Only in Dubai

Underwater Mini Cooper

September 26, 2011

I was at Dubai Mall, a.k.a. one of the largest mall in the world, a.k.a. a perfect place for heavily pregnant women – if they are the masochist type! “Where is the Kinokuniya Bookstore?”, I asked the concierge. Pristine was done with the Roald Dahl books she had at home and wanted to pick a [...]

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Favorite dancing fountain show

March 19, 2010

I love going to the Dubai Mall because of the Dubai Fountain. It’s free entertainment and I can watch it for hours, song after song. However, of all the fountain dancing songs played so far, this is my favorite. Time to say goodbye by Andrea Bocellie and Sarah Brightman. I think it’s the perfect accompaniment [...]

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Dubai’s first monorail at Palm Jumeirah

June 25, 2009

Ride with us in Dubai’s first monorail, connecting Dubai mainland and Atlantis Hotel at the crescent of Palm Jumeirah island. In case you haven’t heard of the huge Dubai project of a man-made island that looks like a palm, you can see some info and images here. I’ll stop this post here and let you [...]

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in Dubai, the possibilities are endless

May 7, 2008

First, they made man-made islands, marina, port and harbor, artificial snow (ski resort), and now, would you believe, they are bent on creating artificial rain? Yesterday’s rain was induced, man-made, artificial, fake! I knew something wasn’t right! The articles can be found in Gulf News titled, Cloud seeding experiment has thundering success (with photos) and [...]

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I hate my prophetic tongue

April 8, 2008

Our car is parked in our apartment building basement. In the basement ceiling, there are big plastic pipes with gushing water sound in them. Pristine would always ask, almost every morning, “what’s that sound, mom?” or “What’s inside those, mom?” “Oh, It’s from the toilets. Your morning xxx is being flushed and going through those [...]

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hot blooded mammals are they

March 17, 2008

I received the following notice in my desk today: Dear Customer, As part of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority’s (DEWA) commitment towards electricity and water conservation, starting from 1st March 2008, DEWA will introduce a Slab Tariff System under which the charges are based on quantities consumed. It is expected that the system will encourage consumers in [...]

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Japan products cost a fortune in Dubai

March 3, 2008

While we were grocery shopping in Spinneys, we were greeted by the bright new corner with lots of Japanese kanji and a beaming promo lady talking in Japanese to my husband. “Nihon kara no kudamono, dozo! (Fruits from Japan!)”.  We got near that corner and checked out the array of goods. Amazing! I wondered if [...]

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plates more expensive than cars

February 20, 2008

They did it again. License plate No 1 broke the world record as the most expensive car number plate, with a price tag of Dh52.2 million (US$14.5 million) in an intense bidding in Abu Dhabi last week.The buyer broke the record by paying more than twice the previous record which went to plate No 5 [...]

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