02 March 2008
It is a happening place for sure.......
No doubt they call Dubai, one of the happening place on earth, there's always so many world class events happening around you which is worth a visit apart from movies, weddings, school events, parties their's lots more that goes around and it is next to impossible to catch it all.....Few things that we managed to catch are:
GLOBAL VILLAGE
Dubai's exciting new tourism destination started off as a huge cultural entertainment center to cater to the need for a central meeting point where different countries could showcase the myriad cultures. Pavilions of over 39 countries are setup as each of them try to bring the best from their countries. Over the years it has grown into a star attraction among UAE nationals, resident expatriates from over 160 different countries and visitors from across the world. Today, this major crowd-puller has been transformed into a unique international destination for tourism, entertainment, leisure and culture. As a world-class tourism destination, the Global Village brings together diverse customs and cultures covering a broad spectrum of activities including music, dances, arts and handicrafts, theatre, costumes and cuisine of different countries.
DUBAI SHOPPING FESTIVAL
The world famous Dubai Shopping Festival is here in the second month of the year, Dubai Shopping Festival is basically a shopping paradise. Dubai is know around the world as such a paradise throughout the year, but they really lay out the red carpet during shopping festival month, with over 2,300 retails outlets participating, that offer everything imaginable from gold, perfume, haute couture, cars, electronics to handicrafts and textiles.
BRIDAL SHOW
Weddings here in UAE are unaffordable affairs specially for groom's family, its lucky to have girls as you dont have to spend much and its a costly affair for the groom's family, isn't it shocking for us Indians who have always seen the girls parents sweating over the wedding, well more on that later but enjoy the news about the most expensive bridal dress in Abu Dhabi.
A WEDDING dress worth Dh150,000 has gone on sale this week at The Bride Show Abu Dhabi and is attracting huge attention from visitors at the event.
ECRU, an exclusive and distinguished fashion house in the UAE, which has designed for the Kuwaiti Royal family and VIPs in the Middle East, has created the wedding dress using more than 200,000 genuine Swarovski crystals. Ankur Batra, designer, said the dress took more than three months to complete and is one of his most intricate designs yet.
In the popular fashion shows, one of the region’s most celebrated fashion designers, Beenas Collection, launched a brand new range of Abayas and Sheilas, along with a new collection of Jalabiyas, exclusively at its fashion show at The Bride Show Abu Dhabi.
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29 March 2007
Wisdom in the lines...................or between the lines......
1. Regular naps prevent old age… especially if you take them while driving.
2. Having one child makes you a parent; having two makes you a referee.
3. Marriage is a relationship in which one person is always right and the other is the husband!
4. They said we should all pay our tax with a smile. I tried - but they wanted cash.
5. A child’s greatest period of growth is the month after you’ve purchased new school uniforms.
6. Don’t feel bad. A lot of people have no talent.
7. Don’t marry the person you want to live with, marry the one you cannot live without… well..... whatever you do, you’ll regret it later.
8. You can’t buy love . . but you pay heavily for it.
9. True friends stab you in the front, wrong friends stab you in the back....
10. Forgiveness is giving up my right to hate you for hurting me.
11. Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote.
12. Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired.
13. My wife and I always compromise. I admit I’m wrong and she agrees with me.
14. Those who can’t laugh at themselves leave the job to others.
15. Ladies first. Pretty ladies sooner.
16. It doesn’t matter how often a married man changes his job, he still ends up with the same boss.
17. They call our language the mother tongue because the father seldom gets to speak.
18. Saving is the best thing. Especially when your parents have done it for you.
19. Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools talk because they have to say something.
20. Real friends are the ones who survive transitions between address books.
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07 February 2007
jUNGLE kA rAJA - Sher, Share, Shair
The most Royal Looking animal on earth
“God made the cat so that man might have the pleasure of caressing the tiger” (a famous quote)
Although, I don’t agree......
Nothing else can come close to comparsion with this creation of Almighty..........
Tiger being the top in my list of three favourite animals, closely followed by Horse and Dog
Tigers - Royal, Majestic - a very strong emotion grips one at the mere look.
Their eyes, their stripes, their constant quest for survival. They almost have a sense of mysteriousness about them."They pull you in and make it difficult to look away. They make you wonder what is behind their gaze. A sense of eerie awe comes over you in their presence. The fear they give you when you pass them is stunning.
Behold the beauty of the tiger."
Tiger as the national animal
The Tiger is the national animal of:
• Bangladesh (Royal Bengal Tiger)
• China, along with Dragon and Panda; the Tiger is the unofficial symbol
• India (Royal Bengal Tiger)
• Malaysia
• Nepal (Royal Bengal Tiger)
• North Korea (Siberian Tiger)
• South Korea (Siberian Tiger)
• Former Nazi Germany along with the black eagle (currently it is the black eagle (Bundesadler) (official) and leopard (unofficial))
• Former USSR (Siberian Tiger) (currently it is the Bear and golden bicephalic eagle)
Trivia
• A domestic cat is on average 1% the size of a fully grown tiger
• The country with the largest population of tigers is the USA, albeit in captivity. The American Zoo and Aquarium Association believe there are 12,000 tigers in America, with 4,000 in Texas alone. Mike Tyson has four.
