WOOOOOHOOOO end of Ramadan!
Wow its also nearly been a year since I first came to Dubai! How time has flown!
So the weekend commenced on Thursday the 12th…this has to be the most active weekend I have had, and I really did push myself!
Catherine had been out all week on her way back to the UK from a holiday in Malaysia. She was flying back to UK on the Friday, so we all went out and managed to fill a table with 19……a mixture of peeps from the Abu Dhabi office and many from different departments in Dubai office. Louise booked us into Yalumba…..UH OH!!! YES I was there a few weeks before and YES I know how it gets messy!
First stop was Dubliners at the meridian village from 8pm onwards….no problem….so I thought….grab a cab from the greens….WRONG! Eid weekend means busyness for taxi firm…took me 40mins to get a cab….i booked one but they never did call me back…I ended up flagging one down! Driver seemed ok….i didn’t know however he was a nutter until we got onto SZR and he nailed it!! Pretty erratic and kept violently tilting his head….i thought maybe he had a nervous tick but NO he was trying to click his neck…..WOT! I guess that was his way of psyching up for the journey….he then proceeded to put his foot down harder….weaving and flashing at people in his way…and muttering some stuff in his language…but then….what’s this….the voice of an English lady from the front…at first I thought he had a TOMTOM…but no she said “you are speeding please slow down” in perfect queens English…..he then proceeded to smack the steering wheel and shout at it…well I couldn’t help it….i laughed sooo much! Especially as I must have had the pleasure of this repeated over and over, each time the wrath of the driver increasing to my amusement!
Finally got to the meridian village…the guy had no idea where the place was…..THAT MADE TWO OF US! So I got him to drop me at Meridian Dubai where I had a 5 min walk to the village….not too much of a problem, but my shoes were not the most comfortable!
Got to Dubliners at 2045…..DOH…louise had arrived 5 mins before me, so we headed to the bar for a bevy! The barman miss heard and instead of getting a bottle I got a pint of becks…and when we got outside….we were told we had to drink up as we were moving on……I was being egged on…..oooo your gonna struggle with that!!! REALLY! I was a student, and can still drink like a student…although it means I get light headed VERY quickly……so to set the scene (this was my first outing with my new colleagues) I polished off the pint, lou finished her vodka and we went to Yalumba for the champagne fest! Walking past a gym feeling a little guilty as all those fit types were working out, and it was exclaimed, I especially feel bad as they are working out and we are off to get sh1tfaced….i did laugh at that….funniest thing I heard in a while!
I thought we may have escaped photos…but Catherine had her camera….here are a few of the night….they are on Catherines facebook account….very amusing
….Dont know where the pumpkin, chef hat, foliage etc came from….but it was funny….again very cloudy memories of the night. 
I must have been drunk as Tayo ran off and got an octopus for me and louise to try…..complete with head and suckers….rubbery and tasted of nothing…..gross! 
I tried sushi…….so many people rave on about it I thought I would give it a go….i picked up this round white rice think with what looked like salmon in the middle wrapped in orange crumb like stuff….cool…..looked pretty!.....started eating it and realised it actually tasted like the smell on your hands after you have been fishing all day (I loved course fishing in the UK)….that took away the eliteness of sushi for me….followed by Catherine informing me the crumb like stuff was actually crab eggs….OMG they were crunchy too…It turned me…and mid mouthful I was like a child…I wanted sooo much to spit it out and wipe my tongue…but had to finish…..with non other than a gulp of champers….sufficed to say I didn’t eat anymore sushi!
12am marked the end of the flow of champagne…but final fill of glasses kept us going for another hour or so….even people minesweeping meant you had to be on your guard for champers robbers! that was, while we were sticking spoons to our noses!
Someone asked where we were heading too……SORRY did I hear you correctly…were we not inebriated enough!? BACK TO DUBLINERS….a final gin and one person falling asleep at the table…I exclaimed END EX! I had to get a taxi…I hit the brick wall! And grabbed a cab relatively easily back to the greens…….got into bed ARRRRRRrrrrrrr but wasn’t too good…..
woke at 930….oops the room still moving!……much to Chris amusement as I walk out the bedroom…..he asked if I wanted egg and bacon…..NO! the very thought! I went back to bed….1130….feeling much better….Jean mothered me…shes great….with Chris again taking the pee! I KNOW I KNOW self inflicted!
Friday as you would guess……a water drinking wasted day! Had a few morsels of curry late that evening with C&J friends that came round but I had to go to bed as I had dragon boating in the morning……
Alarm…..0645…had to be there for 0800…not too sure where the place was so thought it best to leave early…..Jean was already up…Sky was awake. So at 0730 I left the house for the marina…….armed with directions in my head I found is really easily! Right next to Barasti! YEAH!....very proud of myself…
Went to the gate to see if I had the right place and the boy told me to drive down to the marina and and park at the side…..and that non of the other people were there yet….well I waited until 0755…..YES it only took me 10mins to drive there…..waited ages….and when I phoned the lady…she was a little surprised….arrrrr….your new…YEP! Its off today because of EID….. OMG I deprived my self of valuable sleep! No problems I will come back next week….and drove home…..THIRD TIME LUCKY I HOPE! I was really excited about going too! Took this picture of the marina as proof I actually got up at that ungodly hour!
