It's a bright sunny day today here in Karama. The sun finally went out, probably Bush left the borders of UAE. Even the sun is afraid of that brute.
*George Bush was here last Monday, they made it a holiday or it really is a holiday. But the thing is there's no work for almost everybody, and policemen were everywhere to make sure stores don't open for work. Or it's just raining hard for the past i-don't-know-days. Which made the temperature extra cold.
So what's a day like in my shoes, you ask?
I wake up whenever I want and my sweet dad doesn't even budge me to cook him breakfast or anything, and when I do which probably is around 12 noon, I eat breakfast which is usually cereals with berries fresh or dried and orange juice.:D I am big with orange juice here.:D if it's not cereals I eat instant noodles or if I'm not too lazy I cook eggs and bacon. And ofcourse I eat it in front of the TV, as always. Which now would be breakfast in bed because the TV is in the bedroom/livingroom. And if there's nothing good on the limited channels in English or Pinoy TV I watch DVDs. I have a couple of 16-1 DVDs which are not so easy to find since it's really illegal here (meaning you won't find them unless you ask a couple of vendors in their so called flea market which looks like a low class mall) and some of the DVDs my dad bought.
SPEAKING OF DVDs :D :D :D I FINALLY got my hands on an ORIGINAL copy of PETER PAN!!!!! :D With all the bonus feature. :D I AM JUST SOOOO HAPPY!!!!! I have the book and now I have the film :D It feels like Christmas. Soon I will get my hands on the original copy of Finding Neverland. :D and probably the cartoon version. :D 
That's about it. Well of course that's not what happens everyday, for the whole week since my mom left, my dad was only in the office for 4 days. I think. Friday is a holiday here so he didn't go to work, we went to Deira City Centre that day to buy grocery which amounted to 800 Dhs which is a lot considering we are only two in the house. That day my dad bought me Clueless the collector's edition and Napoleon dynamite and a couple of make-up. :D And for the rest of Friday, we just watched DVDs and eat mostly ice cream and sashimi. (not together though)
Saturday, my dad decided not to go to work. Here, Saturday's have overtime pay and optional to go to work for most people but it's always half day for them. So we went with his colleagues to the Outlet Mall going to Al Ain. It's a big mall where all stores sell their items at factory price and they still have sales. :D I wasn't in the mood to buy because I have a list, so I wasn't in the impulse to buying anything. But I did bring home a nice pair of flats. :D Which was much more than the price of the flats I wanted from Zara.
Sunday was work for Papa. And it was raining sooo I just stayed home the whole day.
Monday, was the day Bush came and it was raining still so we just stayed at home. Again. Well, my dad went to the gym with his buddies and he kinda dragged me outside but since I was too lazy I said I'll stay home, on my way home I had a mild asthma attack which scared me so I just went to Burjuman. (Burjuman is a big mall where they have Saks 5th Avenue, Paris Gallery, a lot of Posh stores like Ralph Lauren, Mont Blanc, JustCavalli, Louis Vitton among others. And it's just two blocks away from our flat, less than 10 minutes on foot depending on how fast you walk and which route you take. Straight line would be 5 minutes on foot.) So, I met up with tita Tess my dad's buddy's wife, she's like a friend to me now since she's also bored out of her wits being alone at their pretty flat all day so I lend her books. We went around and picked out some stuff I would want to buy in Zara and Mango, and Roxy and went to this cramped bookstore and found a compilation of Khalil Gibran works for only 75Dhs (that's approximately 750 pesos) pretty cheap for 12 books in one. But since my money was short and we were about to leave for dinner I didn't buy it.
On our way back to tita Tess' flat I saw a bookshop. It's big and cramped and fire-hazardous and cluttered and with lots of books! all kinds! from school books, to religious books, to old fiction, to literature, to medical books they have it! That's where I saw Peter Pan, and I got it for 12Dhs. Fun:D
Tuesday, I spent the day finishing my new book. (though I am still reading Sophie's World) and that day my dad went to work. Also Wednesday, which was yesterday but they kinda got home early.
What was different about yesterday though it was a gloomy sky hovering me and a biting wind enveloping the whole of Karama, I went out to check my mail, and then went to Burjuman to look for Peter Pan. I didn't find it but I didn't go home empty handed, when Virgin Megastore didn't have the copy of Peter Pan I went to Magrudy's (It's kinda like Fully Booked) and bought myself a copy of Jane Austen's Emma (from which Clueless was made after) and finally a copy of Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray and an application form of their Loyalty Card which the pinay gave to me. :D Oh, and I went to this store in Al Atar with my dad after the early dinner at tita Tess' and I found Peter Pan and I got me the DVD
I wake up whenever I want and my sweet dad doesn't even budge me to cook him breakfast or anything, and when I do which probably is around 12 noon, I eat breakfast which is usually cereals with berries fresh or dried and orange juice.:D I am big with orange juice here.:D if it's not cereals I eat instant noodles or if I'm not too lazy I cook eggs and bacon. And ofcourse I eat it in front of the TV, as always. Which now would be breakfast in bed because the TV is in the bedroom/livingroom. And if there's nothing good on the limited channels in English or Pinoy TV I watch DVDs. I have a couple of 16-1 DVDs which are not so easy to find since it's really illegal here (meaning you won't find them unless you ask a couple of vendors in their so called flea market which looks like a low class mall) and some of the DVDs my dad bought.
