Hi,
Getting excited as the 'special one' gets here tomorrow night with his mate. Then the fun begins (only hope my liver can hold out!!)
Went to the old town yesterday with Thelma. and her friend, did the spice & gold souks.
We visited my favourite shop!!! (Where I get my jewllery from!) I LOVE that place!!
Thelma and I persuaded J to buy herself a gorgeous diamond ring (after we had all tried on virtually every ring in the shop!)
I have got a few ideas for my birthday much to H's dismay. (Love you sweetie!!)
It was like 3 little kids being let loose in a sweet shop.
The guys in the shop are amazing and how's this?..... We were discussing the best way for J to pay for her ring (as she hadn't budgeted for spending that much here on gifts) and the guy in the shop said she could take the ring and then pay me next week via transfer when she got back to UK and then I could take the money in next week!!!
Can just see that happening in a shop at home. Anyway 'flexible friend' came in useful!
We were still at old town when H finished work so he picked us up and then he and I went to Carrefour to pick up a few bits, well we saw a man in a dishdash with his 'lady', well she wasn't in local dress and she had tight jeans and small top on. I can only assume he didn't want her covered up so we could all see how much he had spent on her!!!!
Bum implants (absolutely ridiculous), boob implants (too big), facial cheek implants (much the same as the bum - too big and weird shape) , botoxed to b***ery and a trout pout!!
The whole look must have cost a fortune but made her look like a bizarre characature of a woman!!! Why oh why do people do this to themselves? I don't expect there was an inch on her that hadn't been tweaked, lifted or filled!
Went to pub last night to watch footie and there were about 20 very happy chappies as West Ham came away with a much needed win.
Bye for now, have to get ready for lunch!
Jane
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Sunday, 31 March 2013
Friday, 29 March 2013
Hi All,
Back in the swing of things as far as going out is concerned and our run of visitors starts on Monday so will be out virtually permanently for the next 2 months!!! So should have plenty of fodder to write about.
Monday I went to one of my boozy lunches + we had 4 'newbies' come along, 3 I knew + one I didn't but do now! Unfortunately had such a nice time I forgot to eat much however same couldn't be said of the prossecco, so fell asleep when I got home + woke up at 8 to a very hungry H waiting for his dinner... Oops!
Thelma had a friend arrive on wednesday so we took her to the new Marriott hotel last night (Thursday) for drinks - it boasts the tallest bar in the world (in a hotel) on the 71st floor. However having been to the 123rd floor bar in Burj Khalifa, felt a bit blase really. It was ok but as with most new places here, it lacked a bit of atmosphere but we shall see.
The new girl I met on monday joined us with her husband + they fitted in with us really well + meant H had some male company as Brad + Louise were away for weekend. H looked like he was out with the Witches of Eastwick as Thelma, J and I all had black dresses on!
We moved on to Cavalli at 11 and had a good time there people watching. As usual here there was much hair flicking and pouting of fat lips. Both Thelma and I were flicked many times by a Russian blonde pony tail - she was working very hard last night, I never thought before how hard these 'ladies' have to work if they have been bought for the evening/night. I always thought 'easy money', being taken out all evening and the hard part would be 'doing the deed' when you get back to their room but no..... You have to flick and pout all night, look amazed and interested at everything that the prat is saying, dance and grind and drink everything that is given to you and still ' do the business' at about 4 in the morning instead of just crashing out!! I felt exhausted just watching it last night (the pre-deed, obviously didn't see the rest!! Lol)
Omg! As we left Cavalli guess what was parked outside?
A real silver Rolls Royce!!! Its not unusual to see flash cars here but that was unbelievable!!! It was number plate 1 from Saudi!
Am really excited as my eldest boy is out on Monday with his mate and it will be their first over 21 visit! (To those who do not know you can't go to clubs and lots of bars unless you are over 21 here) I think H and I will be knackered trying to keep up!! I shall call my eldest 'the special one' from here on in as I think his ego will like that! Lol
Any way best go now and try and catch up on more zzz's as we had a very late one.
Love Jane
Back in the swing of things as far as going out is concerned and our run of visitors starts on Monday so will be out virtually permanently for the next 2 months!!! So should have plenty of fodder to write about.
Monday I went to one of my boozy lunches + we had 4 'newbies' come along, 3 I knew + one I didn't but do now! Unfortunately had such a nice time I forgot to eat much however same couldn't be said of the prossecco, so fell asleep when I got home + woke up at 8 to a very hungry H waiting for his dinner... Oops!
Thelma had a friend arrive on wednesday so we took her to the new Marriott hotel last night (Thursday) for drinks - it boasts the tallest bar in the world (in a hotel) on the 71st floor. However having been to the 123rd floor bar in Burj Khalifa, felt a bit blase really. It was ok but as with most new places here, it lacked a bit of atmosphere but we shall see.
