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إنا لله وإنــا إليه راجعـــون - 1. بِسْمِ اللّهِ الرَّحْمـَنِ الرَّحِيمِ 2. الْحَمْدُ للّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ 3. الرَّحْمـنِ الرَّحِيمِ 4. مَـالِكِ يَوْمِ الدِّينِ 5...3 hours ago
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غضب جماعي على الدكتورة لميس - بعد أن عرضت الحلقة في قناة ام بي سي 4 قبل أيام..كانت ردة الفعل على ما تم عرضه قوية..وأصبحت الدكتورة حديث المجالس..وحديث البلاك بيري على وجه الخصوص.. الحملة...6 hours ago
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نحترم ، دون إقناع ..!! - يجب أن نتعلم :: أن نستمع لـ كل رأي ونحترمه ، لكن ليس بـ الضرورة أن نقتنع به ،، هذا ما قالته لنا إحدى المحاضرات أثناء جلستنا على العشاء .. فقد كنت و بعض الص...9 hours ago
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English Blogs
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.il (Israel) TLD unblocked? - Has anyone else found the Israeli TLD to be unblocked from the UAE? On my Etisalat connection it seems to be open. Here's a URL you can try it on: http://ww...1 hour ago
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So We’re Back … - … from our gorgeous haveli in Mumbai … … to the sand and glass of Dubai. Not that I’m complaining. I think I’ve seen enough green and rain to last me, wel...8 hours ago
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Eko Dubai for Eco Dubai? - We're not talking about Dubai taking a wholescale approach to going green. We are talking about a new building in Dubai that is being called the Green Eiffel...9 hours ago
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Lund, Skåne Län - It would be surprising in the extreme if you opened an atlas or gazetteer at random to hit on a place that was perfect in every way. Or even a place that you...10 hours ago
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Calling your bluff - Don’t dare me, I’ll do it I’ll do it and you know it, I’ll do it just to call your bluff, To prove that after all you’re not that tough, Maybe not today,...12 hours ago
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Get Your Picture Taken at Fujairah’s First Photo Souk Market - *Photo Souk *One of the 10 shops at Fujairah’s new Heritage Souk (market) in the grounds of the Fujairah International Marine Club is a photo studio. Two E...
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Exchange Server 2010 Mailbox Role Calculator - The Exchange Team has released Mailbox Role Requirements Calculator for Exchange Server 2010. The calculator is broken out into the following sections (w...14 hours ago
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.. Back (Maybe) .. - Mood: Relaxed Craving: a busy schedule What a month it was indeed!! Such a busy, pressure-full, exciting, thrilling, joyful month It was full of all ...15 hours ago
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Interesting weather... - A radio report this morning said Dubai is getting weather stations that will automatically alert motorists to dangerous weather. I thought it was relevant ...
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Dubai Airshow 2009 - From 15 to 19 November 2009 at Airport Expo Dubai Airshow 2009 Opening on Nov 15 The Dubai airshow is for Industry visitors only. Many of the civilian and ...16 hours ago
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Professor Niall Ferguson on Europe, Japan pain from US dollar - The author of ‘The Ascent of Money’ explains how China is benefiting from the weakening US dollar and how Japan and Europe are suffering. Could there be a ...17 hours ago
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The Untitled II - (Read 1st part here) ———– My journey continues Into the unknown we venture, my unknown A plethora of experiences occur at once How can man comprehend this ...17 hours ago
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I want my scalps.... - Here is my take on Brad Pitt as Luietenant Aldo Raine, from Inglorious Basterds. A great film, with some great lines. I hope I did it justice. It's a big C...
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Want to Go Fishing in Fujairah? - Fishing is one of the most popular pastimes in the world and people of Fujairah would agree. Just note the ‘Fish’ roundabout at the Fujairah International ...
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اللهم ... ربي - *إليك أشكو ضعف قوتي وقلة حيلتي وهواني على الناس يا أرحم الراحمين أنت رب المستضعفين وأنت ربي إلى من تكلني إلى بعيد يتجهمني ؟ أو إلى عدو ملكته أمري إن لم ي...
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One day, women's clothing will no longer be important - I wonder if future generations will be spared the tedious topic of women's clothing? The Middle East, the UK, Brazil recently, the world over - what wome...1 day ago
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Take me there...... - *(**picture's source**)* *~* *To that magic land,* *Where clouds are its sand,* *And there we won't ever stand,* *'Cuz we will fly with our hands......*
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WW – The Belly Dancer - While going through my files, I found this old video I took of a belly dancer performing during a desert safari we went to. Just to give you an idea, in ca...1 day ago
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Gardens in the Sandbox - These are my favorite places here in the hospital where I am working at. After a tiring shift, while waiting for the bus or while waiting for my hubby to c...
