Got this from my friend’s blog site. Ces, asked for you permission na baya ha. Nalingaw lang man gud ko kaya i decided to post it here. Hehehe. enjoy reading =)
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Can you remember Dorothy Gale from the Wizard of Oz? The famous girl who went through a lot of adventures in strange places and met a lot of significant figures but eventually ended up in one place…. HOME. Dorothy’s adventures were revived when she came to Dubai. She started her journey back on the 1st of November 2005.
First Destination - AJMAN!
Ajman is a land full of creepy people. Men would stare at you like they want to eat you alive. I would describe it as a place suitable for shooting horror movies. You can roam around the place with your heartbeat racing all the time thinking somebody might grab you from behind. And who can’t forget that FIRE in our accommodation on our FIRST DAY? Terrible!
Second Destination - BUR DUBAI!
This place, they say, is the Makati of Dubai. The cost of living is higher compared to other places like Karama, Satwa or Deirra. Though the place is peaceful and quiet, but this is where we had a hell of a time. Parties, drinking sessions, beach trip, arguments and confrontations! Remember the famous eviction? And…. can you imagine four people lined up on the dining table and crying on Christmas Eve since they don’t have anything for Noche Buena? It seemed funny but it was actually really very sad! (But I’m still not over the eviction thing! hahahaha)
Third Destination - AL SATWA!
From a place like Makati to a place as chaotic as Colon in Cebu. That’s Al Satwa! Pakistanis and Indians scattered everywhere in this place wearing their blue / dirty white over-alls. Different body odors, different faces of people and… different mobile phones and gadgets. All kinds of mobile phones and gadgets are scattered around town, second hand or brand new ones. Ate Loida’s place, My Perfumes, Shawarma, Chicken Burger, Villa 41, Lals, KFC, Pizza Hut, Al Diyafa, Satwa Market, Bus Station, 21st Street, Villa 90, Kuya Paul…. and the list could go on.. These are the major places, things or people Dorothy had encountered in Al Satwa.
Of course, there were side trips such as…. Wild Wadi (? hahaha), Desert Safari (? hahaha again), outside Burj Al Arab, Jumeirah beach, the famous CHIKKA GRILL (H2O & Forefront), Tipanan, Al Gubaiba, DIC (who can forget?), Deirra City Centre, Sheikh Zayed Road, Marrybrown in Karama, Hardees, Baskin n Robbins, Haagen Dazs (ka eat ba ka diri Ting?hehe), Sharjah City Centre, Sharjah 5 Dirham Store, Adidas Factory Outlet, Ibn Batuta Mall, Madinat Jumeirah, Dubai Museum, Mall of the Emirates, Al Riqqa Road, Karama Souq, Hyatt, Karama Fish Market and a lot more! Who can imagine that her side trips were more than her actual destination? hehhee
Hmmmphh…. It then led me to ask…. What was the real reason why Dorothy went home? Could it be that there was a recency effect on that fire experience we had on our first day in Ajman and the trauma is still there? Or is it because of too much guilt feeling for evicting one house mate in Bur Dubai? (hahaha!) It could also be that she felt so bored since we haven’t been to Chikka Grill lately! Or…. don’t tell me the major PAHAMAK is SKYCOM???? (It couldn’t be since SKYCOM Management is too good to be true!hahahah) Perhaps it is because of too much heat this summer. Or maybe we (Mean Girls) were so mean to her and we were treating her badly? 
I could come up with one million reasons until this site would no longer accept any more words, but there is only one reasonable reason why Dorothy left Dubai…. THERE IS NO PLACE LIKE HOME! 
Others might call it insanity. Some would think it is stupidity. My Dad termed it as arrogance. My Mom says it is homesickness. However they call it, I share Dorothy’s feelings. It’s not insanity, stupidity, arrogance nor homesickness, it is FOLLOWING YOUR HEART!
Millions of Filipinos dream of going abroad to earn millions and become filthy rich. Majority of these dreamers would do anything just to get out of that place they call HELL / PHILIPPINES. I, for one, wanted to become filthy rich. I wanted to buy my own house, drive my own car, spend thousands of pesos on clothes and jewelry, take my parents for a vacation in the Caribbean or even wanting to buy a husband (hahaha!). I was always on my comfort zone and I hated that. My parents were always there for me and I didn’t like the idea of being too dependent on them. And so I ventured… trying to live life to the fullest… hoping I would become a millionaire when I get back (an independent and mature millionaire! **wink). But everytime I roam and enjoy the glitz and glamour of a first world country, I would remember my parents in the Philippines. Each time I shop for things and enjoy nice foods on fancy international restaurants, I would miss all my friends back home. I would rather pick up ukay-ukay clothes from Carbon or spend 30 pesos on a blouse in Tabo Sa Banay. in doing this, I will have PATIENCE to search the blouse I want to buy in the whole of the ukay-ukay area in Carbon or taking a tour all over Tabo Sa Banay. I would rather eat in Larsian or the pungko-pungko near JY Square. In doing so, I could realize HOW LITTLE MONEY I HAVE BUT THEN STILL APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT I AM STILL EATING SOMETHING. I would rather own an old Nokia 2100 rather than a 3G phone. In having so, I will hate the fact that everybody is having nice and expensive phones while I’m using an old and ugly one, so, I WOULD RATHER MEET MY FRIENDS IN PERSON INSTEAD OF SENDING THEM TEXT MESSAGES USING AN ANTIQUE PHONE. I would rather earn 15K each month because having little money would remind me to be humble, rather than earning a bigger salary and being able to pay for an internet connection and own a PC but then being able to write all these sentimental bullshits! (hahaha!) Last… I would rather eat pizza at Bodoo’s (Alcoy) than eating in different pizza parlors here because…. what else do you all think? Heller! Pizza in Bodoo’s is THE BEST! (think it’s another sentimental crap? hahahaha!)
I knew Han (Fast n Furious: Tokyo Drift) taught us life’s secret…. TO MAKE A CHOICE AND NOT TO LOOK BACK. But he never said not to appreciate people who are brave enough and smart enough to really know what they want in life. And Dorothy had proven she’s one smart gal! (Padad-i nya kog buwad ug masarial Ting ha?hehehe) Being able to distinguish one’s wants from one’s needs is very hard but Dorothy surpassed it… She needed to get back home because that would make her happy… And that is what matters most!
My conclusion? There is still no place like home! That’s the reason I will go home soon! But I’ll leave the Philippines again… because I still need to work on the maturity and independent thing!hehehehe Hmmmmm… on becoming a millionaire? I doubt it! I still spend money like I won the lottery or I married a drug lord! hahahaha
