Dubai news

World’s tallest tower opens in style!

January 5, 2010

Photo credit: Gulf News Yesterday was a historic day for the UAE, especially for Dubai. The world’s tallest building Burj Dubai* was officially opened with an inauguration ceremony that could surpass all inauguration ceremonies for a long time. Thousands of fireworks lit up the cool desert night, witnessed by thousands of people from the UAE [...]

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So the cat is out of the bag now

December 1, 2009

You must have known it by now. It’s been exposed that Dubai has a $60bn debt and has sought debt payment delay until May next year. Dubai - a desert city, driven by ambition, huge dream and all things glittering. Anything wrong with it? No. Not at least until we know that Dubai’s explosive growth was [...]

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The Dubai Metro 9-9-9 frenzy: a success!

September 28, 2009

Dubai Metro was opened a few weeks ago and have to say, I haven’t tried it until now. What a shame. We are still waiting for the rush of excited people to slow down a bit. The local news reported that 212,000 passengers rode the Metro in the first four days of its operation! I [...]

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She’s in the papers

August 31, 2009

Everyone’s ready for summer break to end. Click that. Pristine’s been featured in an article from a local newspaper, The National today. Last week, I received an email from a journalist requesting for a phone interview after she read my blog post about how summer in Dubai is tough for kids. I accepted the interview, [...]

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Like match sticks blown by the wind

August 20, 2009

The cause and nature of the collapse of a six-storey building in Dubai last Sunday, just merely less than 2 kilometers away from where I work, is not known but the photos say it all. From the look of things, it seems that it is a controlled demolition. You know, Dubai not wanting anything older [...]

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I can has cool, refreshing shower

August 10, 2009

UAE tweeters were buzzing about something interesting this morning. A very cool topic, actually. In the news: Iceberg - solution to Middle East’s fresh water supply problem. Icebergs could provide untapped quantities of pure water to satisfy the thirst of the Middle East by creating an alternative to desalination without the generation of air or marine [...]

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Abandoned kitty finds new home via Twitter

August 1, 2009

If you’re following me on Twitter (you are, aren’t you?), you’ve probably read my string of tweets yesterday about an abandoned kitty that we picked up near our place. The kitty do not look like any of the lolcats I post in this blog. She was weak, hungry and frail. My mom who couldn’t turn [...]

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