The Dubai Chronicles: Rebirth

about dxb chronicles

The saga of Jeff living in the City of Gold. Presently living in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, unravel his journey throughout the city with memoirs and everyday life stories.

revisions and screw-ups

a lot of revisions today... artworks from clients and from my gilid. the clients demands this and that. there's no problem really... just minor revisions but it took me a half day for this.

i finished one artwork today but it's a full page. its an islamic school here in dubai. there are two versions for this one, arabic and english... same layout different font. kudos to donkey for typing the arabic text.

after work i went straight to i-cafe. SUBJECT A is having a hard time solving the puzzle in the incredible machines. im also having a hard time. so we left the shop in vain and went to a hardware store for telephone jack and wire. the shopkeeper screwed the wirings by crimping the wrong color coding...so we went back to him to recrimp it. it cost us two dirhams for the jacks.

feeling hungry, i decided to go home. when i arrived, bongski's ex was there... and alski arrived early tonight... i sense danger. bong's ex and alski are not in good terms... so im expecting a grudge match.

i ate dinner and wait...

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Friday, July 30, 2004

open beach

another relaxing day-off for me today. went early to the i-cafe to copy some of my mp3s that i have lost before. my hard disk drive crashed in less than a year... good thing i acquired another 40gb before it died.

people in the shop especially my barkadas here were addicted to Tim's Incredible Machines. its a good thing though because at least they use their heads now for somethin'..hehehe. i had lunch with SUBJECT B at KFC. it's been a long time eating out... aside from no money... too lazy to go out because of the extreme heat.

before sunset, we decided to go to open beach in jumeirah. it was my first time goin to swim here in dubai. the place was neat. clear water but the temperature is lukewarm.

the water did not quite make me feel relaxed... but still it helps removing the icky sticky feel. we head back home walking... with the same clothes we're wearing...

...and treated ourselves each with a 2 peso vendo fruit drink.

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Thursday, July 29, 2004

rush job

i finished three logo designs for the contest. i hope it would benefit us... i went to SUBJECT A's flat to let him drop it to the postal service... and then went to office.

donkey, as usual, steaming off again with his mountainous pile of work... and decided to help him up. i made two artworks already and he's still complaining about the job. tsk tsk tsk. get with the programme donkey.

here's one of the artworks i did. it's a kitchen company...selling kitchen...stuffs.

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Wednesday, July 28, 2004

too late

bugs told me yesterday that there was a logo making contest for an upcoming mall in abu dhabi... and he doesn't know the mechanics. crap. he said that it was published on the 2nd week of july. i don't read newspapers for the past month already...and so did he. so i told him to look for it.

the prize is quite huge (dhs10,000)...but the catch is... deadline's on the 31st of july. wtf! why did i missed this kind of opportunity!

i have to juggle my deadlines today between the upcoming ads and this one. worse, tita minda will get the computer because i decided not to have it. crap.

better find a way.

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Tuesday, July 27, 2004

nuisance client

i don't know if this one is ignorant or just plain stupid. i've been explaining to this guy for more than three days that their artwork would not possible because its jagged and low res. he told me that he would contact the designer who made the it. at first, the cd is not with him... second day he's sick... the next alibi was the designer is on vacation leave...

what a liar... and he works at the bank. could you trust their credibility?

i don't think so. anyway, i revised their artwork and waiting for their approval. same layout. different font and images. dang, their logo made me nuts esp the weave part...

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Monday, July 26, 2004

crackerman

Roamin', roamin', roam
Get away, gotta get away
And I think I think too much...

yep, i've been thinking too much lately. last night, tita minda called me about the desktop computer if im goin' to take it. dang, the price is very pricy (dhs2500) and yet it's almost bronze-aged... i can buy a p4 3.0 with a 21" monitor with that and yet she's selling a p4 1.5...

And I'm thinkin'
While I'm thinkin'...

in the office, im still "trimming plants"...last two more. i helped donkey with other stuffs like tracing logos, making new concept designs and scanning some "idiotic" photos. recently, i finished one of my artworks for the client. this time its a school.

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Sunday, July 25, 2004

trimming plants

it's been two days im editing photographs... flower boquets... one of my worst nightmares in photomanips. the picture subjects were not in good form... worse, it's blurry.

dang, i wish i had that slr...

