You know, sometimes I think I'm the smartest person in Dubai.

But the irony is, because I AM in Dubai, I must be the stupidest person on earth.

...sounds like Masalaama = 'bye bye' in Arabic...

What wonderful irony.

You know it's time to get a new TV when the personal screen in the first class cabin is bigger than your living room TV.

Stepping off the plane from the chaos of the Middle East, it's easy to spot how organised Singapore is...


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I seem to be asked "You're back soon, right?" or "Which day are you going back?" quite a bit these past days. It's as though it's expected of one to go back home to celebrate Chinese New Year ( Read more... )

As this is the desert, it would seem silly to carry an umbrella with me. Today, unfortunately, the heavens opened and I had a 7-minute walk back to my car in the rain and I was quite soaked.

Rain in this country is not handled well - roads have no drainage, people have no idea how to increase their following distance or turn on their lights and ( Read more... )

I trawled the third largest shopping mall in the world today and discovered that not a single shop in there sold shoelaces. Shops with names like Shoe Mart and Shoe City ( Read more... )

When I look into the rear view mirror of my car, it's what I imagine the view from behind a veil would be like...


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It's 9 degrees. In Dubai.


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At what age should you start telling your parents' friends to stop giving you ang pows (outside of CNY)?