The tale of the tragic turtle

Did you miss me? I’m DETERMINED to write something on my blog today as I’ve been very lax – no posts in more than six weeks – naughty Flickster! So just sit back and relax as I take you on a journey…
It’s difficult to know where to begin really, but for starters I’d like to tell you [...]

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 [...]

More doom n gloom

http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/markets/the_gulf/article5663618.ece

Downmarket in Dubai

I may not have mentioned this before, but the global recession we now all find ourselves mired in like mosquitoes in Sequoia resin has also well and truly engulfed Dubai. And it’s been just as bad as everywhere else, with mass lay-offs and bank credit drying up daily. About three weeks ago, each morning brought new [...]

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 [...]