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Random photography. Shiny No-Prize for anyone who can be bothered to guess where it is.
Just a few days before the Commonwealth games open and the city has almost completed its transformation. Public transport is all geared up and ready - in fact, most of the venues don't have any form of parking, so it's trams/trains or bust. On the roads, special lanes have been designated for team buses. Games tickets double as public transport tickets. Security forces out and about to prevent any mishaps. And for those pre-game jittery nerves, most local brothels are expecting record business.
Fascinating to think how Dubai would have handled this. Given how they handled Shopping festivals for the last ten years, I am inclined to think they would have fluffed it. The visa work alone probably would have led to the creation of some kind of 'Immigration & Naturalization City.' Of course, modern, first world Australia has two of those - Nauru and Woomera.
It's all a bit academic, really, given that Dubs seems unlikely to be hosting any sporting events in the near future, in light of recent events. Thank goodness anyway - I can't stand any kind of pro sports. Would rather wash my (filthy) truck in the height of summer dressed like Johnny Cash. And Germany 2006, that means you too.
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Sorry, no idea what the heck that is.
Sheikh Maktoum's death screwed up the shopping fest this year anyway....and a good thing too.
I live close to Rigga road and I'm sure you know what it's like during the DSF.
I can't stand pro sports either.
Though mushed up rugby players have a certain retarded charm.
I miss trains. Local trains in Bombay were smelly and dangerous but I felt like a champ everytime I managed to jump into the women's compartment and hold on to the rails.
Or some eunuch's hand.
They're pretty nice albeit a little creepy.
Pic is from approximately 75% up Jebel Hafeet mountain (aka the road where wasta meets gravity).
Anecdote: I was once trying to get to ToysRUs during DSF and got stuck there for four hours. Four stinking hours.
Playing rugby is like a passport to sex. Playing World Of Warcraft isn't.
(My dad was a pretty good rugby player. I missed out on all those genes.)
I've heard many tales about Indian trains - definitely on my to-do list if I ever go down there.
Eunuchs. Thanks.
Oh right.
That shitty place.
I went there during Eid with a bunch of girlfriends. I like Al Ain....but Jebel Hafeet is a poor excuse for high altitude.
Hatta is a gazillion times better.
I walk everywhere; I don't drive so driving or jams don't affect me unless I'm with my father.
He puts female drivers to shame.
Oh, you have hope. Lots of interesting men I know hate pro sports, including one of my exes. I'd say Rome: Total War was his passport to sex ;)
*Oh come on, eunuchs in india are probably the most fascinating creatures I've ever seen. But then again, I'd never get bothered by eunuchs*
Oh right.
That shitty place.
I went there during Eid with a bunch of girlfriends. I like Al Ain....but Jebel Hafeet is a poor excuse for high altitude.
Hatta is a gazillion times better.
I walk everywhere; I don't drive so driving or jams don't affect me unless I'm with my father.
He puts female drivers to shame.
Oh, you have hope. Lots of interesting men I know hate pro sports, including one of my exes. I'd say Rome: Total War was his passport to sex ;)
*Oh come on, eunuchs in india are probably the most fascinating creatures I've ever seen. But then again, I'd never get bothered by eunuchs*
I rather liked Al Ain. Been a long time since I was there. Nevertheless, a trip to Hatta is in the offing this summer, probably after my tentatively planned trip to Goa.
It's clinically proven walking makes you shorter.
Rome:TW=> sex ftw! That's a story that's perhaps better left untold. Hot strategic map action. Damnit, I can't even look at the CD now.
All my exes treated my gaming habit like I had HIV.
Still. Eunuchs.
I'm more of a SimCity, Grand Theft Auto fan...I prefer simulation games to strategy games.
Yes I'm a wuss. I'd rather play alone; can't deal with multiplayer games.
Ha...walking makes you shorter. At least I look better than most of my classmates ;)
Nice. I wish I could go to Goa.
