A Year in UAE – Look Backer

Oct 29th,2008 and one year is up in UAE.
I can’t believe I had dutifully written a post from my hotel room within 2 days of landing here. Read this
What have I lost:-
4 kilos for a week
My dignity
A mobile phone
What have I gained:-
Trust of the people who make my world
A mobile phone
4 kilos
A new house, furniture [...]

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Bad 8

On 25th,
- I woke up to single worst SMS and single worst e-mail of my life
- I waited one and a half hours to pay a bill I couldn’t pay
- I took a car on rent, and a lady banged into it from behind
- I was taking a walk, when from nowhere a basketball drops [...]

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Evol is

.. when you miss her when she’s right in front of you, because you know you’ll miss her when she’s gone
.. when money isn’t even in the equation
.. when songs start making sense
.. thanking Graham Bell
.. realizing that someone will start praying the moment you walk out the door
.. realizing that you can suddenly write [...]

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General Motors Weight Loss Programme

Time has come mon fe Apache,
fe fine wun gal an to get marry
Ba lisen wemme taulk,tell everybudy,
me won arrange marriage a fammi mum an dadee
- prophetic words of Apache Indian – Arranged Marriage

Well the time had come for me to jump on the decked horse and go bride-hunting in India. Out of pity [...]

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