Michael W. Smith Concert

Michael Whitaker Smith, an American Christian musician having his world tour concert.
He was here in Bahrain on February 28, 2013 for his concert and am so glad I was able to watch it.

Some of the his songs that I like are "Above All", "Shout To The Lord", "Amazing Grace", "Draw Me Close".

"One Voice - A Prayer For Peace" Concert Tour

  

 

 

BD10/

Michael Smith

28 February 2013

Isa Town Stadium

Bahrain

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BN Crew Team - BBQ Night

Who & When was It?

It's when you have a group and more work load...
   and yet you don't feel that load.


It's when you cannot wait for the day to fly...
   to see your group again.


It's when your team members asked for flight swap ...
   because they are inspired to meet their goal.


It's when you are inspired to push the cart,  to push that sale up...
   aiming to see your name up on the Top Sellers List :-)


It's when you are working and all of you are having fun.


It's when you asked the passenger "Dosa or Paratha" for breakfast choices
   and passenger chose "Pizza"!


It's when you don't care for turbulence that shakes your cup of tea and you cannot seat comfortably...
   because you are eating at the galley with that home made hot chilly sauce.


It's when you sold 2cups of tea to a passenger whose under the spirit of alcohol...
   only to show off to 2 ladies seating next to him...and does not want to pay!


It's when that cabin sanitizing spray doesn't really seems to work its magic,
   when you can't breath with strong smell that keeps getting in your nostrils and
   when you want to speak to the passenger because of unlimited and generous share of farts!


It's when you walk into the cabin for final cleaning...
   you have to rush into the lavatory without a word ...
   and you came out only after the rest completed securing the cabin ...
   it's when you had the final word "Sorry, I had a emergency landing".


It's when finally landing in Bahrain after diversion in Dammam...
   and your sleepy head keeps falling side by side...

It's when your effort paid of...
   Duty Free Top Seller: L4 Ellyyana
   F&B Top Seller: R4C Ana

It's when you had so much fun and team work...
   and on the last day you planned to have barbeque.


It's when you realized...that was the last group you will ever fly with Bahrain Air.
I really had fun memories with you guys.


This our cabin crew team in January 2013:
Cs - Marites Gamboa #176
R1 - Nooh Haji #849
L4 - Ellyyana Ruansyah #203
R4C-Ana Marie Dalosong #328

Big fish by Nooh (Therrie, Elly)

Oh No!  This is not a Cold Store :-), everybody had their share

Other colleagues joined on this fun BBQ windy night (Nooh, Raquel, Therrie, Mary, Ana & Saithip)

Excited! Excited!

This is team work

Some colleagues joined us too (Zhanna, Ezelda and Katrina)

It's when they dreamed of putting up a band...

The 600 Fils Band, their Talent Fee is 200fils each :-)
 (Raquel, Mary and Ana)




Presenting ....
The 600 Fils Band 

"Anak" by The 600 Fils

"Laklak" by The 600 Fils Band

"The 600 Fils Band"

  

Guitarist:

Nooh Haji

Vocalist:

Mary Hinto

Ana Marie Dalosong

Raquel Garcia  

Other Sponsors and Guests:

Marites Gamboa, Ellyyana Ruansyah, Saithip Boonthan, Ezelda, Zhanna, Katrina

Galali, Bahrain

Location

29 Jan 2013

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My Natal Day on Chinese New Year

My birthday this year fell on the Chinese New Year, February 10, 2013 year of Water Snake.

I believe that it is going to be a lucky year ;-).

Thank you Lord God for all the blessings.
Thank you Lord God to all guardians you sent (friends & family).


Gong Xi Fa Chai Everyone!

Our home made nian-gao "Tikoy'' 

This sticky rice-cake is considered a good luck to eat "nian-gao" means "higher-year" during this season which symbolizes raising oneself each year :-). This also imply promotions or prosperity year after year, and this makes a popular gift during this season.   

 

Lucky color "Green"

Therrie, Jenny, Janet, Elena, Sanny, Rolly, Mariz, Joy, Wilma and Ana

Birthday Combo of Mark &Therrie at Pizza Hut, Exhibition Road, Bahrain

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Ouch My Nail

It was on my sister - Jo's birthday, December 30.
She requested me to bake 2 cake for her colleagues in the salon.
Done. Ready for pick up.

 

I handed the cake to her colleague whose waiting inside the taxi.

I closed the door and oouuuucccch!!! My left hand was still by the door...blag!
Ouch! ouch! I will not cry. I will not cry.  Uy! Uy! Uy! Such small finger tip that can greatly shaken my nervous system.

That's my day and my New Year!  Went up to the flat while my hand was raised...hurt! hurt! hurt!
I was by the sink cold compressing my hurt left thumb for 2 hours.  At first I did not noticed the blood and wondered where it was coming from, can't see it since i have red nail polish.  The blood was coming from the mid of my nail...:(...poor nail.  

I continued the cold compress and continued my pending house chores.  I finished cleaning and mopping (since i already started to clean before i went down to send the cake) with my only right hand and finished the laundry with the help of my friend washing machine.

