An Answered Prayer?

Well, someone from the office must have read this OR maybe the angels must have answered back my office rants.

We're having a Christmas party cum exchange gifts today at lunchtime!

I hope we'll have a blast (not really).

P.S. Sorry guys and gals if I have not blogged regularly. It's just that I'm in a middle of a whirlwind right now. Just so much going on right now and I can't focus!

Anyways, Merry Christmas to you all in advance.

Don't read. Just toooooo cheeeessssy!

Can’t help smiling.

A mail just came into my office Inbox.

Hubby sent me a message, a sweet one in fact, saying (verbatim):

“Happy Monthsary bebs.mwah.iloveU”

Ehem! I am so touched. Pinch me please please! Haha!

Since we got married 32 months ago, we actually have stopped giving each other the “monthsary greetings” which is on the 15^th of the month. And now, all of a sudden, hubby has sent me this message of love. Just out of the blue. I didn’t even realize it was “our day”.

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Anyways, on a side note, we celebrated KA’s 11^th month last night over a takeaway Il Forno pizza and some Texas Fried chicken. He was happy indeed but lacks manners because he’s adamant in trying to grab my pizza! What a strong kid. He would wrestle his way to anything he wants. Love him though.

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P.S. Just so you want to know, I replied back to hubby with an “iloveyoutoo” note.

And so, Christmas is on its way!



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I can hear and see Christmas coming. At the office, each department has its own Christmas tree and decors. Most of them are having also the ever popular Christmas parties and gift-giving to secret Santas. I have volunteered myself to be a part of our media division’s party and gift-giving ceremonies because our own division is just so flaky icky dry when it comes to such events. I don’t blame them much. I do understand that due to religious affiliations, most of them do not celebrate the holiday season the way Christians do.

It’s just that, we are an advertising agency and we’re supposed to be an all-rounder when it comes to such festivities. Anyway, enough of the office rants.

For us Christians, it’s the most festive season of the year. The more I miss home because of this. I am a bit worried with my Mom (although she kept on reassuring me that she’ll be okay) since this is the first time that she’ll spend Noche Buena (Christmas Eve) to someone else’s home. My sisters have flown to US two days ago so it means my Mom is all alone. Although my younger brother is in the Philippines right now for his Christmas vacation, he’ll be spending most of his time with his wife’s family. Mom says that she’s planning to spend Christmas day with my brother’s in-laws. I hope she'll enjoy. I know that she misses us so much.

I’m just feeling sad that all of us in our family got separated at this family-oriented celebration. My Papa and two sisters are in the US, I am here in UAE, my brother and Mom in the Philippines.

I miss them so much.

I don’t want to be emotional and I’m still here in the office so I just can’t be seen crying here.

At home, it’s still very plain and gloomy. No Christmas decors or Christmas songs. We just moved in last Friday so it’s still a huge mess. Our shelving units and TV are not yet fixed. And we haven’t decided until now how to arrange the huge sofas (they took a lot of space in the living room). Another thing is we haven’t bought our dining table and chairs yet. And lastly and most importantly, our gas connection is not yet done, which means we can’t cook anything yet (except for the rice because we have a rice cooker anyway) and we just have to satisfy ourselves with oily icky take-aways for the next 5 or so days.

Give me another week or two. Or maybe just in time before Christmas, we’ll be able to finish everything.

Please wish me luck.

And for the rest of you, enjoy shopping for your gift list coz I don’t think I can do my own shopping anymore.

Remember me on your list okay? Haha!

Uber Xcited!




Mubadala World Tennis Championships in Abu Dhabi

 

I am going to see Roger Federer!

Super duper excited for this event.

I bought tickets for the Day 2 and 3 games.

A New Year gift to myself and hubby.

Can't wait!!!!!

I Am Cramming!

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I wish I’m a wonder woman so I can carry heavy furniture and be able to move our things in just a snap.

I wish I am The Flash so I can move fast enough to multi-task and be finished in shifting before Friday (quite impossible!).

I wish I have Hermione Granger’s Time Turner so I can work full time at the office and be doing the arrangements and interiors of our new home at the same time.

Gaaaahhh!!!

I know I’m just cramming. I thought that last week’s four-day holiday will give us enough time to move to the new flat so we can sleep there on the 10^th (Friday) without too much fussing and cleaning about. Here is a time-line of my happenings since last week:

29 November (Monday): Sneaked out from our lunch time to go to Jebel Ali. Bought a second hand sofa for 600 Dirhams. Not bad for one 3-seater and one 2-seater beige sofa. The problem is that we bought it miles and miles away from Sharjah. And we have to arrange for the pick-up on Sunday from Green Community West.

30 November (Tuesday): Signing of the tenancy contract with our property agent, issuing postdated cheques (for the agency fees, SEWA deposit, municipality fees and rent)

02 December (Thursday): Scheduled to look out for furniture and stuffs but cancelled since Hubby is working even if it’s a holiday.

