March 2008

An Explosion, Intentional Blackouts, and the UAE’s First Female Judge

March 31, 2008
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Since I was a bit lazy in writing last week, I guess you could call this post “Week-in-Review.” Let’s see, first there was an explosion in an industrial zone called Al Quoz, then there was Earth Hour. And get this, the UAE now has its first ever female judge. Hurray! *   *   * [...]

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Thursday Thirteen #3 – What’s for Dinner?

March 27, 2008

13 Dishes I’ve Made For Dinner Recently 1. Rogan Josh (a type of Indian lamb curry) 2. Chicken Korma (a type of chicken curry) 3. Pho – this is a vietnamese soup made of beef broth flavored with star anise – and served with flat rice noodles, thinly sliced beef, thai basil, thinly sliced onions, [...]

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Censorship Lifted (for now)

March 24, 2008

Hurray!! After almost two weeks of not being able to access certain websites (namely ALL blogspot pages) due to blotched censorship (my theory), I am now able to access them again. Now I don’t have to go through anonymous proxies to view all my favorite blogs. Wonder how long this will last before they start censoring [...]

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Goodbye Blogger, Hello WordPress

March 20, 2008

I have been having a ton of issues in the last week trying to log on to blogger.com. Now sure if it has to do with the recent block of blogspot blogs by my internet service provider. In any case, I’ve decided to move to publishing my blog via WordPress. Now, all the publishing files [...]

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Thursday Thirteen #2 – Procrastination

March 20, 2008
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Yesterday, I had been sitting in front of my computer since 8am in the morning. The goal was to search through the Dubai online recruitment agencies and apply for jobs. By 2pm I still hadn’t logged on to a single job website (shh…don’t tell Scotch). What is wrong with me? I kept promising myself that [...]

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National Chauvinistic Husbands Association

March 19, 2008

Not that my husband is any of the sort. But I thought this was an interesting blog article to share. Here is an excerpt: In the corner of a small Japanese restaurant, a dozen dark-suited businessmen gathered at a large table. Smoke hovered over the dinner and beer disappeared as quickly as it was poured. [...]

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Unblock Secret Dubai!

March 18, 2008

So I have been experiencing a complete shutdown of blogspot blogs in the last few days and last night I wondered if it had to do with Secret Dubai’s blog being blocked. SD’s blog is one that I have been reading since before I moved to Dubai and still continue reading because she tells it [...]

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21 driving rules in Dubai

March 17, 2008

AME Info recently posted the following: The Dubai government, mindful of the emirate’s terrible road record, recently pushed through harsher rules to try and improve people’s driving habits. After they came into force, Dubai police said it issued 2,300 fines on the first day. So here are the AME Info unofficial rules of the road [...]

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