Weekend fun

Visiting the Abu Dhabi Grand Mosque, again

May 3, 2011

When we went to Abu Dhabi last Eid, my husband insisted that we drop by the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque. The first time we went there was three years ago. We decided to go again last Eid holidays because it was rare that my aunt (my mom’s sister who also is in Dubai) and my [...]

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An email from an Arab student to his dad

July 15, 2010

It’s Thursday here and the end of the work week (we have Fridays off) so let me post something I found in my inbox this morning. ***** An Arab student sends an email to his dad, saying: Dear Dad, Berlin is wonderful, people are nice and I really like it here. But dad, I’m a [...]

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And in our first candlelight dinner…

June 15, 2009

Some time last month, I claimed the prize I won from a radio trivia contest and took my troop (we are a small battalion consisting of only three people) to an eating spree. My prize was a dinner voucher at the AZUR restaurant at the Harbor Hotel in Dubai Marina. I had to crane my neck. [...]

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Kids are allowed in the casino…

May 17, 2009

Only if in Dubai. Intriguing, right? Wait, there are no casinos in Dubai as all forms of gambling is prohibited. Please come back for the full story tomorrow! I promise to share after I finish doing the things I need to do to pay my bills.

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Proper and improper swim wear, know the difference!

April 25, 2009

I didn’t report for work today, Saturday (my first day of work week) because I am tired, have not had a two-day weekend since uhm, December last year. As I usually say whenever I have two straight days off, what a difference an extra day makes! ***** Yesterday, we took Pristine to the beach to [...]

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When you can’t swim, dance

April 4, 2009

Pristine and I went to the beach yesterday despite the cloudy skies. Recently, going to the beach had been a regular, weekly routine, which I don’t really mind since it’s just a 10 minute drive from home and on Friday mornings, there’s no traffic and aggressive drivers to think about. When we got there, the [...]

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Visiting Dubai Dolphinarium

March 23, 2009

Dolphins? in the desert? YES! Dubai Dolphinarium opened last year and I have heard lots of good things about it. We have postponed going there for the longest time but finally went – and wondered why we put it off for so long! They have added special lighting, smoke and sound effects to all of [...]

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Maybe in another week

March 14, 2009

It’s the second week of March and yesterday (our weekend here in the UAE) we went to the beach, anticipating lovely beach time. Someone already made a big splash as Pristine tested the water. As of yesterday, the water on the beach is still cold and while there were brave souls who took a dip [...]

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