Right!!! 8th March 2007
This was the closest non school night to my Birthday, and as one of the guys was going back to the UK we decided to all go out for a meal!
One of the guys in the office suggest Lebanese and we booked in to what is reputed to be the best one around. Al Halab.
We raced back to the flat to get ready, got Nick and jumped into a Joe Baxi!
Stuck in mega traffic again!!! We were a bit late, but they didn’t seem to mind….We got a selection of delights from the menu and filled the table, there was around 10 of us…
After the meal we popped over the the Irish Village for a couple and then 4 of us headed for Jimmy Dix!!!!
WHAT A NIGHT! Again carnage, non stop dancing…..and jumping around, mainly to the proclaimers “I’m gonna be’ and because we looked like we were having fun, randoms were joining in!!!!!! again 3am came round far too fast!

Friday morning…..09:30 wake up call from CJD…not going to waste the day…..but whats this????.........NO HEAD ACHE!!! Still not right, but they may have been a function of the amount of water we drank! Bottles and bottle in Jimmy dix….didnt notice it was 600ml a time…oh well!
Down to Jumierah Beach Park to get some sleep. RIP Lilo.....we tried to pack two inflated lilos in the back of the taxi....OOOPPPssss....i left it in the boot....FLAT!
The sun is starting to get quite strong now…..so much so that I think even I am going to have to go up a few factors! Back to the 8 me thinks!
Totally tired we left the beach at about 4pm…..
Too tired do go out, we ordered take away!!!!!!!!
Bed at 10………………..well…………for me anyway!

[Sam] Personal Admin, Read…..a good book actually! The Lost Boy, it is the second book of three written by Dave Pelzer about his harsh childhood. I really recommend it!
Lights out Sleep.
BANG! OMG whats that! Someone upstairs must be throwing stuff down the shaft by my bathroom. BANG…..GDI! right going to shut the bathroom door! Muffled BANG HA not going to startle me any more……..Sleep!

[CJD & Nick] Quick, lets blow these 29000 balloons up without SLW hearing…..BANG, oops must have put too much air in that one, Pffffff Pfffffff Pffffff ‘your blowing them up to loudly Shhhhhh Quiet!’ BANG! Think the balloons have perished……..Pants!!! gotta bake the cake……rush to the shop…..BUSY BUSY BUSY

[SLW] ASLEEP

[CJD & Nick] didn’t finish till nearly midnight!

Saturday morning….work for my Birthday! Nice! Took about 45mins to get ready! Opened a couple of cards in my room…I guess I was taking too long ‘DO YOU WANT A CUPPA TEA???’ ‘Yeah, Just coming’, grabbed my bag went to my door, opened the door and……………………….had the biggest surprise in ages….it made me jump! The Noise, the colours….all these balloons were piled at my door, there was a banner at eye level that startled me saying happy birthday so I could read it…..i just stood there in total shock……speechless….They had gone to sooooo much effort…..it was FANTASTIC! Where had they got all the ballons from…then it came flooding back!!! The BANGS!!!! Hahahahaha couldn’t stop laughing and I shared my theory about the peeps upstairs!!!!
Hahahahaha
Came out of my room through the sea of balloons (even those big ones with the rice inside that you shake and bang with an elastic band round your wrist!!!) they thought of everything! Had a cuppa and opened my pressies and cards! CDs, Gucci Laundry and shoe bag from the Burj Al Arab!!! i wanted the from the first visit!!!(thanks CJD xx) and Scissor Sisters Tickets for July!!!! YEAH! As I missed the last concert! And these tickets are next to two of my mates! Anna and Mel! (Thanks Nick xx).
Then drove to work! Not before removing a few balloons to decorate my desk!!!
At lunch I bought some cakes….OK so LOTS OF CAKES to share with the sparsely populated office….it is quiet on a Saturday!
Was sooo tired after work that we went to Nandos for a Bday Bite and back to the Flat….and we couldn’t resist a Jimmy Dix memory jogger/waynes world style sing a long to the Proclaimers…the video from the dashboard IS ACE!…. for a laugh copy the link below!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQyGI7lWCIg

Nick had to finish packing and we had to take him to his drop off for the bus to Abu Dhabi….he flew Etihad!
Back at the flat, it seemed quiet and empty, but we vowed….our multi coloured friends (the balloons) will stay until they deflate!!!!!!!