We had the chance to go out and have our dinner outside last night. Actually, we (Alice and I) usually do it with our friends every Wednesday evening in a small restaurant called "Blue Dragon" at the city center. We call that activity the "Wednesday Club's" weekly get-together. However, last night was a little bit different since it was only me, Alice, and one of our friends - Marilyn - that went for dinner. We had our dinner in a Turkish restaurant, I would say the most popular waterloo for young people and expats in this place. The dining-out happened because two of our friends from the business department needed to go back to the office during night time for their going-home get-together. Since there's nothing to do anyway, Alice suggested we go with them and get off at the Turkish restaurant and wait for them there until they go back to our flats again...
Anyways, the dine-out was nice. The food at Al-Masharef, as always, was superb. We ordered the "famous" grilled chicken with their specialty hommus on the side, and it was worth every second we stayed there waiting for our friends. We had a very nice dinner, talking about what we'll do in the Philippines when we get back for vacation, as well as other not so important things... the things you normally talk about when passing away time and you don't want to read a book. After "globbing" all the chicken, we drank the equally-superb cocktail juice to at least take out some of the heat you normally feel at this side of the world in summer (even during at night!). Come to think of it, it was already 9:30 in the evening and it's like it's 12noon back in the Philippines. Anyway, the heat this evening didn't do any harm with our festive mood as we drank our cocktails last night. Maybe it has something to do with the fact that we're going back home in a couple of days... also, it may be the fact that all work in the office are finished now and there's nothing to do but relax... either way, the feeling was very good indeed :-)
Well, after staying there for about two hours or so, our friends, and for that matter, our transport, finally arrived. We have to go back to the flat once more. Even then, for about two hours last night, we felt how good it is to be working in this region.
Anyways, the dine-out was nice. The food at Al-Masharef, as always, was superb. We ordered the "famous" grilled chicken with their specialty hommus on the side, and it was worth every second we stayed there waiting for our friends. We had a very nice dinner, talking about what we'll do in the Philippines when we get back for vacation, as well as other not so important things... the things you normally talk about when passing away time and you don't want to read a book. After "globbing" all the chicken, we drank the equally-superb cocktail juice to at least take out some of the heat you normally feel at this side of the world in summer (even during at night!). Come to think of it, it was already 9:30 in the evening and it's like it's 12noon back in the Philippines. Anyway, the heat this evening didn't do any harm with our festive mood as we drank our cocktails last night. Maybe it has something to do with the fact that we're going back home in a couple of days... also, it may be the fact that all work in the office are finished now and there's nothing to do but relax... either way, the feeling was very good indeed :-)
Well, after staying there for about two hours or so, our friends, and for that matter, our transport, finally arrived. We have to go back to the flat once more. Even then, for about two hours last night, we felt how good it is to be working in this region.
