A cane swirling Arabian dance, at the Mirdif City Centre, Dubai
Dubai’s won the World Expo 2020! We were looking forward to this to boost the economy. Now hopefully, there’d be some new projects. Hopefully, that’ll bring better job prospects, …and salary increases (of course, that’s what jobs are for!) Hopefully, the landlords and the business owners don’t start jacking up the prices so soon. Shit! They’ve already started! Bloody opportunists! One colleague’s already shifted house and another one’s searching for a new place. And the news keep going on about rent increases all over the UAE.
Let’s see what comes out of this now… Some recent pictures of Dubai for the time being. Nothing much’s changed since the last we left here in 2010. But the people and the cars on the road have certainly multiplied in the last few months!
A funny looking metal sculpture at the Gold Souk of the Dubai Mall
A Fashion Show at Souk Madinat Jumeirah
Dubai hosts a string of exhibitions, trade fairs and international events. It’s like there’s an event or two every week in Dubai, especially at the Dubai World Trade Centre. We hear it every day on the radio. This week alone (or was it last week?), I’ve heard that the China Homelife Show, some International Jewellery Exhibition, a Gulf Traffic Exhibition and an exhibition on Education are on. And then the Dubai Film Festival will be here maybe next week. So far we’ve visited the Gitex fair (an IT and electronic fair) and I’ve visited the Big 5 fair (the largest construction fair in the Middle East). And we’ve sort of crashed into a few events like the Dubai Grand Motor Parade, a Bollywood promotion of a new movie Krrish 3, with the cast and producers present, causing a normally quiet shopping mall to be filled to the brim with people…
The Dubai Grand Parade in Downtown Dubai in conjunction with the Dubai International Motor Show – picture taken from the car while stuck in traffic full of super cars. Ever seen a Ferrari Police Car? The Dubai Police have it, or more like have some.
A Break-Dance Competition in Dubai Festival City
Here’re some pictures of Justin’s school in Dubai, Uptown School
Anu & Kim at the Ibn Battuta Mall
Our home in Dubai on Justin’s 4th birthday
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