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Saturday, July 24, 2004

b & w

at last, after three unecessary shutdowns and one program crash i was able to finish the artwork.

the artwork was done in photoshop and illustrator and made for print. the client this time is a medical group company.

amira, our sales agent, asked me for the printout. i printed it and it came out greyscale. i tried it for another shot. still the same. i already wasted three photopapers when donkey told me he changed the settings to black and white to save ink.

*()#&$)#&*)$@(#*@&.... im with stupid --->

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Friday, July 23, 2004

the temptation of maxtor

i had a good night's sleep. two glasses of smirnoff blue helped. i called my wifey in the morning through landline to see how things doin'... no wonder i cannot call through her mobile because it's busted. i promised her to send my own savings to let her buy a new phone. sweet huh? (ouch!)

after the conversation, bugs called. he's in dubai and wanted to meet up with him.

and so we've met in deira city center, one of the prominent malls here in dubai. compare to the malls in manila, city center is smaller but more classy. bugs, mike and me went out for lunch at coco's... the violet-white looking resto. bugs gave us a treat because his credit card company overcharged him last month and he got a rebate. food's quite good but one thing i don't like is the burger... it messes up on me easily... you have to use your hands instead of knife and fork.

we went to al ain centre in bur dubai afterwards. al ain centre hosts a lot of computer shops and other electronic devices. bugs got his external card reader for dhs 80. i canvassed for external hard drive... and i found one.

the maxtor one touch external hard disk drive costs dhs540 for 80gb and dhs 650 for 120gb. i got money to buy it... but im not yet ready to get it. i was standing in the shop for almost 10 minutes thinking the pros and cons of getting this.

here are the pros:

- you can bring it anywhere
- multi-os
- more mp3s and other stuffs to dump it in

cons:

- do i really need it now?
- targeting for an slr camera like canon eos 300d
- i have internal hard disk drives (80gb)

... and so i didn't buy it. hopefully i get my salary in full plus the balance last month... then i'll get it for sure.

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Thursday, July 22, 2004

you gain some, you lose some.

i slept early last night because i cannot use the computer at home due to busted electrical outlets and faulty wiring that it might cause an overload...

... but i woke up at 3am to work on the project. i managed to finish it before 6am.

now, i'm ready to send it to victor. hope they like what they paid for... and they liked it! nice one, skitzo.

but things turn different when i went back to office. they deducted my expenses including the airfare, hotel and immigration from this month's salary. Mr. T.A.K. told me that when they change my visa to residency they will not deduct it anymore. i don't believe him.

crap, that's dhs 1150. they still owe me dhs1700 and now they're deducting it from present salary...wtf. i told them to subtract it from what they owe to me. this is really a f**ked up environment im hooked up with.

and i'll let the big boss know what's going on...

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Wednesday, July 21, 2004

hangover

didn't go to work today. i still have the kish hangover (actually, i was drunk last night because it was jerry's birthday₁). i slept the whole day when victor called. we're supposed to meet with him with regards to the project.

we met at 4pm at mcdonalds. he explained some revisions to the logo and design in which still unclear what they really want on the design. and so, i told them that i needed the content for the design. he agreed but informed me also of new prospects. tasty. i promised him tomorrow that i will give him the revisions on the logo and the web layout. he gave me the dhs400 as initial payment.

went to i-cafe and treated pizza as a celebration. super supreme... tasty.

1 jerry - friend of SUBJECT A and mine. he works as a lifeguard in Dubai Municipality.

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Tuesday, July 20, 2004

the zchizzerz has landed

yep i'm back in dubai.

after three days in kish, donkey and i finally renewed our visas. it will be two months of new pursuit for the ultimate goal...the residence visa.

for now, i have to rest...too much shisha last night...

flashback will be posted according to timeline.

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Monday, July 19, 2004

the visa

aside from toothache and fever were gone. things are getting better for me. but still the visa's not yet coming.

i waited while watching the passion of the christ on tv for the fourth time. i called SUBJECT A for a little conspiracy theory... to pretend that he's my cousin asking for my status.

yesterday, SUBJECT A called Mr. T.A.K. and asked what happened to my visa. T.A.K. told him that tomorrow it will come out and be sent. today, SUBJECT A called T.A.K. again for the status. this time, T.A.K. was irritated and freaked out on SUBJECT A.

