So, the first weekend back in Dubai rapidly approached….Was just going to chill in the flat, take it easy…I even had the thought in my head that I would not return to the old routine of monster nights out as I had things to sort out at weekends, and sleep deprivation is not conducive to a productive weekend!....HAHAHAHHAHA who was I trying to kid!
My flat mate was returning to Oz and she had to be given a send off. I waited in the flat till around 19:30 and thought the night was off, just about to whack the oven on……well…….the grill as that’s all we could get working, and in she came, with a colleague from her site office. Lets go….It was only a short walk to the chosen venue…Double Deckers. A new one for me, didn’t even get there last time.
The place is decorated in a typical tourists view of London…..underground signs, red phone box and that is just on the out side. In side it is like an old fashioned pub on two floors. With traffic lights and suits of armour etc :-/
A few more colleagues joined us and we spent a good few hours chatting and drinking….I was starting to feel pretty hungry although the beer seemed to fill me up. Carolyns words “eatins, cheatin” kept reverberating around in my head! The sofas were really comfortable and because of Ramadan the music was low I was starting to feel the burn….but on we moved…..we grabbed a lift and ended up at Souk Madinat and Left Bank…another new one for me. Much of the same, low music, darkness, chatting and drink. Around 1 we decided to try and get a cab…..OMG, easier said than done….the queue was at the front entrance to madinat…..but the taxis were being turned away at the roundabout towards the road!!!!! WHAT!!!..but the thing was it took us 30mins to work this out!!!..so I marched off with Joyce in tow to jump a cab from the road…2 minutes later and we were away….munchies set in so toast and noodles required….If someone from asia tells you the noodles are spicy for goodness sake take note……..I was so hungry that I thought they may be just slightly warm!!!!!! They BLEW my head off…..it really hurt! I had to rinse them 3 times with boiling water and still have a bottle of milk next to me just to eat them! Just what the doctor ordered though! Joyce started packing for her flight in the morning and I hit my bed.
Friday, woke up to an 0630 alarm to ensure Joyce was up, then went back to sleep….forgetting to change the setting on my phone from loud to discrete, I was awoken at 9am to a barrage of texts (replying to texts I had evidently sent at some point in the evening!)……I must leave my phone at home in the future, I text the world and his dog when I have had a few!………and ow did my head hurt! When I did surface I grabbed my washing and swimming gear and headed to Kaths. She had a washing machine she didn’t mind me using…..I was going to not go back to the NGS for a while….but needs must and it was ace to spend the day chilling and catching up with her.
In the afternoon I met her friend from Uni….Caroline? I think….and we went for a drive round Dubai….so I could see where mirdiff was in relation to other places…..OMG there is a lot of construction going on! A quick stop at Festival City! no excuse needed for shopping!!! especially at M&S!!!! 
We then went to Exiles…via the new business bay bridge…..
Exiles is like a massive sports venue…Kath plays netball there and one of her team mates was making her debut in the Womens Rugby……again OMG! They are really rough, no holds barred tackling….i think I will stick to swimming! Although I need to get involved with something here to meet people…. 
Saturday was spent packing up and moving in with my mates, Jean and Chris….and my swimming regime will start Sunday Eve….after work!
Update…so swimming….I think I underestimated how 4.5mths of NO swimming (no excuses as there is a pool in Widnes) would make ones body so unfit…so what did I do…..stupidly hit it running! 20 lengths of a pool a million times bigger than the one we had at NGS..(ok so that’s a small lie)…but it was still big! I felt well dizzy after that! And was even offered oxygen by jean when I got back to the flat! OMG it was hard!...three days in and the swimming is coming on well!
My flat mate was returning to Oz and she had to be given a send off. I waited in the flat till around 19:30 and thought the night was off, just about to whack the oven on……well…….the grill as that’s all we could get working, and in she came, with a colleague from her site office. Lets go….It was only a short walk to the chosen venue…Double Deckers. A new one for me, didn’t even get there last time.
The place is decorated in a typical tourists view of London…..underground signs, red phone box and that is just on the out side. In side it is like an old fashioned pub on two floors. With traffic lights and suits of armour etc :-/
A few more colleagues joined us and we spent a good few hours chatting and drinking….I was starting to feel pretty hungry although the beer seemed to fill me up. Carolyns words “eatins, cheatin” kept reverberating around in my head! The sofas were really comfortable and because of Ramadan the music was low I was starting to feel the burn….but on we moved…..we grabbed a lift and ended up at Souk Madinat and Left Bank…another new one for me. Much of the same, low music, darkness, chatting and drink. Around 1 we decided to try and get a cab…..OMG, easier said than done….the queue was at the front entrance to madinat…..but the taxis were being turned away at the roundabout towards the road!!!!! WHAT!!!..but the thing was it took us 30mins to work this out!!!..so I marched off with Joyce in tow to jump a cab from the road…2 minutes later and we were away….munchies set in so toast and noodles required….If someone from asia tells you the noodles are spicy for goodness sake take note……..I was so hungry that I thought they may be just slightly warm!!!!!! They BLEW my head off…..it really hurt! I had to rinse them 3 times with boiling water and still have a bottle of milk next to me just to eat them! Just what the doctor ordered though! Joyce started packing for her flight in the morning and I hit my bed.
Friday, woke up to an 0630 alarm to ensure Joyce was up, then went back to sleep….forgetting to change the setting on my phone from loud to discrete, I was awoken at 9am to a barrage of texts (replying to texts I had evidently sent at some point in the evening!)……I must leave my phone at home in the future, I text the world and his dog when I have had a few!………and ow did my head hurt! When I did surface I grabbed my washing and swimming gear and headed to Kaths. She had a washing machine she didn’t mind me using…..I was going to not go back to the NGS for a while….but needs must and it was ace to spend the day chilling and catching up with her.
In the afternoon I met her friend from Uni….Caroline? I think….and we went for a drive round Dubai….so I could see where mirdiff was in relation to other places…..OMG there is a lot of construction going on! A quick stop at Festival City! no excuse needed for shopping!!! especially at M&S!!!! We then went to Exiles…via the new business bay bridge…..Exiles is like a massive sports venue…Kath plays netball there and one of her team mates was making her debut in the Womens Rugby……again OMG! They are really rough, no holds barred tackling….i think I will stick to swimming! Although I need to get involved with something here to meet people…. Saturday was spent packing up and moving in with my mates, Jean and Chris….and my swimming regime will start Sunday Eve….after work!Update…so swimming….I think I underestimated how 4.5mths of NO swimming (no excuses as there is a pool in Widnes) would make ones body so unfit…so what did I do…..stupidly hit it running! 20 lengths of a pool a million times bigger than the one we had at NGS..(ok so that’s a small lie)…but it was still big! I felt well dizzy after that! And was even offered oxygen by jean when I got back to the flat! OMG it was hard!...three days in and the swimming is coming on well!
You will have to excuse the poor quality of the photos....the cable for the camera still hasnt turned up and i have have had to use my camera phone.......x
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