First, they made man-made islands, marina, port and harbor, artificial snow (ski resort), and now, would you believe, they are bent on creating artificial rain?
Yesterday’s rain was induced, man-made, artificial, fake! I knew something wasn’t right! The articles can be found in Gulf News titled, Cloud seeding experiment has thundering success (with photos) and Cloud […]

Our car is parked in our apartment building basement. In the basement ceiling, there are big plastic pipes with gushing water sound in them.
Pristine would always ask, almost every morning, “what’s that sound, mom?” or “What’s inside those, mom?”
“Oh, It’s from the toilets. Your morning xxx is being flushed and going through those pipes right […]

I received the following notice in my desk today:
Dear Customer,
As part of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority’s (DEWA) commitment towards electricity and water conservation, starting from 1st March 2008, DEWA will introduce a Slab Tariff System under which the charges are based on quantities consumed.
It is expected that the system will encourage consumers in the higher slabs […]

While we were grocery shopping in Spinneys, we were greeted by the bright new corner with lots of Japanese kanji and a beaming promo lady talking in Japanese to my husband. “Nihon kara no kudamono, dozo! (Fruits from Japan!)”.  We got near that corner and checked out the array of goods. Amazing! I wondered if […]

They did it again. License plate No 1 broke the world record as the most expensive car number plate, with a price tag of Dh52.2 million (US$14.5 million) in an intense bidding in Abu Dhabi last week.The buyer broke the record by paying more than twice the previous record which went to plate No 5 […]

The 2008 Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon will be the richest long distance running ever in history with prize money of US$1,000,000. Breakdown of the first three, for both men and women category, are:

1st place - US$250,000
2nd place - US$100,000
3rd place - US$50,000

The marathon along with 10km road race and a 4km charity run will be held […]

You wouldn’t think much would be happening, don’t you? Considering this is Dubai, situated in the Persian Gulf in the Middle East with Islam being the official religion, I could not blame anyone who’d think expats in Dubai would have the most sober Christmas.

But think again, this is Dubai, a city that break almost all […]

In a few years, a huge entertainment complex will spring out of the desert and become Middle East’s answer to Disneyland. Dubailand is one of the biggest construction projects in the world, with two billion square feet of land consisting of 45 separate projects from a space exploration exhibition to full-size dinosaur enclosure.
Dubailand includes the […]

I was at the bank this morning, sitting comfortably on the couch in that over air conditioned part of the building. My turn is not yet up so I have to wait, maybe a couple of customers after, I will be called.
A voice over echoed the customer service department. No one stood up. I did […]

Another non-surprising turn of events happened in Dubai yesterday. The heat outside was nothing compared to what was going on inside Jumeirah Beach Hotel where a number plate auction was held.
The car registration plate number F33333 finally sold for AED1,130,000 (US$308,000) at a Roads and Transport Authority Distinguished Number Plates Auction after a tough bidding […]