SUBJECT A did a little push on this part. kudos SUBJECT A.

3pm the visa copy arrived. same with donkey. 30 minutes later, money transfer has been received. donkey and i we're relieved.

in the evening, i treated shisha to my roommates because they haven't tried it yet.

mission almost accomplished.

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Sunday, July 18, 2004

the search for paracetamol

i had a bad toothache. not only that, a slight fever. maybe i smoked too much shisha.

i rested for hours in the room. when it's almost dark i asked donkey to accompany me to go to paradise mall to buy some medicine.

damn, the mall is big but no pharmacy. crap.

we searched each beauty shop for any pain relievers for my toothache. alas, we were able to find one. at first, i asked how much is one box of panadol. he insisted another product. he advised me tablets of advil for pain reliever... and it costs one dirham per tablet.

the f**k, that's way too expensive for a freakin' paracetamol. i bargained the price as much as possible but failed. later on, he finally gave in... he gave me two tablets for free. i didn't accepted it as free. instead, i gave my dirham to him, just to be fair.

drank the medicine and went back to hotel. i rested and sleep... even my roommates are partying out loud inside.

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Saturday, July 17, 2004

the airport - part ii

we knew what to do... early in the morning we went to the immigration office to get this outpass letter thing to be able to exit the country. we got it, and it costs dhs100. crap, our savings we're deducted.

we arrived at the airport at 8am. we went early because we have to rebook our flight. donkey believed to hearsays that we don't need to be reconfirmed for flight because we got tickets/boarding pass.

i don't.

in the end, i won the argument. temper's losing control again for him. what a fucker.

we went to kish office to reconfirm our bookings. we got it. 4:45pm is the flight. we went back to the airport, donkey hoping that we might get the flight at 1:45pm as chance passengers. the ticketing office didn't allow us because we're booked at 4:45pm. now his steam went off again... what a brat.

i apologized the receptionist for my colleague's manner and she accepted it. later on, she allowed only one passenger to board because there's one more seat left. i decided to let the donkey take the flight.

i don't want to be with him in the plane anyway. he passed the immigration with no questions. good wallah.

two hours after, i took my scheduled flight.

i arrived in kish and donkey's waiting for me at the airport. glitches are back.

first, the hotel donkey wants were fully booked... and he still insists to be there. HEY, I'M WITH A MORON.

then, he doesn't like the hotel i prefer because the personnel are bad-mannered. maybe they're not friendly at him only.

finally, he keeps on complaining on the weather. i feel humid also, get on with it.

i felt like im babysitting here in kish island. it's a good thing that we have separated accomodation. arabs with arabs, filipinos with filipinos. good idea. no conflict. same attitude, same smell.

and i feel fine with my new roommates. shisha party started...

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Friday, July 16, 2004

the airport - part i

everything was packed up. extra rations (canned goods), clothes, underwear, and some money. today, donkey and i are going to kish for a visa change.

i went to donkey's place around 1pm because he needed to be booked on a flight. we arrived around 3pm in the airport to get donkey a ticket ahead of schedule.

as usual, donkey is a donkey.

first, there's no more booking available for him. donkey didn't control his steam... shouted at the booking agent, the passengers..and also me.

i didn't like his ***kin' attitude at all but hey what the hell, let's understand his imbecile thinking to this civilized environment.

after coolin' off, finally we were able to get some ticket of his.

we thought that the problem's finished. immigration problem. we weren't allow to fly because we needed the outpass letter coming from the immigration office.

and it's friday... day-off for government offices.

crap. we cancelled our ticket because of this. and the problem still persists.

chi chi oomar

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Thursday, July 15, 2004

exodus

at last, i got my passport... my authenticated documents... air fare and deposit.

its time to fly to kish island. donkey and i are going to relax a bit...away from tension. whether they will still take care of us or not, at least i will get what i need...

freedom.

i'll see ya around when i get back. adieu.

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confusion

last night, i sent a sms to the two bosses with regards for the unpaid salary last month. Mr. A.A.T replied back this morning and he's in malaysia for some business trip and Mr. T.A.K. didn't reply at all. oh great, its happening all over again.

