betting for the heck of it

Yippee! Spain beat Netherlands!

Honestly, I’m not into football. I don’t even know any of the players. I couldn’t care less about who won the World Cup.

But last night, while we were preparing dinner, I informed hubby that Germany secured 3rd place and it was Spain vs. Netherlands in the finals. Unlike me, he LOOVVVEESS the game, but he really wanted Germany to win (so did I, but just because my foster family are Germans).

He asked me who I thought would win, and without thinking, I simply said “Spain” (sorry, Robert!). I didn’t know that a psychic octopus named Paul Allen had predicted the winning teams for each game all throughout FIFA 2010 (seriously?!); I just found that out this morning.

So hubby said that just to make our lives more exciting (yeah right!), and out of loyalty to our good friend from Amsterdam, he would root for Netherlands.

Actually, this is the second time we “bet” on separate teams. There’s no money involved; we do this just for the heck of it.

The first time was during the NBA Playoffs Finals last June between the Lakers and Celtics. Hubby and his friends were all raving for the Celtics, so just to annoy them during the game, I kept cheering for the Lakers. At least in basketball, I know one player...Kobe Bryant (I also know Michael Jordan, but he doesn’t play anymore). You should have seen their faces at the end...it was priceless!

And now, I won the bet again. Yay!

You might ask: what’s at stake for the prize? Well, I always tell hubby “the loser has to treat the winner to dinner at Burj al Arab,” but he has never agreed. So I guess I’ll just settle for a movie or dinner in a restaurant instead...exciting isn't it?

shocking news

I came across these 2 articles in Gulf News today:

A woman tries to flush her newborn baby down the toilet of a plane
A man is caught sexually molesting a comatose girl

What in the world were these people thinking?!?!

trust his heart

a song of encouragement and faith...

"All things work for our good
Though sometimes we don't see how they could
Struggles that break our hearts in two
Sometimes blind us to the truth
Our Father knows what’s best for us
His ways are not our own
So when your pathway grows dim
And you just don't see Him
Remember you're never alone

God is too wise to be mistaken
God is too good to be unkind
So when you don't understand
When you don't see His plan
When you can't trace His hand
Trust His heart
Trust His heart

He sees the master plan
And He holds our future in His hand
So don't live as those who have no hope
All our hope is found in Him
We see the present clearly
But He sees the first and the last
And like a tapestry
He's weaving you and me
To someday be just like Him

He alone is faithful and true
He alone knows what is best for you

God is too wise to be mistaken
God is too good to be unkind
So when you don't understand
When you don't see His plan
When you can't trace His hand
Trust His heart
Trust His heart"

a nice night in

Hubby...Slurpee & Shake...Marrybrown...The Losers.
Enjoyed a great evening with all of them yesterday at the apartment.

swimming again

Backstroke, breaststroke, freestyle, diving, and simply floating and splashing around.
I couldn’t keep track of the number of laps I swam last night...I just remember that I spent about 35 minutes in the pool, all alone, enjoying the water.
The pool is just at the rooftop of our apartment building...and to think that it’s been more than 2 years since I last swam in it!
Sheesh! I gotta make up for lost time.

a decision to exercise

Since we have a lot of free time on our hands in the evening, hubby and I decided that we should start exercising to lose all the flabs we accumulated since we entered parenthood.

Every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday, he will work out at the gym and I’ll swim laps at the pool.
Last Saturday, we actually spent almost an hour at the gym to warm up and get a feel of it.

Let’s hope we’ll be able to actually do this regularly...at least until the end of September.

the karate kid

Jaden Smith is really talented and naturally funny which made us enjoy the movie more. However, the title should have been Kung Fu Kid since it was actually kung fu (not karate) that he was learning...but I guess since it had many scenes and concepts that were similar to the 1980’s movie, they just kept the original title.

What made it memorable was that this was the first movie we were able to watch together in a Dubai cinema after more than 2 years since we got married.

Thank you, Mahal, for our date that lasted until 1:45 on Saturday morning :)