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Did you know...? - There are so many ways to determine if an egg is good enough to be cooked and eaten. Some people do so by spinning it between their fore finger and thumb ...
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How sweet! - I was born with a sweet tooth (now mostly capped by dentists is another matter) and I am also a coffee addict who can hardly resist the temptation of addin...
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The day the Brits burnt down RAK. - Two hundred years ago, Ras al Khaimah was burnt to the ground. Today, experts say, that sacking by a British fleet has directly affected the shape of the ...
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Why are they hated? - About three years back Zeina (my eldest daughter) called me from MSU and asked me "why are Human Resources (HR) professionals hated?" Huh, well she was tak...1 day ago
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I can't travel when??? - This week is 'Proud to be Postgraduate' week ... so there are seminars, events and outings geared specifically for us doddering PGs. I went to one such sem...2 days ago
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Possibly the world's laziest mall sign - And in Dubai Mall, where with 1,200 shops, not only do you regularly need detailed directions, a person can be pretty sure level one and two will have "m...
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Clouds Lightning but no Rain... - So while I left home to photograph the sunset, I spotted this cloud towards the east. Looked interested so I decided to head towards Jadaf where I could ge...
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JUST A BIKER - *I saw you hug your purse closer to you in the grocery store line. But you didn't see me put an extra $10.00 in the collection plate last Sunday. * *I saw...
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Battle of the laps... - I've decided to purchase a laptop for myself. If I'm heading to college, I'll need something heavyduty, but that doesn't feel like deadweight after hours o...
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The Muezzin Cried - People were scared. The first call to prayer, the fajr, was wrong. Abdelkader the muezzin came with his wife in tow. He was a thin, wiry Sudani with hair l...2 days ago
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Dubaisengard - Beloved Wife and I spotted this last weekend. The only clouds in the sky were over Business Bay, and Dubaisengard - the tallest free-standing structure on...
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Etihad Airways - officially the world's best airlines - [image: EY_Logo] [image: ETIHAD AIRWAYS] Etihad has recently been rewarded for their efforts by being named 'World's Leading Airline' and winning ...2 days ago
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Arabana - As salaamu alaykum, Child molestation and exploitation is an issue very close to my heart. In fact, I'm sure its close to many people's hearts. One can't j...2 days ago
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Christmas came early - Daddy, thank you for this early Christmas pressie: i love it! now i can easily post Dade's random pics whenever, wherever :)
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A telling statement - It’s not often that one hears Sheikh Mohammed, Ruler of Dubai and the UAE’s vice president and prime minister, talk publicly -and openly- about Dubai and i...2 days ago
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Expat life: maybe Britain isn't so bad after all - Did I speak too soon? Was I too hard on Blighty? No sooner was the ink dry on last week's East/West moan in The National, Abu Dhabi about nasty, greedy, su...2 days ago
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Cars, Free Music, Good Company - I'm not much of a Formula One fan. I don't really understand it. So, when tickets went on sale a couple months back priced at over 2000 dirhams ($560 USD...
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In Case You Haven't Heard... - * Here is Kaden with his Papa for Walmart's poster advertising photos with Santa.* For those who have been living under a rock (i.e those without text/Fac...
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Corporate Waltzing - A little while ago, we've appointed an Interior Designer for one of our prominent projects, I may hastily add that we've brought this fine, urban Iraqi/Can...3 days ago
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Looooooooooooooooong time ago - Hi all, It had been so so busy months for me .. in work I am overload and outside I have different life style in somehow .. I start a diet ! wow this is new...
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Community Service - Just in case you guys are wondering, yesterday's thought of the day was too uninspirational to be blogged about. So phayl ._.Anyhow, Cambridge has this rule ...3 days ago
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OPRAH AIRED, PITCHFORKS SHARPENED - "The Emirates prides itself on being a country, which advocates freedom of expression and speech, and that is exactly what Dr. Lamees displayed." * * * On...
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Nose-dive/Crash landing/[insert aviation disaster pun here] - This probably has merit as a thread: * As many of you know I was in Dubai for the past year working for the Arabic satellite channel Al Arabiya, where I wa...4 days ago
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Maggie Is Sexy - Maggie pumps - By Christian Louboutin - Spotted on Victoria Beckham. Aint it sexy?!