The bleeding did not stop for 24 hours.  The following day January 1, I have a flight,  the swelling was not obvious since my nail wears red nail polished.  I still did not remove the polish since I am afraid of the the acetone solution might got into the wound.
My colleagues at work advised me to removed its color by a oil base nail polish removal to allow it to breath.

And this surprised me :-(.

I am so sorry my finger and nail for hurting you. You deserve to see a doctor.

Promise after that you will be fine and look pretty.  For now, you have to bear the pain :(. 

After the flight, January 2...I went to King Khalid University Hospital (Emergency Department) in Busaiteen.  It is a new hospital and not fully operational yet but so good for it is still free service and free medicine.  But dang!  don't want to be hospitalized even if it is free.

At first, I was worried because they are not fully organized when it comes to patient handling.  They  are professional doctors and nurses so I have nothing to fear...weew...weew..weew.  C'mon Therrie, giving myself courage.

Huh!!! Seriously, no anesthesia!!! Doctor explained that the nail itself has no pain, the pain is coming from the inside, where blood that can't let go and there was build up pressure.  Thanks Doc...it's a relief.   Since there is a crack on my nail, the doctor just cleared the way by syringe needle.  I can't stand to watch it while the doctor is squeezing and pressing my nail to let the blood to come out.

I felt pain when the black-violet inside almost gone.  

Proceed for an  x-ray  and finger is fine.

I am given an appointment for OP_General Surgeon on January 6 for surgery. Nail removal.   It's better that way, it will allow the new nail to freely grow.

Since I have more than 10 days DIL (Days-In_Lieu) on my company, I requested 4 DIL commensing on 3rd, then 4,5 and 6 then 7 and 8 I am off.

Surgery scheduled on 6th, do you think after 2 days I can go back to work???? 

.... here is my nail after four days.

 

January 6, outside the building just waiting for the transport.  Took a photo of my nail before it will be gone.  I am scheduled to go back to the hospital for the surgery.  That worries me...if doc will remove the nail then I need more days off to give it a time to heal.   

"Wait there (pointed the sitting area) they will call you", the male hospital-receptionist told me.  One hour still not hearing my name...two hours exactly of waiting I finally heard my name.  The Kabayan nurse placed the arm-cuff for blood pressure test...once completed, I was told to wait again...they will call me.  After exactly an hour...I got to see the doctor.  In 2 or 3mins...I'm done!!!!  Voila!

Doctor, just hold my finger and tried to move the nail.  It is stable, does not need to remove it.  Just wait...it will go by itself.  No medicine or antibiotic needed.  The tip of my finger felt numb still but it will go anyway.

Wew!  What a relief!  I can go back to work soon :-).

After 23 days

Nail is off after a month

Nail growth 2 months after

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Doha, Qatar

Doha is neighboring country of Bahrain, their flags are similar except Doha is red-maroon and the later is bright red.

Here i spent my one week leave with my sister.  I haven't seen her for a couple of months and she can't join us in Bahrain for Christmas.  I also would like to see her living and working condition in Qatar after her husband went back to Philippines.  It would be nice to share time and cheer her up atleast before Christmas.

Love you sis, Elena.

Doha is just 25 mins by plane from Bahrain.  There are so many different faces and nationalities on queue at the immigration but the transaction was fast. There are digital ID photo capturing mounted on the wall at each counter, so the immigration officers need not to move from their seat.  They are only accepting credit and debit cards for visa payment on arriving visitors.  The visa chrage is QR100 Qatar Riyals.  It was fast, no sweat!

 

I ended up waiting for my sister to pick me up at the airport :-))).  I teased her that i came from Bahrain and she is just in Doha and I came first to the base :-).  It was traffic she said. 

She arrived on a private taxi and paid QR30 each way (near or far)... not cheap!

It is much likely Bahrain as we continue on  the road and observed that very less, nearly no people walking around.

We reached the place where my sister lives and I quoted that if I reached home, I will not go out...since there is no place to hang around.  Boring place.

Oh!  seeing this line of shops from the window makes it feel that this place is not really isolated :-).

The next evening my sister walked me around, since she came home early from work.   I felt that it is unfriendly environment.  Wide dusty road, tall fences no people around expect those inside of the so many moving cars.  If there is something happened to you along the way, no help. You shout- no one will hear or care will give a hand.  Anyway...it's ought to be deserted place what would I expect.

Anyway, there are three malls probably 1.5 km by walk.  The Lulu Hypermarket which is located at the opposite of the high-way and impossible to reach not being suicidal.  The Ramiz, Restaurants and The Landmark.  When the famous Villaggio mall had its traggic fire, customers diverted to The Landmark so it was crowded.    

Here are the places that I have visited and seen around Doha.

Villaggio Mall
It's an amazing showcase of indoor shops with collection of different building designs.

Hyatt Plaza, another mall next to Villagio, had our lunch there to fuel our tummy for next exploration :-)

The Aspire Park located near Hyatt Plaza

Museum of Islamic Art

The Famous Waqif Souq

Beef Wanton Noodles and special halo-halo (no pic) by Chowking.  We don't have this in Bahrain.

