Month: May 2014
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Blessed Day Off
It’s been a bit crazy around here these days and yesterday I received an amazing gift of a full day off. Although I could have used it to do some dissertation work or catch up on my blogs, I didn’t. Instead, I went to the beach with P. Then, we got half-priced massages, had a…
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20 years ago today…
It’s hard to believe that 20 years ago today an amazing man left the world behind whilst doing a good deed for the community and environment. I can remember the day like it was yesterday…. My childhood best friend’s father died while volunteering to cut the top of a tree to make space for…
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Flying on Water
Since arriving in Abu Dhabi, my awareness of jet skis has increased due to their prevalence in the late afternoons just about the time that I used to enjoy laying on the beach after a swim in the sea. In general, it was just an annoying activity that people did here with very little interest…
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Macklemore & Ryan Lewis in Abu Dhabi
A few months ago, our ZATC (Zayed And The City) group were talking about this group coming to Abu Dhabi. At the time, I didn’t recognize the name, but after seeing a few YouTube videos, I become a bigger and bigger fan. Shortly thereafter, I bought the album and started to get into the lyrics…
