October 2009

Fancy Water Features at Dubai Mall

October 17, 2009
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I’ve been to The Dubai Mall many times since it opened last year.  I didn’t think I would like it as it’s hyped as the world’s largest mall (based on total area) – blah blah blah. But, it’s actually quite a nice mall.  I don’t go evenings nor weekends when it’s a bit packed but as [...]

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Are you freaking kidding me?

October 15, 2009
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So all I wanted was rice noodles.  Quarter-inch thick rice noodles – to be exact.  Last time I bought them in Carrefour and saw a whole boxful in the Al Maya market just downstairs from my apartment.  Should be as easy as buying oh, rice perhaps? Well, I don’t know what’s worse.  Driving to 5 different [...]

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Free tables and chairs, anyone?

October 12, 2009
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Being a New Yorker, I’m always amazed at how safe and relatively crime-free Dubai is in comparison. The picture above was taken in my neighboorhodd (JBR Walk) during Ramadan. It’s mid-day but since no food or drink can be consumed during the month of Ramadan, almsot all restaurants are closed until sunset. Notice how none [...]

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Mom’s Vietnamese Sweet and Sour Soup

October 8, 2009
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My mom makes a killer Vietnamese Sweet and Sour Soup. It’s pretty much restaurant quality. Actually, it’s better than restaurant quality. She gave me the recipe a few years a go and I like to make it every once in a while because it’s mm-mm good. Scotch is not a big soup person so he [...]

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Thai Basil, Taro, and Sugarcane

October 7, 2009
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First let me say that I managed to figure out my photo uploading issued with WordPress.  Turns out that I have neglected upgrading to the new version for months and months now and after upgrading to the lates WP version, everything is working again.  Well…sort of.  I have never been able to upload via Firefox [...]

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What to write? Okay, a baby update, I guess

October 6, 2009
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Since I woke up today I have been sitting in front of my laptop for the last hour trying to figure out what would be my first post after yesterday’s crazy idea of committing to posting EVERY SINGLE DAY until my delivery date of mid-December. There is no dearth of information in my head but [...]

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An object in motion stays in motion

October 4, 2009

So it’s been more than one month since I’ve returned to Dubai after summer vacation spent in NYC, Chicago, France, and Switzerland.  And what have I got to show for it? Nada. The baby room is still completely empty (well, we did buy a rug for it…but then decided to keep it for ourselves so [...]

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