Dubai pride

At the top of Burj Khalifa

January 15, 2010

There were no vomit bags distributed before we boarded the elevator that travels at more than 400 meters per minute. We reached the observation deck at the 124th floor in less than a minute. It was a breeze except that I have to tell you that it will hurt your little ears. Bring a gum, [...]

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If severe curiosity kills, this man needs more than 9 lives

January 14, 2010

Earlier this week, M got a phone call from a radio station in Japan asking him for a phone patch interview. The radio station in Nagoya features Japanese expats living in different parts of the globe. We have no idea how they got his number but most probably from string of people who he worked [...]

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Dancing fire and lights

January 6, 2010
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I haven’t gotten over the awesomeness so here’s another look at how the tallest building looked like during the opening ceremony. OMG I’ve got to add this. This must be the BEST Burj Khalifa opening video OF ALL TIME.

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World’s tallest tower opens in style!

January 5, 2010
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Photo credit: Gulf News Yesterday was a historic day for the UAE, especially for Dubai. The world’s tallest building Burj Dubai* was officially opened with an inauguration ceremony that could surpass all inauguration ceremonies for a long time. Thousands of fireworks lit up the cool desert night, witnessed by thousands of people from the UAE [...]

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Say Queas-y

January 3, 2010

** I apologise to everyone trying to watch the video I posted here yesterday – I didn’t know the owner suddenly disabled public viewing. Here’s another video, still queasy! ** For those not in Dubai – that means, MOST of the readers in my blog: here’s a video taken from the top of the world’s [...]

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Dubai fountain is almost here

March 2, 2009

As the mighty Burj Dubai nears completion, the establishments, residents and tourists are getting ready for it. The developer has been hurrying up with another milestone – the completion of the world’s largest fountain. Remember about that huge (supposedly bigger than the one at Bellagio in Las Vegas), spectacular fountain I posted before? Well, there [...]

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WW – Burj Dubai update

February 25, 2009

Almost all of the glass panels are in place, the monster is nearing completion. For more WW, visit 5 Minutes for Mom and the WW Hub.

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WW – The monster is growing

November 26, 2008

I like to call the world’s tallest building in the making, “monster” because it’s huge, tall and intimidating. Intimidating to other world record holder wannabes, that is. The  Burj Dubai, standing tall some couple of weeks ago. I won’t mention the stats of the monster here – there’s no point as it is growing so many [...]

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