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Desert Adventure

. . . stories of adventures (and mis-adventures) in the land of the deserts . . .

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Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates

a daughter, a sister, a mother, a friend ...

Monday, July 30, 2007

down the memory lane ??..

I REMEMBER THE BOY

Today I heard them play that song again
An old familiar strain from way back when
Ev'ry note and ev'ry line
Has always been a fav'rite song of mine

It used to haunt me so some years ago
Reminds me of a boy I used to know
And although the melody lives on
The mem'ries and the boy are all but gone

Chorus:
And while the song still brings that certain glow
And the words still sing of love I know
It isn't quite the way it was before
I remember the boy but I don't remember the feeling anymore

The promises we made seem easier then
As if we knew our love would never end
But seasons change and time erases the tears
As swiftly as the rivers disappear

Chorus:
So while the song still brings that certain glow

And the words still sing of love I know
It isn't quite the way it was before
I remember the boy, but I don't remember the feeling
I remember the boy, but I don't remember the feeling anymore

Sunday, July 29, 2007

"jueves de gloria" - part 3

ayan, with permission from bosing.....


the birthday boy!!

father 'n son

mother 'n son
Bosing A . . . many, many thanks for the wonderful afternoon, evening, lunch, dinner pati na yung pabaon! kelan uulitin?? hehehehe :)

"jueves de gloria" - part 2

trying to attach some photos ... wait ha ...



sampol pa lang yan..


si towfer belting out his fav!


beautiful smiles..


kung saan me klik - dun kami :)


'd "kid" doing his bit..



pa-kyut daw :)

paging: mama cat need na yung larawans....

“jueves de gloria”

it all started with a simple invitation to celebrate a birthday... on a quiet tuesday morning... then all went loose!!!! and came the birth of the so-named: “ops community” hehehehe :)

and what is the “ops community” ? well... actually it is the pinoy sa opisina (all 19 of them including those in ksa) who started emailing each other back and forth, replying, commenting, hehehe and yes you guessed it right – in between oras ng trabaho! very naughty group? no – very hard-working group pa nga eh... not that i am also one of them – kaya lang, being pinoy – laging maganda ang sense of humor – kahit na dagsa ang trabaho – kaya pa ring magbiro at daanin sa biro ang inis, sentimyemto de asukal at kung anu-ano pang di magandang pakiramdam sa trabaho at kapaligiran – kasama na ang nag-uusok na temperatura ng klima!

sa isang iglap, sa isang sandali – puno agad ang inbox ng bawat isa...naging masaya ang talakayan ng “ops” . . . kantiyawan, sabay tanong na rin ng trabaho, singit na patawa kadugtong pa rin ang tanong sa trabaho...ganun tayong mga pinoy – sa kabila ng paghihirap (ng loob) kayang-kaya pa ring magpatawa – kaya naman kinaiinggitan ng marami... lahat sa “ops” kalog – walang pikon – sabi nga, ang pikon – pangit! hahaha, at siempre walang papayag na tawaging pangit!!!! so lahat maganda, guwapo, mabait, etc, etc, etc... parang si yul bryner . . . .

and the talakayan even got it’s name or should i say a “title” - it became known to the “ops” as “jueves de gloria” – becoz jueves (thursday) is the big day. . that is the birthday of the celebrante .. let’s call him “bosing A” tsibugan, kantahan, etc, etc., etc.... after office hours and everybody is looking forward to that. nagkataon naman na yung may kaarawan is out of office after 10 am kaya laking gulat nang pagbalik niya tatlong pahina na ang kanyang inbox... “anong nangyayari” – tanong niya at tatawa-tawang sinagot ang isa sa mga sulat-elektroniya... lalong mabuhay ang talakayan at umaatigabong kantiyawan na naman ang nangyari – pati ang mga nasa ibayong lugar (ksa) nakikigulo sa talakayan at patuloy namang iniinggit ng mga “mababait” na nasa dubai.. hehehe. . . di sila makakasali sa kasayahang naghihintay pagkatapos ng trabaho!

dumaan ang miyerkoles....at dumating ang “grand day” ika nga.. ang dakilang “jueves de gloria” – di mapakali ang mga “mababait” – ang awditibo naman ng telepono ang di magkamaliw sa kaka-ring!!!! tanungan – “anong regalo natin”; sinong bibili; magkano ambagan? “anong oras daw”; sinong sasabay sa ‘kin –(yung me mga sasakyan)”; di magkamayaw – lahat excited!

ngayon lang nangyari ito na talagang di mapakali ang lahat sa darating ng jueves... dahil siguro kakaibang tao si bosing A - mabait na, guwapo pa!

