life as of now is nothing meaningful to write, i wake in the morning still feeling tired, taking a shower while thinking what to wear, dressed up and have an 8 min walk from my house to the office under the high humid air of Bahrain's weather condition. Before i reach the office i feel i have lost 2 kilos from sweat, good thing i wear a good smelling cheap perfume, or else i'll be broke just to keep smelling fresh with all the perfumes i will consume.
Reaching the office i need to stop by the cold store (thats what the Indian call convenience store in the middle east) to grab a pepsi/coke and a four piece pocket of cup cake for breakfast, yeah so much for healthy me, a coke and a cup cake...hmmmm not good, yes i know.
Office hours from 8 am to 1 pm then lunch break, what do i have for lunch?... Mc donald's Mc arabia, or chicken biryani, or some Filipino food, either sinigang na baboy or some meals with sauce or soup with rice. Then back to office at 2 pm to check my mails and have a good nice sleep for about 30 min, work start at 3 pm till 6 pm in evening.
After 6 pm, on weekdays, i maybe going to my friends house for diner, with a very good home cooked meal by tita magda, well that is if my friends mike or richie will invite me to join them there, well if not, its going to be mc arabia again, chicken biryani or some filipino food from the resto around Manama area. But before i head home, which is my lovely-lovely one bedroom apartment (echus!!!) well need to make my room lovelier than now, need to make some re painting and stuff, ok, i need to pass by Munie's dvd shop which is a table beside Midway supermarket, right along the road atop a white monoblock table that they disamble and run if some guys from the ministry will stop by. Mind you this Munie is quite a looker, with cute goatie and nice smile, with a pair of lovely eyes, with his gang of not so bad looking pakistani dvd vendors....lol.
Well of course lets not forget my rounds with all the shoe shop around Manama, nothing much to brag about, its not a signature shops, just some outlets that offers nice looking items for me to enjoy. Yeah, but don't be fooled by the sweet talking salesman. A few weeks back i got myselt a nice pair of slacks from Next jeans, they are on sale for 50%, it was a nice boot cut slacks and i need a good shoes to go along with it so i checked on one of my favorite shops in Yateem center (one of the oldest malls in Bahrain) named , Faqihi, I was looking at the items sales, why because their shoes cost around 35 Dinars to 45 Dinars on regular price, thats about a $100 to $150 US, so as i looked around a young Filipina, showed me some piece, which is quite good looking, an Italian leather boots with a metal buckle on the side, then one of the Indian sales clerk joined in and do the magic of sales talking to me. They told me that the shoes will last for maybe 5 to 7 years, because of the good leather and the brand, but what convince me was the price, it was BD45 and they are giving it to me for BD15, WOW, that was about what 75%, well you do the math, so i bought it and brought it home.
Well as i have told you, i walk from my house to the office, so the following morning i wore my newly purchased Italian boots and it only took me 8 minutes to reach the office and notice that my newly purchased Italian boot's left sole is only half attached to the shoes, well to much for the 5 to 7 years guaranty, it only took 8 minutes. So that evening after office hour i rushed to the shop and showed them the shoes and ask for my money. I told them that i will return the shoes the following morning, but to add to my despair before reaching my house, the sole totally detached from the shoes, so i need to by a slipper that cost me BD4, about $12, that total my purchase for that damn Italian shoes to BD19. But the following day i returned the shoes and collected my money. But then again to add to my now wounded heart, with regards to the good shoes that i got from the same shop, i discovered a newly opened Indian-run shoe shop and the same shoes, with the same brand, with the same boxes and stuff that i got for BD 15 from Fiqihi, they are selling it for BD6 or BD7. OUCH!!!!!!! and all of them are china made.
HMP!!!! so much for my shoes stories, anyways, charge to experience and learned the hard and humiliating way of walking with a shoe without a sole, i got my self a new pair of low cut boots, which is China made, with good synthetic leather and rigidly attached sole (it was stitched) and it perfectly match my black slacks and i only got it for BD5.5 from my new favorite Indian-run shoe shop, so HoOray!!! for China made shoes and HoOray!! for the Indians for breaking the market standard in Bahrain...HoOray!!!!!.. lol
See, I told you i'm not writing anything sad ....... i hope you got a good laugh on my shoe escapades and daily life in Bahrain.
