Creative Meanderings

My ramblings and wanderings through life

  • A: Aren’t you Japanese? B: No, I am American. A: Why do you look Japanese? B: Because I am Asian, but I am American. A: Do you speak Japanese? B: Yes, I do. A: Then, you must be Japanese. B: I speak English, too. You speak English, does that make you American? A: No, I am Japanese. I speak Japanese. Why do you speak Japanese? B: Because I studied it in high school…

  • A: Where are you from? B: I am from America. A: No, you are Chinese! B: No, I am American. A: But, you look Chinese. B: Still from America and not Chinese at all. A: You’re from China, c’mon. B: Nope, still American. Sorry.

  • Ah, the time is flying. Yesterday was my Ski Dubai day. It is an amazing experience to ski/snowboard in the middle of the desert. I almost forgot that it was actually hot outside. The Ski Dubai slope is located in the Mall of the Emirates, which is a 40 dirham taxi ride from Allan’s apartment. (Can we say incentive to rent/buy a car??). To ensure that I had the freedom to ski as…

  • 🙁 Only 5 more days left…. Today was a lazy day of sleeping in, cleaning house, doing laundry and watching James Bond on the TV. I was quite tired after yesterday, so I took an afternoon nap. Finally in the late afternoon, we made it out of the house. Allan was in search of a barber and so we walked to the Lamcy Plaza area – yes another shopping mall – and I…

  • Once upon a time, a dude named Juha and his friend Sinbad got stranded on an island and the beautiful location seemed a great place to make an entertainment zone for people to come and enjoy the water rides they had created. Thus, is the condensed legend of Wild Wadi – Dubai’s famous water park! If it is too hot to do anything outside and the beach is still a bit too warm,…

  • Sadly, I have no idea what I did all day. I did not leave the apartment, not even for the pool. I did shower around 1pm. I did watch Li Na beat Venus Williams in the quarterfinals of the Olympic tennis match with Arabic commentary. I did make spaghetti sauce. I did talk to J for a while. I did not work. I did not read. Oh, I did finish postcards that need…

  • Today was my biggest day out and probably the last for the trip, but it was a good one. After my run-in with the Emirati fellow the other day, I decided that doing a tour might not be a bad idea since it is $36 for a four hour tour. So, they arrived and two of us were taken around in a mini-van to see bits of Dubai. We started with a stop…

  • True to the pattern I have been keeping, Tuesday was a pool/work day. The morning was a bit lazy, I admit and I spent the usual working time before the pool updating my blog, emailing, etc. Sometimes these things must be done! I enjoyed the pool and realized I am getting a good tan without having burned myself yet, so that is a bonus. Probably doesn’t matter for the eventual skin cancer possibilities,…

  • It seems that every other day I get out and try to do something…. Monday, I made up my mind to see some souks (markets) on my own. Not too far away from Oud Metha Rd, where I am staying, is an area of town called Karama. The travel book mentioned a section of town with lots of shops for tourists and locals, so I thought it sounded like an interesting venture out.…

  • A place for me to begin my writing blurbs… is that ok?

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