  

The Pearl at Porto Arabia

The City Center

Katara Cultural Village

Katara Cultural Village

Ric's Kountry Kitchen in Doha, there is another branch in Bahrain

Modeling these cute hats, bought dozen of these for pasalubong :-)

Our own made crochet for winter :-)

Time for us to leave,  my sis wear her black uniform for work and me? yeah back to Bahrain.

I would like to thank the following;

Elena 

- my sister for accomodating your ate.  

 I will come back when I have 3 days off :-)

Tol Joey

- as in Tol (for putol - cut finger :-) for snacks and long talk at Ric's :-).

Nice to catch up after hmmm counting,  6 years :-).

Bro. Angel Mendoza

- for the ride and showing us around, see you back in Bahrain.

 Doha, Qatar 

December 5-11, 2012

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Circle Rainbow

We are flying above at 36,000 feet, there was a bad weather from Trivandrum, India to Bahrain.  The seatbelt sign was on for almost throughout the flight.   

The seatbelt has been released after passing through an area of turbulence. 

Went to look at the window and a strange dirt on the window as you look at it.  

But hey...tried to changed angle and it is still there!!!

It was real. I heard the story from one the crew.  It was the same event having bad weather and after passing thru the area ... she saw a full circle of rainbow.

 

A rainbow.  A full circle of rainbow. Yes! Its a rainbow.  It is very rare to be seen.

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Bring Me!

Passing along the aisle while looking at those eyes which convey the message "we are bored, how long still before we reach the place"?, though for sure they know the answer.  My answer, just smile.  I feel them.

Returning flight from Kathmandu to Bahrain for 5.30 hours flight, no entertainment on that flight and we are all done with our service.  Given away all our English newspapers and showed Sudoku and Word Search pages to at least entertain and consume their time.  Time flies fast when you are busy ;-). 

"Sister, sister" one calls out,  "Where is my reward? I finished it already", showing the Word Search page with pen circled words.  "Me too",  from the opposite row.  :-))))) 

They are bored, I am too, my team also, so to speak and I can't stand those questioning eyes...what can I do to make those eyes wink with a glee.  

Thought of games that is easy for them, to entertain them, for them to have fun.  Bring Me!  Consult the idea to the flying crew and they even shared idea on what items to Bring.  :-).  Cool.  

Bring Me! Is a game where the host of the game ask the participants to bring the requested items.

All are attentive and looking so ready for the game.

Bring Me!!!

Bring Me...a white hair strand!  The 4th row...here! here! My Mama!  The woman took a hair strand from her mom sitting next to her!  Can you imagine how much laugh in there?!

Bring Me...a 1 rupee coin!  Ahhh that was easy, more are showing the coins :-). Again, this is working, they are participating.

Bring Me...a red ballpen!  No one have a red pen.


Bring Me...a red wallet!  Ha! Ha! Ha!  Most of them shows a dark brown leather wallet, of course that is not the one we are looking for...Here comes red!!!!

Bring Me...red socks!  I was having a second thought about this item because I had a fun-tastic blue-cheese socks smell on the outbound flight while passing at the cabin when lights are off :-).  Who cares about the smell when everybody is having fun.  Bring me Red Socks!

A lady showed pink.  Sorry sister, that's pink!  :-)  Unfortunately, no one wear red socks that time :-).

Bring Me...red shoes! 
Oh he is coming. Sir, that is is brown!  Nice try there :-))). 
Someone from the back is coming. Yes! This one is RED :-))))

Bring Me...red t-shirt!
A passenger came with his stripe colors :-).   Hmmm your's are two colors. 
There one coming from the back. Come on down...red t-shirt!  :-).

Five winners is all we can have.  One of our fellow crew prepared surprise for the winners!

Clap! Clap! Clap!

That was fun :-)

BN- KTM-BAH

Smith.Qazi

Yasmeen. Pim. Bhawana

12 January 2012

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Gallipoli, Turkey, TR

Our tour from Canakkale heading to Eceabat, the WW1 Battlefields of Gollipoli.

Gallipoli from the Greek word, means "Beautiful City" once held the Battle of Canakkale.  In early 1915, attempting to seize the strategic advantage of Constantinople now Istanbul, the British ordered to attack the peninsula.  The battle took 8 months campaign which resulted more deaths from Turkish, British, Australian, New Zealand, France and Indians.   

The ANZAC, Australian New Zealand Army Corps still commemorating the Anzac day every 25th of April , and Turks considered it as a national pride.  Every year there is a mass held at the site. 

Mustafa Kemal Attaturk, lead the fighting Turks against the Allied and the success of the Gollipoli made him the national hero and the father of Turkey. 

Ferry trip from Canakkale to Eceabat

Eceabat ahead

Dur Yolcu Memorial "Wait Traveller" on the hillside of Kilitbahir, Gallipoli

Lunch at Maydos

Heading to the boat

Closer to the boat

Boat trip operated by Hassle Free



See the boat under the water?
Several ships and boats sunk around Gollipoli and Dardanalles

Getting closer to the memorial

 

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