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Made of Glass - BEFORE you click the play button below without reading this bit of text, I'd say you read it first. If you are guy and have ignored my first sentence, then...4 days ago
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Procrastination 101 - I have a Principles of Advertising midterm tomorrow .. I should be a good student and study the 5 chapters I have .. Nope Welcome to my version of *Procras...4 days ago
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On Tradition - We’re often told that the preservation of tradition is crucial, that no matter where or how far we go, it must be upheld, that our lives decrease in value ...4 days ago
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Lifestyle changes with an electronic nag - Philips has given me a new gadget to try out and I think it rocks. It's called Direct Life and though I've only been using it for around 2 weeks, it is makin...4 days ago
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A building to honour Dubai’s past and future - Anchored on the west side of Dubai’s Sheikh Zayed expressway is one of the city’s architectural jewels, a four decade-old building that was constructed to ...4 days ago
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30 ans en 30 plats - As some of you know, I'm not a kid anymore. Father time just made it official back on the 25th, marking 30 years that I've been running amock on the plan...
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The Princess & The Frog - Once upon a dead end. A princess fell for a frog. A frog thought he has it all. He had his pride, and that what made him look so powerful. The prince...
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Competition:Win a copy of SuperFreakonomics! - If you haven’t read, or at least heard of Freakonomics — shame on you. In a nutshell, as put perfectly by the AP, Freakonomics is a book where the authors ...5 days ago
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What's in my bag - In my vintage ysl envelope pouchette: .louis vuitton planner .Tuscan leather . Good ol' pencil sharpened from both sides :p . Loose sheets of sketches ...5 days ago
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Sands of time - Is it me, or are you also feeling the sands of time slip through your hands? My days seem to blend into each other, I wake up Sunday morning and before I k...5 days ago
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Bryce Canyon - The next morning we were back on Route 12 and pretty soon arrived at a destination that almost everyone we spoke to had advised us to visit – Bryce Canyon....
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A Swine Flu Sufferer - Hello :) Its been so long since I've last posted and so long since I last opened my laptop. Its been 5 days I guess, 5 days since I was really in good s...
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IS ISLAM A "TRUE" OR "FALSE" RELIGION? a discussion with an isolated Christian - ** ** *In a Christian discussion forum that I belong to, I have had some rather interesting exchanges with a fellow South African. This seeker-after-trut...6 days ago
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UAE Impressions series - Well it took a while but I have finally finished my "Impressions of the UAE" painting series. The paintings were finished a couple of weeks ago but the vec...
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RAYAN - I LOVE MY SON! I know alota ppl out there wanna know how it is to me a mother, and da answer is; its the best thing ever! The sleepless nights and sore tit...6 days ago
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Workers in Sharjah Driven to Hunger Catch Fish to Survive - For seven long months, driven by want and hunger, these unpaid industrial workers have been surviving on fish they catch each day. More than 50 workers of ...1 week ago
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Some people will do anything for a bit of cash... - One of my fellow Perth collegues recently posted the following as his FB status. I really hope he's not making it up, because it was so hilarious, and inco...1 week ago
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NANO-Second! - Well what have I been doing? Avoiding too much sugar...yes. But sooo much more! My friend I told y'all about is Homeschooling her 7 kids. And we decided to ...1 week ago
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Trust me you need someone like pinky-Rose to slap you and show you all the LOVE that surrounded you - I have been such a negative person and trust me I hate it , I hate it so much cause its really affecting me and its affecting the way I spend my day , t...
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CNN Opens Abu Dhabi Production Center & Newsgathering Hub - [image: Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed with Richard Quest & Tony Maddox in the Opening of CNN News Center in Abu Dhabi] Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed with Richard Qu...1 week ago
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Crash - There are words, there are sounds, there are actions and there is you and me. With my words, I persuade you to believe in me. With my sounds, I make you fe...1 week ago
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I want ............ - STUDDED GLOVES!!!!!!! Winter is just right around the corner and what better way than to spend Winter but in the cold lands of Europe hugging your favorite...
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Party In The USA - I don't know if I've posted this before or not, but these boys just made my day!1 week ago
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Indefinable bearing of my being… - Remember how I said sometime back that knowing does not always have to help. And not knowing also does not most of the time help. So between the conflict o...
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West Coast of Bangladesh? - I had a humbling visit to one of the workers' camps here in Al Ain, recently. The camp has about 50 or 60 make-shift houses (portakabins?) each accomodat...
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Life: A Project? - Salam 3lykm A student asked the following question on our Project Management forum online: Do you consider your life a project? And who's really managing i...1 week ago
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Festive Cheer - It's never too early to talk about Christmas! Last night when on a safari wardrobe mission in Dubai Mall I was delighted to see that retailers are beginnin...1 week ago
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Retards... - This is our classroom for e-commerce, its also the classroom for several other classes. When we had our e-com exam that wasn't there - I would know, that's...
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Desert Lakes - UAE Al Ain - Greetings.. This is one of our trips for this weekend. , we went to a place here in Al Ain which is common for some birds to be seen over there, The place ...
