(water in sharjah or sharjah in water) \It has been raining for the last 10 days and not little intermittent showers but long and hard.
Anyway the roads and sewage system is not equipped for this and as a result there have been floodings all over and cars have been damaged. I wonder what will happen if it rains here like it rains in India.
Before i go on i need to clarify a few things:
Shraddha seems to think that I went for the Asian Games Opening to Qatar. Naaaa! Sorry but I watched it on TV.
Any news if Shyam is back from his honeymoon? One of the possible destinations was Fiji and since there was a coup there i wonder if he is back or in the Fijian army?
Has Prabir been arrested by the anti-royal regime as yet? Can the Ranas come back to usurp power again?
Are hand-me-downs are a very third world phenomenon? My sister's friend, the very imaginatively named Persis, feels that way.
All million dollar questions?
Anyway the Dubai Shopping Festival is here again and will run from Dec 20 to Feb 04.
Very very commercial but great bargain sometimes. All of you who cant be here can read and weep.
Talking about commercialization, the UAE won a couple of golds in the recent Asiad. Some of them were by the Ruler of Dubai's sons in endurance horse racing. (I guess its the middle east countries' way of getting back at the Indian Subcontinent for introducing Kabbadi).
Anyway one of the other Gold was for body building (dont ask) won by a simple local man.
The sons of the sheikh came back in a private plane and were feted like Caesar returning to Rome.
What about the body builder?
He flew coach and had his salary deducted for taking too many days off to practice.
Phew! This in itself deserved a gold for inequality
Then there is the poor Indian lady weight lifter who is being stripped of her medal because she did not display/possess enough "characteristics of a woman". Wow! I wonder what the characteristics were?
I also got hold of this brilliant T-Shirt design and had to share it with you guys (only if Ms. Persis does not mind ofcourse).
Who was it who said, "There is a very thin line between Love & Hate"
Merry X'Mas to all (including Ms. Persis) and a Very Happy New Year Too.
Have a rocking 2007.
Ciao
Vish
P.S. : Persis:- I am just joking. :-) I promise to send you more folding chairs and floating flowers and wodden giraffes
heheheh....no more woodden giraffes n floating lotuses in this house..where is the woodden chair?i saw lots of interesting knick kancks in your house so stop hoarding...neways your blog is very interesting..i have mine too but not as cheerful as yours..cuz u are not in the third world...okay too church mouse talk again..
ReplyDeletepooja is bugging me again with her altering and fitting talks(the countless pants n blouses she has fixed so far)...bye for now...apologies for any typing errors..hhehe bye..merry xmas n happy new year
bye the way vishal da i love ash n just cant stand the sight of miss sushmita sen..everybosy is after ash's life ...why do they have to compare her with sush at all?i used to like sush too but of late she has been dong nothing but yapping too much on chat shows and her love life atleast ash maintains a dignified silence.
ReplyDeleteYou have a few easy questions and then you have the really tough ones - Has Prabir been arrested?
ReplyDeleteI doubt it - but even if he was - he probably was quickly released - so artful in concealing information that he is!
Shyam - havent heard from him since he got married...
Dom - are you still checking mail?
By the way - The love-hate reflection - Done with mirrors ... was it? :)
Prash