The new girl I met on monday joined us with her husband + they fitted in with us really well + meant H had some male company as Brad + Louise were away for weekend. H looked like he was out with the Witches of Eastwick as Thelma, J and I all had black dresses on!
We moved on to Cavalli at 11 and had a good time there people watching. As usual here there was much hair flicking and pouting of fat lips. Both Thelma and I were flicked many times by a Russian blonde pony tail - she was working very hard last night, I never thought before how hard these 'ladies' have to work if they have been bought for the evening/night. I always thought 'easy money', being taken out all evening and the hard part would be 'doing the deed' when you get back to their room but no..... You have to flick and pout all night, look amazed and interested at everything that the prat is saying, dance and grind and drink everything that is given to you and still ' do the business' at about 4 in the morning instead of just crashing out!! I felt exhausted just watching it last night (the pre-deed, obviously didn't see the rest!! Lol)
Omg! As we left Cavalli guess what was parked outside?
A real silver Rolls Royce!!! Its not unusual to see flash cars here but that was unbelievable!!! It was number plate 1 from Saudi!
Am really excited as my eldest boy is out on Monday with his mate and it will be their first over 21 visit! (To those who do not know you can't go to clubs and lots of bars unless you are over 21 here) I think H and I will be knackered trying to keep up!! I shall call my eldest 'the special one' from here on in as I think his ego will like that! Lol
Any way best go now and try and catch up on more zzz's as we had a very late one.
Love Jane
Hi,
Have spent a nice weekend at Atlantis hotel but if I see another fat Russian man in speedos or Russian woman with fake boobs and fat lips I think I will go mad!!
Saw a lady of the night (obviously paid for an all-nighter) in the lift lobby in all her finery asking where to get a cab from.
Was pleasantly surprised at Atlantis as I thought with the hotel being so big the staff would not be very attentive or happy but they were really good.
H was going for it in a big way on the beer so only lasted till midnight at Ndulge the nightclub! However I think that was just as well as we wanted to get breakfast in and use the pool facilities.
We went to a Help for Heroes fund raiser at the British Embassy on Friday night. It was held in their garden which was nice. I have never been out here and been so sober though! (Yes you did read right, sober!) They had beer, wine or sparkling rose available, but they ran out of rose at 9.30!!! So it was Coke for me from then on!!
I was a bit disappointed that there were not more military at the do (yes we all like a uniform!!). I felt they really missed an opportunity to make more money by have 'young men' in their uniforms waiting tables etc instead of people that couldn't even speak english! H asked for a beer and got a blank look so he pointed to the menu and still got a blank look! So the waiter kept his finger on the word 'beer' and took it to the bar! (Bit of a joke really having people serve drinks that don't
know the word beer)
I came up with a few good ideas such as having a full monty type thing using our boys from home etc but when I tried to pass some of these ideas on to one of the organisers I was told ' you take it on! I raised £187,000 last year and I'm stepping down so you do better!' Ouch!! Think she must have been stressed!
Anyway they did an amazing job and raised over £200,000 (I think) so that
was fabulous for such a good cause.
The real blight on the night though was the really rude ignorant b******s who were sat behind us. When the speeches were on they talked and laughed the whole way through - bad enough in normal situations but when someone is talking about young people having arms and legs blown off and all you can hear is laughter its really inappropriate. TT, D and me gave them lots of glares which did stop some of it but unfortunately not all.
Thanks to all the amazing 'big spenders' that were there. And also to all of us 'little spenders' too, the H4H coffers are fuller than they were.
Bye for now
Jane
Have spent a nice weekend at Atlantis hotel but if I see another fat Russian man in speedos or Russian woman with fake boobs and fat lips I think I will go mad!!
Saw a lady of the night (obviously paid for an all-nighter) in the lift lobby in all her finery asking where to get a cab from.
Was pleasantly surprised at Atlantis as I thought with the hotel being so big the staff would not be very attentive or happy but they were really good.
H was going for it in a big way on the beer so only lasted till midnight at Ndulge the nightclub! However I think that was just as well as we wanted to get breakfast in and use the pool facilities.
We went to a Help for Heroes fund raiser at the British Embassy on Friday night. It was held in their garden which was nice. I have never been out here and been so sober though! (Yes you did read right, sober!) They had beer, wine or sparkling rose available, but they ran out of rose at 9.30!!! So it was Coke for me from then on!!
