60yrs and counting

Before this day end let me greet a person whom I admire and respect the most
A devoted and loving woman, a wonderful and strong lady
Who silently keeps her sorrows yet selflessly gives her all
She’s a survivor from an alarming illness and yet she serves as a great inspiration
She is my mentor..she is my best friend..she is my home....my mom.
Happy 60th Birthday mame!!!

7-star Hotel Experience

I never really imagine myself entering in this so called 7 star hotel. My Aunt, Uncle and cousin fr Saudi Arabia spend their Eid Holiday here. For the finale of thier Dubai Tour we booked ourselves for a breakfast at the Burj Al Arab. It was really an experience I must say. The front lobby is plain but getting inside is absolutely not. The carpet, the ceiling and the fountain will reward your eyes with lavishness and when you get at the mezzanine man its Golden! Funny is..there is DAMAS inside, a UAE-based Jewelry Co. We had our breakfast at Jesuis' an Int'l Restaurant. It was buffet and they are coinciding with the richness of the hotel as they offer great carte du jour from breads&cerials to heavy&sweets. Ask about the ambiance?..Perfect! Great view of the open sea..We had the chance to enjoy the lobby and mezzanine area but honestly, my photographic memory of the atrium (which is it is famous for) didn't last since i was busy taking pictures in every corner..LOL!!!

Its famous atrium

having fun w/ the chand

Told yah there is DAMAS (that's my pretty aunt)


Chillin' area of Jensui restau
yummy dessert not for diets!

Open Letter No.1

I got the idea of an open letter from Bianca Gonzalez and since I really want to send my appreciation to the person behind one of my favorite blog i decided to addressed one to her. Here it goes..

product of a reverie

I am me, just me
So are you, yes so you
I am here, you are high
Reachable maybe, but how to fly?

You are elegant and sophisticated
Make me feel want, yet so complicated
How will I bring words of emotion
If every one longs for your affection?

How can I be with someone like you
Despair I get I become so blue
At night I wish you’d be my star
At days I see how far you are

So tell me now and tell me quick
Should I stay, should I pick
If all you get and I as well
Is a piece of haven we cannot dwell

save

The Videographer and the Top Cager

As I was browsing on some pinoy related site I stumble on Jason Magbanua's site. He is a well-known wedding videographer in the Philippines and is running his business for six years now. I got interested on browsing his site since I enjoy wedding celebrations. I was just so surprised that one of his recent coverage was the wedding of RJ Rizada. RJ, is one of the top cagers of FEU Tamaraws ( alongside 2- time MVP, Arwind Santos) winning straight in UAAP season’s 67th&68th. I once became his classmate in law subject way back my FEU days and his one of the reason why I love to watch UAAP so much! Yiiy..he’s now married!

Pic of Mae and RJ Rizada by Jason Magbanua

The Emirates Palace

Since I came to Abu Dhabi I was dying to enter to the The Emirates Palace. At long last my simple wish had come true last Saturday as we roam around the Palace for a couple of minutes. The Emirates Palace is another Luxury Hotel which is owned by the Government of Abu Dhabi. It was built in a cost of astounding $3BILLION (whew!) enough to be reputed as the most expensive hotel ever built. With that kind of amount to have been put up of course you would not expect plainness in here. It is a huge palace with a wide landscape so its not an ordinary hotel building structure What I like are the effects on the frontage. Those are the playful fountains and the long lining fall from the Lobby descending to the ground.

The Emirates Palace (Front)

Going up to the Lobby

That's us! (really sunny afternoon)

wild wadi

"Come alive @ Wild Wadi"
as its tagline says. Wild Wadi is one of the famous waterpark resort here in UAE.
We went there last May. The weather is hot and sun is scorching so the best way to cool yourself is to go to a resort. Wild wadi as obviously is our choice. It's 12 acres waterpark resort with 30 adrenalin-pumping rides situated between Burj Al Arab and Jumeirah Beach Hotel.

Wild wadi is a kind of resort which offers fun water rides. Rather than concentrating on swimming alone you can enjoy and expirience surfing, slides, waves, water jets and a lot more. The vast majority of the rides at Wild Wadi are a first for this region. It include the Jumeirah Sceirah, the tallest and fastest slide outside the United States (freefall tlga!); the aptly titled Tunnel of Doom, which takes you on a spine-tingling underground journey of twists and turns; the Summit Surge, which uses high-powered water jets to propel up to four people uphill; and the Wipeout FlowRider where the adventurous can surf a tube wave nearly three metres high.

Just to share..we are all 16 who entered and we got 12 tickets (in a form of water resistant swipable watch) free! I guess that is the best part of the deal!