a day-out at Iceland Water Park

April 8, 2011

friends invited/sponsored me :D to join them on their journey to Iceland. A new water park located in Ras Al Khaimah, one of the emirates of the UAE, a smooth one and a half hour drive from Dubai, cruising through the Emirates Road. We left early morning to meet up with the other families and drove in a convoy of four vehicles ... and once we got there ... we were amazed with huge crowd who came by the busloads!!! i was not able to take picture of the huge crowd outside waiting to get in, with their tour leaders giving them instructions.

Kids were so eager to enter the park so inside we made our way and waited for the contact of our friend Nina, to get our tags... and while waiting .. siempre .. posing here and there ...

finally, all counted, tagged and kids started running into the park.... although Nicole has been there before, she is still so eager to get to the slides, and with her friend sarah, kian and sean, they ran to the kiddie grove for the fun... and the fun did begin !!!

the park was so huge! slides/rides for the adults are awesome - well if you are fond of such rides hehehe .. i tried one slide only with my cuz and friend - their daughters well laughing at us when they saw us about to be pushed down... waaahhhhhhhh ... ahahahahahahah .. that was the sounds you would be hearing all over the place .. riders laughing at first and when their rubbers were pushed would be shrieking at the top of their voices - mind you .. even the guys! ahahaha

but of course, the mommies and daddies and aunties did have a good time too! the park as i said is so huge --- it would be nice to go back there - well maybe after summer time :D and try the other rides ... with a different group of friends maybe? hehehe ... another friend's family is visiting next month .. hmmm !?!?!?!? hehehehehe

one thursday ...

i told my cuz - to come to our office instead of me going home pa, last thursday, so after work we went to DCC (Deira City Center) we took the bus - we're not in a hurry anyways. it was even hazy that afternon due to the sandstorm.

we reached the mall (DCC) - was just simply "malling around" then she remembered that she has to check some backpacks for the kidos, so we headed to the sports store - the kidos (her niece and nephew) have a brand requested so we have to just look out for that brand, otherwise if you buy other brand surely they will not use it! - nothing very expensive naman - "nike" lang daw ... well ok... there is the DSS (summer sale!) so we can check on those if included in the sale!

good thing they have it on sale!!! hehehe .. i hope the kidos will like the backpacks .. we bought 4 pcs.. after that - i was feeling a bit hungry na - so i told my cuz we grab something first - my tummy is becoming quite "noisy" na with all those grumblings inside hehehe (nagwawala na anaconda ko!)

we headed for the foodcourt hmm.. actually - we are not that hungry - hungry .. but we ordered pizza anyways :D, and 9 pcs. chicken wings .. hehehe ... we tried that new pizza hut "crown crust with meatballs and cream cheese" - Super Supreme. after ordering we were given this thing - don't know what exactly they call it -but it's like a buzzer when your order is ready... no need to stand there and wait. you can wait at your table instead :D

when the order is ready it will light up and ring like a cell phone ringing... so you will go and collect na your order.... before ours rang - there was this girl - arabic speaking, her pad was ringing and she was like answering it: " hallo? hallo? " the guy sitting next to her (arabic speaking as well told her to go to the counter instead - and it's not a phone.

so our order came .. and the lights went on and before i could klik my cam.. hehehe.. the lights went off... my cuz was laughing at me .. sabi ko: "bakit ba? walang pakialamanan!" till i was able to get a pic of it - with the lights on .. (hayzzz.. kababaw talaga! ahahahah)

eto na yung order namin ...


my cuzin ...

after that .. "attack na!! hehehehe... nice thursday evening .. wala lang ... kwentuhan ng konti tapos ikot-ikot ulit .. tingin nito, tingin noon.. till we noticed na .. uyy gabi na pala - time to head home ... actually early pa rin yun - it was only past 10 ... we still could have seen a movie sana ano! hmmm .. neks tym ...

the burj dubai at dusk

after the buying spree (of my cuz not me) from home r us, we went to have a quick lunch at the SFC - Southern Fried Chicken, just on the next block and off to Aweer to our friend's bike shop - no silly, not his - that is where he works - he manages that bike shop.

Anyways, we went there to have a small hand massage for cuz - she hurt her thumb during a volleyball game like 3 weeks ago... and our friend knows how to - he did study that thing.. so massage - massage...stories (kwento) and more massage.. after that - my cuz still in her spending mood.. went around browsing through some of the items.. first she got that sort of handle cover for her bike... ok fine - not expensive minus discount.. ok.

aba, she saw the biking shoes, checked the sizes and uhummm.. asked for her size, fitted them, asked me if they looked good - i readily said yes (guess i was afraid that very minute to say no - she might leave me behind and honestly i do not know how to get back to my place!). in fairness, it really looked good on her - so she had the steel something-like fixed on the shoes... that is after 50% discount - 125 only, good buy ( i forgot to take pic of that pair) ... and before she could buy something else i asked her if we can leave na, coz the DM Club will be closing by 6pm... and our friends are still waiting for us...

so we left... on the way to ghusais where the DM club is located (and where our friends are working) we can see the burj dubai... and it is a bit dusky now with the sky turning orangy.. nice scene.. and this is all i can show you - a pic taken from inside the car, in motion...i'm not good in taking photos... but then...


the burj dubai - towering the skyline of sheikh zayed ... taken from a road in aweer. as of 5th feb 2008, it has reached 159 floors; current height 604.9m. expected to be completed by late 2008. see http://www.burjdubai.com/

Burj Dubai (Dubai Tower) is predicted to be the tallest man-made structure in the world. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burj_Dubai

ang "mugs" bow !

