The holy month of Ramadan has started in Dubai last week.  Other than the heavier than usual traffic and our office boy not doing the usual daily serving of milk tea, nothing much has changed. Well, most of the shops and cafeterias are closed during daytime and onto sunset but since I am bringing a [...]

One whine less: RTA opens two bus routes to serve key spots in Dubai, 10 minutes interval between trips!
To match the urban expansion and demographic growth in the UAE, the Road and Traffic Authority opens new bus services to ensure smooth flow of traffic, ease traffic congestions and accordingly minimize the percentage of traffic accidents.
The buses [...]

Take the Mom Blogger quiz!
Ok, not that it isn’t obvious already but the quiz result has spoken: I am a full blown blogger. Just can’t get my hands off the keyboard and write whenever I can. Want to know if you are too? Take the Mom Blogger Quiz from Mamablogga.

I had no time to search my photos for this week’s Photo Hunt. So as a replacement post, check out these photos. I posted one sample at last week’s Photo Hunt with the theme plastic.
I usually ignore forwarded emails, especially those that needs to be scrolled down to the bottom to see the content, which [...]

The New Parent has tagged me to answer this meme a few days back. Sorry Frank, it took me so long to post this. The domain transfer got to me at that time.
1. My mother grew up in a small village where every one knows each other. In a place where sons and daughters are [...]

2 COWS AND A SYSTEM: 13 VERSIONS
1. DUBAI SYSTEM: You have two cows. You create a website for them and  advertise them in all the magazines. You create a ‘Cow City’ or ‘Milk Town’ for them. You sell off their milk before the cows have even been milked to both legit and shady investors who hope to [...]

Yesterday I went to the mall at Sallahudin Road to buy something. I was lost on my way there. Not lost like I do not know where I was; I was lost not knowing which path to take, which side of the road to walk or which part of the street is safe to walk [...]

This has been long overdue. We went to Madinat Jumeirah and Al Qasr Hotel last month for hubby’s official business. It was dang hot at 42C or more but we can’t go without taking pictures, can we?

Madinat Jumeirah is a resort in Dubai styled to resemble an Ancient Arabian citadel. Unlike other resorts and hotels [...]

Welcome to the first edition of the Carnival of Cities here in Dubai!
Thanks to Home Turf Media for letting me host this week. The carnival of cities is a compilation of posts and stories from bloggers around the world on the interesting events taking place in their cities.
Now that the hottest month has passed, we [...]

A local businessman has chosen to spend his nights at a hotel and pay AED5,000 (US$1,400) than braving the Dubai traffic to reach his house.
The Emirati businessman was quoted saying, “During the past seven days, I’ve spent more than AED5,000 after spending four nights in two different hotels which are near my office to avoid the [...]