Blogs from Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Middle East - page 31

This weekend we had the utmost pleasure of undertaking a return visit to the Danat Resort at Jebel Dhanna. You may remember from a lot of blogs ago that a previous, rather disasterous visit to this resort had been undertaken. Well at the end of that visit I had written a letter to the management of the resort explaining that we hadn't had a very good visit, but that it had been made so much better through the efforts of a particular staff member. Well of course the GM of the resort had written back to me saying that he was so sorry that we hadn't had a very good time and that they were going to give me a free night's stay there. So this weekend we went back up to the resort to take ... read more

18.01.2008. 22.23 soba 813 Novotel Hotel, Abu Dhabi Sto puta sam sjedao danas za laptop i svaki put mi je falilo koncentracije i volje pisati ovo kako spada, no maloprije sam se probudio nakon 3 sata sna i malo se bolje osjećam. Kasnit ću zbog toga u prime time diskokluba (ako uopće odem dok ovo sročim jer će vjerojatno biti jako kasno) ali moram se objavit za danas pa kaj Allah da. Jutros je sve prošlo kako sam si i zamislio, eksplodirao sam skoro na doručku i pokupio se iz sobe u 11, pusa pusa s tipom na recepciji, izvolite 440kn (ekvivalent u dirhamima, naravno) za dva najskromnija obroka koji se mogu kupiti u vašim restoranima, sve je bilo super da ne moze bit bolje, biste li popunili naš upitnik za poboljšanje usluge, ne bih hvala ... read more

Recently in Dubai, the streets have been in chaos, so much so that my school has been cancelled for the rest of the week (2 days off paid!). This is all due to rain, and so much rain that the Ministry of Education had to cancel school. Of course, people in Colorado may be skeptical that 3-4 days of rain would be that bad that school would have to be canceled. Well, the problem is that rain, mixed with tons of construction and an already over loaded road system has lead to major traffic problems. What is usually a 20 minute trip to school has now turned into a 2 and 1/2 hour trip. With some parts of the roads so flooded, it just takes much, much longer to get around. So, what to do with ... read more

16.1.2008. 04.37 ujutro po vremenu na odredistu, Airbus 340-300 na liniji Frankfurt-Dubai Proklet bio moj okrenuti bioritam. Svi oko mene u avionu hrcu, a ja zujim i dosadno mi ko psu. Emirates bi trebao biti kao najbolja aviokompanija, a ispadaju totalne pizde jer su ugasili cak i arapske programe na prajvet ekranu u naslonu sjedala ispred. Arapski programi, da pojasnim, su neki izdrkani blazirani filmovi telenovelaskog tipa u kojima se mladi Arapi svojski trude izgledati i ponasati se kao mladi Amerikanci ili u najboljem slucaju Talijani (to sam skuzio po cigo-migo frizurama i ferrarijevim majicama. Kostimograf iliti stilist blaziranog filma za mlade je sve to dost zgodno uvrstio u obleku glumaca da skuzis kak hoce bit digici. Neat). Uglavnom, tipovi su stalno u kupacim gacama i voze se okolo u kabrioletima, a komadi su polugoli i ... read more

I checked my stats on this blog yesterday and at that point I had got 99,999 hits. WTF? I know that is not much in the big scheme of things blog wise, but it means that is still 5000 hits per month. I don't know if it is the same people looking several times or if it actually gets read, but even if only 1 in 5 is a genuine read, that is still 1000 people. I reply to every message I get sent - admittedly, it's only usually 10 to 20 per month, but surprisingly I have not had one single message asking me to help get $10,000,000 out of Nigeria, offer of penis enlarging pills, Viagra, or invitations from "hot singles in my area", yet my inbox at work is constantly full of that ... read more