saturday morning, i went to my cuz's place to return something i borrowed from her. and then she said she wanted to go out - "we'll" go to this and that... ehh??? i cant' say no to her - coz it's been quite a while since we went out.. so i said ok... (thinking that it would take few hours only).

what few hours? - i got home past 7pm !! hehehe... really went to this and that .. hahaha.. first stop... home r us - she needed to exchange some items she bought - but then it is a "sale season" so not allowed - she was asked to come back after the DSF instead - so that would be sometime last week of Feb... still we went around the shop.. i said to myself " i will just browse" but can't resist the sale prices !!! hahaha... but i managed to control my urge to shop - lucky my credit card is not in my wallet..BUT STILL i bought few items... nothing much - i just fancied them... wanna see...

i saw these cute mugs.... i just fancied buying them... cuz asked me why i am buying two (thinking that i might give one to a colleague - but i told her that i'll use the one with "coffee" when i am drinking coffee; and the the one with "tea" when i am drinking tea :) -- hehehe she just rolled her eyes and kept quiet...

and these cushion covers.. they have so many designs but i am looking for something in particular - something.. but i can't pinpoint what... so i settled with these plain satin with plain colored embroderies... they are nice .. basta!

then i was going through the kitchen items and was eyeing a simple bread toaster - she saw me and asked me why i am buying a toaster. i told her mine was already worn out - still working though - but i think i ought to give it a "rest" na ... it has served its purpose - just imagine since 1992 till now - but still in tiptop condition! galing kong mag-alaga ano!???

then she said - no don't buy - i'll give you one.. ehh?? why, you have two? she said yes.. so before we went to our friends place, we went back to her apartment which is just a few blocks away from the showroom and picked up the toaster that she said she would give me.. and this is it...

kenwood brand - and it looks like it's still unused!?!?!? so i asked her " are you sure you want to give this away? - she said yes... me: did you ever use this? her: once ot twice i think... well then ... i grabbed a plastic bag and into it the toaster went.. hehehe.. baka magbago isip - bawiin...

yipee i saved some "filos" ... i'll add that savings to my budget for the kitchen aid... :)

eid 2007 (part 1)

First day of Eid fell on a Friday, and it was announced that there will be a two day holiday so our holiday was Saturday and Sunday, plus the Friday so 3-days holidays kami !!!

We've planned to go to out-of-town for the week-end. Yani (Mama Aleen's eldest son) and wife, Aizel invited us over to their place in Ras Al Khaimah - second to the last emirate of the UAE. I was surprised coz we arrived earlier than I expected - thanks to the new Emirates Road, made traveling easier for us staying in Dubai to visit the other emirates.

So ang naging plano, Friday morning head to RAK, tapos pahinga tapos punta sa beach, overnight dun, ihaw-ihaw, kainan, games, at kung anu-ano pang scheduled activities na prepared by Aizel and friend niya. Next morning swim sa dagat tapos head back sa bahay, have breakfast, freshen up (dami yata naming naka-line up magshower!!). tapos, punta sa shooting range. kaso mo nagkatulugan na! paano ba naman, 2 am na nag ge-game pa kami ano! at me nag continue pa nang bbq - chicken wings, hotdogs, kaya naman after the games - tsibugan na ulit, sama na ang kantiyawan ulit ng mga kapalpakan sa mga games.... madaya daw kami (?) hehehe kami kasi nanalo eh.. pero later na yun... sa lahat nang nag-camp dun kami pinaka-maingay yata :)

On the way to their place we made a stop at the Al Manar Center coz they have to buy some stuff from Carrefour. While the others do the shopping, me and my friend, Mai, went around and took some photos outside the mall.


si ako... o di ba me dolphin pa raw !

wala lang - aakapin ko sana yung puno - hehehe....hiya lang ako kasi me dumating na mga arabo at patungo sa amin - nagpapa picture din - kasama daw kami ?!?!?! hindi siguro ano!!!

mai - posing at the back of the mall facing the lagoon.

pagdating sa bahay ng mag-asawa, siempre gutom na, so galit-galit muna habang kumakain. kaya nga walang litrato kasi lahat abala sa pagkain :) tapos pahinga muna. marami nang tao sa bahay nang dumating kami kaya naman abalang-abala ang mag-asawa sa pagluluto. meron pa pala sa kuwarto na nagpahinga muna at galing sa duty - mga nurses kasi. kaya naman nang handa nang lumarga - nag 2 trip pa yung van na hired namin from dubai. ang saya-saya kasi kalog naman sila (although di yata talaga maalis na me "kj") parang matagal ng magkakakilala kung magbiruan - tawanan...kantiyawan.... masaya....

first pics taken around 5pm at the beach. as expected, marami nang tao and dami na ring nakatayong tents. siempre nag-save na kami ng puwesto namin, labas ang mga tent at tinayo na. first time na nag-pitch ng tent ang ibang kasama namin at kakatuwa, pabale-balentuwang yung tent! hehehe... pati yung aso - remember the doggie we found? " husky" ang name niya ngayon at kasama namin... pati siya excited sa mga tawanan habang itinatayo yung tent


ang tropa from dubai: dexter, mama aleen, si ako, mai, vangie, cora, ann, jo, may-may (w/the sulo)


the same tropa minus may-may, but now with husky - "the doggie who wouldn't bark" !!!

while waiting for the others ...


si cora sa loob ng tent namin... hmm... balak na naman matulog....

hohummm, time out muna ako - antok na me.. aga ko pa ring nagising kanina. kung bakit naman kapag walang pasok, dun ako maagang nagigising.... :(

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