24th December 2009

the big day .. ika nga.. hehehe all the gifts were there .. as per wishlist... everybody was into a guessing game as to who picked their names .. who their secret santa was ... but I knew.. hehehe.. siempre - ako pa!!!

first off... ako pa rin .. next foto with jules ...

with gratzie, jules and ives ... next foto: silang tatlo lang

the quad with some of the hospitality guys

the collage ..... dami pics eh ... here, one is shown handing their gifts to their "monito/monita"...

masaya naman kahit na ganun lang... katuwaan .. we decided earlier that week na instead of ordering lunch - lunch out na lang kami... sa mall or wherever para maiba naman atmosphere.

sabi nga iba - "naku baka mahal yun kasi me ambiance"! hahaha that day after the exchage of gifts we headed to DFC - Dubai Festival City at sa suggestion ni boss Charu - sa "On the Border" kami napadpad.. mexican type lunch (at 2:30 in the afternoon?!?!)

dikit-dikitin ang mga table - bale 3 tables seated 10 persons, at nagkanya-kanyang orderan na. buti na lang gratz agreed na hati na lang kami sa isang order kasi madami ang isang serving nila.. ndi ko kaya .. you can see me big but i eat little lang .. nyahahahahaha ... daw!! eh si gratzie ganun din ...

anyways ayun - dumating ang order at lumafang na kami.. tym out - kasi lafangan na nga di ba? photos next .. hehehe dami istorya habang kumakain .. hehehe

revelation day.. 24th Dec

thursday will be the "revelation day" for the gang... and all are pretty excited .. we're like small kids .. wanting to take a peep into the gift boxes! of course the gifts are not yet in the office .. hehehe ... for "safety reasons" as they said .. ahahahaha....

first take a glimpse of our "christmas board" - we didn't buy a tree - we simply printed one and decorated the bulletin board - where we posted our kringle photos and of course the "wishlist" of each ..

part of the wishlists....

kris kringle: day 5

17th december 2009 - last day of the themed kringle
and guess what they got???? :D he-he-he-he-he-he-he


(click the photo for a larger view)

theme: something naughty.. nasty.. but nice ...

the ball.....

some (of our) photos from the night ..

... the masked team of Quad Group ...

... belles of the night ..

posing galore ....

the group with our boss...

at the entrance of abdelwahab

more photos to come ...

Christmas Masquerade Ball '09

the invitation for the Fitness First Corporate Party....



i can't wait to see their masquerade masks!!! hehehehe

we, the Quad Group, simply bought simple mask... (gee the masquerade masks are pretty expensive!) ... and made our own designs ... simple and yet cute .. :D

we will be fixing some of the others' masks this afternoon .. add a little of this and that ..
but mine is done .. hehehe... so is my boss's and another manager's.. they wanted only a plain black .. so be it....

the girls are pretty excited - career-rin ba daw ang masks nila at dress! kami.. ndi siguro ... as mentioned - " smart-casual" - pagdibatihan ba daw if jeans is considered smart casual!!!! hahaha ... then issue ng note si CEO - no jeans daw! ayy hahaha.. kami ng boss ko nagkatinginan - we are the "jeans person" ika nga... sabi ko hala if they would not let me in - ndi ko ibibigay gift ko sa monito ko! .. and guess who.. hahahah .. yung CEO lang naman nila!!!

so .. abangan ang kasunod na kabanata .... oppps need to buy something pa pala for my monito!

the abdelwahab restaurant

this is the interior of the Abdewahab Restaurant at Souk Al Bahar, OTCI. Overlooking the world's tallest building - Burj Dubai.

and this is the terrace area..... people are always asking for a seat in this area because of the view and because of the dancing fountain, which can they can watch while eating or having their shisha....

the Fitness First Corporate party will be held in this restaurant and of course, we already reserved our seats in the terrace.. hehehehe

will post the photos of this, before and after the party. we hope to be the venue early so we can take photos of the decors set-up by the tech guys of FF - headed by Zaini. A videoke was also set-up .. hehehehe... siempre kapag me pinoy - me kantahan!

at natapos din ang Christmas Tree

10 december 2009, thursday.

maaga(mga 11:00 am) kami nagpunta sa OTCI para mag-ayos na naman ng puno sa loob ng restorante. wala pang tao... nagmamadali kami dahil kapag lunch time mapupuno na naman ang kainan... kasama namin ulit si julia para mapadali ang trabaho...

we first fixed the additional xmas lights, then made (more) gift boxes and placed them all beneath the tree.. next we started doing the straight decor to be placed on top of the bar... but then.. oh -oh... no can do! nataranta beauty namin ! what to do? hmm... cannot do any hammering - it will damage the wall paneling daw... arghhh.. i forgot my thumbtacks!!!! grrrrr...

