After getting home from our quick trip to Abu Dhabi, I dashed out again to meet my friends. So I took the metro to Nakheel Station and walked all the way going to Emirate’s Golf Club where a posh free festival to fill up on food truck grub was happening. There we had a proper …
This is story of that one event that changed my life forever. It might probably wasn’t much but this is a very personal story that I will be dividing into three separate blogs. For starters, let me take you back in 2019 when I was still living in United Arab Emirates.
“Meet me at Burjuman Station.” My friend, Kevin, messaged me. I think I was only just a week fresh in Dubai by the time. And I was somewhere along downtown for a job interview before noon and as soon as it was finished, I rushed down towards the nearest metro station until I reached the …
Probably one of my favorite places in Dubai is La Mer. My friends and I would just take a bus from Business Bay to this beautiful beach for free! I can still remember when my triathlete friend Myka first brought me to this place. She said it gives a Santa Monica Pier vibe. And somehow, …
They say that there’s one Beatles song for every one of your moods. When you’re feeling lonely? Eleanor Rigby. When you’re feeling nostalgic? In My Life. When you’re feeling mega-high on life? Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds. When you’re desperate to ace Mrs. VP’s math test? Help! When you end up acing the math …
Dear UAE, Greetings from an aircraft leaving DXB to MNL! Hell yes, I’m coming home. I should be feeling sad for chrissakes but if you really wanna know the truth, all I’m feeling right now is pure genuine excitement. So much love. And to be vulnerably honest though, people who have been following my journey …
“THE BREEZE IS SO DAMN HOT”, I smirked at my friend who fetched me while tucking my heavy backpack at the back of his Jeep. It was still early, though, 6:30 pm, when I went outside of the airport. After all this time, there I was, switching time zone. I must have been extremely tired …