The smokin’ gun

OK everyone, I owe all and sundry big apologies because it’s been nearly a month since I blogged. And my last post was a bit brief, the one before that my usual moany return to form.
So, while I am at my desk at work and have absolutely shedloads to be doing (it’s Thursday afternoon as [...]

Banging on about the weather

I doubt that anyone is really going to feel any sympathy for me at this point, given that I live in Dubai, but the weather the last week or so has been cr*ppy – wind, rain, cold. We’ve even recently had some quite spectacular electrical storms lasting hours with massive thunderclouds that were miles and [...]

Are Wii fit or what?!

Well, er actually no, we’re not…
It’s an accepted wisdom in the Dubai expat community that after a certain amount of time living in this bauble of the Emirates one is likely to obtain what is wryly dubbed the “Dubai Stone. “
Dubai is world famous for it’s bargain jewelery deals, and whilst in my imagination this [...]

Things that are different, Part 2

So I’ve got a few more bits that I can add to my list, but there should also be a section on Things that are the same, but a bit different (see the end of this post)

It takes longer to get things done. By this I mean, day to day work – waiting for people [...]