Our last anniversary as BF/GF

October 13 was such a very significant date for our relationship...our last anniversary as BF/GF...let me tell you what happened days before that and "on the day"...

*October 12*
At 4pm, I'm at home already.I'm planning to have a surprise for Randy.So I went off to Al Ghurair City (while calling and texting Randy kung nasan na sya, para mamonitor ko pag uwi nya and masurprise ko sya). So here na ko sa Al Ghurair, I bought yung pinapangarap nyang shoes which is the Chuck Taylor, Batman edition (ganun kababaw ang pangarap nya!). Dumiretso ako dun sa store ng iba't ibang tatak ng shoes. But then, wala silang stock nung yellow batman na chuck taylor. So karipas ako dun sa "Pairs" Boutique. Pagkakita ko palang sa display, sabi ko agad dun sa saleslady, "Give me size 9 of this one! (Sabay turo)". Sobrang nagmamadali nako to the max kasi anytime, dadating na sya. Then pagkabigay sakin ng shoes, karipas nako ng takbo pabalik sa flat. I prepared na the shoes, some greetings, and some kaek-ekan. I took a bath (while still on-guard sa pagdating ni Randy - buti na lang natraffic sya that day, hahaha!). Then @ 6pm, he finally arrived! I opened the door, let him enter the room first leaving me @ the sala watching TV. The shoes and other stuff are all set up at the top of the bed which looks like this:



Then, I was waiting for a reaction from outside but I heard no sound at all from the room his in...so, I proceeded na sa room...that's the time that I saw him like this, making arte (I had my cam ready inside the room):



He was really surprised!Then, di na rin sya nakapagpigil...he suddenly stretched his arms to get something inside his bag...and here it is:



Another side kwento, he haven't gave me an engagement ring kasi raw he has plans na kung kelan nya ibibigay. He was supposed to give the ring on the 13th of October...our exact date of 8th anniversary...pero di na sya nakapagpigil. He bought the ring 3 days before pa. Naging paranoid na nga sya to the point na he was expecting na alam ko na yun kasi nung minsan daw nakita nya kong may tiningnan sa bag nya. But honestly, I had no idea. That's also the reason kung bakit lagi syang OT nung week na yun...he was finding a good ring for me. Now, here's our picture exuding our happiness:



Then, after that, we started preparing for our gig that night (every Thursday night, we make it a point to eat dinner to any fancy restos we could think of!). I put on my make up and ironed my hair...then we proceeded to ISSIMO MARTINI BAR!

This was my first EB experience -- EB with the fellow UAE pexers. Have you heard of www.pinoyexchange.com? Well, I'm an active poster of the UAE thread. The EB was held in Issimo Martini Bar @ Deira. Issimo was the 1st bar I visited here in Dubai...usual na gimik kasi namin ni Randy puro mall lang or any day activity, but never pa sa gabi aside from "Food Trip". It was really fun to meet people na previously tinatawag mo lang by codenames..katuwa..Andun si DQ (dancing queen), TheBugs, sleepmonster, lemonNginger, kapitangkiko, sorilles at marami pang iba. By the way, my codename is "irobot", hahaha. They thought I'm a guy syempre. And also, I never imagined na ganun na kalakas uminom si Randy...he had 5 glasses of different types of martini & Smirnoff...my gosh! Samantalang ako, I only had 1 glass of martini...kakakwento, hahaha! Here are some of our pictures...





The 'wentuhan didn't end at the bar. At 2am (not really sure of the time..diko na maremember talaga), since the bar was already closing, we decided to have some coffee @ DQ's place. We bought some coffee @ Al Maya (yep, it's in front of our flat, but di pa rin kame umuwe,hehehe) and proceeded to super gandang flat ni DQ. The place was fantastic, sabi nya, most of his housemates daw eh interior designer...that's why. We stayed there until 4am. By 4:15am, Randy & I reached our flat. At 5am, we're already snoozing...zzzzz...

*October 13 - 10 am*
We forced ourselves to wake up...eventhough may hang-over pa si Randy. We went to Al Maya Supermarket to buy foods...we decided to cook na lang for Kelvin (our photographer from Imagineer Digital) since Ramadan pa and it's forbidden to eat in public places. Then at 11 am, Kelvin texted us na 1 pm na lang magkita...so we just ate our lunch in the flat. We dressed up na by 12nn and I did my own make up and hair since I don't trust the salons here...plus, another moolah pa yun, hehehe. Then @ 1 am, we proceeded to Spinney's to fetch Kelvin. It was my 1st time to see Kelvin personally, we just communicate thru YM (sometimes with webcam) and email exchanges. Well, from afar, nakilala ko agad sya...thru his chinito eyes,hehehe. I was surprised when I saw her bag, it was full-packed of photography devices...which really caught my eyes! Another post na lang yung 1st prenup 'wento...nakup, diko pa pala naikwento yung mismong surprise nya nung gabi ng Oct 13...that would require another post!