03 December (Friday): First thing in the morning, hubby and I went to our new flat to take measurements. Just so we would know the specifics of what to buy or not. By 11am, we’re on our way to Sahara Mall (still in Sharjah) to look at the sale offers in Home Centre. We saw a nice computer table there. At 2.30pm we took an Arabic lunch at the food court. We reached IKEA Dubai at 4pm. Saw this really nice red shelving unit and thought of buying it. We listed down the things we wanted to buy but ended up with buying only the shoe rack, some candles and some kitchen stuffs. We decided to just come back on another day for the shelving units because they won’t fit into the cab. At past 8 in the evening, we saw ourselves struggling with the baby and our shopping stuffs on our way to Karama where we will have to buy our bed. A done deal was made for a king-size bed and a mattress for 800 Dirhams. We went home tired and hungry!

04 December (Saturday): This day, we went to Sharaf DG to use my 100 Dirham voucher since it will expire on the 16^th of December. We managed to buy a rice cooker and a microwave plus a free 100 Dirham voucher (again!). We used both vouchers and from the total price of 340 Dirhams, we only cashed out 140 Dirhams. Sweet! After that, we ate our dinner and headed to Carrefour at Sharjah City Centre. We bought a TV with a free touch-screen cellphone, a gas cooker, a fridge and a washing machine. By the time we finish, it was almost 12 midnight! Another tiring day.

05 December (Sunday): It’s a no working holiday for me and a one-day leave for hubby. At early morning, Hubby left home at 8am to meet the pick-up driver at Satwa Dubai. They are going to pick up the sofa I bought at Jebel Ali. After that, they headed to IKEA to buy that shelving unit we’ve been eyeing since Friday. We’ve got the truck so why not maximize the use. We rented it for 300 Dirhams. Quite cheap already if you ask me, and that includes the labor too. They arrived at 11am in our new flat where I was waiting. We did the carpentry work for the shelving units and the center table and some cleaning until 5pm. And knowing how OC my hubby is, we only managed to finish cleaning the kitchen and the master bathroom. By this time, my back has gone missing with too much pain.

06 December (Monday): Deliveries of the appliances arrived! Since we’re back to work already, I have asked my babysitter to take the receipts to the security guard so he can receive the items. It’s a relief that the admin of the building were so nice when it comes to assisting their tenants.

07 December (Tuesday): After work, I went to an Etisalat branch in Sharjah City Centre to apply for an internet, landline and cable TV connection. At 10pm, our bed set was delivered and assembled at the new flat. It was huge!

08 December (Wednesday): I went to the new flat to wait for the internet guys. The appointment time is at 8pm and while waiting, I washed the new dinner wares, took out the microwave and rice cooker from their boxes, and inspect the appliances delivered. Etisalat came in our new flat at 9pm for the installation of the internet and landline. The cable TV connection will come in another appointment day. I came home at 9.30pm, almost the same time as hubby. After eating our dinner, we packed some of our clothes, shoes and other stuffs to prepare them for the big move!

09 December (Thursday): Oh! This is today right? We’re planning to move most of the small stuffs today. And that is if hubby comes home early from work. He usually comes late, like later than 9pm, so I’m not so sure if we can really do this tonight.

Sigh.

Big SIGH.

Tomorrow is the big day and there are STILL so much to do!

I’ll update you soon (with pictures) after we move in.

For now, wish us good luck.

Finally!

My eagerness has paid off.

We're moving to our new home on the 10th of December.

It is not that much but it's enough for our small family.

Hubby and I are sooooooooooo busy with work that looking for the right furniture and basic things drive us mad because we don't have enough time. Good thing that we are having a National holiday this week.

With a measly budget, it's really difficult to find the right bed or the right sofa. But we're hoping we could furnish our home with something relaxing, homey and happy!

I'll update you soon!

Bye for now!  =)

Wishful Thinking

I’m back at work.

Not much backlog though, which is good. I mean there were lots of things to be done right at my table but I’ve finished them up in no time. It’s not an easy job. Not a difficult one either. I think I have just become comfortable that things have become very “routine-like”.

Being an accountant, life is the same every month at the office. Same transactions, same amounts, same payments, same instructions, same reports. It’s boring not because I don’t have enough workload but because no matter how much or how many transactions I will have on my hands, it’s still the same job over and over. In short, it’s still BORING!

I miss the challenges of auditing. But I don’t think I can come back to it. For more than 2 years, I’m stuck with a boring job and I feel that I’ve been left behind with what’s new and latest in the auditing world. I am no expert in this field. Yet, I am so eager to learn and grow in it.

But maybe I am not so eager now because I have to turn my time into something ultra-productive: a 9-hour day job, a mom to KA, a Femme Candy entrepreneur, a wife and a cook.

I have friends who have started taking up the CIA (Certified Internal Auditor) exam and they were doing great. They are single, they have money and they have TIME.

I dream to have another job that is more challenging but not too time-consuming as I need extra time to take care of our home and KA. But I do hope that it will be something not so-accounting but better pay. Haha!

That’s just me.