January 16,2016

At Mcdo for our first bfast here at Abu Dhabi.. Last pixie is at the airport..Chelsea was not in the mood 'coz of early wake up call...

January 18,2016

Didn't get out today except in the afternoon, After bathing Chelsea, we went around the vicinity with Benoks and had been looking for Panaderia bakery and finally found it near the mosque around here, which we've been avoiding when looking for it...lol.Aiza Portugal came over to get her things from her mom, coz i texted her earlier after we've loaded on our fones while Cess and I were doing some groceries and got bread from The Flower Bakery- a lebanese bakery. We ate the leftover foods from dinner last night at the Oriental resto of Bulalo, etc. and the bistek that Benok cooked yesterday.

January 19,2016

Today i am getting used to the timeline over here.Cess was late in waking up 'coz of her monthly period.Helped Benok a little with his cooking and had to go down to Fresh and More across to get tomatoes for his binagoongan liempo. Alternately gave Chelsea her cerelac for the day and mixed juice and she ate it, but she wouldn't take the rice with corned beed I tried to introduce her to.I had to start to discipline her and I think it will really take time..Anyways, she still would seek me out after my disciplinary actions.

January 15,2016

Before, i go on, just a recap, Toper and Bervi passed by last night to bid us goodbye on our trip for Dhubi and brought his special chopsuey with pupur and mushroom buttons...

Waited awhile for nanay Susan and papa Ogie, then we proceeded to  the National Shrine of Padre pio to ask for more guidance together with our Lady of Grace..

MOA and meet up with Mario and Denice to while away the time.Benok got some last minute shopping of tshirt at surplus shop and shades...had lunch at Pepper Lunch resto..

Mario paid for their share..They had to go home ahead 'coz Denice has work at 4pm..Waited for return tickets at Netopia for printing from Cess, so just sat at the corner nearby, then we proceeded directly to NAIA terminal 1. And at the last minute when we were about to go inside, Paolo was emotional when he kissed me and Benok goodbye. Rhysma and Mama Susan were also on the brink of crying after he did. I forgot the neck pillow that Cess sent me..

The first Baggage xray was done and we went through fine, then we paid for the travel tax of php3220, then we waited for Etihad to open its gate which finally did at 8pm instead of the usual 9pm, i presented our passports and visa then was given our boarding pass and destination questionnaires then had our baggage checked in. With Gods' almighty grace, we went through immigration without any hitch, the only question i was asked was when we intend to go home, after i presented the answered questionnaire and boarding passes together with the passports and visa. Had dinner at one of the inside resto, then waited for the boarding call which was a few minutes late..

they had been asking for volunteers to postpone their flight for the next scheduled one and would be given compensation and after several tries and no one responding they finally decided to give the final boarding call..we slept throughout until the final hour when breakfast was about to be served and we finally watched some shows, I forgot what I chose, while Benok chose The Martian of Matt Damon and didn't finished it 'coz we already touched down 6:20am January 16,2016 but waited a long time to finally board the shuttle for gate70 of Abu Dhabi airport.

January 17,2016

Woke up 4am and couldn't get bk to sleep anymore, then i got to realize that it's already 8am Philippines time..hehhehe...after Cess and myk has gone to work , i went back to sleep..so, this is what they call jetlag...Benok cooked bistek today for lunch...still on getting to know you stage with Chelsea, but slowly getting there...met Nanay  Vilma early on, who takes care of baybi for the last 4-5 mos...couldn't get to wake up and walk around..still feeling tired, so didn't get out..bathe baybi when she woke up to prepare for Sunday mass at St. Joseph church for Sto. Nino celebration...Cess couldn't make up her mind on what dress to use for Chelsea and ended up using the same dress i had put on earlier for her..after mass, we went to Greenhaus for some groceries then to Oriental cuisine and reserved for dinner, then went to Splash for Benoks pants, socks and some shirts for work..I got a long cardigan and bathroom slippers too..

January 17,2016

Watching the Gud dinosaur with Chelsea...Will try to make a picturediary of my stay here at Abu Dhabi..Ok, last week Toper and Bervi treated us for their despedida for Benok, earlier plan was to eat at Dads at MOA, but due to the heavy trafic, we made a detour at Glorietta, Makati instead. then, Toper forgot that there is abranch of Dads in here, so we just opted to eat at Buffet 101, and halfway through lunch, he remembered that there is indeed a branch of Dads in Glorietta. ATM with Nanay Vilma serving her with lunch...

Back to last week escapade...after lunch, we went window shopping around Glorietta and i felt i missed that feeling over a long, long time..I got 2 pants from Uniglo that am gonna bring and wear going to UAE. Then got 2 turtleneck shirts at Landmark, a skirt at Cotton O..Benoks also got some shirts and Hoodie at Uniqlo..Had a blast window shopping and plans to go back to Landmark for the griller..On our way home, Rhysma had been blowing off since from San Pablo and i didn't knew about it , till we were already at Sariaya 'coz Aero was with me all the time, 'coz the last time we went to Manila for our Yabut reunion at Edwins place, it was Aero who made a big fuzz crying all the way from Tiaong till Sariaya for whatever reason...