Another week in Abu Dhabi comes to an end. I was a complete slacker at blogging the past week so wanted to post before a new week and new adventures begin!
The past week was quite full. I think the only days I chilled out were Sunday and Tuesday!!!
Monday, Katie and I met after work and went for a run on the Corniche. It was really nice to have company and made the 45 minute run go by really fast....but definately a little hard to chat while running. This time I was smarter and took water though, the last time I thought I might die if I didn't get back to my room. Then we showered, changed and went out for Thai. Had a great dinner (pad thai and tempura veggies...yum!) and it was great to catch up since she had been away for the week.
Wednesday I met Oliver for dinner/drinks after work, had some phenomenal chicken penne pasta with a macademia nut pesto (yum again!).
Thursday was Turkey day (Happy belated Thanksgiving all!!!). I worked a full day and then went to Maria and Ryan's who were hosting for me and 3 other non-Americans who were experiencing their first Thanksgiving. Ryan stayed home all day and cooked and did an excellent job. The only problem being that dinner wasn't actually served until about 11pm and by that time we had all had a lot of drinks. Needless to say, by 3:30am I was done!!! All in all, it was an excellent replacement for being in the states. Oh...and one of the English guys was like, I don't think I can eat or drink another thing....the 3 of us were like, well, then you've had the full thanksgiving experience, ha!
Friday I slept in, hit the pool and then started getting ready early as we had a long evening planned. Katie was sick so had to bail out but Liana and I drove over to Yas for the Nelly Furtado/Taio Cruz concert. We went to this really cool bar first (rooftop of the Yas Hotel) for dinner/drinks but alas, no food til 7. We ended up getting food at the concert and that was quite an event. It is shocking to me how dumb people are sometimes, especially when your job is to know the 5 menu items. Anyhow, we eventually got our snack wrap type food which was not going to cut it, ha. Everything was really late (I've been told that is the UAE way, meetings all start late, etc etc which is hard for a punctual person like myself to get used to) so the first act didn't start until almost 8 and we were there right on time at 7. He was a UK artist so I knew none of what he was singing but wasn't bad. Taio Cruz was on next and he was great. In the meantime we ran into another co worker and his wife so that was fun. There was a 30 minute break or so between Taio and Nelly so that was annoying cuz you are just standing around in this big arena. Anyway, she came on and her first song was great...second was okay..and then it went downhill. She was singing all these really boring ballads and it was quite depressing. Liana had found out that a well known hip hop DJ was going to be at Etoiles so we had planned to go there next and just ended up leaving the concert early. Well when we go to Etoiles, we were too early (see a pattern!?)..so we went out on the terrace and had some food. The 4 of us had a ball and danced til about 3:30am. Oh..I even got a love note from some guy at the bar....written on pink paper. Swoon. Ha. So then we get a cab home who decided it would be fun to race another cab and it was quite an interesting ride....Liana left her car since she didn't want to drive home but in reality, since she had been drinking water the last 2 hours, it probably would have been safer!!!!
Today I actually got up before noon (shocker!!!) and hit the grocery store cuz I wanted cereal and had no cereal or milk which meant it was time for a trip to the grocery store. Had my breakfast and then hit the pool for the day (yes, I am officially brown). Got my butt back to the gym after taking 3 days off and as much as I did not want to go, I had a great workout. Then I went to meet one of the local partners for drinks at the Yacht Club...so nice to go sit outside and catch up on how things are going, etc. Then I came home and had some mac n cheese and here we are.
It was my second full work week as well (I know, how on earth do I have time for work with my social life right?!) but it went really well. I actually enjoy going to work everyday so thats a definite plus! This coming week should be another fun one....we have Thursday off for UAE national day and there is a ton going on in the area. The NBA Jamfest is happening in Abu Dhabi so I think Liana and I are going to try to hit that on Thursday and then drive to Dubai. Then its the Akon concert on Friday (so excited!) and then the Rugby 7's tournament is going on so I think we're going to do that on Saturday. Just in time to go back to work for another 4 day week (another holiday..hhahahah).
Hope all is well stateside and that you all had a wonderful holiday weekend. I will be home in less than 3 weeks!
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