It's another Friday in Riyadh

Ioanna Contributor

166POSTS

16 years ago

Tell me how you are spending your weekend

Here in Melbourne (7 hours ahead of you), I have to hurry and take some documents to be stamped..yada yada and tomorrow my family is gathering in an Arabian restaurant to farewell us.

On Sunday I will spend my day visiting the Botanical Gardens and walking along the pier where my Dad and I would fish..
I will also see my sister..who makes me laugh!

I hope you are enjoying your free time:cool:

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Ioanna Contributor

166POSTS

16 years ago

Any one go and have a la di da brunch for $100?
It's obscene I know but I must confess I have succumbed twice myself when I discovered lobster was on the menu at the Four Seasons Hotel in Doha.

May I balance this by saying there have been times in my life when my family lived on pan cakes and cabbage soup...because a kilo of flour and a cabbage goes a long way.
Ok all you violin players..you can stop now!

rudy666 Active member

25POSTS

16 years ago

seems every one is sleepin now

well , dnt know
i went out wth friends ,, had dinner at a nice lebanese resturantee , and it was not that expensive , i mean not a 200 $ loool

its also here , u can have ur meal for more than a 100$ or for a 10$ thing .. to tell u the truth , not much of things to do here for guys .. unless ur in a compnound and partying wth others ,, but im gettin old for this ,,

ya
i did some washing ,, dishes, clothes and other things

Alliecat ViP

8790POSTS

16 years ago

Well, I flew in Wednesday afternoon and have been into all kinds of weird sleep patterns since!

I spent the weekend cleaning (did you guys have a sand storm while I was away because there was dust all over my apt!!聽 it's not usually like this) and doing laundry and putting away things from the three suitcases I brought back with me haha

I was rather priding myself on how little I owned here in KSA but now I have a lot more, which makes me happy and sad, too.聽聽Saudi, for me, is a place of contradictory feelings.

twalker New member

6POSTS

16 years ago

Hey been there on the cabbage soup and we had potatoe pancakes
on Fridays

MisterStretch ViP

805POSTS

16 years ago

Ah, Friday...

Just a bit of relaxing; a nap, maybe a movie or two and some time by the swimming pool.

musicman ViP

3180POSTS

16 years ago

we are having a quite weekend here with the rains and sandstorms lashing the city last evening.

Alliecat ViP

8790POSTS

16 years ago

Wow.. the city was lashed?聽 What time? I must have slept through it!

Fidgety Soul ViP

1950POSTS

16 years ago

My Friday...Wow......I had plan to go for shopping for pair of Jeans but my massage therapist told me to avoid bath till tomorrow morning so there is no way i could go without a shower to malls....

SO indirectly what i m trying to say is,"I just had a very exotic and relaxing massage"

hey girls lemme know if u want to i can give u her contact:D

Alliecat ViP

8790POSTS

16 years ago

#10

wow.. tell meeeeeeeeee!!

Actually, I just had a manicure, pedicure, foot massage.

musicman ViP

3180POSTS

16 years ago

#11

does she do over 60 males?

CAF Serial expat

831POSTS

16 years ago

#12

Nonz/Allie - Please provide the info on these establishments/individuals.聽 I would love to indulge!聽

jillndave Serial expat

367POSTS

16 years ago

#13

A small sand dune greeted me when I opened the bedroom door as I'd left the window open when I went to the Turkish Bazaar. So I spent this morning making sand castles.
I told the 'cleaner' that he didn't have to water the plants today as he was 1/2 way through. "Did you see the rain this morning" I asked him. "But I am paid to do this". LOL.

Fidgety Soul ViP

1950POSTS

16 years ago

#14

oh jillndave,u surely one funny guy,who loves to exaggerate

oh yeah she is professionally good and works at my medical center and free on Fridays,She had some Philippine Oil with her and she massaged from top to toe and it was marvelous

and yeah she charged 200 ,which worth her effort on "ME" [u galz know well what exactly i mean]

jillndave Serial expat

367POSTS

16 years ago

#15

Nonz, if I've told you once, I've told you a thousand times - I do not exaggerate.
Me, me, me, me, I'm next. I really desperate for a back massage. My shoulders are so tight it will probably take a meat tenderizer to sort them out.

musicman ViP

3180POSTS

16 years ago

#16

jillndave, we can do one together with some supervision from the hens, if that will give us any value for the 200 bucks?

Fidgety Soul ViP

1950POSTS

16 years ago

#17

My shoulders are so tight it will probably take a meat tenderizer to sort them out.

hehehehe lmbao 聽 ok ,why dont ya apply some raw papaya on it ,it will work

and yeah about this exaggeration part i m gonna believe ,only if pigs could fly聽

that lady,she offers her services for females only...so u and musicman need to do some changes in your body if u r really looking forward to it

musicman ViP

3180POSTS

16 years ago

#18

now now, isnt that blatant gender bias?

