Government Of Dubai's own country...?

Some more things we love hearing after a heavy lunch

Reduces protocol exposure to server message block (SMB), LanMan, and Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP).

The Dhow Jones Index

its official - DoBuy has the world's tallest building: the Burj Dubai [@ 512.1 metres, aka the world's largest phallic symbol].

dunno abt the rest of the world but i prefer to be closer to terra firma. and would the neighbourhood grocer deliver a half pint of milk and 2 cokes 500 mtrs up?

Duh!!!

why did the uniformly attired chief of a certain country declare an emergency against his OWN administration?

BSL

these delays between posts are depriving the world of good reading material.
work and blogging do not go together.
hence we have developed a new genre of literature: BSL or Bite-Size Literature.
distinct from sonnets, limericks and haiku.
no form, metre or structure.
suggestions are welcome.

was just thinking....

one of my closest friends is friends with mallika sherawat (see right).

so asked her:

if this author were to marry the actress would she be called sherawat-baxi?

or just plain she-xi?

we are back

back on the blog. after a much-needed vacation at home. more on the holidays in blogs to come.

also, am pleased to announce the launch of the "Dhow Jones Index" - an occasional look at the vagaries of DXB life with all its excesses, malupropisms, grandeur and beauty.

and you STILL think the USA is a great country?

US pigeons to get contraceptives
Birth control is to be used on pigeons in California in an effort to combat the "unmanageable" mess their increasing numbers are causing.
(source: BBC News)

Can we please bring back the empire?

DoBuy prattle

overheard at Burjuman Centre (popular and upmarket shopping mall in DoBuy):
Nowadays, the number of Ethiopians who wear clothes increasing.

Foodie heaven? I think not...

Competitive eating is a popular pastime in America, particularly at holidays.

but for a serious smorgasbord of food come to DoBuy!

Some more statements we love hearing after a heavy lunch!

Upon entry of the target cell, the viral RNA genome is converted to double-stranded DNA by a virally encoded reverse transcriptase that is present in the virus particle.

Folies Burjères!

NOW we know where this was inspired from!!!

For the uninitiated, the Burj Al Arab (far left) is the world's most expensive hotel and one of the major landmarks of DoBuy. The design has supposedly been inspired by the sail of a dhow (the traditional fishing boats in these parts). But WE know where the design came from dont we!! (see right if too thick headed to get the allusion)

Dont see ourselves going to the BAA very soon - they charge an entry fee of AED 200 (whatever happened to the fabled arab hospitality...?). And the wine is at AED 60 a pop (the dhow WAS the boat of choice for smugglers in the Persian Gulf...!)

'appy bday to

Charles Aznavour, Naomi Campbell, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Sir Laurence Olivier, Richard Wagner and of course yrs trly.

2nd birthday in DoBuy. Feeling lonesome. Think its time to get company.

Aping the french...

Aping the french...

During World War One, a gorilla escaped from a menagerie near the Elysée palace, entered the palace and was said to have tried to haul the wife of President Raymond Poincaré into a tree only to be foiled by Elysée guards.

Off with his....!!

"The American people are proud to welcome your majesty back to the United States, a nation you've come to know very well. After all you've dined with 10 U.S. presidents. You've helped our nation celebrate its bicentennial in 17 -- in 1976," Bush said.

Bush looked at the queen sheepishly. She peered back at him from beneath her black and white hat.

Il s'agit de la France

The dichotomy of the French: you cant have the left on one hand and the right on the other. An indication of the inherent nature of the universe (as represented in Gaul) that a man from a communist origin turns right somewhere along the way.

Anyone for some bordeaux?

Statements we love hearing after a heavy lunch

However it has been recently discovered that mitochondrial DNA can be recombinant.

Burp Dubai

Kashmiri (कॉशुर, کٲشُر) food fest in Dhow Palace Hotel
Thai food festival for สงกรานต์ Songkran in Baitong and similar
Kerala appams wherever you look
Frontier food in Raavi or Karachi Darbar
Rajasthani food in Sakoni
Pao bhaji in Sukh Sagar
Kebab & hummous in Lebanese Village
Peas pulao and chicken curry from Choithram' s take-away
Shawarmas everywhere
... and this is just a small sample

You cant go hungry in Bur Dubai!!

Gandhi redux!

developments over the last few weeks have forced a rethink. a rather big hammer wielded by fate has led to us abandoning the gay (pl no pun) merry life and embarking on an austere quasi-monastic existence. we shall henceforth (at least till further notice) refuse the leg of lamb, the sikandari raan, the t-bones, the koftes and allied meat-of-the-matter viands and concentrate on garden-fresh veggies and the occasional fish. we will also have to abandon plans for now for a camel BBQ planned at the end of this month.

the health is not what it used to be, and this was discovered just after the last post. additional incentive to sort out the health was the size of the doc's bill. the same number as the year!

shall be back in a few days with more interesting stuff.

muddle east?

this place can catch one unawares. we disembark thinking of tans, SPF, ice creams, Long Island Iced Teas and so on. for this is after all desert. where the sun shines 335 days of the year (we are on leave for 30 days and are out of the country so we dont know if the sun shines those days). these points are all borne out for 9 months of the year. july - sept / october is not fit for man nor camel. considerable investments in knee-lengths and sleeveless tunics.

but come november, and everything goes awry. KLs and SLs are hastily jettisoned. frantic searches are initiated for woolens! airconditioning is passé and monkey caps are de rigueur. the temperature swings from 42 deg to 12 deg. while people dont actually freeze, hypothermia is a distinct danger in the outlying parts of dobuy.

we are quite confused.

i ton yhw ti od dluoc icniv ad fi

we write this as a legit resident of the sands! over the last few weeks we have got a l'il piece of plastic that certifies us to 'legally live and work in the United Arab Emirates'. thrills us no end to be legit. what thrills us even more is the fact that we are 'free of infectious disease' and therefore 'medically fit to reside in the UAE'. we all know what 'infectious disease' means in today's enlightened age.
the new year has happened and we saw it in snoring away. though there was a spectacular fireworks display which we saw from our lawns (we have two). the relief at finally getting our papers sorted made xmas, new year's eve, etc a wee bit more fun!
finally managed to read 'da vinci code' hence the title. the book does not grip. nor does it hold. a waste. the author becoming a multi-millionaire on this garbage only proves there's one born every minute. and now we even have IVF...
anyway, happy new year and may the gods (or L. Ron Hubbard depending on your persuasion) smile on you this year.