All that desert jazz

the unexpected cold

December 22, 2008

I can’t believe I’m saying this but IT’S COLD. While maximum temperature during daytime is a pleasant 25-27C, the mornings and nights are down to 14C or sometimes lower. NOT cold enough for you? Well, uhm, 14C is cold for desert dwellers who are used to 40C days of summer and average of about 28C [...]

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when it rains, it (simply) floods

December 8, 2008

I knew these morning clouds were up to something. By 9 am last Thursday, it rained again for an hour flooding the streets and creating massive traffic. Some roads are blocked, some have closed 2 lanes out of 4 as no one wants to pass in the deep flood water. Splash! Weee! Even the flyover was [...]

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we got lightning, thunder and rain too!

November 27, 2008

The big, fat suspicious clouds yesterday gave way to rain! This is the first real rain we had in the Emirates since February or March this year. I spent too much time staying up late last night watching lightning in the skies and hearing rolls of thunder, however faint sounding. Weather like this makes me [...]

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the building pump is still useless

November 19, 2008

Today I took a bath at 5 am just after I woke up. Taking a shower was the first thing I did before anything else because I don’t want to repeat what happened yesterday at 7 am (tried to take a bath at 7am but found out that there’s no water). I was in the [...]

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blame it on the pump

November 13, 2008

The water problem in my building is still unsolved. We’d have no running water on early mornings when everyone in the building is using water at the same time and on Fridays, everyone’s day off. I called Dubai Water Authority and they came to check. I was at the office when I got a call from [...]

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I am sure I paid my bills promptly but

November 3, 2008

Today we woke up with the sad fact that water was not coming out from any of our faucets or in the shower. What did we do to deserve this!? Ok, that was too melodramatic, sorry, but no water early in the morning, on a week day? @#!&*$@!#$%^  There is an endless supply of water [...]

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and I told myself never to live in New York

September 29, 2008

I thought the streets of New York has the most cars in the world. No, I haven’t been there but isn’t it like that in the movies? Meg Ryan was stuck in New York traffic in the movie Kate and Leopold, then there were traffic scenes in Coming to America, Ghostbusters II, Home Alone 2: Lost [...]

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Did you leave your car at home?

September 22, 2008

Today, September 22, Monday is World Car-Free Day. Ever heard of that? Not on this side of the world. I’ve never heard of such day and it’s not like anything different is going to happen even if people were aware that today is World Car-Free Day. This is Dubai, the city with inefficient, insufficient public [...]

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