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Halloweird, Part First! - I'm about to cook dinner so I don't have time to go through all my pictures from last night, but I wanted to show you our costumes. As you can see, they we...1 week ago
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Walking In Wonderland - Well, Wonderland may be hyperbole, but it is rather pleasant walking in the hills that surround our street. This morning a little after 5:30 am I left o...
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{giving thanks..} - Another year passes, & another begins... Yes, my birthday passed days ago. Thank you to everyone who has taken the time to already wish me a Happy Birthday...1 week ago
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sinane ya sinane :) - Occasionally, there are the bouts of the growing years, the times with friends, the innocence, home / homesickness of all the good stuff from the days of t...1 week ago
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Dear Oprah.... Lebanon is NOT like that ! - *BREAKING:* Inside sources have been quoted that “Oprah is in distress because of the attacks from Lebanon”. This all started when Oprah Winfrey showed a p...1 week ago
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Steven Landsburg has a blog - It's called The Big Questions. Assuming he keeps up a regular stream of posts it's sure to be a good one. He's an entertaining and thought provoking econom...2 weeks ago
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Dubai Opens World’s Largest Ferrari Store - With Formula one finally coming to the UAE this year in the form of the F1 race in Abu Dhabi it was only a matter of time before Dubai got in on the act. H...2 weeks ago
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The working class - So I finally started work as an analyst, woohoo... Right? Don't get me wrong, I LOVE my job, its got the right mix of factors for me. But one thing was a co...2 weeks ago
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Wild peeta - Support local businesses :D Empower your Business with BlackBerry® and Mobile Solutions from Etisalat2 weeks ago
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The joy of tennis - Can someone tell me why end of season women tennis championship is held in Doha?? Ah yes, that is to "further women's rights" in Qatar and supposedly in...
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And The Geek Shall Inherit The Earth - I believe that geeks are the coolest type of people that exist on the face of Earth, I mean, come on people, let's face it; us geeks have redefined "cool...
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Paranormal Activity - It really has been a long time since I’ve seen a horror movie that left a huge effect on me, and Paranormal Activity really did it for me! It was crazy rea...2 weeks ago
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Rest in peace dear :( - It is not really easy to go through such situation Yesterday morning and first thing in the morning we got the news of a colleague who passed away in her h...2 weeks ago
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Realestate Fraud - Another example to how sad and disgusting the property market here has become... Thirty eight families will find out later on Sunday if they are to be ev...2 weeks ago
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The community P O Box - Ever noticed one of these colorful boxes placed outside the neighbourhood grocery store? Apparently this works as a community post box where the local resi...
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Hello from Jeddah - Greetings from my new office in Jeddah. [image: cheerful] This is me looking stupid from my webcam [image: cool] I don't know why I am not smiling but I...
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Gitex 2009 - My first Gitex, some years ago, I was overwhelmed with the new technology. This Gitex, I went to the Home of the Future. They had a display of a new charge...2 weeks ago
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Announcing my blog on parenting - Baby girl with father from Stock Photo Almost 14 months ago I was blessed with a beautiful baby girl. That marked the beginning of a new phase of my life. ...2 weeks ago
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You have it? Then why are you still aiming for it?? - So, which is the best way to think, "You have the A+, you just have to maintain it." or "You have an F at the moment, and by working hard you will get that...3 weeks ago
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Beauty - It was an unpredictable day. It was like you cast your nets, but you don't know if you're going to go fishing or not.Yes, so I could sail with the words I d...3 weeks ago
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Sick of being here, there and everywhere. No more philosophy. For now. - Wow. It seriously has been a while, hasn’t it? Honestly, I’ve been wanting to blog since such a long time, but there was a huge of problem which I couldn’t...3 weeks ago
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The Great Indian Stare Trick - (Apologies all around. Have to pull this off temporarily.)3 weeks ago
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Breasts - Breasts are beautiful. Breasts cushion your fall when you find yourself flat on your face. Breasts protect your internal organs when you find a footba...
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I saw a bank that said '24-Hour Banking,' but I don't have that much time. - Stephen Wright - I visited Abu Dhabi over the weekend. I didn't get to walk around nearly as much as I had planned, but that means I have an excuse to go back. I can't wait...3 weeks ago
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Weeding - I was going to rant. About ppl who don't deserve the many chances you give them. About selfish people. About friends who, well, shouldn't be your friends a...
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Sports Sponsorships - Sports sponsorship which integrates advertising, promotions, public relations and sales to reach and touch consumers started somewhere between 1970’s to 19...3 weeks ago
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Unleash ur DREAMS - Empower your Business with BlackBerry® and Mobile Solutions from Etisalat3 weeks ago
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GREETINGS FROM SCOTLAND ( SCO2LAND) - YES believe it or not i am in scotland! my taller other half (hubby) is here for work and we came along! where do i start... it's so beautiful here. i fe...