After yesterday's discussion about public transportation, it happened. i was left behind by the bus... and made me wait for fifteen minutes for the next one. crap. i arrived in the office around 9:30... second trip by asif, the new company driver.

things getting shaky when Mr. T.A.K arrived in the office. i had a meeting with him and asked about my compensation. i didn't get one. he said he's processing the visas for both me and donkey, hopefully, and prioritizing it rather than my salary. confusing.

now, he wants to issue visit visas to cut costs. very confusing.

tomorrow evening we will leave this country for kish island, iran. insha'allah.

but still, i am trapped in this situation. as soon as i can leave this country to clear the penalties in which this company held responsible... i can come back here, on my own expense.

and bull with these people.

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Wednesday, July 14, 2004

Bus No. 9

public transport in dubai runs on different schedules in different routes. they're strict in their timings. if you arrive one minute late...you have to wait for another 15-30mins on a bus stop. i have to be on my stop on or before 8:30am to be on time.

there are three buses passing near our place going to my destination: Bus No. 9S (Gold Souk - Al Ghubaiba - Satwa Bus Stn), 9E (Al Ghubaiba - Gulf News) and 9 (Gold Suoq - Al Ghubaiba - Satwa Bus Station via Sheikh Zayed Road). I can take those three routes but only Bus No. 9 is the most convenient because i can alight exactly on my stop rather walking far before reaching to my rendezvous.

As usual, the bus arrived on schedule. the driver, a mr. crown prince of dubai look-alike, greeted me on our native tongue, "Pare, kamusta ka? Fine? (friend, how are you? Fine?)". its the fifth consecutive day i've come across with him. sometimes, my mind's playing that "the what if" scenarios with the driver... what if this guy is the real prince pretending to be the driver? what if this is the other twin of some sort? what if...

...daydreamin'

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Tuesday, July 13, 2004

sea monkey

kudos to sea monkey and his ixus i. although the quality of the pictures are not good, i still thank him for letting us use his cam. last night's pick and shoot scene was ok...but the outcome of pics which downloaded by SUBJECT A were bad... still i manage to beautify some images with the help of photoshop.

it was fun last night, really. even mr. bear was drunk.

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Monday, July 12, 2004

stock photos

finally, i was able to upload three photos that i made before on someone else's digicam on istockphotos. although the quality of the images are poor, im hoping that these three will be approved (and hopefully get some $$$).

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Sunday, July 11, 2004

add-ons

added new features to this crap are my stats and connect (links). i'm still looking for a workaround for the free banner ad (hopefully blogger would allow me to place their ads somewhere instead of top) for my upcoming design. in the next few days the pages in this blog will suffer minor technical problems due to integration of new design. so please bear with me. thanks.

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R.E.M.

recently, things getting more mindboggling every time i sleep.

last night, i have dreamt a celebrity. its no porn actress nor sharapova, but a singer. michael stipes of R.E.M. appeared in my dream... the hell? as far as i can remember, there's a little party then he appeared on the scene and asked me if he can sing on the party. of course i let him sing. after his performance on "losing my religion", he went to sari-sari store to buy something. for no explainable reason, i asked ego to come with me and get some shots with him. we took some pictures. it was great. then after the shoot, he sang something... a tune i remembered as wonderful by adam ant. we sang together in an acapella tune....so loud that...i woke up.

headphones still in my head playing luka by suzanne vega. r.e.m. indeed.

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Saturday, July 10, 2004

survey says

i had a nightmare last night. i thought that sadako was strangling me. bad thought. maybe too much lechon kawali or chicharon last night.

Medal of Honor: Allied Assault was amiss. i have to download another version in limewire.

usual morning habit... checking mail, participating in the pw forums, checking deviations, ym and friendster. i got this from the bulletin board of friendster... maybe something to doodle with.

read on:

> Subject: question and answer
> Message: Y O U R....
>
> x. name: jeff
> x. birthday: passed already
> x. piercings: none
> x. tattoos: none
> x. height: 5'7
> x. shoe size: 8
> x. hair color: dark brown
> x. length: short
> x. pets: SUBJECT A & B

> L A S T...
> x. movie you watched : harry potter: prisoner of azkaban
> x. movie you bought : underworld, anger management, the italian job
> X. song you listened to : carly simon - nobody does it better
> x. song you had stuck in your head : evanescence - going under
> x. person you've called: SUBJECT A
> x. person that called you : amira, my officemate
> x. person you talked to online: bugs
> x. time you dyed your hair: never
> x. time you took pictures: last week
> x. person you were thinking of : persons. my julia, miles and mayi.

