hey sweetie,
how are you? just to give you an update in a nutshell of what transpired last night... before kell wakes up and does her own press release...lol!
i had dinner at kell's... met everyone... her mum, dad, brother, the adorable ashley jade (finally!) and the nanny... they are such lovely, lovely family in an equally lovely home... kell made salad... both her parents and i were just so engrossed in conversation about mainly life and living here in dubai... funny i had butterflies in my tummy on the way to the lakes... not because i may not locate the house... but mainly because of the fact that i was "meeting the parents"... then i thought to myself, "hellorrrrrrrr... as if you're dating!" LOL i think i made a good impression and was invited to visit anytime, with or without kell around..."don't be a stranger"... as usual, our engaging conversation was cut short as kell's feet was itching to go dancing... so for practical reasons, she agreed that her dad takes us to chi... funny how she demanded that we be dropped off far from the entrance as it was "embarassing" for her! hahah! then as anticipated, the gate people were asking for IDs! i had mine but didn't bother... in the first place, i didn't want to shelve 165 dirhams to see that rapper guy who's name escapes me now... i just recall his dvd displayed at virgin with his abs screaming at me... i didn't need that, thank you very much... that's what the boat party is for, i reckoned... so off we went to zinc but were told to wait for 5 minutes since there was a funtion happening that was about to finish... so we ended up exploring the shops on the ground and first level of the crowne plaza... kell was contemplating on buying pashmina to take home to australia... so we went around and headed back to zinc where there was no problem getting in... there were still people there from the private/company function and the staff were still dismantling some stuff and cleaning the area... then balloons were set up for the "frozen" theme... "funky-electro-house" yada yada... shame, i was thinking along the lines of madonna circa 1998... warmed up after a couple of drinks: red bull and vodka for her and bullfrog pour moi... how appropriate... we were like bulls attacking the dancefloor soon as the music became more promising... there were on fire burning the empty dancefloor... there was a tall, skinny arabic guy who approached me and asked if i taught salsa at grand hyatt... followed by "you really remind me of my friend blah blah blah" DUH! gave me his card which kell had the pleasure of ripping it to pieces since really, we can't be bothered... it only got busy at half past midnight... and by half past one... guess what the cat dragged in... NEIL and a friend...! so that kept kell company as i cruised around. LOL! anyhu, at 3am when the lights were on... that tall, dark and ??? saeed guy was there at the bar where he usually is... kell and i headed for the door! thank goodness there were no shoe fatalities last night! *whew*
p.s.
clearly the "meeting the parents" part is another blog on its own right... coming right up! (?)