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Spinneys and Rotten food - Times are hard enough, so I can't understand why a store as reputable as Spinneys would do something so low down. They have this new trick of putting peris...3 weeks ago
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The Happy Prayer - Dear God, First of all, thank You very much for teaching me how to pray. I know for a fact that praying has not been a talent of mine until you build it up...3 weeks ago
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Oct. and Nov. by faaaar the busssiest months ever! OMG, too muchness - I’m having a mini, just a miiiinnnnnii nervous breakdown! and had to let some steam offf my chest at 3:00 am! Invitations from all over, best of all most o...4 weeks ago
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Burj Dubai - Some shots of the burj Dubai...you really have to see it up close to appreciate it! Too tall to fit onto one pic, had to be done on two pics! ...4 weeks ago
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“Locals Now Call it ‘Beirut’” - So what exactly makes Orchard Park on the northern border of Cambridge in the UK look like Beirut? Well according to Geramine Greer’s report, it is this: …...4 weeks ago
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My sister’s wedding - On the 4th of Oct was my sister’s wedding, It was such a wonderful night that I will never forget <3 Here are some snaps from days before, during, and afte...4 weeks ago
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Creating happy and unforgettable moment - *Lately I had so many troubles in my life that made me unable to enjoy any moment of it and life purpose to me became so vague. I had many problems and I c...4 weeks ago
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peek-a-bride - no more fittings in newyork. no more rendez vous avec cyril and no more counting carbs..im officially in COUNTDOWN mode, which means raking up the points ...
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The Language Barrier - As there are very few Emerati people in the workplace, most of the working population is made up of ex-pats. A lot of people in the service industries a...5 weeks ago
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turkish talk shows rule - I wish I spoke Turkish so I could understand exactly what’s going on here. Wait a second, no I don’t. Wayyyy better than Oprah.5 weeks ago
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Now What? - The post-September period is regarded as the “conference season” in the Emirates. Basically, everything happens now, as the stifling heat (and humidity) of...5 weeks ago
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My Dubai Metro Ride - So last weekend, my friends & I decided to try the Dubai Metro (Thanks to sno) from the Mall of the Emirates to DIFC & back.. p.s. excuse the photos – out ...5 weeks ago
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Flying with the flu - *SQH, 27, a resident of Kohat, was brought to Pims on September 23 with symptoms of virus. He used to drive taxi in Dubai, where he contracted the virus an...1 month ago
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Mysterious and Interesting Nighttime Cloud over the United Arab Emirates - No rain, no wind. Just a single cloud low in the sky. Then a flash within the cloud, then another flash, and then a few more. Approximately 7 minutes lat...1 month ago
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It Could Be.. - It’s been a long time, since I came back from Umra I was overwhelmed with the university work that I’ve missed. No that’s not the real reason nothing ever...
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Weekly (mini) movie reviews - District 9, Inglourious Basterds, Cloudy with a chance of meatballs, and Ong Bak 2 - District 9 Surely one of the gems of 2009. It's different, unique, and made creatively. The visual effects and 3D renders were stunning. Rating: 9.5/10. ....
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Wide angle photography - You may remember that my colleagues from my last school very kindly bought me a wide angle lens as a leaving present when I moved on from there. I spent so...1 month ago
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Living in the shadow of a man...(part 2) - *This is nothing but the truth (with reservation to the name of the person who told me the story, and the people in it...)* I was so stupid and naive she s...1 month ago
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Back to the effin' drawing board - I think I should get into the drawing board business; I keep on going back to that more often than not Rather lame attempt at cracking a joke I reckon, not...1 month ago
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Niqabi Stereotypes - The religious practice of Niqab ultimately leads to one of the greatest debates of modern times- to or not to? Some Muslim scholars [believed to be among t...1 month ago
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Belated Eid Mubarak - Hello friends, hope all of you are doing great. A belated Eid Mubarak to all the Muslim bloggers out there. Hope you had a blessed & fun-filled eid. Most o...1 month ago
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getting high in dubai - eid holidays are here..... What do I do.... Obviously get high...and not worry about work tomorrow...and the day after...!! I hope dubai really enjoys the t...1 month ago
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RTA 'virtual tour' of Dubai Metro - According to Gulf News the RTA has launched a virtual-reality-portal-metro-tour-website. It is so virtual that you can actually choose your sex and race:...1 month ago
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Comic Book Geek and Cheif - I might as well get it out of the way. I am a comic book geek. That’s right people, deal with it. I started collecting when I was about 12 which lead to...1 month ago
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After routing the rebels in May, Sri Lanka faces more salvos from the west - Many powerful critics of Sri Lanka were friends till recently. As the country moved decisively to defeat the rebels in the north and east of the country, it ...1 month ago
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I miss Fall - I love Fall. Every thing about Fall is wonderful - even the sneezing it induces in me. I just love it. The pumpkins are ripening up and the air is turning ...