Got back to the flat…still feeling tired I had full intention of doing something…cant remember what now…but I went to Ibn Battuta with J&C and the kids….i wanted to buy some training aids for swimming…(I love swimming…used to swim for a club and just love being in the pool)……got myself finger paddles and a pullbouy…when we got back to the flat I had to catch sum ZZZzzzzzzzzz if I didn’t lie down I was going to fall down!…..i never made it to the pool for sunbathing….
I was awoken by a text from a work mate……we are heading to Irish Village for the footie and staying till the rugby….gonna get messy if your up for it….OMG…I couldn’t face drinking….but I was deffo going to watch the rugby anyway! I had forgotten the end of Ramadan meant a three day weekend! BONUS….no work tomorrow!
Had an attack of guilt for the lack of exercise so went for a good old swim got ready and got a taxi straight away (stark difference from Thursday night!)…..got to IV met up with 2 ladies from work…got a G&T and headed for the tent….surprisingly empty!.....i drank the G&T and wished I hadn’t bought it….so it was coke for me for the rest of the night! The place really got packed from about 2130….people dressed in berets with French sticks…. And lots of England supporters….luckily the group I met got there early and had got some bean bags….BONUS….
What a game….the tent was chocker! From the first try in 1min21secs to the last drop goal we were shouting….my throat really hurt…. And sudden realisation UH OH how are all these people going to get out of IV….my concerns made reality when I got to the taxi rank…I hung back about half an hour…but there were NO Taxis…I decided to walk….and god did I walk, thankfully it is pretty safe in doobers.….i walked for about an hour…but the cabs weren’t stopping…I decided that I was better off at IV and started walking back…and eventually flagged a cab down….it was 2am and I was shattered! Apparently the rules have got strict….if a cab stops at the side of the road, FINE, if he takes more than 4 people, FINE! Peeps tend to stand at the roadside hide their friends then when he stops more than 4 jump in…so that’s why they wont stop! He also told me about the lovely lady in the car that tells them they are speeding!! Apparently if she comes on too many times the fare is free and they get reported to head office! GOOD SKILLS that should slow them down a little!. To be fair he was a nice chap.
Got back to the flat at 0245!
Sunday was a late lie…I didn’t get up till lunch and then I spent the day by the pool…..swimming and catching rays….not that factor 20 will let you catch rays!...had an early night ready for work…..the three day weekend over ALREADY!Photos to follow as I need to get some from facebook…….
Wow its also nearly been a year since I first came to Dubai! How time has flown!
So the weekend commenced on Thursday the 12th…this has to be the most active weekend I have had, and I really did push myself!
Catherine had been out all week on her way back to the UK from a holiday in Malaysia. She was flying back to UK on the Friday, so we all went out and managed to fill a table with 19……a mixture of peeps from the Abu Dhabi office and many from different departments in Dubai office. Louise booked us into Yalumba…..UH OH!!! YES I was there a few weeks before and YES I know how it gets messy!
First stop was Dubliners at the meridian village from 8pm onwards….no problem….so I thought….grab a cab from the greens….WRONG! Eid weekend means busyness for taxi firm…took me 40mins to get a cab….i booked one but they never did call me back…I ended up flagging one down! Driver seemed ok….i didn’t know however he was a nutter until we got onto SZR and he nailed it!! Pretty erratic and kept violently tilting his head….i thought maybe he had a nervous tick but NO he was trying to click his neck…..WOT! I guess that was his way of psyching up for the journey….he then proceeded to put his foot down harder….weaving and flashing at people in his way…and muttering some stuff in his language…but then….what’s this….the voice of an English lady from the front…at first I thought he had a TOMTOM…but no she said “you are speeding please slow down” in perfect queens English…..he then proceeded to smack the steering wheel and shout at it…well I couldn’t help it….i laughed sooo much! Especially as I must have had the pleasure of this repeated over and over, each time the wrath of the driver increasing to my amusement!
Finally got to the meridian village…the guy had no idea where the place was…..THAT MADE TWO OF US! So I got him to drop me at Meridian Dubai where I had a 5 min walk to the village….not too much of a problem, but my shoes were not the most comfortable!
Got to Dubliners at 2045…..DOH…louise had arrived 5 mins before me, so we headed to the bar for a bevy! The barman miss heard and instead of getting a bottle I got a pint of becks…and when we got outside….we were told we had to drink up as we were moving on……I was being egged on…..oooo your gonna struggle with that!!! REALLY! I was a student, and can still drink like a student…although it means I get light headed VERY quickly……so to set the scene (this was my first outing with my new colleagues) I polished off the pint, lou finished her vodka and we went to Yalumba for the champagne fest! Walking past a gym feeling a little guilty as all those fit types were working out, and it was exclaimed, I especially feel bad as they are working out and we are off to get sh1tfaced….i did laugh at that….funniest thing I heard in a while!
