Wednesday, October 03, 2007

my horoscope for th day

Scorpio (Oct 23 - Nov 21)[?]

Bottom Line
The many misunderstandings going on in your life are ending soon. Clarity is coming.

In Detail
Things that are way beyond your control might be bumming you out especially hard today, but try not to get discouraged. There is always hope. Take a brighter, more peaceful approach and talk things out with the people around you who feel the same way you do. Together, you can all change to a happier topic and turn even the sourest lemons into delicious, sunshiney lemonade. There's an inspiring force deep inside of you, and it can only be revealed through trial.

korek!
Whole week was a bit of a busy one for me. besides doing whole crap of HR work. Organizing an Iftar party is very hard. especially for an expat like me who doesn't know other nationality's food. We have last night's Consumer Sales Iftar party at Dhow Palace Hotel in Bur Dubai. twas a nice place and good food also. 180 pax, mostly bulugans at as gutoms as buwaya. by the way, IFTAR is a traditional celebration dinner during Ramadan.Its breaking the fast together either with families or parties. I'm very honored that i was invited also though i'm not a muslim and looking forward to it all week. Me, Micheline and Adersh just got there 20 minutes early. Since the fast couldn't be broken until sunset we waited patiently until all of them arrived on the venue. Most of them are mobile salesman whose always in the market. No food, no water from sunrise til sunset. The "no food" I think I could handle, but it's the "no water" part that would make me insane. If you could only see those men, reddy eyes, dry lips and skin, But all these Muslim adults appeared just as cool calm and collected as can be. Our hosts were gracious enough to offer non-Muslims juices and water, but I just felt bad about drinking in front of them and declined. 7 minutes had past of 6:00pm I saw a couple of men carrying huge trays of food and walking towards the direction of the party pavilion. Then it was, it started already. I saw a lot of refreshed smiles on faces. A few minutes later the food was ready. It was all amazingly delicious; fresh tossed salad with a mint vinagrette dressing, baba ganoush, kibbeh,yogurt and chicken with bulghar wheat. All of it was very tasty & filling. Then there was dessert, besides freshly picked fruits, there were indian and arabic sweets, like different kinds of halwa and knafeh is dough pasty cooked over a white cheese filling and topped with pastashios, and it's all covered in a very light syrup. Lots of YUM YUM that night. With full tummys it was time for a little walk in BURJUMAN, a mall near at the building where im staying. window shopping ulit and overall, I'd have to say it was a most enjoyable evening. buchog.