I was a bit disappointed that there were not more military at the do (yes we all like a uniform!!). I felt they really missed an opportunity to make more money by have 'young men' in their uniforms waiting tables etc instead of people that couldn't even speak english! H asked for a beer and got a blank look so he pointed to the menu and still got a blank look! So the waiter kept his finger on the word 'beer' and took it to the bar! (Bit of a joke really having people serve drinks that don't
know the word beer)
I came up with a few good ideas such as having a full monty type thing using our boys from home etc but when I tried to pass some of these ideas on to one of the organisers I was told ' you take it on! I raised £187,000 last year and I'm stepping down so you do better!' Ouch!! Think she must have been stressed!
Anyway they did an amazing job and raised over £200,000 (I think) so that
was fabulous for such a good cause.
The real blight on the night though was the really rude ignorant b******s who were sat behind us. When the speeches were on they talked and laughed the whole way through - bad enough in normal situations but when someone is talking about young people having arms and legs blown off and all you can hear is laughter its really inappropriate. TT, D and me gave them lots of glares which did stop some of it but unfortunately not all.
Thanks to all the amazing 'big spenders' that were there. And also to all of us 'little spenders' too, the H4H coffers are fuller than they were.
Bye for now
Jane
Hi there,
Had a fairly quiet thursday at Movenpick and Girders - I think really when I say quiet I probably mean cheap!! As at the Movenpick its happy hour till 9 and Girders is reasonable but big measures.
Met a guy (angry Rob- don't ask me?!) Who we had met at brunch befor I went home but he wasn't having it!! I had to show him our facebook picture as he didn't believe we had all met before - he only remembered Louise - not sure what that says about H, Thelma and myself lol.
Friday went to Taste of Dubai, didn't think it was that great so we just nabbed a picnic bench and sat in the sun drinking (no change there I hear you saying!). It is held on a grassed area and is a bit like a grown up school fete. The outfits of many women were un believable! I know here anything goes but come on ladies it wasn't brunch so why the 6 inch heels and party outfits - looks ridiculous!
We saw the most amazing bum implants! No size 0 woman could have a bum that sticky outy and such a funny shape naturally! I can say it was the most hideous sight!
As it was St Patricks coming up everywhere was holding celebrations (why? I don't get why its such a big deal everywhere you go in the world!)
We just went Barasti saturday as usual for sundowners.
As you know from previous blogs you do see some unusual sights here and our favourite say is 'Only in Dubai' well, it happened again at Barasti on saturday.
I went to the loo 3(one of many visits!!)
As I came out and was walking back to our table what should I see??? A flippin great big Leprachaun!! (It was actually a gut called Paddyman who sings at all the Irish bars here) he had been entertaining all the people on the beach all day as they had family day for st pats. He looked absolutely exhausted! I had just stopped laughing to myself when a great big camel appeared..... Yes a real one! It was being led round the pool area and actually looked like it was going into the bar area?! Now that truly was an 'only in dubai' moment!
See you later,
Love Jane
Had a fairly quiet thursday at Movenpick and Girders - I think really when I say quiet I probably mean cheap!! As at the Movenpick its happy hour till 9 and Girders is reasonable but big measures.
Met a guy (angry Rob- don't ask me?!) Who we had met at brunch befor I went home but he wasn't having it!! I had to show him our facebook picture as he didn't believe we had all met before - he only remembered Louise - not sure what that says about H, Thelma and myself lol.
Friday went to Taste of Dubai, didn't think it was that great so we just nabbed a picnic bench and sat in the sun drinking (no change there I hear you saying!). It is held on a grassed area and is a bit like a grown up school fete. The outfits of many women were un believable! I know here anything goes but come on ladies it wasn't brunch so why the 6 inch heels and party outfits - looks ridiculous!
We saw the most amazing bum implants! No size 0 woman could have a bum that sticky outy and such a funny shape naturally! I can say it was the most hideous sight!
As it was St Patricks coming up everywhere was holding celebrations (why? I don't get why its such a big deal everywhere you go in the world!)
We just went Barasti saturday as usual for sundowners.
As you know from previous blogs you do see some unusual sights here and our favourite say is 'Only in Dubai' well, it happened again at Barasti on saturday.
I went to the loo 3(one of many visits!!)
As I came out and was walking back to our table what should I see??? A flippin great big Leprachaun!! (It was actually a gut called Paddyman who sings at all the Irish bars here) he had been entertaining all the people on the beach all day as they had family day for st pats. He looked absolutely exhausted! I had just stopped laughing to myself when a great big camel appeared..... Yes a real one! It was being led round the pool area and actually looked like it was going into the bar area?! Now that truly was an 'only in dubai' moment!
See you later,
Love Jane
Hi everyone,
Sorry for the lack of blogs but had my visit home & then been catching up with everyone and all the washing etc!
Had a great time at home, caught up with the lads, superwoman and a few friends.
Had a lovely afternoon tea at Browns in London with P (an early birthday present from P) we had a lovely time and I can highly recommend it over The Ritz far more classy. And less rushed and we were given a piece of cake to take home!