Which GTA? Vice City rocks for obvious reasons. Between that and San Andreas, I haven't listened to new music in a while.
Nothing wrong with single player. Adventure games were my crack back in the day. All multiplayer does these days is indicate where my reflexes have gone.
The lotsa-money question then is, what do your classmates look like? Standards must be judged.
Goa is iffy.
Vice City and San Andreas are both cool. I probably have to say Vice City is better for me, only because I think it's less complicated (and I love the terrain!) San Andreas is super but very extensive.
I used to play at a friend's internet cafe in Karama for free but we don't talk anymore...lol...so that's out.
My PC is too weak to handle games; I need to get myself a new computer. But not going to happen in this lifetime.
Haha...ok. Let me relate an incident; I had a reunion of sorts a couple of months ago. I hate going for these things, but the only girl I've been in touch with forced me to go with her.
They're all married.
And they commented on how "thin" I was and how "lovely" my hair is now.
Funny thing, I was never overweight when I was in school (at least the 11th and the 12th grade). The hair was a different matter; I had short hair, and it's very thick (not a good combo). I went by the unfortunate nickname, pubic hair.
The joke's on them now. Maybe they expected me to compliment them back....but I had nothing.
Convinced?
I've lived in Pune (near Bombay) for 5 years and I've never seen Goa. How pathetically sad is that?
I'd plan it with friends every year, but incidentally one of us would be broke at the time, so the plan never materialized.
Or maybe, we were just too lazy.
This is going to be disjointed.
Its hard to say if San Andreas is 'better' than Vice City. Lots of little improvements which do make a difference, but its soundtrack doesnt quite mesh as well and as you say, its almost too extensive. I love the fact that you can fly, walk, sail or drive between the cities, though.
My computer is very much my mistress. Lavished, fussy and prone to the occasional tantrum. She's getting on a bit in years, but the little nips and tucks are keeping her going. More than a little; I think I must have spent over Dh10,000 on this tiny god over the last three years. Might as well, because there isn't going to be a replacement any time soon.
Reunions suck balls. The trajectory of my life has been somewhat complicated so when people inevitably ask you what you do, it's jolly hard to give a straight answer. Not that they care, it's an excuse to reel off their own CVs.
Married people can go hang. Once they join their precious little club, its open season on their single friends. To which I reply: I'm sad, single and proud of it. Would like to be hitched but it's gotta be on my terms to someone I want. If not, not the end of the world. Will become The Cool Ambiguous Uncle.
A picture speaks a thousand words. But your heartwarming anecdote speaks volumes about the depth of your beauty.
Christ, pubic hair? Even though it's in your past, that's a mental image that just will not go away.
I have a friend who lived in Pune for a long time, was very fond of it. He's the one who's trying to get me to go to Goa, and he may yet succeed.
Perhaps nothing pisses me off more than people who break off plans. It's hard enough trying to get everyone interested in doing something, then trying to schedule a convenient time, but it's goats balls when someone breaks something off on the day 'because they had a birthday party the night before.'
I'm pretty goddamn lethargic about doing anything as a result.
Hehehehe...
Yes, teenage girls can be very cruel.
But I'm a trooper; always was and always will be.
And I'm pubic hair no more ;)
My reunions are pretty bad too...anyway, I've just been for one, can't really complain. I get the usual nosey questions single women my age do; why haven't you found a man yet, don't you want to get married and have children ....the usual bull.
The trajectory of my life hasn't been smooth either but the good thing, most of the married classmates were housewives so they didn't really bother asking me about my non-existent career.
I think my only reason to find a job would be to buy a new computer and travel. I can't think of anything else I'd like to spend my money on. 10,000 Dhs is a lot to spend on one computer for three years, but I'd probably do the same. Like my clothes, I wear out things till they're of no use to me; which is why I hardly go shopping.
I might end up the cool ambiguous aunt myself, except chances are slim at the moment. I have a younger sister and she's a lot like me, albeit calmer and more focused. And a wee bit more materialistic.
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