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20 November 2006
Points to Ponder...........
Bloom where you are planted.
Your talent is God’s gift to you. What you do with it is your gift back to God.
Be yourself. Who else is better qualified.
Don’t postpone joy.
Always laugh when you can. It is cheaper than medicine..
All kids are gifted; some just open their packages earlier than others.
You know you are in love when the hardest thing to do is say goodbye
If you love someone tell them, because hearts are often broken bywords left unspoken
Alter your attitude and you can alter your life.
People ask for criticism, but they only want praise.
You fall in love with personality but you live with character.
Great works are performed not by strength, but by perseverance.
If you treat a sick child like an adult and a sick adult like a child, everything usually works out pretty well.
Adopt the pace of nature, her secret is patience.
Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.
Maybe this world is another planet's hell !
Being beaten is often a temporary condition, giving up is what makes it
permanent
Birds sing after a storm, why shouldn't we?
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11 August 2006
Evolution of Man/Technology
Live up the technology or not?
For all of us who feel only the deepest love and affection for the way computers have enhanced our lives, read on.
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At a recent computer expo (COMDEX), Bill Gates reportedly compared the computer industry with the auto industry and stated, "If GM had kept up with technology like the computer industry has, we would all be driving $25.00 cars that got 1,000 miles to the gallon."
In response to Bill's comments, General Motors issued a press release stating: If GM had developed technology like Microsoft, we would all be driving cars with the following characteristics (and I just love this = part):
1. For no reason whatsoever, your car would crash twice a day.
2. Every time they repainted the lines in the road, you would have to buy a new car.
3. Occasionally your car would die on the freeway for no reason. You would have to pull to the side of the road, close all of the windows, shut off the car, restart it, and reopen the windows before you could continue. For some reason you would simply accept this.
4. Occasionally, executing a maneuver such as a left turn would cause your car to shut down and refuse to restart, in which case you would have to reinstall the engine.
5. Macintosh would make a car that was powered by the sun, was reliable, five times as fast and twice as easy to drive - but would run on only five percent of the roads.
6. The oil, water temperature, and alternator warning lights would all be replaced by a single "This Car Has Performed An Illegal Operation" warning light.
7. The airbag system would ask "Are you sure?" before deploying.
8. Occasionally, for no reason whatsoever, your car would lock you out and refuse to let you in until you simultaneously lifted the door handle, turned the key and grabbed hold of the radio antenna.
9. Every time a new car was introduced car buyers would have to learn how to drive all over again because none of the controls would operate in the same manner as the old car.
10. You'd have to press the "Start" button to turn the engine off
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31 July 2006
GLOBALISATION - on a lighter note………
One of so many definitions of Globalization is Princess Diana's death.
An English princess with an Egyptian boyfriend
crashes in a French tunnel, driving a German car
with a Dutch engine, driven by a Belgian who was drunk
On Scottish whisky, followed closely by Italian Paparazzi,
on Japanese motorcycles; treated by an American doctor,
using Brazilian medicines.
This is brought to you by an Indian, using Bill Gates's technology,
and you're probably reading this on your computer,
that use Taiwanese chips, and a Korean monitor,
assembled by Bangladeshi workers in a Singapore plant,
transported by Pakistan lorry-drivers, hijacked by Indonesians,
unloaded by Sicilian longshoremen, and trucked to you by Mexican illegals.....
This, my friend, is Globalization
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28 April 2006
A place Called EARTH
I am going to publish a series of pictures under this title, as I was totally smitten when I saw them.
They are all breathtaking and reminds us of what we have forgotten or feelings that have just naturally
gone under wraps: I am sure you will all enjoy them the way I have.
ALL IN A PLACE CALLED EARTH:
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24 January 2006
hUMOUR fROM tHE fAMOUS
My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you'll be happy; if not, you'll become a philosopher." -- Socrates.
Every day I get up and look through the Forbes list of the
richest people in America. If I'm not there, I go to work.
- Robert Orben
An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have;
the older she gets the more interested he is in her.
- Agatha Christie
Let me tell you something that we Israelis have against
Moses. He took us 40 years through the desert in order to
bring us to the one spot in the Middle East that has no
oil! ~ Golda Meir
With my wife I don't get no respect. I made a toast on her
birthday to 'the best woman a man ever had.' The waiter
joined me.
-- Rodney Dangerfield
I had lunch with a chess champion the other day. I knew he
was a chess champion because it took him 20 minutes to
pass the salt.
-- Eric Sykes
I've often wanted to drown my troubles, but I can't get my
wife to go swimming.
-- Jimmy Carter
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10 January 2006
A very Happy New Year to Everyone
Here's Wishing You All a Very Happy New Year and Smiles All Through....................
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