Reaching the office i need to stop by the cold store (thats what the Indian call convenience store in the middle east) to grab a pepsi/coke and a four piece pocket of cup cake for breakfast, yeah so much for healthy me, a coke and a cup cake...hmmmm not good, yes i know.
Office hours from 8 am to 1 pm then lunch break, what do i have for lunch?... Mc donald's Mc arabia, or chicken biryani, or some Filipino food, either sinigang na baboy or some meals with sauce or soup with rice. Then back to office at 2 pm to check my mails and have a good nice sleep for about 30 min, work start at 3 pm till 6 pm in evening.
After 6 pm, on weekdays, i maybe going to my friends house for diner, with a very good home cooked meal by tita magda, well that is if my friends mike or richie will invite me to join them there, well if not, its going to be mc arabia again, chicken biryani or some filipino food from the resto around Manama area. But before i head home, which is my lovely-lovely one bedroom apartment (echus!!!) well need to make my room lovelier than now, need to make some re painting and stuff, ok, i need to pass by Munie's dvd shop which is a table beside Midway supermarket, right along the road atop a white monoblock table that they disamble and run if some guys from the ministry will stop by. Mind you this Munie is quite a looker, with cute goatie and nice smile, with a pair of lovely eyes, with his gang of not so bad looking pakistani dvd vendors....lol.
Well of course lets not forget my rounds with all the shoe shop around Manama, nothing much to brag about, its not a signature shops, just some outlets that offers nice looking items for me to enjoy. Yeah, but don't be fooled by the sweet talking salesman. A few weeks back i got myselt a nice pair of slacks from Next jeans, they are on sale for 50%, it was a nice boot cut slacks and i need a good shoes to go along with it so i checked on one of my favorite shops in Yateem center (one of the oldest malls in Bahrain) named , Faqihi, I was looking at the items sales, why because their shoes cost around 35 Dinars to 45 Dinars on regular price, thats about a $100 to $150 US, so as i looked around a young Filipina, showed me some piece, which is quite good looking, an Italian leather boots with a metal buckle on the side, then one of the Indian sales clerk joined in and do the magic of sales talking to me. They told me that the shoes will last for maybe 5 to 7 years, because of the good leather and the brand, but what convince me was the price, it was BD45 and they are giving it to me for BD15, WOW, that was about what 75%, well you do the math, so i bought it and brought it home.
Well as i have told you, i walk from my house to the office, so the following morning i wore my newly purchased Italian boots and it only took me 8 minutes to reach the office and notice that my newly purchased Italian boot's left sole is only half attached to the shoes, well to much for the 5 to 7 years guaranty, it only took 8 minutes. So that evening after office hour i rushed to the shop and showed them the shoes and ask for my money. I told them that i will return the shoes the following morning, but to add to my despair before reaching my house, the sole totally detached from the shoes, so i need to by a slipper that cost me BD4, about $12, that total my purchase for that damn Italian shoes to BD19. But the following day i returned the shoes and collected my money. But then again to add to my now wounded heart, with regards to the good shoes that i got from the same shop, i discovered a newly opened Indian-run shoe shop and the same shoes, with the same brand, with the same boxes and stuff that i got for BD 15 from Fiqihi, they are selling it for BD6 or BD7. OUCH!!!!!!! and all of them are china made.
HMP!!!! so much for my shoes stories, anyways, charge to experience and learned the hard and humiliating way of walking with a shoe without a sole, i got my self a new pair of low cut boots, which is China made, with good synthetic leather and rigidly attached sole (it was stitched) and it perfectly match my black slacks and i only got it for BD5.5 from my new favorite Indian-run shoe shop, so HoOray!!! for China made shoes and HoOray!! for the Indians for breaking the market standard in Bahrain...HoOray!!!!!.. lol
See, I told you i'm not writing anything sad ....... i hope you got a good laugh on my shoe escapades and daily life in Bahrain.