sa wakas, patungo na sa “mansion” ni bosing A.... kantiyawan pa rin, ano daw ang mga tugtugin? o di ba – may kantahan talaga! pagdating sa pinto pa lang – humahalimuyak na amoy ng pagkain ang sumalubong sa amin... mhmmm ang bango – ang sarap – kain na tayo ! “hoy kanta muna tayo ng hapi bertdey” kumanta nga ang mga mababait – pero yung huling linya na lang ng hapi bertdey song – tom jones (gutom) na raw kasi sila – kami pala...hehehe.... it’s chow time .... walang imikan – tahimik bigla...galit-galit panumandali... nang medyo nakanguya na ng konti – umingay na naman... bilangan ng balik sa hapag-kainan... tanungan...natikman mo na yun? di pa – mamaya.. ay sarap ng inihaw... enge naman niyan – eh bakit sa plato ko ikaw kumukuha – kuha ka nga doon! eh malapit ka eh... sige kain, nguya, kantiyawan pa rin... walang gustong mauna sa pangmatamis (apat na klase ang matamis!) naloka ako – sa leche flan pa lang... hmmm litratuhan ang pagkain sa mesa at ipadala agad sa ksa !! hahaha ...ang babait talaga ng mga taga dubai – di nakalimutan ang mga nasa malayo.... na kahit man lang sa larawan makidiwang din sila!! hahahaha - - how thoughful - pero nunka – me motibong mang-inggit hehehe.. ang webcam i-on na.. para masaya...

di naglaon - isa isa nang humahagod sa pahina ng “libro de kanta” - as in “songbook”? kanya-kanya nang reserve at pila ng kanta nilang napili... nagkahiyaan pa nang konti – konti lang... sige na nga – anya ni bosing A – siya na ang nagpauna... haneppp palakpakan.. galing talaga ng boses ni bosing A !!! At nagkasunuran na ng hirit sa pagkanta – siempre pa di ako kasali doon – kase baka pag ako na ang kumanta nataranta pati langgam sa buhanginan !!! hahaha – baka ma-pulis pa kami!!! Kaya naman kuntento na ako na taga-palakpak na lang :) .... masama namang lahat kumakanta tapos walang pumapalakpak.

Intriga ba kayo kung bakit parang tagalog ang sulat ko? Simple lang ang kasagutan – sumisilip-silip rin po kasi dito yung kasama namin sa tanggapan na namamahala sa mga kagamitang pang-elektroniya at baka maintindihan pa kung ano yung pangyayari sa likod ng “jueves de gloria“ matigok kami lahat sa opisina! hehehe.... teka para yatang me mali dito sa keyboard ko..(o ako lang talaga me diprensya sa pagmamakinilya?)

magpagayunpaman.. (huh ang haba!) lahat nasiyahan sa pagdiriwang ng kaarawan ni bosing A - lahat din me pabaon pa :) maaga ring natapos at nagsiuwian na ang iba.. ngunit may mga dumating pa rin na ibang kaibigan ni bosing A....

natapos nang masaya ang “jueves de gloria” ni bosing A.

ano naman kaya ang magiging pakulo sa susunod na buwan ?

abangan ang kasunod na kabanata !!!!

Thursday, July 26, 2007

wala lang...

I Didn't Mean to Love You
Words & Music by Arthur Butler & Karen Phillip
Recorded by Helen Reddy, 1972



Sunday morning waking up and touching you --
You're always warm at 9 a.m.
Pillows close and I can feel you wanting me,
Then I go back to sleep again.

I didn't mean to love you,
And I never meant to care;
But I guess I never noticed
Just how often you were there.

Walking on and talking 'til the sun went down,
You kept me warm with just your eyes.
Seems that all we wanted just came naturally --
We never even had to try.

I didn't mean to love you,
Didn't want to let it show;
No, I never meant to tell you --
I'm just too proud to let you know.

Bring back the days when we could talk away our troubles;
Don't tell me things have changed so much.
Please take the time -- you know it's not so hard to do
Unless there's nothing left to say --
I guess there's nothing left to say.

I didn't mean to love you,
But I guess I always will;
Guess you'll always be inside me,
Kind of warm and soft and still.

I didn't mean to need you,
And I didn't want to cry;
I never meant to lose you,
I never meant goodbye --
I never meant goodbye.

Monday, July 09, 2007

back again !

buhay pa pala blogsite ko! 'kala ko after the long silence automatically dedo na... buti naman at hindi pa pala. musta na mga friendship ko dyan? uy, salamat nga pala doon sa patuloy na nag-e-email sa akin kahit na silencio ako sa spot ko nang matagal... last time, i asked for your prayers... salamat ulit sa mga nag-pray over sa akin ! your prayers helped me make it through... at eto buhay na naman si ako! i've been quiet for long time - si Lord na lang ang kinakausap ko - hiya ng ako kasi pinasan na naman Niya ako for the last two years... i crawled into my shell - deep into my shell and built a wall around me . . . pero your prayers broke that wall and pulled me out - kaya maraming salamat ulit :)

i am back on my feet - literally on my feet!! hahaha . . . so many things happend although i have not fully recovered yet - eto na ulit ako... and i can now just laugh it out - no, i haven't gone crazy yet.... and no i was not in any kind of accident - siguro you may call it "emotional accident"? meron ba non? ah basta... i will try to make it up...

see you later .... salamat uli....

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