April 2008

Bubble Tea Craving

April 6, 2008
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I went to Smiling BKK by Al Wasl road for some Thai food last week. The food was disgusting so don’t even think of going there unless you are a glutton for punishment or do not care about eating good food as our chicken appetizer was served still raw and the seafood noodles had more [...]

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Thursday Thirteen #4 – Illegal in Dubai

April 3, 2008

13 Things Banned / Illegal in Dubai 1. Porn 2. Sex Toys 3. Codeine 4. Poppy seeds (A Swiss national is serving a four-year jail term after three poppy seeds from a bread roll he ate at Heathrow airport were found on his clothes.) 5. Secret Dubai Diary (Etisalat customers cannot access the site but [...]

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If you see dead fish on a beach – would you eat it?

April 3, 2008
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Last night over dinner, a friend alerted me to the story in the local paper about dead fish being found on the public beach by the Burj al Arab. Gulf News reported on this story yesterday and opened the article with “Dozens of beachgoers enjoyed a free seafood dinner on Monday.” Lifeguards reported that people [...]

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Keeping My Big Mouth Shut

April 2, 2008

Last week, I got into a discussion (yet again) about bad driving in Dubai. It is inevitable that this topic will come up on any given night. Because bad driving is just that bad here. So I was talking to a friend and I mentioned how Dubai doesn’t immediately punish bad drivers so the offenders [...]

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