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Hats off! - Judging from the spring 2010 runways (monique lhullier specifically) and as a tribute to the king of pop the Fedora makes a comeback. Grab one at sauce a...2 months ago
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A Heavenly Peace... - Yes its been long. Very long. But tragedy has hit home. When I was in my twenties, I had vowed to never go to a funeral or a gathering of women mourning. N...2 months ago
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Nothing is easy. Everything is complicated. And confused. - Don't know about you but it seems like this kind of crap only ever happens to me! (although, deep down, I know that that's not really the case, but still...)...2 months ago
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Freelancing fun: Earning in different currencies - One of the most fascinating aspects of freelancing is the potential to earn in different currencies. I get a thrill every time I seal a deal that would mea...2 months ago
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Preferred vs. Required in Islam - ---- I just received a phone call from a Christian friend of mine inquiring about the reason that Islam prohibits sleeping on your stomach. I explained to h...2 months ago
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Soul Searching.. - Follow me at kytheria-kay.blogspot.com I dont want to dissapoint myself, nor the people who love and care about me. I will stay online in a different way.....2 months ago
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~*~ BeauTiful PeopPle ~*~ - They say "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder" and i really beleive in this.. the other day..i was counselling a patient`s daughter on her food intake a...
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New Identity - I feel like the parts of me that make me me or have consistently made me in the past are unravelling. As if the thread that kept those parts together is comi...2 months ago
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Seems like forever - It's been a little over three weeks since we've been home and while it seems like we've barely been in our house, it also seems like forever since we've be...
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ramadan mubarak! - have been waiting for this time of year with so much anticipation. i really need the spirituality it brings with itself (not to mention the good food :p)....
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Going nuclear - Just something I wrote for the NZ Herald a while back: The United States agreement to help the United Arab Emirates become the first Arab state with nuc...2 months ago
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The dream I saw - The dream I saw... the words I want to say... “A coward is incapable of exhibiting love; it is the prerogative of the brave.” Mahatma Gandhi © Gregory Colb...
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the long trek home - Thursday 29th July The only thing that went right today was that we managed to get up in time to get our 7:30 taxi to Fumicioini airport. It was all downhil...
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Tighten Your Belts! Ramadan is here…… - The following is a listing of upcoming Ramadan warm-up events in Dubai: * ‘Ramadan Tafseer Course’ Venue: Markaz Al Huda, Al Twar, Ghusais Timings: 10 AM t...3 months ago
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The colours are fading away... - I wonder how far I'm going to have to go to keep up the happiness, the possitivity. The mind says to go on, live a lifetime of this. The heart says to give...3 months ago
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Nothin' To Do - What do kids DO here during the summer? I want something fulfilling and exciting to do. Something I can brag to my extended family about. All I do to occ...3 months ago
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Dubai malls join anti-indecency campaign - Umm... what?! Dubai has a tendency to shock us every now and then with rules that are utterly incompatible with the fabric of the society as it is evolving...3 months ago
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I'm testing again - Hi there i thought itd be easy to blog from mobile but it takes time to get used to it ... Newayz, wuteva3 months ago
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Away - The last time I was in the UAE was in January. I wanted to go back this summer, but I am taking a prep course and a course at the university and so wasn't ...3 months ago
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Back.. Haunted - Its been a while since I wrote.. But what I'm going through right now is something I can not explain. . Or keep to myself. I've been haunted.. B...
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Stalker Alert - I haven’t posted in ages because I was busy stalking. Noone in particular, just anyone who left their facebook account unprotected. There’s this girl who g...3 months ago
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Year 2 - I had to scan through my posts for the past couple of years of teaching. It feels like being in some marathon where I was running and running not being abl...3 months ago
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Am I fickle? - Guys, I’ve moved! I post on my LJ now. Gonna have my domain point there at some point but I keep forgetting…lol3 months ago
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Dear bro Y - Hey Bro! I duno if you did check my lj, well if you did, this post is for you! I do not want you to read my lj/posts mostly coz its for girls & private! S...3 months ago
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Gillette, Gitteltun, and the 72 - There will come a day when the guys at Gillette will tell me that they had been fibbing all along and that actually the thing that they had really wanted t...4 months ago
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The time has come.... again - I don’t mean to alarm you guys, but I’ve noticed a trend on my blog. Lets look back to June 2008: http://degrouchyowl.blogspot.com/2008/06/its-time-i-went-...4 months ago
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MOVED! - So for those who are not aware yet and are somehow magically still reading this - I have moved to a "cooler" * ***. If you have been kind enough to link me...4 months ago
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The Perfect Scarves Tutorial - I wanted to share this *amazing-amaaazing* video in how to tie *Hermes*scarves- done by this *geniusssss *guy nicknamed "*kmmihov".* *loved* his brilliant i...4 months ago
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Summer Cleaning erm.. Break - *Cough* *Cough* Boy this place is dusty!! it sure needs updating dont ya think?? Hey ya'll long time no read eh?? * knock on your monitor screen *, ...