> D O ..
> x. you have a bf or gf : no. chances are my wife will kill me. bf, lots. lol
> x. you have a crush on someone : of course. human instinct.
> x. you believe in online dating : no. i don't eat on an online restaurant.
> x. others find you attractive : liars.
> x. you drink : liar.
> x. you smoke: liar.
> x. you like cleaning : its a dirty job but somebody has to do it.
> x. you write in cursive or print : i dont write much anymore. i type.
> x. you carry a donor card : mastercard or visa?

> F O R // A G A I N S T...
> x. long distance relationships: still working as of to date
> x. using someone : as what?
> x. suicide : it occured to me once and still considering.
> x. killing people : just in the movies and games.
> x. doing drugs : liar.
> x. premarital sex : been there. done that.
> x. driving drunk : can't drive here. no license. i let someone drive while im drunk.

> C H O O S E O N E:
> x. black/white: grey
> x. bf or gf/ friends: refer to previous question. friends.
> x. morning/night: night
> x. pool/jacuzzi: jacuzzi
> x. britney/christina: sharapova
> x. sunlight/moonlight: moonlight
> x. short hair/long hair: shaved

> F A V O R I T E...
> x. song : hoobastank - the reason
> x. thing to do : to be a geek.
> x. candy: skittles
> x. drink : beer

> H A V E Y O U E V E R...
> x. cried over a girl/guy : its a sissy thing to do but yes.
> x. caught your bf/gf cheating: instincts prevail.
> x. lied to someone : liar.
> x. been in a fist fight / arrested: fist fight, yes. arrested, no.
> x. regretted being with a girl/guy : girl, no.

> W H A T...
> x. shampoo do you use : i dont use one.
> x. perfume do you use : my cousin's perfume.
> x. are you scared of : myself

> N U M B E R...
> x. of times I have had my heart broken? none. hearts don't break. it just stop beating.
> x. of hearts I have broken? same as above.
> x. of boys I have kissed? : what a gay question.
> x. of continents I have lived in? : one. asia.
> x. of drugs taken illegally? i lost count.
> x. of people I would classify as true friends: i also lost count.
> x. of people I consider my enemies? : please don't let me ask numbers...im allergic to that.
> x. of cd's that I own?: a lot. cd-r, cd-rw, et al. is dvd considered as cd?
> x. of things in my past that I regret: hey, people make a lot of mistakes you know.

> W H A T.P O P S.I N.Y O U R.H E A D..
> x. banana: noun. food.
> x. backstreet boys: adjective. gay.
> x. fingers: verb. sexually stimulating.
> x. parrot: noun. food.
> x. green: noun. good to go.
> x. red : noun. menstruation.
> x. sleep: verb. recharge your brain cells.

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Friday, July 09, 2004

fish

I had less than four hours sleep last night. GTA3 is very addictive... and stress reducing as well. bongski wake me up to go the fish market. it was seven in the morning. we go here to do the usual stuff, buy a lot of fish.

2 kgs hamour (lapu-lapu)
2 kgs milkfish (bangus)
2 kgs squid (pusit)
1 kg galungong
1 kg tanigue for kilawin later
2 kgs dalagang bukid
2 kgs tilapia
2 kgs crab (alimango)

also we bought some other stuffs as well like:

1 kg sirloin beef
1 1/2 kgs bulalo
10 kgs rice
7 kgs watermelon
and lots of veggies..

it costs us around dhs 200. good for two week supply. we were able to get back at home around 9. now here comes the bad part of having too many fish grocery...the cleaning. cleaning fish in the fish market is convenient, with a price. a kilo of fish would cost around dhs 5-10 and it depends which type of fish to be cleaned. we can't afford to spend more because of budget constraints. we have to clean it... the hard way.

wait, let me rephrase that. i have to clean it... the hard way. i have to remove the fins, scales, gills and innards. i took me two hours of cleaning these bastards.

it was noon when people started coming in. kuya jojie and danny had a sleepover last night. tita minda came with a cake. ate josie, meydi (mayday?) arrived afterwards. our ampon, redith and her brother (sis?) julius also came. same as last week, a little gathering. alski took his day-off...again.

jonathan brought his pirated dvd of Harry Potter: Prisoner of Azkaban from a friend. i didn't understand the movie... too much noise from talking and party music. i have to watch it again tomorrow.

evening came, alski suddenly invited me to go clubbing. i backed out. i prefer to redesign my layout for this blog rather than partying. what a jack-a-dull-boy.

oh sh*t, i forgot to do my laundry today...

addendum
belated happy birthday menchie. how old are you?

