culinary revolt

after nearly 3 years of palate bashing, we have finally decided to revolt against the overbearing presence in dobuy of cuisine from the malabar coast! never has food been so tortured as in this cuisine, and the agony is exacerbated by the utterly crude and undignified manner in which the staff of every restaurant of this region treat customers! the only redeeming feature of this heathen cuisine from a barbaric origin was its ubiquity and cost. good for a homesick malabar man but not good enough for us.

will anjan chatterjee please take note...

dilemmas, on horns of

we wonder if fb is the antithesis of a blog. we have logged more hours on fb than on our blog. and there have been noteworthy happenings here in dobuy... car, for one. and liberty of space and thought thereby.

of course the old excuse of too much work and too little screen time can, and will, be trotted out in our defence. so all ye who mutter dark threats under your breath, know that we were kin to samson / ben hur / uncle tom et al.

we will return on the morrow...

Why we like the Beeb...

so quoth the Beeb:

Some place names suffer from a form of irritable vowel syndrome, documented by linguistics experts as the Great Vowel Shift of the Middle Ages

Hindland!

the following item appeared in today's Gulf News here in DoBuy on the occasion of the Queen's 83^rd birthday: "…Authentic British fare was on offer including fish and chips, roast beef, bangers and mash and chicken tikka masala."

janmadin mubarak, ma'am!

culture conundrums

one of those quirky bits of information that pop up during one's late shift at work.
when you do a google.ae search for 'identical twins in dubai', the first 5 links talk about... camel twins!

wonder if the obsession with 'leggy young things' also has a different connotation in DoBuy...!?

and finally would macbeth have talked about the milk of camel kindness?

oxymoron of the day...

"corrective rape"
referred to in various media articles in recent days about the prevalance of this practise in south africa to 'cure' certain mating preferences.

and the south african government has obfuscated in classic style: "While hate crimes – especially of a sexual nature – are rife, it is not something that the South African government has prioritised as a specific project." (South Africa's national prosecuting authority )

nice.

quantitative easing

sounds like an enema for the financial system! robert cole of the times describes it as "A posh way of referring to the process of printing money. It is a horrible piece of jargon..." (http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/economics/article5753844.ece).

if only our personal financial woes could be solved as easily!

ides of march

for those readers misguided enough to wander past this blog! we refrained from posting out of sympathy for people's sensibilities. but we think that abstinence is a crime and hence we are back like hopeless addicts! besides after a month's holiday at home the batteries are supposed to be recharged and what better way to check than through a well drafted post...

Obamaguration

the defining soundbyte of the show: breathless BBC presenter to colleague:
"Rajesh he's getting out! President Obama IS getting out of his CAR".

whatever happened to the stiff upper lip...?

Merry New Year...!

Best wishes for a marvellous 2009!

Meilleurs voeux pour une excellente année 2009!

أطيب التمنيات للعام 2009 ممتازة

最良好的祝愿一个极好2009年

Beste wensen voor een uitstekend 2009

Beste Wünsche für einen ausgezeichneten 2009

Semoga yang baik 2009

I migliori auguri per un ottimo 2009

Brrrr DoBuy

Methinks Ski Dubai has been extended to cover the less-fortunate areas of DoBuy! Bur Dobuy is cold, windy, and grey. Not to mention like a pond thanks to the heavy rain (all of 5 mm) over the last 3 days.

Funny to see monkey caps, blazers, cardigans in sunny (?) DoBuy. This place can be quirky sometimes. Hailstorms in DoBuy!!

This kind of weather wont last. So we shall soak it in and store memories for oven-like days when we realise what a tandoori chicken feels like!

The redemption of advertising...

The profession actually has a patron saint!! Saint Bernardine of Siena: patron saint of advertisers; advertising; gambling addicts; public relations personnel; public relations work.

Now we know that the halo on our heads is not a targa file but the real McCoy!

Though not many people may know that advertising is actually spelt with an 'h' which is silent, so a saint is required to protect us from the curses of the hads.

Lest we forget...

Illuminatus

for the light has come back into our life...

are there bad beard days?

blogeance

thats blogging with a vengeance...

a bit of self-adulation

feels good to be a pioneer. some people pioneer peanuts in coke. some pioneer kayak racing. some pioneer eating contests. we pioneered street plays in the UAE.
yes its official. our street plays campaign for Dubai Municipality in October-November has been recognised as the first such initiative in the UAE. check it out:
http://www.xpress4me.com/news/uae/dubai/20010166.html

and yes, do go to naif road in dubai - its clean!

(and now you know why the blog has been silent...!)

the light has gone out of our lives

which is what happens when the electricity bills arent paid. like a flash the flow is cut off and you are left standing in the darkness and feeling rather silly.
thank god for cousins down the road...

been a while

We are back. Words dry up in andropausal situations. But that's all in the mind. So never mind.

Clash of civilisations…

Car explodes after colliding with donkey.

The collision killed the animal, but the driver was unhurt

 

http://www.arabianbusiness.com/524610-car-explodes-after-colliding-with-donkey?ln=en