Disneyland

Disneyland is the best place for children as well as grown ups.

Experience the most wonderful excitement in life. Children always get fascinated with what they see in Disneyland as well as the experience to get acquainted with cartoon characters like Mickey Mouse etc.

A Glimpse of Las Vegas

For those who have heard of Las Vegas and has never been there, the photos below will give you an idea of how Las Vegas looks like. Have Fun...

My visit to Las Vegas with close relatives of mine.

UnforgetableVisit to Egypt

My unforgettable photos in Egypt during the Executive Housekeepers and Director of Engineering Conference.

ZIPLINE

It was in March 2011 when our general manager suggested that we need to work on the "Team Building" of the management group in our resort. I was so excited when I heard this and so with some participants withdrawing halfway in the process, I feel inspired to go on and finish the riding on the zipline. Not only did it helped me get over my fears, but also it gave me the felling of confidence in dealing with the risks involved.

Learning How to Sew A Dress

I had an aunt who was a dressmaker. As a teenager she taught me how to stitch my own dress. At that time we had 2 sewing machine at home so it was very easy for me to practice. First she asked me to stitch a cloth on a straight line and at the same time cautioned me to be extra careful not to let my finger near the needle. I bear it in mind to be careful and continued practicing till she was convinced that I can stitched steadily and can control the machine. Second step was how to do the measurement starting from the neck, arms, arm hole (which was from the shoulder and arm pit then back to the shoulder), chest, waist, 1st hip, second hip and lenght from waist to the knee or ankle in case of long skirt. Third step was showing me how to write those measurements into the spread sheet of manila paper, drawn lines and connect each line including one inch allowance extension on edges. Fourth step was to do the same procedure but this time she gave me a cheap cloth that I can start with. Fifth step was to stitch the cloth material. It took me 5 hours to finish the dress since I had to stitch, unstitched and re-stitched especially where I had to stitched the zipper. As I continued my stitching hobbies I was able to stitch my own trouser as well. Because of this experienced I was able to stitched my own dress and able to direct the tailor in the hotel because I know about stitching.

Gulf Region Expatriates/Contract Workers

My hotel experiences were mainly from the middle east and the gulf countries. Gulf countries are Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, Bahrain and United Arab Emirates. I have worked in Kuwait for almost eight years, Qatar for nine years and Oman for a month. Businesses in the Gulf Region hired their employees from different parts of the world. Most of them were contract workers with one to two years contract. Contract workers were given free two-way ticket , one way was when they come to work in the region and the second ticket will be when they finished or completed their contract. They were also provided with food and accomodation and for hotel employees, a games room, kitchen area, t.v. room, prayer room, a playground and many others. Health and Medical assistance were free and every year contract workers were being scheduled for medical check-up and Health Authorities ensured that each and every company in the region complies with it. Most contract worker or expatriate stayed in the gulf for almost a decade or even more because of the benefits provided to them.

Sand Dunes Experience

I often go to beaches while I was working in the Gulf Region. My colleagues and some of my staff used to go for swimming especially where the sand dunes were located. I enjoyed and at the same time will catch my breath when I saw cars on a very steep angle of the sand dunes. Most of the time there are group of four wheel drive cars having a race on the sand dunes. When those drivers came down in groups to the beach and saw that most of them were young drivers, I was shocked and couldn't believe that they can put their lives at risk just for fun of it. Everytime I watched the race events or competition going on at the sand dunes, I couldn' help but imagine what might have happened if the car will roll over from top of the sand dunes to the bottom.

One day our General Manager proposes a Management picnic at the beach which is around 30 minutes further than the beach I used to go by car. We were altogether had 12 four wheel drive cars to fill-up and occupy. When we reached the side of the sand dunes, all the drivers got off from their cars and started releasing the air from the tires to the level that they were almost flat to the ground. I was nervous since we were told that we all gonna pass by the sand dunes to reach the picnic site. We were all on top of the sand dunes and each driver was trying to find the easy way to reach the site when suddenly our driver just yell and say "Hang on" and after that he pushes the car accelerator as far as he could and then we found ourselves sort of flying on the air and the car for some reason did not roll over but instead we landed with the wheels hitting the ground first and the jolt created bruises on different parts of our body and my bruise didn't entirely dissappear for almost a year.