Saturday, February 24, 2007

rock on to my life in dubai

everyday hustLe aNd bustle..6:45am i wake up straight to the shower to turn on the heater (coz it's winter!) and change to office wear..it's a lazy midweek so casual is fine. 15minutes walk from my place to the office. 8am first thing u see is the face of a growling old man...we call him mr.bean ;) checking for the people coming in late. next stop is the drafting room...where am greeted by abraham then to my left is the structural department and the architectural drafting staff to my right is the office of the cooL for all seasons architect ghandy. then straight is my office seated next to me is haitham. in about 9 or 10 as the sound of the crisp linen ha! for sure it's the grand entrance of arbab! our CooL but TerriBle boss. 10-15 minutes of bLah blah blah is enough for him to start his day at the office. so we kinda start our work at 9. 10am niaz starts to ask tea or coffee he reminds me of the flight attendant when i went to singapore..,she kept on asking white wine, red wine??? haha. coffee please! then...start up autocad,sketchup,photoshop...to ignite the working mood. then back to the usual stuff. design d-e-s-i-g-n before u know it it's lunch time already 1pm. we have to be early or else no seat! jam packed pantry. 2pm is a lazy hour...siesta time..as we call it. but when arbab is there...nah! shuhada! siesta! 3pm..relax relax relax...hahaha. 4pm. rush rush rush! 5pm..it's time to clear up the desk..and arrange the schedule for the next day.6pm khalas! uwian na! everyone rushing to the door..then call it a day...walk again to my house...with these thoughts...ha! what a day! whew! u think it's that easy??? think again...try working here and...tell me...;) that's my-so called day

rock on to my life in dubai

everyday hustLe aNd bustle..6:45am i wake up straight to the shower to turn on the heater (coz it's winter!) and change to office wear..it's a lazy midweek so casual is fine. 15minutes walk from my place to the office. 8am first thing u see is the face of a growling old man...we call him mr.bean ;) checking for the people coming in late. next stop is the drafting room...where am greeted by abraham then to my left is the structural department and the architectural drafting staff to my right is the office of the cooL for all seasons architect ghandy. then straight is my office seated next to me is haitham. in about 9 or 10 as the sound of the crisp linen ha! for sure it's the grand entrance of arbab! our CooL but TerriBle boss. 10-15 minutes of bLah blah blah is enough for him to start his day at the office. so we kinda start our work at 9. 10am niaz starts to ask tea or coffee he reminds me of the flight attendant when i went to singapore..,she kept on asking white wine, red wine??? haha. coffee please! then...start up autocad,sketchup,photoshop...to ignite the working mood. then back to the usual stuff. design d-e-s-i-g-n before u know it it's lunch time already 1pm. we have to be early or else no seat! jam packed pantry. 2pm is a lazy hour...siesta time..as we call it. but when arbab is there...nah! shuhada! siesta! 3pm..relax relax relax...hahaha. 4pm. rush rush rush! 5pm..it's time to clear up the desk..and arrange the schedule for the next day.6pm khalas! uwian na! everyone rushing to the door..then call it a day...walk again to my house...with these thoughts...ha! what a day! whew! u think it's that easy??? think again...try working here and...tell me...;) that's my-so called day