My favorite place- Dubai festival City

I love this place for many reasons:

It's not a crowded mall even on weekends...

but this was taken on a weekday, in the middle of the afternoon, and still no one's there...

I love a quiet mall!

Outside, there's a canal where you can ride a boat along the sides of the mall.

Sitting comfortably during sunset!

nice pic

I decided to add this collage here on my blog.
i think the sunset is spectacular and i have captured it quite clearly on my camera during one of our strolls.
This is taken at the Dubai Festival City.

Me and my job

I feel so guilty every time I have my camera with me and not take any pictures as promised…
So now, I have included, little by little some pictures that I know my dad would appreciate (not really).
I’ve just decided to really get serious with my blog… so here goes.
This is my office building, Sultan Business Centre, where I spend more that 10 hours a day.
Work starts at 8:00AM (except for Ramadan, which starts at 8:30). I usually come around 7:15… hindi na ako nale late! Then we have lunch at 1Pm to 2PM… I usually take mine at 12:30PM so the pantry isn’t too crowded (with pinoys!). Then uwian is at 5:30PM…
My day consists of going to the warehouse in Al Quoz (around 20 minutes away, without traffic, of course!), but the distance is almost similar travelling from Kalookan (1st Avenue) to Bulacan (Meycauyan). Let’s just say, malayo… Anyway, its part of my job to do regular checks and inspections at the warehouse and these trips are quite normal for me. Sometimes I spend the day travelling to several of our stores.

On this picture is in Dubai Festival City, my favorite mall! It is like 10 minutes away from where I live. And the gym that I go to is in that same mall…

I love doing store visits because I get to socialize with our store staff, mostly pinays, and they actually enjoy talking to me… paano wala silang kasama, and my visits are sometimes the only socialization they have for the entire day.

If I had to stay at the office for the entire day, I am mostly in front of my computer, (either on the net or something else!). Or doing my blog. :)

Seriously, my typical day at the office consists of checking (again and again) submissions from suppliers, pre production samples of numerous make-up samples…for my approval. Labelling and documenting the samples that I receive and stashing them somewhere in my “library” of samples and products.

Obviously, this picture is taken pre-Ramadan, as I cannot have my Starbucks coffee and waffle (talk about dieting) at my desk durign Ramadan, or anything that I can actually put in my mouth. Not allowed. So this picture, tells of a typical day at the office, with all my samples lying around, and my waffle, discreetly being warmed on top of my latte... It's just an ordinary day, with all my approvals pending and waiting for my confirmation (if they are to be produced or not!). Notice Mary's picture next to the monitor...