

the Guardians..

I fell freakin' in love with Josh Duhamel when my friend Glo lend me her copy of the WHEN IN ROME..

And believe me it was an instant love at first sight, as i have mentioned in my previous blog... when I was told by none other than GLO (again!) that  he has a new movie shown already, I never stopped til I got a way to watch it! It's the movie LIFE AS WE KNOW IT..

What would you do if you suddenly find yourself a guardian to an orphaned baby all of a sudden? And to make matter worst you are supposed to raise the kid with the person you totally hate?

with your carefully planned out life, peaceful existence and less complicated life style.. what can you do with this extra...?

but with a looker like this as a "guardian partner"....

... I think I can raise a dozen kids all at the same time!

Oh .. I hope Fergie would'nt mind....?Duh...! mas sexy namn ako sa kanya noh, kamusta naman! ;-)

the Nativity.. 21st Century Style!

Ever wondered what could have happened if Papa Joseph and Mama Mary had access to the Internet way back thousand B.C?

(credit for the video goes to the original uploader, this blogsite does not claim any credit for it.. just sharing :-))

the Dream..

4 days of Slight Fever, body ache, and colds is not really very funny. Especially if you have a lot of things to do and a lot of money that needs to be earned. My 2 days off had passed and I even wasn't able to do anything productive, adding to my misery is another 2 days of unpaid leave.. hence the 4 days of the love-my-bed-forever existence. 

The best thing  got from these days was I had pertinent excuse to just lie down and watch all the movies that I have been dying to see. Read the books and magazines that I am longing to read.

Inception is on the top of my list. I wouldn't even try, least of all begin to give my ratings on this, as the movie reviews and all had already speak for itself. All I could say in my most humble opinion is that this movie totally rocks! The effects are so astounding and even scary that I even thank God I didn't have money to watch this in 3D otherwise I would have collapsed with impossibility of what my eyes would see. Or most possibly, I even thank God that the movie is really just fictional, else, there could be a lot of people who will never sleep anymore! The movie itself is a dream. 

It wouldn't really hurt for us to have some sort of a TOTEM with us, so that we can separate the dreams from the realities of life. It is OK to dream... for as long as you know when to wake up.

The next pleasure I indulged in was reading my COSMO mags from Philippines. September and December Editions.. both are pasalubong by Mommy Michelle, when she went home for vacation. I just got the time to read. I always love Cosmopolitan magazines, but I love the Philippine Edition the most because it makes me feel close to home. It tackles issues that concerns sentiments of the Filipinas, in a way that is just "swak" to the taste of Pinays given the culture and all.

And of course, apart from the soup that I almost swam on.. simple pleasure is not a great pleasure without my Caramel Popcorn. God bless Oishi for making this, and God bless the one who brought this to Dubai... A piece of heaven in 1.95 AED!

And yes, I took that picture on top of the washing machine because the reality is, sick or no sick, I still need to wash my clothes because no body will do that for me here in Dubai!

Speaking of reality again, i got to go.... I have duty at 7pm to 2am..and yeah... that sucks..BIGTIME!

the Arrivals..

How was your day peeps??

I just finished my two-day-unproductive-day OFF just like that ..

48 freakin hours of doing absolutely nothing but to sleep in the morning and go online at night.. I am honestly becoming frustrated with the kind of sleeping habit that my night working schedule is causing me. Probably the reality is sinking in already, the thrill of doing night duty is beginning to fade and my body is now becoming susceptible to stress again.

I am feeling depressed because I have been so forgiving of myself  for not doing overtime, I feel so useless. And then again, when I do overtime I will feel stressed out also, because my body will be begging me to rest and I would still be out there at the concourse opening aero-bridges and waiting for passengers to disembark as I do ARRIVAL task ( I refuse to do check-in on OT, the idea of arguing with passengers on my off days is enough to make me gag in frustration!).

The down thing in doing ARRIVALS is that most passengers arriving came from vacation and most of them are either looking sad or simply... SAD :-(   ... because being in Dubai means "being back to work again", back to a foreign land... away from home and the ones you love. Are they really sad? or was it just me or how I perceive the world ? Darn it.. why is life so fu*king complicated?

Tomorrow.. back to work again. I know I shouldn't complain. God  is still there. 

Whatever happens and whatever arrive in our lives... we have to make the best of it. At the end of the day it it is not the DESTINATION that would always matters, but the entire journey itself.

the Cold Zone..

So cold today ..

Winter is officially ON..

My coat didn't really help much in providing warmth against the cold air as I made my way to the airport ramp to wait for the service bus to arrive..

Well, it's 2am in the morning. What can we expect?

haaaay... reminds me of the McDonald's slogan on their cold beverage cups:

"the beverage you're about to enjoy is extremely, impossibly, awesomely cool..."

Ala lang... just some random thoughts, which reminds me of YUJIN's exchange of tweet with Gang Badoy, something about smell of Christmas in the Philippines during this period of time. Well, in Dubai Christmas or no Christmas, the smell remains the same.

SAME SAME ALATUL.

Kapag summer, amoy pawis. Kapag winter tamad magsi-LIGO. Linsyak na amoy yan! ibang LEVEL!

the FABIO-lous Feeling...

Something FABIO-lous happened in the Air France counter today..

One of the football superstars had graced our counters today.

Traveling First Class, was none other than the professional Italian footballer, FABIO CANNAVARO.

Honestly, I am not a fan of the football game, being, the Filipinos are more into Basketball and of course BOXING. I have asked for the help of Master Google and Brother Wiki (pedia) to know more about our dashing First Class passenger.