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The end is nigh - Well it's almost time to leave the Sandlands. Unfortunately the global recession has finally caught up with me and I am, together with the bulk of my colle...4 months ago
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New Blog address - Hi Guys, I shifted to: http://spearthealmighty.blogspot.com/ To the 2 people that actually read my blog, sorry for the inconvenience caused.5 months ago
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Tree Of The Dead - السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته شحالكمـ اخواني عساكم بخير .. بما اني خلصت *الامتحانات* ^^ .. قعدت 6 ساعات متقطعة على هالتصميم من البوستر و الخلفية و الفوا...
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Toughening up! - Dear Diary I knowwwww, I’ve been gone for ages! Truth be told D., I didn’t think I’d ever be back. I seemed to have outgrown this whole diarising thing, re...5 months ago
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a good HEART... - Few weeks ago I asked "someone" about "someone else" that I haven't seen for years. I don't even remember why I did, it was so random! Today I was told tha...
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Pursuit of Happiness - Previously, I thought the reason for my depression were the words of my parents. I realized, no, that was not it. My teenage hormones go blah at me a lot o...5 months ago
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Random - Wish Dolce & Gabbana would sell their make up products in Dubai soon since they have debuted their line in their Milan store in Feb of this year. ...
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Engineers Vs. Businessy ppl - Ever wondered why people like me, to be precise: engineers, never get paid more than those business dude? I mean aint our profession harder when compared? ...5 months ago
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Journalism in the UAE - Well i think the most vital artery of society is its media. Like what obama said at the white house correspondents ball (youtube it), without the journalis...5 months ago
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Home at Venice - Ciao All! Life can be funny at times. You plan something for ever and everything falls apart at the last second. Then you casually pass by something, and ...6 months ago
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Something happened. - Jospeh Heller’s Catch-22 is one of my all time favorite books. It was years ago when I had read it, and I have since read quite a few more books, but I con...6 months ago
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Pleasantly warm in Dubai - "Dubai: It will be hot and sunny over the weekend with the temperature touching 40 degree Celsius during the day and pleasantly warm during the night, ac...6 months ago
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Big dilemma – little help? - I need your help. Actually more like advice. When I gave up on this blog, I set up two other. Since I’m now a freelance writer (yeah, didn’t tell you that ...6 months ago
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UAE Torture Tape Released! - *“He fires guns at him, inserts a cattle prod in his anus, sets fire to his testicles and runs him over”*!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I’m in a shoc...6 months ago
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Headline of the day - From the Korea times web page: Guess the government is getting its ass ready for the conglomerates. I wonder what the conglomerates will do with that?
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Black Magic Woman - I am not a superstitious person and I do not believe in ghosts. That said, I was quite convinced that the man across from me was a witch doctor. And m...6 months ago
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فيلم “أسامة” يستحق أن لا ينسى - *عندما هممت بفتح خزانتي صبيحة يوم الجمعة لمحت عيني مجموعة (الدي في دي)التي قد اشتريتها سابقا من بائعة تجوال صينية لاستذكر بعد أكثر من ثلاث أو حتى أربع سنو...
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story- part ? - Good evening, "sigh" .. currently playing on *itunes: **Take a bow -Leona Lewis .. * ** i love her voice ! .. it's so strong and touching .. So take a bow...6 months ago
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Guess who's back? - ...yes. I'm back. I'll be honest here, I'm fairly certain it'll take me awhile to get back into full swing blogging, but things are starting to slow down ...7 months ago
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Rambling about Arcade Games - Melanie is on the other side of the world. I have no counterpart for my idle banter, so I might as well spill it all here. I'm watching American Idol and ...7 months ago
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Folly - This post relates to India, specifically to the news I heard today that Tata is prepared to begin sales of the *world's cheapest car*. This could someday b...7 months ago
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Sick - I woke up around 4 AM to the tingle of tiny shards of glass in my throat every time I attempted to swallow. I laid in bed awake for a few minutes while makin...7 months ago
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IBD contest deadline extended, more great prizes added for the UAE - All expense paid trip to Museum of Islamic Arts in Qatar, digital cameras, art workshops and art supplies to be won If you are living in the UAE, now there...7 months ago
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Life & Death - "Life is worth nothing" how many times have I heard this and how many times did I realize the weight of this sentence and how many more times did I forget ...8 months ago
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Busy Busy Busy - Hello peeps who don't know me lol, Okay.. I have a confession to make.. I know I promised to be more attached to the blog and update from time to time, but...
