Cute Overload! ;)

Link: Cute Overload! ;)

As long as the off-topic posting trend continues at UAEcb, I'm joining the trend - here's another one some of y'all might appreciate.

Austria & UAE Join Forces To Make Camel Milk Chocolates!

Can you imagine how would it taste like? I'm sure it is going to be different ... and expensive! They are saying that the Vienna-based Chocolatier Hochleitner and Al Ain Camel Farm and Dairy will target wealthy customers staying in luxury hotels in Abu Dhabi and Dubai.

Vienna-based Chocolatier Hochleitner took six months to develop the treats. Company head Johann Georg Hochleitner said camel's milk was a good alternative to cow's milk because it was lower in fat and sweeter.

Read:
Camel milk chocolates (Ananova)

NOTE: This is not the picture of the camel chocolate I'm talking about here ... it is just a picture of a camel shaped chocolate ... Would you eat it if it looks like this?

Hey everyone Eid Mubarak!!
Hope you all have an awesome Eid and hope your bakra tasted good!

DSF cancelled

Dubai Shopping Festival has been completely cancelled this year

Dubai, Jan. 9th, 2006 (WAM)-- The current round of Dubai Shopping Festival has been deferred to the next round, in mourning of the late Sheikh Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum, organisers have announced.

Festival Coordinator Saeed Al Naboudah said all the activities had been deferred to the next round, scheduled for the 20th of December, 2006.

Al Naboudeh announced, however, that the prescribed discounts on purchases of this year's festival will remain valid up to the 4th of February, 2006.

Just Chillin'

A common sight in Al Ain: men sitting on a roundabout waiting for the prayer call. There are two here but you can only see one. Sorry about the quality of the photo..camera phone with no zoom. 

UAE-Saudi-Qatar

Can you walk from the UAE to Qatar without passing through Saudi Arabia?

Cool buttons

Moryarti from Dubai Consumer Mirror has created some great buttons for people to link to UAE community blog with.

Here they are:




You can download them as indivdual images (right click each one above), or for the full zipped set, click here.

Thank you Moryati!

Who's the lady in the abaya?

It's Michael Jackson!

All Dubai Radio/TV stations are playing The Holy Quran

Dubai Traffic Festival

Blogging philosophy

This guy, Seth Godin, believes that a successful blog needs five elements:

1. Candour
2. Urgency
3. Timeliness
4. Pithiness
5. Controversy

He says: "Short and sweet, folks: If you can't be at least four of the five things listed above, please don't bother. People have a choice (4.5 million choices, in fact) and nobody is going to read your blog, link to your blog or quote your blog unless there's something in it for them."

This place definitely boasts all five ;)

Exclusive - Dubai Transport drivers on strike

To all Dubai based bloggers.

If you are planning to catch a cab today, I suggest you think of alternatives - there isn't a single DT cab in sight. After almost 1 hour waiting for one, a Metro Taxi driver told me that all Dubai Transport drivers are on strike since the morning in protest for extremely low wages and bad work conditions..

I will post more details on today's taxi-less experience on my blog later this evening ...

Cinderella Time

Where were you at the stroke of midnight, 1 January?
(Choose the one most applicable response.)

At work. At a party. At home with family/friends.
At home alone.Viewing fireworks. In transit somewhere.
In bed. In a bar/club.Don't remember.None of the above.

  

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New Year's Resolutions?

What are UAE bloggers and others resolving to do in Y2K6? Anyone care to share? I'll start:

• A new blog post everyday!

Not here but on my site Dubai Marina Communities. This is not a plug, it's just what I like to do. The mission of this site is to introduce every single tower and building coming up (and already up) in the Dubai Marina, and as anyone who has ever been to Dubai would know, there are A LOT. So, one building per day should get me there by year's end!

2006

My special greetings to fellow bloggers. Keep on posting. Also, to both our faithful readers and viewers of happenstance. Every visit counts--share your comments.