However, saw a lady of about 75 in very tight (expensive) trousers but with the worst camel toe I have ever seen. Lady, expensive shouldn't mean you should wear them! And money obviously doesn't buy class!
Looked for a wedding outfit (eldest is getting married in August), Superwoman got her dress - she looked great in it and I got a few ideas.
I then went with Vera later in the week to a shop that does loads of mother of the bride type outfits and I got a dress, jacket and hat!!! The dress is all ruched so loved the fact it covers all my lumps and bumps!
Just got shoes and bag to get now, so Harvey Nicks, here I come!
Love Jane
Sorry for the lack of blogs but had my visit home & then been catching up with everyone and all the washing etc!
Had a great time at home, caught up with the lads, superwoman and a few friends.
Had a lovely afternoon tea at Browns in London with P (an early birthday present from P) we had a lovely time and I can highly recommend it over The Ritz far more classy. And less rushed and we were given a piece of cake to take home!
However, saw a lady of about 75 in very tight (expensive) trousers but with the worst camel toe I have ever seen. Lady, expensive shouldn't mean you should wear them! And money obviously doesn't buy class!
Looked for a wedding outfit (eldest is getting married in August), Superwoman got her dress - she looked great in it and I got a few ideas.
I then went with Vera later in the week to a shop that does loads of mother of the bride type outfits and I got a dress, jacket and hat!!! The dress is all ruched so loved the fact it covers all my lumps and bumps!
Just got shoes and bag to get now, so Harvey Nicks, here I come!
Love Jane
The next few blogs were written but I couldnt post them so they are a bit out of date but here goes anyway......
Hi All,
Well I am at the airport in the Marhaba lounge people watching which I love, as you know. It has to be said that this little hobby is great to do at the airport.
You have the couples arguing or not talking to each other, kids playing up & a general rudeness among many people abound!!
This Marhaba lounge is great, some of us can use it free of charge (type of bank account you have or credit card etc) or you can pay a charge to use it, however you would be pig sick if you pay + then there are no seats (as has been happening this morning), there are shower facilities but you can't book one at the moment as the towels haven't been delivered!!! Again great if you paid because you are on a flight to Oz or something!
Am now wondering if H is up, I left him in bed at 5 this morning! Didn't bother asking if he would take me to airport as he is so not a morning person so I just assumed I would be getting a cab & I was not wrong (this won't surprise my lads as they know I am always right! Haha)
Well going to go to gate in a moment to see you soon.
Love Jane
Hi All,
Well I am at the airport in the Marhaba lounge people watching which I love, as you know. It has to be said that this little hobby is great to do at the airport.
You have the couples arguing or not talking to each other, kids playing up & a general rudeness among many people abound!!
This Marhaba lounge is great, some of us can use it free of charge (type of bank account you have or credit card etc) or you can pay a charge to use it, however you would be pig sick if you pay + then there are no seats (as has been happening this morning), there are shower facilities but you can't book one at the moment as the towels haven't been delivered!!! Again great if you paid because you are on a flight to Oz or something!
Am now wondering if H is up, I left him in bed at 5 this morning! Didn't bother asking if he would take me to airport as he is so not a morning person so I just assumed I would be getting a cab & I was not wrong (this won't surprise my lads as they know I am always right! Haha)
Well going to go to gate in a moment to see you soon.
Love Jane
Saturday, 2 March 2013
Hi,
Had an uneventful Thursday night with not much to see on the people watching front but we weren't going to be late or overdo it as we had brunch on Friday. However, as usual came home earlier than a non-brunch thursday night but ended up with H & I having a couple on the balcony so it turned into a late one anyway!
Friday came & with minutes to spare we made it to Saffron brunch at Atlantis. There were 22 people on the table but we only knew about 6, many were colleagues of Louise & their friends. Now those that know us know Yalumba is our brunch of choice but we have done Saffron a few times. It is a very big brunch with lots of food + drink stations but we always find that although the food always looks amazing it never quite lives up to the look of it. For me, I like real champagne & unfortunately the bubbles they serve is Jacobs Creek sparkly wine which is fine but not anywhere near as nice as the real thing!
It started badly when H went to get a beer but they said they weren't serving beer today! Now this seemed crazy when you think beer is one of the cheapest (use that term loosely here as no alcohol is cheap) drinks. At this brunch they have free flowing jaegermeister, mojitos made with Havana club (not cheap rum like some places), mai tai's served in mini pineapples, pina coladas served in coconuts, huge water melons with vodka in & pipettes with shots of tequila & shots of vodka (various flavours), so no beer made no sense. Anyway H had a moan to a manager & got some beers, & as later there were beers everywhere they obviously had had to give in on the 'no beer today' rule!