Fidgety Soul ViP

1950POSTS

16 years ago

#19

musicman wrote:
now now, isnt that blatant gender bias?

oh yes, it surely is

but unless聽 u guys r聽 the deprived one and we not

i m Fine with this

shahab.ali ViP

1079POSTS

16 years ago

#20

is it possible to come back to the original state?? if it is, tell me which hospital shud i head to for the changes

CAF Serial expat

831POSTS

16 years ago

#21

I'm not thinking thats a possibility!聽

聽 But hey, look at all the fun you'll have!聽

jillndave Serial expat

367POSTS

16 years ago

#22

Hells teeth, I'm not going to suffer a waxing or anything else to get a massage. I guess I'll just have to live with the knots in my muscles and a little stiff in places.

And Nonz, about rubbing that Papaya on my back - there are places that I can not reach.

Any suggestions?

Fidgety Soul ViP

1950POSTS

16 years ago

#23

Hehehehe i am genuinely laughing so hard聽

Shahab:is it possible to come back to the original state?? if it is, tell me which hospital shud i head to for the changes

Oh gash!u r convinced to loose your Pride,just to get the massage ....ththththth

CAF:But hey, look at all the fun you'll have!

yeah CAF,they hav no idea what they have been missing

jillndave:And Nonz, about rubbing that Papaya on my back - there are places that I can not reach. blink Any suggestions?

Oh gash!!! first i need to have a nick name or u this one is difficult to remember for me 聽 and yeah coming back to your back,so i believe,back is the only part of our body,where our hand usually may not reach,so i will send musicman to give extra hand,i聽 hope he does not mind

musicman ViP

3180POSTS

16 years ago

#24

whose gonna help musicman with the places on his back that he cant reach then?

CAF Serial expat

831POSTS

16 years ago

#25

Musicman - Your WIFE!聽

musicman ViP

3180POSTS

16 years ago

#26

pint taken, no need to holler

Fidgety Soul ViP

1950POSTS

16 years ago

#27

CAF wrote:
Musicman - Your WIFE!聽

And your answer is correct CAF聽聽

Ioanna Contributor

166POSTS

16 years ago

#28

My first Friday in Riyadh was spent at a Lobster Restaurant where I got reacquainted with my hubby (after 6 long weeks apart!) I also got to know a nice little lobster thermidor...not a bad intro to Riyadh I must say

CAF Serial expat

831POSTS

16 years ago

#29

Im not sure the Lobster Restaurant is were I would want to get 'reacquainted!"聽

聽 But I hope the food was good!聽

Can't wait to meet you and hubby!聽 Best of luck settling in!

jiamanuel Member

23POSTS

16 years ago

#30

Hi... where is the lobster resto location?

Fidgety Soul ViP

1950POSTS

16 years ago

#31

Lobster

聽聽never tried

btw CAF......

Wallahyeeeeeeee!!!!! Upload some Avatar,why u been so clumsy?

Ioanna Contributor

166POSTS

16 years ago

#32

CAF wrote:
Im not sure the Lobster Restaurant is were I would want to get 'reacquainted!"聽聽 But I hope the food was good!聽

Can't wait to meet you and hubby!聽 Best of luck settling in!

Let's just say hubby finished his dinner in record time;)

The Golden Lobster Restaurant is located within the Al Diafah Hotel in Olaya tel 4614437...they have large prawn (shrimp) cocktails, bbq fish fillets,spaghetti alle vongole..very good food and nice atmosphere..also clam chowder..the lobster was huge (hubby watched desperately as I ate every little bit including the meat in the lil claws )Hey, it's not everyday a girl gets lobster:P

musicman ViP

3180POSTS

16 years ago

#33

Golden Lobster Restaurant in Olaya is the best place for the spineys. Its located behind AL FALAH Sports Shop on Olaya Street,

zarvata Active member

37POSTS

16 years ago

#34

Last Friday we were collecting puzzle with my husb. 500 pieces.
May be someone has puzzles to offer an exchange??

Coz buying a new puzzle every Friday is a lil too much

Fidgety Soul ViP

1950POSTS

16 years ago

#35

zarvata wrote:
Last Friday we were collecting puzzle with my husb. 500 pieces.
May be someone has puzzles to offer an exchange??

Coz buying a new puzzle every Friday is a lil too much

i dint know we got some folks here who r fond of puzzle thattt much

valor123 Active member

27POSTS

16 years ago

#36

All fridays of gentlemen in saudia (shareef insaan) pass in eating, sleeping and watching tv...some go for shopping as well, what else a gentleman can do?/

aticus Guest

0POSTS

15 years ago

#37

Can go to Australian restaurant.. Then after pass to Trader Vic's to have his fresh drink.. and pass to swimming pool ( instead of meat tenderizer ) combination of Turkish bath curing.. and day can be ended by sleeping under the desert sky full of stars...

sure all fiction..

Salman Omrani VIP Member

1389POSTS

15 years ago

#38

aticus wrote:
Can go to Australian restaurant.. Then after pass to Trader Vic's to have his fresh drink.. and pass to swimming pool ( instead of meat tenderizer ) combination of Turkish bath curing.. and day can be ended by sleeping under the desert sky full of stars...

sure all fiction..

it can be done. lol.