It seems weird to write about normal life, but after getting in the habit of writing daily about my days, I guess it is easy enough to just carry on as usual. 🙂
My flights from Bangkok to Manila to Abu Dhabi were relatively easy – as easy as traveling for an entire day can be. I arrived late at the airport and got out pretty quickly, but was quickly given a proper AD welcome-back with the smell of the taxi driver for the (thankfully) short ride back to our new apartment.
Woke up after a pretty full night of sleep and unpacked. Then, I had to deal with my car since the battery had died.
I called the dealer to see if they could send someone to start my car since the 24-hour roadside service center failed to answer the phone…some service, huh? Luckily, they were able to send Ahmed out to start up my car. While we waited for the battery to charge a bit he attempted to interest me in sex – presumably with him – as he lied to me about being married (ring on the finger – duh!) and tried to flatter me with saying I looked very young. Hahahaha. Oh will the fun never stop?
With my car started, Ahmed explained that I wouldn’t be able to get the car battery changed today at the dealer, so I opted to head to a local place to change out my battery. That was a very easy thing to do (surprise!) and then I got my car washed and went grocery shopping since I was already out. It felt weird to do ‘normal’ things after being on holiday for so long. Plus, I was already exhausted! However, I decided to see if I could get in to the new campus before they closed for the Eid Al Fitr holidays… No such luck…but I got some photos and I tested one route there, which makes that one just under 20-mins. I will try some other ones over the next week or so…
New AD Campus from road25-Aug-2011 05:35, NIKON COOLPIX S51, 3.8, 12.6mm, 0.003 sec, ISO 100
Getting a little closer25-Aug-2011 05:38, NIKON COOLPIX S51, 3.3, 6.3mm, 0.003 sec, ISO 100
The men's campus buildings (the women's is on the other side)25-Aug-2011 05:38, NIKON COOLPIX S51, 3.3, 6.3mm, 0.004 sec, ISO 100
So, I got back, had a lovely swim in our rooftop pool and have been relaxing the rest of the evening. 😀 Tomorrow, my baby comes back and then ‘real life’ will be in process. I am just happy that we still have another week off before work; it will be a quiet week of readjusting.
More to come…
-T