SPEAKING OF DVDs :D :D :D I FINALLY got my hands on an ORIGINAL copy of PETER PAN!!!!! :D With all the bonus feature. :D I AM JUST SOOOO HAPPY!!!!! I have the book and now I have the film :D It feels like Christmas. Soon I will get my hands on the original copy of Finding Neverland. :D and probably the cartoon version. :D and then when I finish my breakfast, if I don't get lazy I celan the kitchen and wash the dishes and then hang the laundry. (My dad does the laundry
) And then I would defrost what we will have for dinner, which I cook because my dad would rather eat out than eat his own cooking, and then I would either watch TV or read a book or read a book while the TV is on. Then when my dad calls to tell me how much to cook because he usually have colleagues over I start cooking.
) And then I would defrost what we will have for dinner, which I cook because my dad would rather eat out than eat his own cooking, and then I would either watch TV or read a book or read a book while the TV is on. Then when my dad calls to tell me how much to cook because he usually have colleagues over I start cooking. That's about it. Well of course that's not what happens everyday, for the whole week since my mom left, my dad was only in the office for 4 days. I think. Friday is a holiday here so he didn't go to work, we went to Deira City Centre that day to buy grocery which amounted to 800 Dhs which is a lot considering we are only two in the house. That day my dad bought me Clueless the collector's edition and Napoleon dynamite and a couple of make-up. :D And for the rest of Friday, we just watched DVDs and eat mostly ice cream and sashimi. (not together though)
Saturday, my dad decided not to go to work. Here, Saturday's have overtime pay and optional to go to work for most people but it's always half day for them. So we went with his colleagues to the Outlet Mall going to Al Ain. It's a big mall where all stores sell their items at factory price and they still have sales. :D I wasn't in the mood to buy because I have a list, so I wasn't in the impulse to buying anything. But I did bring home a nice pair of flats. :D Which was much more than the price of the flats I wanted from Zara.
Sunday was work for Papa. And it was raining sooo I just stayed home the whole day.
Monday, was the day Bush came and it was raining still so we just stayed at home. Again. Well, my dad went to the gym with his buddies and he kinda dragged me outside but since I was too lazy I said I'll stay home, on my way home I had a mild asthma attack which scared me so I just went to Burjuman. (Burjuman is a big mall where they have Saks 5th Avenue, Paris Gallery, a lot of Posh stores like Ralph Lauren, Mont Blanc, JustCavalli, Louis Vitton among others. And it's just two blocks away from our flat, less than 10 minutes on foot depending on how fast you walk and which route you take. Straight line would be 5 minutes on foot.) So, I met up with tita Tess my dad's buddy's wife, she's like a friend to me now since she's also bored out of her wits being alone at their pretty flat all day so I lend her books. We went around and picked out some stuff I would want to buy in Zara and Mango, and Roxy and went to this cramped bookstore and found a compilation of Khalil Gibran works for only 75Dhs (that's approximately 750 pesos) pretty cheap for 12 books in one. But since my money was short and we were about to leave for dinner I didn't buy it.
On our way back to tita Tess' flat I saw a bookshop. It's big and cramped and fire-hazardous and cluttered and with lots of books! all kinds! from school books, to religious books, to old fiction, to literature, to medical books they have it! That's where I saw Peter Pan, and I got it for 12Dhs. Fun:D
Tuesday, I spent the day finishing my new book. (though I am still reading Sophie's World) and that day my dad went to work. Also Wednesday, which was yesterday but they kinda got home early.
What was different about yesterday though it was a gloomy sky hovering me and a biting wind enveloping the whole of Karama, I went out to check my mail, and then went to Burjuman to look for Peter Pan. I didn't find it but I didn't go home empty handed, when Virgin Megastore didn't have the copy of Peter Pan I went to Magrudy's (It's kinda like Fully Booked) and bought myself a copy of Jane Austen's Emma (from which Clueless was made after) and finally a copy of Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray and an application form of their Loyalty Card which the pinay gave to me. :D Oh, and I went to this store in Al Atar with my dad after the early dinner at tita Tess' and I found Peter Pan and I got me the DVD
So far that's how it is in my life here. And I'm liking it. I am my dad's little girl and I like that way, I feel like I'm the only child and I pretty much get what I want. :D