Wednesday, March 21, 2007

Sunday Drill

On Sunday I met up with Aliya the Emarati Account Executive in one of the Hotels that we frequently use along Sheikh Zayed Road, I have never set foot in that hotel until that night. Normally this show-around-the-hotel meetings are either brunch or just lunch, I decided to make Aliya work late so I made her set our meeting over dinner.

My schedule is considered bizarre in this little place we work and live in, it’s the Monday-Friday work and Saturday-Sunday rest. How weird for most people; how great for me! Since I do not work on Sundays, I don't ever get up till 2pm and that's the earliest I could do. Needless to say I totally forgot Aliya! Well not until she called twice (which I missed) and sent an sms to check. At 3pm still half asleep, I was trying to remember who she was and why was she asking for dinner. Somewhere between watching too many gay tv series and films and getting randomly French kissed in a bar by a wasted chic I asked myself - Have I come out yet? Or most importantly; have I actually become a lesbian overnight? I seriously could not remember why I am having a dinner with a girl!
I have always known I have the tendency to switch teams but it has'nt happened as of yet - and that is something I am certain about.

So as soon as I was able to see straight I called Aliya.

Aliya: Allooo?
Jess: (confused) Hi, It's Jess, sorry I missed your call, remind me again why we are having dinner?
Aliya: Oh it's only to show the Hotel to you Madam.
Jess: (totally relieved) Oh Awesome! YES I'll be there.
Aliya: Ok I wait for you.

Phew! Man she woke me up big time! All 151cm of me!
So I got up worked out and took a shower!

@exactly 7:30pm I stepped into the hotel's lobby and she was standing there by the reception all smile and welcomed me with open arms. Sweet!

Off we began, show around, explain the room's amenities, benefits etc., then restaurant tour. This meeting is fun-(ny) till I saw one bar on the corner and suddenly some supposedly-forgotten-image flashed back! Yep the girl in a bar who raped my face. I shook my head and turned to Aliya who was patiently trying to figure out how to construct a sentence without saying "yani".

Then she said "Ok khalas let's eat dinner".
I smiled and told myself (Oh wow let's do it I'm super hungry!)

She is so adorable although I must say that if I ever decide to play in the girl's team I don't think I would date her. Let me tell you why.

-She's an Emarati

- Teeth are not one of my turn ons but it's necessary that those set of teeth are great if not perfect. I won't say what she lacks in that area but don't get me wrong she's got teeth

-Although she said "I am very open mind" I don't think she would go down that road.

-I can't get over the challenge in conversing with her without laughing in my head and it's mean I know that!

There are some parts of that meeting that still entertains me like:
"Do you sure I cannot meet the clients in bar?"
"Of course I know this - why are you surprising?"
"I told my boss fine! This is your choose and this is my choose and because with that I will not join you anymore in the work so I left"


I feel so guilty for making fun of it because she actually thought that we could totally hangout and be friends - which I absolutely don't mind.

She said "I really enjoy this"

And I automatically said "Oh yeah? maybe we could do a road trip sometime" (huh? WTF?) She loves Al Ain that's why I said that - and I meant it too.

But I hope that she would not take it seriously though - if one day she does I'll sure tell you - because I might actually overlook the teeth factor!

7 comments:

ezou said...

We the blogger community go deeper in the woman kissing wakeup story... :P
But realy, if you can be free on sunday, don't you think it's stupid of to set a meeting or whatever you call it.... I say revolt... go party out have fun..... :D

lois said...

@ezOu: are yOu saying release the inhibitiOns?...

wOOhOO ur letting lOOse that's an awesOme prOgress!

ezou said...

yeah yeah......stay with me.....kepp the progress going......
now about the Lesbo, story......
:P

lois said...

well i certainly dO nOt have a prOblem with that..thOugh i must apOlOgize that my next pOst is relevant tO yOur previOus experience..sO i'm giving you a dOuble big hug in advance..

Sex and Dubai said...

Jess, you'd be surprised at the number of lesbian and bisexuals females within the Emarati community.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained..!

lois said...

S&D, wOuld it tOtally freak yOu Out if I tell yOu that I'm in a place where I dOn't knOw which team I wanna play? I went thrOugh this aleady in my teenage years but I guess I did nOt cOmplete the entire cOurse.


sO I must say that I have a slight interest in discOvering exactly hOw many L/B in the Emarati cOmmunity wOuld take tO finally chOOse my team, and wOuld it be tOO much tO ask if yOu have pOinters that yOu can share fOr me tO remember as I gO thrOugh with this jOurney?

Anonymous said...

OK why is it that most Arab women are bio??? WTF is that all about? I never even bothered to look at another women. I believe its all the fucked up Arab men who have turned these women around. Either that or something is screwed up.