Creative Meanderings

My ramblings and wanderings through life

  • [simage=4284,200,n,center,][simage=4283,200,n,center,] Last week, or was it two weeks ago now, was a stretch of strange morning weather. Early in the morning until about 9am or so, there was a crazy mist that covered the country. This made driving to work rather interesting since visibility was as you can tell from the photos. Of course, most people continued to drive as if they could see for miles, but luckily we weren’t involved in any…

  • [simage=4287,288,n,center,][simage=4286,288,n,center,] Yes, it is true. There are days when I am at work from 7.30 to 5 or later and to survive the day, a little rest of eyes is required. The beauty of having my own office is that I can pretend to not be in the office. Also, because of the way I moved the furniture, you can’t see me doing a George Costanza when I need a little rest. 😀

  • On October 13, 2011, B and I headed to see Ms Jackson at the Yas Island Arena. Now, I had made a decision that this year I would not go to any concerts unless  1) I got free tickets; or 2) I was willing to pay for VIP seats. Previous concert experiences at this venue reminded me of why I vowed never to go see another fireworks display in Japan. Crowds and rude…

  • As if I already don’t struggle enough with keeping up on my blog, but now I’ve decided to add two more sites to my list of “things to do”. 🙂 Well, one was already started, but I’m trying to incorporate it more actively into my regular routine of life – Abu Dhabi POV. I’ve registered it as its own domain now, so instead of it being a wordpress site, it’s now a .com…

  • The last film, I saw at the Fairmont was on Thursday night with my friend, B. We saw Habemus Papam, an Italian film with a different perspective on the weight and responsibility of becoming the Pope. Despite it’s religious topic, it was not really a religious film. In fact, it was probably my favorite of the three films I saw during the festival due to its very different take on this high-profile religion.…

  • For the first time in a very long time, I do not have words to express how I feel. It’s not that things are particularly bad. It’s not that they are great. Of course, everything could be worse. 🙂 I’m still recovering from a cold sore/fever blisters that strangely appeared on my cheek near my mouth, but not exactly around my mouth, which is where they would normally appear. I’m quite tired and…

  • Back to the Fairmont on Monday to see The Double, which was a typical Hollywood film starring Richard Gere and Topher Grace. Sadly, I’ve never been a real Richard Gere fan. He’s had his moments in some of his early films, but otherwise I just don’t buy in to his ‘charm’. Also, I find Topher Grace to be too…’pretty’ for lack of a better word. I cannot buy him as an agent or…

  • This week was the Abu Dhabi Film Festival (ADFF) and to ensure that I would actually make it to some films this year, I decided to make my choices based on location rather than on films. The ADFF had a new venue – the Fairmont Bab Al Bahr – with an outdoor screen, which is only about 15 minutes from my place. Rather than drive through traffic for a half-hour to get to…

  • These are a couple of poems I wrote for the Emirates Literary Group Abu Dhabi that I went to last month, but am skipping this month as I’m totally wiped out today…. They don’t have titles at the moment other than “October Blues”.   If you are always right And I am always wrong, Then why do we fight? With all your tendencies Towards arrogance, hypocrisy and idiocy, Why won’t you just see?…

  • There’s no real reason for me to be in a funk and yet I am. I am sure that the source goes back a week or two and that although things seem quite good right now, the effects of previous events are finally take their toll. I am questioning everything (if you couldn’t tell…) and am finding no satisfying answers. Everything looks bleak and lame. Reminds me of a recent South Park episode,…

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