we went around the mall first looking for a stationery shop or bookstore where we can buy some stuff but sadly there was nothing :( finally we decided to call eric sa office for assistance .. hehehe ..

so eric came with the stuff and we started to fix the trimmings sa bar... then tito obet came ... hayyyssss bakit nalimutan ko na andun nga pala siya sa dubai mall din lang?? sana maaga pa natapos na namin yun?! we could have asked him to send a carpenter with a martilyo at pako! hahahah .. anyways - ayun - he helped us fix the trimmings at natapos din ang assignment!

so simple lang ng decor but it took us like 4 days to complete it .. kasi naman hirap gumawa kapag marami nang customers sa restaurant ano! you cannot just go around hanging this and that .. hehehe.. at puro company parties pa naman yun - baka mamaya nga me mga photos sila na nasali kami sa background... hehehe

nice pa nga when we were doing the tree - may mga bata na guests na pinanonood kami .. at panay ang "wow!" hehehe .....

so eto na yung mga final pics ng puno.. we forgot pala to take photos of the trimmings outside the resto! ..

next episode .. yung interior photos ng resto habang lumalafang kami :D

kris kringle: day 4

10 december 2009

fourth day of our kris kringle - theme was "something warm" ...... and i guessed everybody was happy with their loot! :D

for something warm, the items given/received were: blanket (i got one - yellow!), wool socks, towel; candle holder; pasmina; teapot; a tin of chocolate drink; a mug & pashmina, a mug with a packet of 3-in1 coffee plus an ashtray; a sweater; a scented candle with matching black jacket - lucky eric !!! hehehehe

photos as below collage:

ang christmas tree...

linggo, a-sais ng disyembre... sinabihan ako ni bosing na me assignment daw ako.. busy pa ako that morning sa mga nakabuntun na dokumento sa la mesa ko. ask ko: anong assignment??.. sagot niya: sasamahan ko daw si ives magbili ng malaking christmas tree para sa abdelwahab restaurant ng ceo namin.... ngeekk.. bakit ako?!?!?! pero dahil sa mabait ako .. :D sige lang po (tutal parang lakwatsa na rin kasi dun daw kami punta sa dragonmart... uy! gusto ko rin iyon - malayo kasi yun - hirap puntahan kelangan talaga sasadyain mo pagpupunta ka dun.. so sige lang. kaso, abala din maghapon ang taga maneho nila .. so walang andar ng linggo - lunes na lang daw at agahan namin punta dun para ma set up na kaagad. ano ka?! eh ganun na naman ang istorya - hapon nang dumating ang driver nila - so - larga na kami mga bandang alas-kuatro na yon - eh susundo pa daw ng alas singko sa media city! aba dapat hintayin tayo ano - mahal ang pamasahe pauwi at sino magbubuhat aber?

in short nakarating sa dragonmart - ikot ikot .. mula ulo ng dragon inabot namin hanggang dulo - buntot na!!! aba.. ni anino ng christmas tree wala kami nakita??? unbelievable!?!?! di ba made in china karamihan ng christmas tree - eh bakit wala dito sa dragonmart?? dito kasi puro made in china ang products on sale dito - wholesale mostly pero nag re-retail din naman kasi nga madami ring gumagala-gala na tao na gustong bumili ng mura-murang gamit. kasi sakop ng free zone area ito kaya mura...

sakit ng paa ko sa kakalakad... hindi ko na kayang bumalik sa entrance sa "uluhan ng dragon"... buti me exit sa gilid .. call sa driver - hanapin kami tapos punta na lang kami sa mall.. hahaha dun din pala bagsak - sana sa karama na lang - me tawad pa! nagpaiwan na lang kami sa mall kasi nga susundo pa si driver... babalikan na lang daw kami later..

entonces nakabili kami ng puno at palamuti at ilaw na kumukutitap.. sa pagod hindi na namin kayang i-set up ang puno sa restaurant sa OTCI.. pinahatid na lang sa driver yung mga gamit at kabukasan na lang namin gawin., which we did naman..(kahapon nga). and sinama pa namin si jules ...

...at naitayo din namin .. :D fixing the trimmings ..

.. siempre sama na posing .. hehehehe

... ives with the staff ...

eto na yong tree pero kulang pa trimmings niya .. simple lang kasi gusto ni charles para sa restaurant niya .. pero we still need to get him the wreaths para sa labas ng resto at trimming para sa bar area at reception area... hayyy .... mamaya after work .. ikot na naman kami ni ives .. wala pa naman kami driver .. :