Now having seen the above list of alcohol served at the stations including whiskey etc & wine you can imagine the state of many people by 4!
At this brunch there are more of the young set and it has loads of people who are up there own a**e however it is great for people watching especially the women in various states of dress & undress!! Anyone who thinks living in a muslim country is difficult with all the rules needs to pop their head into a friday brunch about half an hour before it finishes!!! (Ok, maybe not in most muslim countries but certainly here!)
One of the guys on our table who is an older nice man unfortunately morphed into a photo mad crazy man, trying to get shots of all the girls in their lack of clothes which was very embarrassing - even the guys were embarrassed however he got his just desserts when leaning across the table to get a not-so-subtle cleavage shot of one girl he knocked a full glass of wine down himself!!!! So he looked like he had wet himself!
By the end of brunch I had a lovely bunch of coconuts (empty ones) on the table!
Another thing we are not so keen on at Saffron is the bouncers. I will at a later date fill you in on my top ten bouncers in Dubai because everywhere has huge array of (usually) black african bouncers that have amazing physiques & I have taken it upon myself to check these out!! Most are more than happy to show off their biceps etc & happily indulge me in a 'chat' & a squeeze (of the biceps!!!) And they usually have a very nice nature too, even when dealing with trouble & I am sure this is why we don't get a lot of aggro from drunk people in the bars here as the bouncers at home often make things worse with their attitude.
However here at Saffron they are usually very miserable, bad tempered
Eastern Europeans & they stand over you trying to hurry you out as you are finishing your drinks.
Atlantis has a nightclub called Ndulge & they have started an afternoon session for the postbrunchers so we thought it would be rude not to partake of the invitation! As it is by the waterpark they provided 'party buses' to take you from Saffron to Ndulge (Atlantis is a huge area with vast grounds). This was great with pumping music, god alone knows what all the people leaving the waterpark thought when buses were turning up at 5ish full of p***ed people falling out!
The funniest thing for us though was as we were waiting to leave the bus a car pulled up & a crowd of guys jumped out, they opened the boot & a young lad got out! Funniest thing I've seen in ages.
We enjoyed our first visit to Ndulge & it still makes me laugh after all this time that you are dancing around & drinking like it is 2 in the morning when it is only 5 in the afternoon.
We left at possibly 7ish but not really sure, we nearly 'lost' Thelma a few times on the way out as she was a bit wobbly but thank goodness H & I did 'catch' her on her the stairs!!!
I am going to assume that is enough rambling from me today and as I have to pack etc will say goodbye. I am travelling to UK tomorrow & will try to blog from there but not quite sure whether it will happen or not but will catch you all up when I get back if I don't manage to while away.
See you soon
Love Jane
Had an uneventful Thursday night with not much to see on the people watching front but we weren't going to be late or overdo it as we had brunch on Friday. However, as usual came home earlier than a non-brunch thursday night but ended up with H & I having a couple on the balcony so it turned into a late one anyway!
Friday came & with minutes to spare we made it to Saffron brunch at Atlantis. There were 22 people on the table but we only knew about 6, many were colleagues of Louise & their friends. Now those that know us know Yalumba is our brunch of choice but we have done Saffron a few times. It is a very big brunch with lots of food + drink stations but we always find that although the food always looks amazing it never quite lives up to the look of it. For me, I like real champagne & unfortunately the bubbles they serve is Jacobs Creek sparkly wine which is fine but not anywhere near as nice as the real thing!
It started badly when H went to get a beer but they said they weren't serving beer today! Now this seemed crazy when you think beer is one of the cheapest (use that term loosely here as no alcohol is cheap) drinks. At this brunch they have free flowing jaegermeister, mojitos made with Havana club (not cheap rum like some places), mai tai's served in mini pineapples, pina coladas served in coconuts, huge water melons with vodka in & pipettes with shots of tequila & shots of vodka (various flavours), so no beer made no sense. Anyway H had a moan to a manager & got some beers, & as later there were beers everywhere they obviously had had to give in on the 'no beer today' rule!
Now having seen the above list of alcohol served at the stations including whiskey etc & wine you can imagine the state of many people by 4!
At this brunch there are more of the young set and it has loads of people who are up there own a**e however it is great for people watching especially the women in various states of dress & undress!! Anyone who thinks living in a muslim country is difficult with all the rules needs to pop their head into a friday brunch about half an hour before it finishes!!! (Ok, maybe not in most muslim countries but certainly here!)
One of the guys on our table who is an older nice man unfortunately morphed into a photo mad crazy man, trying to get shots of all the girls in their lack of clothes which was very embarrassing - even the guys were embarrassed however he got his just desserts when leaning across the table to get a not-so-subtle cleavage shot of one girl he knocked a full glass of wine down himself!!!! So he looked like he had wet himself!