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Thursday, July 08, 2004

product of boredom

after few hours of waiting and doing nothing... i finally made something out of err... this.

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salary, quake and honor

im having less than 5 hours sleep last night. me, SUBJECT A and SUBJECT B went to a drinking session. i had a little stupor... either from less sleep or the situation im having with my residency. the fact is...im still in deep shit. though not giving up, there is still a very little time to compensate this problem.

unlike yesterday's fog on the streets (pretty weird actually...hottest season this year), it's a ditto. though i was able to download Quake and Medal of Honor: Allied Assault from limewire... i wish i can download my salary through p2p. its faster there...rather than the bullshit of these )@*#_)*(@#*.

8 days delayed. im running out of money...fast.

flashback:
tuesday: didn't go to work. i was bugged by squabbles over my accomodation. drunk and less sleep, i called the office and send an sms to the manager. cleared. went back to sleep... few hours later brought the cpu and went to i-cafe. i didn't ate breakfast and lunch so we ordered something different here. dinuguan and daing na bangus with talong. i missed this stuff for a very long time.

after lunch, i plugged my cpu for internet access. crap. something screwin around with the LAN card. on..off..on...off... this thing is busted. return to base. catch some more zzz's.

wednesday: back to office. started on the project already. donkey didn't like my design.

i didn't like his design either...

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Tuesday, July 06, 2004

second time around

yesterday, i had a meeting with Mr. A.A.T. to discuss a certain project. the boss is brilliant in a way making things communicate with each other... wherever they are. i feel at ease with the boss. hope this project booms.

after the meeting, i went to the i-cafe. SUBJECT A told me that our wild wadi getaway wouldn't be possible. crap. i called annlyn for her contacts there. phone's off. another crap.

we tried. and it did push through. six of us went to wild wadi. one hour left.

same as last week. different gang. went back to birthday party. red horse beer...kicks like Mr. M's horse.

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Sunday, July 04, 2004

new hope

we're supposed to watch Spiderman 2 at city centre in deira but it was cancelled due to financial distruptions. instead, i got a pirated copy of Day After Tomorrow dvd last night at the cafe. went home, fold my laundry clothes, eat, prayed, put on the headphones and sleep.

morning came. this is the day that hopefully would not go in vain. we (me and saad₁) went to immigration to pay our overstaying penalties. we waited for baraa₂ one hour outside the premises. we thought this is another bogus promise. it's not.

the penalties were paid. 14 days left to process our residence visa. we're still hoping.

and i still believe in God...

1 - saad saado a.k.a donkey, syrian graphic designer, my co-worker.
2 - baraa, right-hand man of Mr. T.A.K.

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Saturday, July 03, 2004

scanned forgery

i got my offline message from my wifey. they need my signature. they can't copy it.

i signed. i scanned. i sent it.

addendum
thanks ego for linking this blog crap.

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time to relax

thursday evening: last day of the company driver. settled differences. goodbye. I went to Mercato Mall to accompany SUBJECT A and company. lots of people. went to SUBECT A's flat and be merry. mcandrews scotch.

friday: everybody's day off. laundry day. after two weeks of piling dirty clothes, it pays off...bad one. we had a little fiesta of some sort. no occassion, just celebration. kare-kare, sinigang, calamares, sweet and sour fish fillet, 3 boxes of pizza, 2 roasted chickens, and other pica-picas were prepared for no-occasion party. singing videoke and dancing are usual friday-offs for us. even alski₁ took his day-off.

alski, kuya jojie, danny (another relative of theirs) and me went for a night out. 2 out of 4. scuffle with a drunk nepali. end of day off.

1 - alski a.k.a. the kid, lolot, cousin of kuya jojie(my cousin, father side), son of tita minda. no relative bloodline.

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Thursday, July 01, 2004

red ears

almost had an encounter with our company driver... pisses me off big time.

he wants me to make his CV...and think of what to put in it.. f**kin' a. no way. im no errand office boy.

wooosa.

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