let me remember the best days

A year ago we celebrated each other…

 

 

Now we’re counting the days to welcoming the little one.

quick weekend getaway

Unlike in the Philippines where there is always a reason to declare one day per month as a holiday, here in Dubai everyone is looking forward to the Eid celebration (end of Ramadan) which happens around the 3rd week of October as it is the only time people could enjoy a 4-day weekend break.  We eagerly waited for this weekend with the initial plan of visiting another country. Yep, we were almost set to visit Amsterdam after considering other places like Athens.   However, upon further consideration, we realized the cons further outweigh the pros of long-haul travel at this time.  One is that 4days certainly isn’t sulit enough to spend a holiday in a far away country as the Netherlands, and Nico couldn’t afford using his vacation leave which he is reserving for next year’s vacation back home while I don’t even have leave allowance at all.  Another thing is that at 26weeks, it wouldn’t be easy for me to move around and I doubt if I would enjoy travelling when my tummy starts to pull down all my weight and my legs start to cramp.  For weeks we battled over practicality versus guts–at one time we felt we’re already halfway to europe and it would be a spoiler not to take advantage of the fact.  But the most important factor of course was realizing there are far more important things we could should spend our money on especially now that the latest addition to the family is due very soon.  Sensibility won.  We opted to get a car in the Philippines instead in preparation for my coming home.

But we never let the holidays pass without an event.  And eventhough hotel prices here are a bit exaggerated, a 3-day weekend break at the Le Meridien Hotel was justified as an advanced wedding anniversary celeb!  So off we went on Oct 20 on board the intercity bus for a 2-hour trip to the next emirate.  On day 1 we checked out the hotel facilities, the beach and pool area was cramped with people…good thing though that most of the hotel’s guests and members are europeans who are on the beach to get a tan–they are gone by the time the sun starts to set and we had the pool and beach area all to ourselves!

During our 3-day stay we just basically lived the life of the lazy, waking up late in the morning, enjoying a dip in the pool, pigging out on a wide selection of food for breakfast and lunch and dining out in the evening.  And who am I to resist the summons of the nearby mall which is just a 3-minute walk from the hotel?  Lucky me, I found this casual jacket at Mango which goes nice with most types of clothes while hubby bought what he calls a ‘cool dude’ shirt.

It was supposed to be a relaxing weekend, and for the most part it was, except that any activity I engaged myself in served as constant reminder that I am carrying a heavy load in my tummy as I could easily get exhausted.  On sunday, we went home tired yet renewed as we were able to somehow lived ‘the life’ even for 3days. Now back to reality, happy days are over, back to work!

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The following day after we got back home, dear hubby got me a real nice white gold heart bracelet as an anniversary gift (naks!), now I wonder what to get him..He’s been bugging me to buy him a copy of Rorkes (an engineering book) but I wanted to give him something more personal, hmm, hmm…i still have 5 more days…