By the end of brunch I had a lovely bunch of coconuts (empty ones) on the table!
Another thing we are not so keen on at Saffron is the bouncers. I will at a later date fill you in on my top ten bouncers in Dubai because everywhere has huge array of (usually) black african bouncers that have amazing physiques & I have taken it upon myself to check these out!! Most are more than happy to show off their biceps etc & happily indulge me in a 'chat' & a squeeze (of the biceps!!!) And they usually have a very nice nature too, even when dealing with trouble & I am sure this is why we don't get a lot of aggro from drunk people in the bars here as the bouncers at home often make things worse with their attitude.
However here at Saffron they are usually very miserable, bad tempered
Eastern Europeans & they stand over you trying to hurry you out as you are finishing your drinks.
Atlantis has a nightclub called Ndulge & they have started an afternoon session for the postbrunchers so we thought it would be rude not to partake of the invitation! As it is by the waterpark they provided 'party buses' to take you from Saffron to Ndulge (Atlantis is a huge area with vast grounds). This was great with pumping music, god alone knows what all the people leaving the waterpark thought when buses were turning up at 5ish full of p***ed people falling out!
The funniest thing for us though was as we were waiting to leave the bus a car pulled up & a crowd of guys jumped out, they opened the boot & a young lad got out! Funniest thing I've seen in ages.
We enjoyed our first visit to Ndulge & it still makes me laugh after all this time that you are dancing around & drinking like it is 2 in the morning when it is only 5 in the afternoon.
We left at possibly 7ish but not really sure, we nearly 'lost' Thelma a few times on the way out as she was a bit wobbly but thank goodness H & I did 'catch' her on her the stairs!!!
I am going to assume that is enough rambling from me today and as I have to pack etc will say goodbye. I am travelling to UK tomorrow & will try to blog from there but not quite sure whether it will happen or not but will catch you all up when I get back if I don't manage to while away.
See you soon
Love Jane
Wednesday, 27 February 2013
Well - I know its been ages but I didn't really have much time while P was out on holiday. I would like to say she had a nice rest but as you know if you have been here, a week really equates to 5 days when travelling accounts for 2 days & as it is so transient here everyone's visit may only happen once you try & cram the whole Dubai experience into such a short time.
As you know from last blog we started off with the 'old' Dubai & culture & then we gradually worked up (or should I say down?) To the modern stuff.
Tuesday saw a bit of a road trip going on with me driving to Abu Dhabi with P & Thelma in order to visit the Grand Mosque. (Thanks to TT who had lent me her car while she was on safari etc in South Africa).
We had H's satnav to help us with the journey but use the word 'help' loosely. We thought we had programmed it to get us there but unfortunately satnav was intent on us being directed to every mosque in Abu Dhabi & let me tell you there are loads so every couple of yards we were told to 'turn right' & is it me or does satnav voice sound cross & gets panicky when you don't take her directions?!!!
Fortunately Thelma had a good idea of how to get there and we made it with a few minutes spare for the guided tour. (After getting dressed) when you visit the Mosque you have to wear an Abaya (black robe) and scarf over your head which is lent to you (all clean from the laundry). Unfortunately they have brought in a new set of hooded robes which were very unflattering & made us look like the Witches From Eastwick (all that was missing was our broomsticks!!!) Think H would have said it was a very apt outfit!
After the Mosque we went to Emirates Palace for lunch which was nice but I feel overrated.
There was a big security/military exhibition on & there were VIPs around & on leaving the Palace, roads were shut etc for their departure. We were at traffic lights with police manning every junction & I unfortunately had a very near miss with one who, when the lights turned green had been caught napping proceeded to jump out in front of me to wave the cars forward (he cannot have seen me as he was looking beyond our car) I slammed the brakes on & stopped with about a fag paper between car bumper & his knees!!! - he was still oblivious, waving his stick to move on the traffic which couldn't move because I was stopped!! Anyway fortunately I got round him & got away without any further incident!
I won't bore you with every detail of P's visit but will pop back here & there over the next few days as I think of things that may be of interest. Suffice to say I really enjoyed having her here & finally able to give her a real snapshot of my life here & I hope for her a change is as good as a rest as she certainly deserves a rest!!
I am getting geared up for my visit home to the UK on sunday - looking forward to seeing everyone but most definitely not looking forward to the weather!!!
As with all visits home I have started my shopping list of things I need to bring back and it is getting longer by the minute & that is without the mandatory Primark visit!!!! And not forgetting English Galaxy chocolate (mainly for H I have to say!).
Anyway will try & fill you in on a bit more of the last couple of weeks over the next few days!
Before I go I must just mention that it is now 2 years since I lost my most amazing beautiful Mum & I miss her today as much as ever!!
