I glanced around at first and my reaction was a little different than expected. I was not in awe of this great tall structure. It was more of a “hmmm”, until I shook myself and became fully aware. This is what happens when you’ve been on a regular dose of special effects movies. You start [...]
Category Archives: Dubai
Cab-istan
June 3 08
As a little girl with an embarassing ‘foutain’ ponytail on top of my head, I remember the distant sound of a moped approaching. It used to be the sound of my grandfather coming home. The sound of dad’s car used to make me jump and scream the cliche “Papa aa gaye! Papa aa gaye” (learnt [...]
Busooka!
May 21 08
Fiction becomes fact here.
The much talked about(not as much as Burj Dubai or the World though) air conditioned bus-stops shelters have arrived. And I saw one up close and personal in an almost running state today. A bit late but better late than never!
Waiting for the bus in the scorching sun would not be a [...]
Stereotypes
May 11 08
Have you seen those ads of fairness creams where they give away free shade-cards for you to gauge the improvement in ur skin tone?
That’s not the change of the color of your skin you are measuring there. It’s the rise of your self-esteem and social status.
Staying in a city like this, feels like everybody has [...]
The International National Connection
October 30 06
There are certain things which defy national and interenational boundaries. Things that travel far and wide without any control. Water and air are two of them. The other is my weird connection with… well… read on…
I was waiting at the bus-stop to board a bus to Delhi, when a car passed in front of me [...]
Aaanchoon!
August 18 06
Somehow a lotta people in Dubai initiated conversation with me in Arabic. Never happened before. Have I started looking like an Arab? It only used to be Mallu earilier!
On my flight to Dubai, the man sitting next to me sneezed atleast 37 times. I came down with flu, the day I was supposed to fly [...]
Scoobie Doobie Dubai
August 10 06
It’s good to be back, even if for a short while.
I used to hate this place. But now I’m thankful to it for all that it has given and taught me. It really helped me grow as a person.
Yeehaw! Scoobie Doobie Doooobai!!
Don't Answer Me
March 28 06
A million key presses and a number of computerised apologies for the delay in answering my call, and this is what I get…
Me: My internet connection keeps getting disconnected every 2mins or so, all by itself. And at other times it doesn’t connect at all. Could you please help me fix it?
ISP Tech Support Agent: [...]
Orna-mental
March 22 06
They’re quite used to the song and dance routine in Bollywood movies by now. No longer do my non-desi friends try to reason out the sudden synchronised pelvic thrusting movements of hundreds of people, who just happened to wear the same thing that day.
The problem actually comes when you get down to translating the songs. [...]
I am in the name!
March 21 06
With a name like Sunrise travels you would expect the employees to be all smiley and chirpy, but alas… seemed like they werent really, what you would call… morning people! Grumpy, sloppy and extremely lazy.
It’s said that people’s name affect their personality. My name and I surely go hand in hand. Absolutely emotional!
Wonder what would’ve [...]