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Is it a sign????????????????????????????????? - I went out yesterday with the man i love for shopping. Going out with him is fun always but yesterday fucked my brain and make me wonder was i been foolish...9 months ago
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Had To Just Tell You - OH MY GOD.............. I freaking laughed my head off, so I had to share it with the world, I figured if you dont get it through email then you might as w...9 months ago
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sorry - sorry for not being around & update - but am not in mood to do so anytime soon! and I cant promise you with any coming updates too. Am considering closing ...9 months ago
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awayyy to italyyy - ** ** ** *hey all im leaving tommorrow morning to italy country of love for a week or so... i hope u all have have a gr8 weekend ....*9 months ago
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A Murder.. - Yesterday when you met me, You asked: " Do you Love me?" I smiled. You begged for an answer I couldn't I didn't ... You held my hands between your palms...9 months ago
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Real Snow in Sandland - Heavy snowfall on Ras Al Khaimah's Jebel Jais mountain cluster By Nasouh Nazzal, Staff Reporter Published: January 24, 2009, 19:47 Ras Al Khaimah: Snow fel...
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... - *Feeling pain but no reason, regertting moments but maybe shouldn't. But sadly, thoughts of "Shouldn't&guilt" filled my brain including for this"blog"! ~~Fa...9 months ago
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Gaza demo - Abu Dhabi - This was a while ago. I had been mainly watching the war in Gaza on Al Jazeera Arabic and I have to admit they do some very good quality (& obviously part...9 months ago
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Is the party over? - Mr. Red Pen read in The National today that the number of work visas being cancelled is Dubai is averaging 1,500 DAILY lately. However, some recently laid ...9 months ago
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Obama and the Gulf press - This is how three of the daily newspapers in the UAE covered the inauguration of President Barack Obama. The supplement you see on the left of the montage...
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My Top 10 Tags ْ - Tagged By Sis. Zara, Here Is The 10 Tags; & i wont tag anyone coz i think that everyone has been tagged in this period :ppp #1 I desperately wanna be curvy...10 months ago
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City of Delusion - Yo.. So like.. i kind of failed the bio quiz.. how did that happen? i have no idea.. and i officially hate the teacher :) a lot of stuff happen in life.....10 months ago
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Merry Christmas! - Dubai certainly makes up for the lack of snow, with fake snow and Christmas decorations galore. You can't help but get in the spirits with every joint play...
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The one with the joke - So there I was minding my own business walking around the hallways of the school I was working in on that given day. In truth, I was just killing time and ...10 months ago
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Al Ain Expats - After many fine years living in various outposts of Expatland I have taken great pleasure in many of the things on offer, fine food, music I would not n...11 months ago
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The Billions, The Millions… and now the Zeros .. - The Billions, The Millions… and now the Zeros .. Ali saw it coming months before he died. I wish more of us had sense as well. We are (were) spending billi...11 months ago
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Things that make you go ughhhhh - Or just want to blog ... 1) Parts of a telephone conversation that an English person who has moved to the area only a couple of weeks ago. From the tone...1 year ago
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=/ - Why we don't have ppl carrying this board around =/ You know wut I usually do when I feel down? I sleep all day long *Sigh* .Its not working these days....1 year ago
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Panoramic Shots - After being inspired by Stained, I had a go at my very first panoramic shots of Sheikh Zayed Road. Feel free to comment or criticise.
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Welcome to Globalization: Recession - The world is entering into a recession. The Saudi’s can say what they will. The UAE can claim that liquidity is stabilizing, but the truth of the matter is...1 year ago
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UAE – The land of no carpets – flying or magical… - So there I am fast asleep, it’s past the middle of the night but not yet dawn. I hear a loud thud and almost simultaneously my eyes shoot open. I knew my ...1 year ago
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Indoor or outdoor play area? - How important would it be to you, to have an indoor and outdoor play area for your children, in the development that you live in? Well it seems that a Duba...1 year ago
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Burj Dubai Tower Revisited - It's still awesome...viewed from the Al Bahar Souk. Somehow, it has this mersmerising effect on you. I just can't explain it. Maybe it's the strong coffee...
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The Ease with the Qura’n can understood by all people - Upon hearing the phrase ‘an eloquent speech’, one probably does not associate with it the idea of an easily understood speech, or one that can be unders...1 year ago
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Death Race - It's been a while since i watched such a good movie .. 10 3ala 10 ! I never knew that my car being sick and away from me would affect me all that much.. ...1 year ago
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A Time Picture of Abu Dhabi - ABU DHABI 1980's I have never been to Hong Kong or Shanghai in the late 19th century (obviously for logistical reasons) but I feel from viewing some re...
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