Love Jane
As you know from last blog we started off with the 'old' Dubai & culture & then we gradually worked up (or should I say down?) To the modern stuff.
Tuesday saw a bit of a road trip going on with me driving to Abu Dhabi with P & Thelma in order to visit the Grand Mosque. (Thanks to TT who had lent me her car while she was on safari etc in South Africa).
We had H's satnav to help us with the journey but use the word 'help' loosely. We thought we had programmed it to get us there but unfortunately satnav was intent on us being directed to every mosque in Abu Dhabi & let me tell you there are loads so every couple of yards we were told to 'turn right' & is it me or does satnav voice sound cross & gets panicky when you don't take her directions?!!!
Fortunately Thelma had a good idea of how to get there and we made it with a few minutes spare for the guided tour. (After getting dressed) when you visit the Mosque you have to wear an Abaya (black robe) and scarf over your head which is lent to you (all clean from the laundry). Unfortunately they have brought in a new set of hooded robes which were very unflattering & made us look like the Witches From Eastwick (all that was missing was our broomsticks!!!) Think H would have said it was a very apt outfit!
After the Mosque we went to Emirates Palace for lunch which was nice but I feel overrated.
There was a big security/military exhibition on & there were VIPs around & on leaving the Palace, roads were shut etc for their departure. We were at traffic lights with police manning every junction & I unfortunately had a very near miss with one who, when the lights turned green had been caught napping proceeded to jump out in front of me to wave the cars forward (he cannot have seen me as he was looking beyond our car) I slammed the brakes on & stopped with about a fag paper between car bumper & his knees!!! - he was still oblivious, waving his stick to move on the traffic which couldn't move because I was stopped!! Anyway fortunately I got round him & got away without any further incident!
I won't bore you with every detail of P's visit but will pop back here & there over the next few days as I think of things that may be of interest. Suffice to say I really enjoyed having her here & finally able to give her a real snapshot of my life here & I hope for her a change is as good as a rest as she certainly deserves a rest!!
I am getting geared up for my visit home to the UK on sunday - looking forward to seeing everyone but most definitely not looking forward to the weather!!!
As with all visits home I have started my shopping list of things I need to bring back and it is getting longer by the minute & that is without the mandatory Primark visit!!!! And not forgetting English Galaxy chocolate (mainly for H I have to say!).
Anyway will try & fill you in on a bit more of the last couple of weeks over the next few days!
Before I go I must just mention that it is now 2 years since I lost my most amazing beautiful Mum & I miss her today as much as ever!!
Love Jane
Wednesday, 20 February 2013
Hello there,
Sorry for no blogs for a few days but believe it or not I have been extremely busy!!! (As I have just said to Vera in the UK busy is all relative! Haha)
Had a non-valentine gathering at ours on thursday, it was the usual crowd plus H's team from work. I can tell you the Muslim staff can half drink mango juice!!! We had to send out for more twice!!! So we have decided that they must be mango-holics & they should probably set up a self help group!!
It also was interesting that as I was cooking chicken wings etc I had to remember not to touch them with the utensils I had used on the pigs-in-blankets & sticky honey sausages. (Thoughtful of me I thought!)
I took out my honey sausages from the oven & passed them round with the phrase 'who wants a hot sticky sausage!' Obviously all the ladies had some but I was most surprised at how many of the guys wanted hot sticky sausages. (You can take the girl out of essex etc!)
Was an absolute pratt when taking the sausages round as I also had cocktail sticks to prick (sorry pick!) them with and did the classic of turning my hand & lost the lot - do you know how far about 100 cocktail sticks go when dropped on a tiled floor? Was still finding them 2 days later!!
Sunday night my lovely friend P arrived from the UK on her first visit. Its been lovely having her here.
We started her holiday with a day in the old town. Had a walk along the creek (I drove there & can I say was proud of myself finding it & getting there without incident). We then had a fab time doing the cultural breakfast at the centre for cultural understanding.
The Emirati women doing the Q&A were brilliant & we learnt a lot. They stressed the need for us to pass on to people that the veil is NOT worn for religious purposes (which many of us already knew) so hopefully you will all pass that on too! They wanted the misconception stopped as I think they are fed up with women using it as an excuse to stir up trouble which in turn makes their lives more difficult with westerners.
Anyway when P goes home will give you all an update on what has been happening!
Love Jane
Sorry for no blogs for a few days but believe it or not I have been extremely busy!!! (As I have just said to Vera in the UK busy is all relative! Haha)
Had a non-valentine gathering at ours on thursday, it was the usual crowd plus H's team from work. I can tell you the Muslim staff can half drink mango juice!!! We had to send out for more twice!!! So we have decided that they must be mango-holics & they should probably set up a self help group!!
