Stress and tired from the previous night, that didn't stop us from going out on a Friday!  This was not a typical day off for us, it has usually been all about sleeping!  Our routine for Friday is waking up past lunch time, doing the laundry, watching series or movies until we finally get hungry, eat whatever easiest dinner we find and then sleep again! 

This was our last planned activity for the month.  Usually trips don't happen when you plan so well, gladly this one did!  Well there's not much planning needed anyway, just Ate Franlee's availability!  She's one of the precious stars in our office, bosses can't get out of work mess without her!  This is a free trip by the way, free ride, free brunch, free sight seeing, free experience.  Absolutely more fun when it's free!!!  HAHAHA! 

Marina mall is where you can find the revolving restaurant high above the shore line of Abu Dhabi.  It's a five-star restaurant so what would you expect, of course we didn't dine there!  LOL. 

This was taken at one of the gates of Emirates Palace Hotel where Carrie Bradshaw and the ladies stayed while in Abu Dhabi.  Unluckily, we weren't able to get inside and had some Sex and the City inspired photoshoot!  Poor us, it's no way for visitors during Fridays! 

Our target, the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque!This architectural work of art is one the world’s largest mosques, with a capacity for an astonishing 41,000 worshippers.  It features 82 domes, over a 1,000 columns, 24 carat gold gilded chandeliers and the world's largest hand knotted carpet. 
Sunset is a good time to visit the place so the heat wont hurt your eyes and you'll love the beautiful view outside.  It looked like huge marsh mallows! 

Women are required to wear a traditional robe (abaya) and headscarf (shayla) before entering the mosque.  We look like volturis from Twilight! 

There are lot more photos we had because of the stunning view.  The reflective pool that surrounds the mosque made it a very good site for a photoshoot!  This is a must visit place in Abu Dhabi everyone should see and take note, the entrance is free of charge!  TGIF! 

No one ever promised they can be with you forever.  It's up you how you keep them in your heart when you can't hold them with your hands anymore. 

It's hard letting yourself be vulnerable over someone but eventually you will find one person that could make you feel that way.  The scary thing about being left is the fact that you'll never have a doppelganger of that person.  You may meet someone whose much like him/her, but no two persons are perfectly the same.  It's tough that you won't know when that much feeling will hit you again.  The feeling of connection that no one would seem to understand and no one could break between you two. 

Love stories are not made overnight.  You can't just bump with your soul mate anywhere today and live happy ever after tomorrow.  It just doesn't work that way.  It works in a crazy beautiful and tragic way.  Everything works out in the end but it will not always be the way you wished it would be. 

I've learned the simplest and biggest lesson to gain happiness.  It's knowing how to keep your hands open.  Never lock anything or anyone with you.  That's the best way to love something or someone, because it's what and who you keep in your heart that you'll have in your hands forever.  So if it keeps making you sad, just let it go.  Let it be, let them be. 

Here's a must watch scene from How I Met Your Mother that says it all. 

You may think that your only option is to swallow your anger or throw it to someone's face, there's a third option.  You can just let it go.  And only when you do that is when it's really gone and you can move forward.  And that's the perfect ending to a perfect love story. 

I wish the people we love will always miss us in our absence.  This sure sends the feeling of wanting to be wanted.  Or maybe wanting someone to just give attention to you before it's too late and you're gone.  Anyhow, Anna Kendrick was really good with this cup song.  I've been listening to it over and over again.