My Highs & Lows of 2008

Posted by anas on Jan 4, 2009 in Life | 16 comments What’s good about a new year? To be honest, nothing is good about it given the extra effort needed at the time of speech delivery to make sure you don’t say next year to things which are suddenly going to happen in this year and the added mental effort of making sure you jot the correct digit when writing down the date. However, the new year, or end of an year can serve as a benchmark...
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Are You Willing To Help?

Posted by anas on Sep 15, 2008 in Personal Rants | 7 comments This happened on my Etihad Airways flight to Abu Dhabi and the airhostess mentioned below was Australian (arghh!! that accent takes a while to understand!). Airhostess: Sir, are you willing to help your fellow passengers in case of an emergency? Me: I hope there is no emergency Air hostess: Not at all sir, but in case… Me: Ofcourse, but why am I the only person being asked this? Air...
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Heat Upsized!

Posted by anas on Jul 17, 2008 in Personal Rants | 3 comments As I walked out of the air-conditioned building, I was relieved at the low relative humidity level at this time of the day in Abu Dhabi, almost 11.00 pm. I always wear a humidity meter (is there a name for this gauge?!), my spectacles. Walking out of a cold building and suddenly going blind due to condensation on glasses signify a high relative humidity. (Ok, that’s how I measure it) At...
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VIDEO: Booked for Road Crossing Violation!!!!

Posted by anas on Jul 16, 2008 in Personal Rants | 0 comments Ok here is the video of several people getting booked as they cross the road (as we were fined yesterday). The video shows it all! People crossing it happily and hurriedly and just as they reach the other end they are welcomed by the policemen who are ever-ready to book the violators. Note: For some reason the video is not running on my page, instead the youtube page pops up. I don’t...
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Booked For Road Crossing Violation

Posted by anas on Jul 15, 2008 in Personal Rants | 3 comments Yes folks! We’ve been slapped with a 150 Dirham fine for a road-crossing violation, in Abu Dhabi!! We (four of us) crossed this road as usual from a mid-road zebra crossing, along with many others, who were waiting for the traffic to thin down. When we reached the other end of the road, I noticed a crowd gathered around one man (a rare spectacle here!). Before I could think about the crowd,...
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