Day Off!

March 2009
By Rebbie

One of the best parts of the year in the UAE is "ber" months after Ramadan where we, OFW's get few holidays. Unlike other countries (Christian countries rather) aside from day offs, employees enjoy holidays like Independence day, Family day, Christmas holidays and many other local holidays.


December 8, 2008 - Eid Al Ahda is one of the holidays Muslim people are celebrating. Since UAE is a Muslim country, it is declared a non-working holiday nationwide. It is a three days off but other companies get only two days. During one of those days we had organized a picnic at Dubai Creek Park, one of the most visited parks in Dubai.


The idea of this picnic just to relax, enjoy the holiday and meet new friends. We had recruited few friends, relatives and "kailians" where totally of twenty six people were gathered. Mostly came from Benguet and Mountain Province, some from Tarlac, Batangas and some parts of Visayas.
We had lunch fellowship and after wandering around the park we had a "getting to know" assembly on the ground led by Pastor Joseph where he also introduce our small group fellowship during Fridays.
At the end of the day, everybody enjoyed!