Weekend fun

Polo in Dubai

March 9, 2009

I have never been to a Polo match before. Honestly, when my hubby told me we’ll be going to Dubai Polo Club to see the game, I wasn’t really that excited because first, I do not know the rules, second, for the life of me, I can’t see anything except for the running horses (why did they make the [...]

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Be a whirling dervish: How far can you go?

February 23, 2009

We had the pleasure of seeing a stunning Whirling Dervish performance during a desert safari a few days back. The whirling dervish, performing the traditional Egyptian folk dance Tannoura is something you wouldn’t want to miss. It is spectacular and will leave you in awe.  He started slowly turning along with the soft music: The [...]

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the other side of the UAE

May 26, 2008

Last weekend, we went to Fujairah, one of the seven Emirates of the UAE. The UAE is composed of seven (7) Emirates namely: Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman, Ras Al Khaimah, Umm Al Quwain and Fujairah. Of these seven Emirates, only Fujairah is situated in the east coast, fronting the Indian Ocean so the color [...]

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all aboard!

May 11, 2008

Remember the show The Love Boat in the 80′s? It’s a prime time TV drama set on a cruise ship my mom and I look forward to watching every single week. Then I would look up to her, tug her skirt and say, “Let’s go on a cruise in The Love Boat, mom!” Who knew that [...]

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it’s back to the beach again

March 15, 2008

The cool weather has finally said goodbye and what’s the best way to celebrate that other than spending time at the glorious beach! ~ the beach at 9 am ~ We went to Mamzar Beach Park last Friday and decided to stay the whole day doing nothing but barbeque, swim, sleep, chatter. Ah, I need [...]

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winter is over?

February 17, 2008

Without warning, it’s back. We are having a bit of weather, no not rain, that usual sunny (hot) one again. Last Friday, I wanted to scream, “but it’s still February, dammit!” Temperatures rose to a maximum of around 30C on midday last weekend. We went to Century and Irish Village for a brunch at one of [...]

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close encounters of the humped kind

January 27, 2008

Earlier this month we had a one day holiday because it was the Islamic holiday of Hijra. We didn’t have work and no school for the babe as well. We had a rare  two-day weekend and out of the blue, M said we’ll go out see some camels. Huh? Of course my mother was excited [...]

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In this part of the world, we don’t shiver

December 5, 2007

While most people living in the northern hemisphere are either watching snow fall on cedars or sitting in front of their fireplace, we are enjoying the sun, sand and the sea! The temperatures have definitely gone easy on us desert dwellers and right now, we are blessed to have days that are not so hot [...]

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