Dubai news

Gnarly, racist dude: 404 for ‘ya!

May 26, 2010

What would you do if you encounter a blog, a Tweet, a reading material that’s obviously, blatantly offensive in nature? Something that shouts racial hatred in your face? The UAE expat community do not take something like this sitting down. We were recently outraged by a blog called Al-Emirati, written by a group of people, mostly locals. [...]

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Completely idiotic Sheikh Zayed road stunts

May 20, 2010

I’ve written my dislike for driving in Dubai roads before, in dealing with mental drivers who sadly are aplenty. Now the news today took this dislike to a whole new level. A video had been posted in YouTube showing young drivers performing road stunts on Dubai’s main SEVEN LANE highway, Sheikh Zayed Road. A pick [...]

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Hot weather, hot topic

May 17, 2010

What’s new in desert land? Let me count ‘em: There was a sandstorm yesterday – we had dull, gray skies, strong hot wind (blow dryer in your face kind of weather has arrived) and rain! Rain! in May!! Oh well it was just a drizzle just before 7 pm but still very weird weather! [...]

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Calling all foodie bloggers in Dubai!

May 10, 2010

Thanks to all who commented in yesterday’s post. Everything is well again in the home front. Pristine is well and my relationship with my mother is still that – nothing is wrong if you ask her! For me, I’ve decided to let it pass as I can’t really thrive properly with hatred in my heart. [...]

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No more lunging around in your lungi in Sharjah

April 7, 2010

What is a lungi? The lungi is a piece of brightly coloured silk or cotton cloth that is wrapped around the waist. It is worn in India, Pakistan, Myanmar and other South Asian countries by MEN. Like a wrap-around beach skirt, that is. It covers the legs and usually up to the ankle in length [...]

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No Ice tonight, courtesy of Twitter

March 31, 2010

A prominent member of the ruling family, the brother of Sheikh Khalifa (President of the UAE) has passed away in a glider plane crash in Morocco and his body was found only yesterday after an extensive three day search. In true UAE tradition, all radio stations switched to obituary mode immediately, playing ONLY instrumental music [...]

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Sandstorm and good news for Dubai

February 4, 2010

We’ve been experiencing nasty sandstorms as of this writing today in Dubai. I went out to go to the gym during lunch break and amazed how fine sand found its way through my sunglasses to my eyes! I felt the slap of sand in my cheeks, ouch not nice. It’s also suddenly getting hot in [...]

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Dancing fire and lights

January 6, 2010

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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