Chaos

More rain expected in the UAE in the next 48 hours

March 1, 2010

We received a circular at work today regarding weather warning for UAE residents. It seems that Saturday’s rain that left hundreds of people stranded on the road and a lot of flooding wasn’t all – to think the rainfall that single night must be equivalent to the whole year of rain in Dubai. From the [...]

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Dubai flooding after continuous rain

December 13, 2009
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Just in!! As tweeted (by myself and other Dubai residents) about the rain that evolved from lovely to catastrophic… Take a look at how the street outside my work building looks like after whole day of drizzle in Dubai! Everyone should bring their swimsuits when it rains here. Just below where the yellow crane is, [...]

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Gasp! I’ve forgotten that I forgot

May 18, 2009

I had to drive today after like, more than a month of shying away from the steering wheel after the minor accident I had. I’ve asked Pristine not to distract me, I’ve turned the radio off, said my prayers and opened my eyes wider. I sharpened my senses. Nothing will go wrong today. It’s just a [...]

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We’re closed for April Fool’s Day

March 31, 2009

Thanks to the dreadful Conficker Virus that is said to activate on April Fool’s day, my company’s IT department has decided not to risk anything and just shut all internet connection and email for one full day tomorrow. Imagine that 9 whole hours inside the office with no emails, no internet. How will we work? And [...]

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The post I didn’t want to write

March 30, 2009

Today I learned that it is not good to wait for something to happen to blog about. I should’ve just made a pre-written post to come live on Monday morning but I didn’t and waited for something interesting to see or happen so I can blog about it. And you know what? I got what I [...]

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Would you pick up a phone from a garbage bin?

March 22, 2009

Apparently, finding a phone in a garbage bin felt like finding an item that has been on your wish list for years. Never mind the cigarette butts and the ashes, the rotting banana peeling and perhaps spit, a phone in a garbage bin is a treasure. I solved the mystery of my missing phone this [...]

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Calling out my own cellphone, please answer back!

March 21, 2009

Saturdays are always uneventful for me. It’s my first work day of the week, Fridays being my day off. The roads are unclogged and I drive to work in a breeze in like, less than 15 minutes. Workload is not too much compared to the “normal” weekdays in the “normal” world. I thought, what would [...]

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Important number we should remember

February 26, 2009

I took a break today from work to attend an event at my daughter’s school. When I arrived, there were no more parking spaces and I had to drive all the way to the next block to park my car. As I walked along the way, I noticed that there cars parked in front of [...]

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