Brother Wiki stated that Mr. Cannavaro  "won the FIFA World Player of the Year award in 2006, making him the first, and so far, only defender to win the award, as well as the oldest recipient." 

"The 2006 World Cup stands as one of the most watched events in television history, garnering an estimated 26.29 billion non-unique viewers, compiled over the course of the tournament" -Wikipedia.

So that makes my NEW BOYFRIEND.. known to billions of people. Any ways, enough of the details.. here is my bluuuuuuuuuuurrrry to the highest level picture with my new love.. (ehehehehhe). Thanks to the forever-shaky-hands of YOUSEFF, I got this as a souvenir photo (grrrrrrr!)

Our picture is very raw.. not even edited, and sadly didn't give justice to his good looks at all. But blurry or no blurry... Love ko na Sya! He's been so patient to pose for a picture for all of us.. making him a sole target of the I-phones and Blackberry shooting squad!

Anyways, to compensate for the bad photo above, let me post some of  Mr. Cannavaro's (in my opinion) best shots.. (this site is not claiming any credit for the following images.)

ahem.... I lost my keys because of you... 

who the heck would open the flat door for me at 3:am in the morning?

Now I need to change the lock of my cupboards..

....get a duplicate key for my locker (hope the Admin. Head wouldn't nag).

All these hassle I need to go through because of one blurry picture and a smile that would haunt me forever! (naks!)

But darn it...... its all worth it! 

the "kowts" (that rocks the brain...)

When people are sad.. they tend to go out and have some fun..

When I feel sad.. I stay home and read "tweets"... (funny na LIBRE pa!). Here are some of the #gaguhangkasabihan, that can really cause serious KABAG.. so share ko lang. I had my share of utot! its your turn!

---------------- MARS----------------

Why did God make woman last?? -- Because He didn't want someone telling him what to do. ;p

A man asked a genie to make him a billion times smarter than anyman on earth, so the genie turned him into a woman.

I made a list of wrongs and rights tonight. And you' re number one on both sides.

Can u imagine a world without men? No crime and lot's of happy fat women.

Falling in love is like falling asleep when the class is going on, you were not supposed to.... but you did.

If women came with instructions, nothing would change. Men don't read instructions anyway

I knew I was in love when all those stupid songs started to make sense.

Yesterday is a canceled check; Tomorrow is a promissory note; Today is the only cash you have; So spend it wisely.

When I got the key to success there's always someone changed the lock.

There is no pleasure in having nothing to do; the fun is in having lots to do and not doing it.

If you are going through hell... keep going.

Life's too short, smile while you still have teeth. : D  

"I love u with all my butt I would say heart but my butt is bigger".

"Everyone who poops on you is not necessarily your enemy and everyone who helps clean it up is not necessarily your friend."

---------------------------KALOKA KOWTS----------------------------

Annhin mo ang bahay na bato kung...... sa kapitbahay mo to?!

Lahat ng cheese burger may cheese, pero hindi lahat ng hamburger may ham! 

Mahirap lunukin ang Pride, lalo na kung bareta :) 

Aanhin p ang gabi, kung wla k nmang katabi at Anong silbi ng may katabi kung wla namang nangyayari .

Bato bato sa langit, ang tamaan.........SAPUL!

ang batang masipag..... katulong pag laki!

Love is GOLD. --and time is blind

    

"Kung ANO ang tinanim, ANO din ang aanihin" 

Hindi lahat ng kumikinang ay ginto..minsan...MUTA lang yan.  

Ako ang nagsaing... iba ang kumain..... DIET ako eh. 

Aanhin pa ang damo...kung naka-rehab na ang kabayo?

  

Aanhin pa ang damo kung wala namang kabayo? Edi ikaw gumamit!

walang madilim na daan kung jowa ang pupuntahan...  

Papunta ka pa lang........ Sige, ingat! 

Pag binato ka ng bato..........umilag ka! wag shunga!  

Birds of the same feather..........malamang mag kamag-anak! 

Beauty is in the eye of the beer holder.

Ang Batang Masipag, Pag Laki Pagod!

ang taong hnd lumingon sa pinanggalingan.. nanggaling sa bahay ampunan,  malamang!!

ang hindi marunong lumingon sa pinanggalingan ay....may stiffneck!!!!

walang matigas na tinapay........ sa mas matigas na ngipin..

Walang matinong lalake sa malanding kumpare.

kapag may tyaga.........GOODLUCK!     

huwag mang-agaw ng asawa...kung hndi naman maganda  

Kapag maikli ang kumot, malamang tumangkad ka na!

ang lumakad ng matulin.....ay natatae..

di bale nang tamad, hindi naman pagod" =D

kapag may isinuksok... may bulsa   

An apple a day.......is too expensive !

Don't do unto others...what we did last night. :D

Kung hindi ukol, hindi bubukol... Sya ay baog..   

"Behind the clouds.......are the other clouds!!"

(sequel: and behind the other clouds are STILL another clouds!) Asa ka?

Kung kaya ng iba, ipagawa mo sa kanila! Now na!   

Aanhin ang palasyo kung ang nakatira ay kuwago, mabuti pa ang bahay kubo, sa paligid ay puno ng linga. 

kapag me sinusok... Meron masasarapan... wapaaak!

Your beauty is classic in tagalog ''Mukha ka ng matanda!'' 

Pag may isinuksok, isuksok mo pa, harder!!!!!

"Pagkahaba haba man ng prosisyon.......mauubasan ka din ng kandila!!"  

------------------- So... NASIYAHAN ka ba?... BAYAD MO??-------

 MARS =)