I thought we may have escaped photos…but Catherine had her camera….here are a few of the night….they are on Catherines facebook account….very amusing
….Dont know where the pumpkin, chef hat, foliage etc came from….but it was funny….again very cloudy memories of the night. I must have been drunk as Tayo ran off and got an octopus for me and louise to try…..complete with head and suckers….rubbery and tasted of nothing…..gross! I tried sushi…….so many people rave on about it I thought I would give it a go….i picked up this round white rice think with what looked like salmon in the middle wrapped in orange crumb like stuff….cool…..looked pretty!.....started eating it and realised it actually tasted like the smell on your hands after you have been fishing all day (I loved course fishing in the UK)….that took away the eliteness of sushi for me….followed by Catherine informing me the crumb like stuff was actually crab eggs….OMG they were crunchy too…It turned me…and mid mouthful I was like a child…I wanted sooo much to spit it out and wipe my tongue…but had to finish…..with non other than a gulp of champers….sufficed to say I didn’t eat anymore sushi!
12am marked the end of the flow of champagne…but final fill of glasses kept us going for another hour or so….even people minesweeping meant you had to be on your guard for champers robbers! that was, while we were sticking spoons to our noses!
Someone asked where we were heading too……SORRY did I hear you correctly…were we not inebriated enough!? BACK TO DUBLINERS….a final gin and one person falling asleep at the table…I exclaimed END EX! I had to get a taxi…I hit the brick wall! And grabbed a cab relatively easily back to the greens…….got into bed ARRRRRRrrrrrrr but wasn’t too good…..woke at 930….oops the room still moving!……much to Chris amusement as I walk out the bedroom…..he asked if I wanted egg and bacon…..NO! the very thought! I went back to bed….1130….feeling much better….Jean mothered me…shes great….with Chris again taking the pee! I KNOW I KNOW self inflicted!
Friday as you would guess……a water drinking wasted day! Had a few morsels of curry late that evening with C&J friends that came round but I had to go to bed as I had dragon boating in the morning……
Alarm…..0645…had to be there for 0800…not too sure where the place was so thought it best to leave early…..Jean was already up…Sky was awake. So at 0730 I left the house for the marina…….armed with directions in my head I found is really easily! Right next to Barasti! YEAH!....very proud of myself…
Went to the gate to see if I had the right place and the boy told me to drive down to the marina and and park at the side…..and that non of the other people were there yet….well I waited until 0755…..YES it only took me 10mins to drive there…..waited ages….and when I phoned the lady…she was a little surprised….arrrrr….your new…YEP! Its off today because of EID….. OMG I deprived my self of valuable sleep! No problems I will come back next week….and drove home…..THIRD TIME LUCKY I HOPE! I was really excited about going too! Took this picture of the marina as proof I actually got up at that ungodly hour!
Got back to the flat…still feeling tired I had full intention of doing something…cant remember what now…but I went to Ibn Battuta with J&C and the kids….i wanted to buy some training aids for swimming…(I love swimming…used to swim for a club and just love being in the pool)……got myself finger paddles and a pullbouy…when we got back to the flat I had to catch sum ZZZzzzzzzzzz if I didn’t lie down I was going to fall down!…..i never made it to the pool for sunbathing….
I was awoken by a text from a work mate……we are heading to Irish Village for the footie and staying till the rugby….gonna get messy if your up for it….OMG…I couldn’t face drinking….but I was deffo going to watch the rugby anyway! I had forgotten the end of Ramadan meant a three day weekend! BONUS….no work tomorrow!
Had an attack of guilt for the lack of exercise so went for a good old swim got ready and got a taxi straight away (stark difference from Thursday night!)…..got to IV met up with 2 ladies from work…got a G&T and headed for the tent….surprisingly empty!.....i drank the G&T and wished I hadn’t bought it….so it was coke for me for the rest of the night! The place really got packed from about 2130….people dressed in berets with French sticks…. And lots of England supporters….luckily the group I met got there early and had got some bean bags….BONUS….
What a game….the tent was chocker! From the first try in 1min21secs to the last drop goal we were shouting….my throat really hurt…. And sudden realisation UH OH how are all these people going to get out of IV….my concerns made reality when I got to the taxi rank…I hung back about half an hour…but there were NO Taxis…I decided to walk….and god did I walk, thankfully it is pretty safe in doobers.….i walked for about an hour…but the cabs weren’t stopping…I decided that I was better off at IV and started walking back…and eventually flagged a cab down….it was 2am and I was shattered! Apparently the rules have got strict….if a cab stops at the side of the road, FINE, if he takes more than 4 people, FINE! Peeps tend to stand at the roadside hide their friends then when he stops more than 4 jump in…so that’s why they wont stop! He also told me about the lovely lady in the car that tells them they are speeding!! Apparently if she comes on too many times the fare is free and they get reported to head office! GOOD SKILLS that should slow them down a little!. To be fair he was a nice chap.
Got back to the flat at 0245!
Sunday was a late lie…I didn’t get up till lunch and then I spent the day by the pool…..swimming and catching rays….not that factor 20 will let you catch rays!...had an early night ready for work…..the three day weekend over ALREADY!Photos to follow as I need to get some from facebook…….
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