Glad to know your flight was uneventful. I feel I must protest however; the card should have read ALSAWAF x 2.5 at least ;)
Now to torture you. This latest TF2 update is the coolest thing since TF2. You've no clue what you're missing. You're missing... well, nothing really... except for a minor engineer rush :p
Have lots of fun now :) and don't be late for the weekend L4D. I'll behave myself, I promise :D
Just as we were leaving I received the Blue Blood SMS about TF2.. now it's a big deal to get any kind of communication from Blue Blood (as you know), but in terms of a 1-10 importance scale, an SMS is an 8-9 (second only to a phone call!)...
So when I saw a text from him I knew it had to be something to do with TF2.
Back Sunday. L4D it is :D
Oh and this dude has stopped playing video games for a year, blogging away in the appropriately named PAUSED.
I woke to a BB originated SMS myself. But we all know that a TF2 update to BB is like their firstborn's first step to most people (read: normal people).
I knew about PAUSED for a while but I couldn't get myself to even look at it. A whole year! The horror. Such sites should be banned under the same laws that ban pro-anorexia sites, IMHO.
I only found out about PAUSED yesterday, when I read that he was nearing the end of the ban. The mad man!!
2:13 pm
Our flight left Terminal 5 at 20:45 UK time, and we reached Dubai International Airport at 07:45... the ride was smooth, but there was a kid behind us that periodically would either cry "no no no!" or offer us crayons to play with... this kept us both busy and unable to sleep. Hence we were both tired and cranky :D Amazingly enough, the travel agent had arranged our transport correctly, and we actually had someone waiting for us with a placard saying (ALSAWAF x 2)... they took us to the car (a nice big thing, not sure what) which drove us to Le Royal Meridien in Jumeirah. The driver insisted on pointing out landmarks but we couldn't understand his heavy Asian accent so we just nodded and smiled. Like you do. The hotel is lovely... we've had great experiences in other Meridiens and this is no different. Really nice place, lovely staff. The receptionist took our details and said that the room was being prepared... in the meantime she gave us a pager to carry (can't get rid of them can I!) so we would be bleeped when the room was ready. They even let us have a free breakfast! After about an hour or so the room was ready... it's on the 3rd floor of their Tower Block, and luckily for us it has a beautiful view of the beach, the pools and gardens, and Atlantis (on Palm Island). Both very tired, we had a shower and just fell fast asleep. This evening we went out with Ziad and Bashar for some Arabic dinner and then a tea and Sheesha at Maxine Caf é in Jumeirah. It was nice, but we're still tired :D Tomorrow is Chillaxin* Day, with lots of beach, pool, and food. Things we would like to do including visiting Mall Of The Emirates, visiting Dubai Mall, going to Atlantis, going to Fujeirah's Snoopy Island, and a desert BBQ. Let's hope so :)
*a new word I've learnt from my great-cousin. I presume it's Chillin+Relaxin.
"Dubai Day 1 (ish)"
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Glad to know your flight was uneventful. I feel I must protest however; the card should have read ALSAWAF x 2.5 at least ;)
Now to torture you. This latest TF2 update is the coolest thing since TF2. You've no clue what you're missing. You're missing... well, nothing really... except for a minor engineer rush :p
Have lots of fun now :) and don't be late for the weekend L4D. I'll behave myself, I promise :D
9:42 am
Just as we were leaving I received the Blue Blood SMS about TF2.. now it's a big deal to get any kind of communication from Blue Blood (as you know), but in terms of a 1-10 importance scale, an SMS is an 8-9 (second only to a phone call!)...
So when I saw a text from him I knew it had to be something to do with TF2.
Back Sunday. L4D it is :D
Oh and this dude has stopped playing video games for a year, blogging away in the appropriately named PAUSED.
10:42 am
I woke to a BB originated SMS myself. But we all know that a TF2 update to BB is like their firstborn's first step to most people (read: normal people).
I knew about PAUSED for a while but I couldn't get myself to even look at it. A whole year! The horror. Such sites should be banned under the same laws that ban pro-anorexia sites, IMHO.
1:49 pm
I only found out about PAUSED yesterday, when I read that he was nearing the end of the ban. The mad man!!
2:13 pm