Our First Ever Entry. Hello Dubai!

Written by Fiz

First off, Daniel is the happiest guy in Dubai at the moment. He just landed a dream job as the Bar Manager for Aussie Legends Bar and Grill in Rydges Hotel Dubai. I can't escape the irony of it all. The pay is excellent although it is a 6 day a week job. Which is actually a common working condition around here.

Im absolutely thrilled for him. If you happen to be in Dubai, do stop by the Aussie Legends Bar and Grill at Rydges and say hello to him.

Meanwhile, Ive been a nervous wreck waiting for my job results. Ive been to 4 interviews with the same company and have heard nothing yet. Untill today! No, I didnt get the job yet, they now want me to meet the Human Resource Manager for another interview tomorrow. Im keeping my fingers crossed, this is definitely a job that I was looking for..and to get it...would be a dream come true.

5 interviews!! Man, its either they're not sure about me, or I am somewhat shortlisted from a long list of candidates. It is a terrific job position so I can understand if there are other worthy qualified candidates vying for the position.

By the way, we finally made our way to Emirates Mall today. It is definitely my favourite mall of all time. Its got heaps of stores, anything that you want, you'll definitely get it here. I love how the mall was set up, its gorgeous. Its huge too. And of course, it has Ski Dubai in it.

Daniel saw and played snow for the first time today. He's like a little kid just before we went in. I was thrilled as well. I love the snow. And we both decided to take a beginner's lesson on snowboarding! It was awesome. We both got the hang of the balance and etc by the end of the lesson. And we are definitely going back (though the prices are quite steep to go back every week!) and enhance our skills so we could finally go down the slopes.

It is much better than I thought it would be. The slope is big enough for certain amount of people. I can imagine this place would be really really crowded during summer so I definitely advise going there during 'non-peak' hours.

Snowboarding is definitely cooler than skiing. Ive tried skiing before and getting up from those skis are the worst thing. But snowboarding is easier once you get the trick to it. And we definitely need some snow gloves the next time we head in there. Ive forgotten how much gloves help when you keep falling down and touching the icy snow. My hands were red and cold by the end of the lesson.

Since we couldnt bring our camera in there during our lesson, they took some pictures of us going down the beginner's slopes. Wish you could see the pictures! They're awesome. One picture of me going fast down the slopes and another of Dan as well. So we had that printed and we are proudly showing it off as our first picture snowboarding in Ski Dubai.

It is unreal to think that we actually played with snow in the middle of the desert. But thats Dubai for ya...

The mall is gorgeous. I know which stores to go now, to get decent size of tops and shirts. It just takes some detective work.

So the fact that Daniel is starting work as of tomorrow is actually a huge relief for the both of us. At least one of us is earning income and lessen our worries about dipping further into our savings.

As for me, I just want that job!! Wish me luck for tomorrow...