Well we officially celebrated my 31st birthday on July 11. Phew what a day. We went back to the same place where I went last year to celebrate, Al Qasr in Madinet Jumeirah. And it was fab. This has to be one of the best brunches in the world, EVER! I had such a good time. The food was fantastic and there was so much alcohol that it wasn't funny. [View Full Entry]

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I arrived back from the UK to find that the wonderful Brit bloke had bought me (what had better be !!!) the first of my birthday presents. Have a look at the picture and you’ll definitely see where 50% of the loyalties in this household lie with the only sport that really matters. Dave had the wheel cover couriered across from Auckland in time for my birthday. Dave has said he may have trouble driving the car now with such an obvious show of support to who he terms the perennial chokers - fine by me, he can drive his own [View Full Entry]

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What a clever boy I have. Just look at the yummy meal that he cooked for us last night! [View Full Entry]

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Chelle had to go to Muscat for work late last week so she managed to convince her lovely boy to drive over on the weekend and come to make some bubbles with her. I flew to Muscat on Monday night and then worked there on Tuesday and Wednesday meeting clients and doing some training. Muscat runs a slightly different weekend system than Dubai. They have their weekends on Thursday and Friday.So I had booked us a couple of days diving for the Thursday and Friday at the Oman Diving centre. This is a diving centre that is a little way out [View Full Entry]

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Dave finally pulled his finger out, got rid of the fat 4WD car, and bought himself a very flash Saab convertible. Dave had got a taste for open-top driving when he used the Peugeot for a short while but wanted a car that a man should drive, not a girl’s car. His appetite was further whetted with the abortive attempt to buy Beach Boy’s Saab (see previous blog when we had a wonderful free week-end at the Danat Resort, Jabal Dana). He’d been um-ing and ah-ing about a Porsche Carrera but couldn’t find the “right one” (you know what’s boys are [View Full Entry]

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Well yesterday was an experience. For the first time in Dubai I had to go and re-register the car. One of my friends at work told me what he had had to do a few weeks ago so I thought that I was all ready and clued up for the process. Apparently the place opens at 7am and if you get there early you will get in and out quickly otherwise you could be there for hours. So Dave and I were at Tasjeel at 7am. The first thing that you have to do is to have a vehicle inspection, however [View Full Entry]

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and its getting hot. [View Full Entry]

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Well finally, here are some photos of the garden. It has taken me long enough to take them. but now you can see where we go when we want to relax! [View Full Entry]

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Yay, Another Spa trip with the girls. It had been a while since the last trip, but the new body book had finally come out so it was time to rally the troops and attend another Spa extravaganza. The testing team was a little different this time as the Hendersons were off enjoying africa, so we had Jessie, Sasch, Anita (another friend from work) and myself. Mandara spa is part of the new Monarch Hotel located on No 1 Sheikh Zayed Road. It looks to be a lovely hotel. The foyer and everything about it looked just so grand. The Spa [View Full Entry]

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Well we went on a wee dive trip on the weekend to Al Aqqa in Fuijairah which was just lovely. I purchased an advanced diving course for Dave’s birthday present as well as two nights accommodation at the lovely 5 star Le Meridien Al Aqqa Beach Resort. I had stayed at this hotel with Ma and Pa Ade when they were over at xmas and at the time I thought that it was just lovely so I decided to go back with Mr Norman. Dave was a little bit apprehensive at doing the course, but he really had nothing to worry [View Full Entry]

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