It also was interesting that as I was cooking chicken wings etc I had to remember not to touch them with the utensils I had used on the pigs-in-blankets & sticky honey sausages. (Thoughtful of me I thought!)
I took out my honey sausages from the oven & passed them round with the phrase 'who wants a hot sticky sausage!' Obviously all the ladies had some but I was most surprised at how many of the guys wanted hot sticky sausages. (You can take the girl out of essex etc!)
Was an absolute pratt when taking the sausages round as I also had cocktail sticks to prick (sorry pick!) them with and did the classic of turning my hand & lost the lot - do you know how far about 100 cocktail sticks go when dropped on a tiled floor? Was still finding them 2 days later!!
Sunday night my lovely friend P arrived from the UK on her first visit. Its been lovely having her here.
We started her holiday with a day in the old town. Had a walk along the creek (I drove there & can I say was proud of myself finding it & getting there without incident). We then had a fab time doing the cultural breakfast at the centre for cultural understanding.
The Emirati women doing the Q&A were brilliant & we learnt a lot. They stressed the need for us to pass on to people that the veil is NOT worn for religious purposes (which many of us already knew) so hopefully you will all pass that on too! They wanted the misconception stopped as I think they are fed up with women using it as an excuse to stir up trouble which in turn makes their lives more difficult with westerners.
Anyway when P goes home will give you all an update on what has been happening!
Love Jane
Wednesday, 13 February 2013
Hi all,
Had a good day, Thelma came round for lunch & HH my hairdresser friend came over for lunch & to do my hair. Successful day with hair back to normal & nearly 3 bottles of Cava drunk!
Last night we went to Mahiki which is a club. We went for 2 reasons, M & another guy N were celebrating their birthday & rumour had it that the West Ham football team were going to be there! (Well, we knew they would be because J - the guy with the parrott, [see earlier blogs] is mates with some of them & he booked it.
H was almost beside himself with excitement (being a lifelong hammer!)
Thelma, Louise, HH, H & myself went early as we had been told that we weren't all necessarily on the guest list so, early doors it was.
Well, we had a quiet start to the evening but it was nice apart from the stupid cow who stood behind me flicking her flipping hair at me all evening!!!!! (Another pet hate of mine, and by god do I have a few!!! Lol) what is it with the hair - flicking? Louise has long hair & I can say I have never seen her do it!
We sat at the bar until it was the time that they remove the stools & then had great pleasure being shown to 'our' table & seeing some 'pretenders' being told to move to allow us our seats!!!
Felt quite celebrity like!!
We had some tables booked under the name of N as it was his birthday & the owner of Mahiki as he was over from London celebrating his birthday too (he is mates with N's brother).
Louise left quite early as she wanted to get up ok for work.
We then moved through to our other tables when the dance floor opened! We had a treasure chest cocktail at the table (yuk) & a very big bottle of champagne - only 1 glass each unfortunately but never mind.
Felt quite the celeb, sipping my champagne when J brought Mark Noble from West Ham to meet me & my street cred with my boys has gone through the roof!!! - the things we Mums have to go through to get approval from our kids!!
Anyway must go now
Love Jane
Had a good day, Thelma came round for lunch & HH my hairdresser friend came over for lunch & to do my hair. Successful day with hair back to normal & nearly 3 bottles of Cava drunk!
Last night we went to Mahiki which is a club. We went for 2 reasons, M & another guy N were celebrating their birthday & rumour had it that the West Ham football team were going to be there! (Well, we knew they would be because J - the guy with the parrott, [see earlier blogs] is mates with some of them & he booked it.
H was almost beside himself with excitement (being a lifelong hammer!)
Thelma, Louise, HH, H & myself went early as we had been told that we weren't all necessarily on the guest list so, early doors it was.
Well, we had a quiet start to the evening but it was nice apart from the stupid cow who stood behind me flicking her flipping hair at me all evening!!!!! (Another pet hate of mine, and by god do I have a few!!! Lol) what is it with the hair - flicking? Louise has long hair & I can say I have never seen her do it!
We sat at the bar until it was the time that they remove the stools & then had great pleasure being shown to 'our' table & seeing some 'pretenders' being told to move to allow us our seats!!!
Felt quite celebrity like!!
We had some tables booked under the name of N as it was his birthday & the owner of Mahiki as he was over from London celebrating his birthday too (he is mates with N's brother).
Louise left quite early as she wanted to get up ok for work.
We then moved through to our other tables when the dance floor opened! We had a treasure chest cocktail at the table (yuk) & a very big bottle of champagne - only 1 glass each unfortunately but never mind.
Felt quite the celeb, sipping my champagne when J brought Mark Noble from West Ham to meet me & my street cred with my boys has gone through the roof!!! - the things we Mums have to go through to get approval from our kids!!
Anyway must go now
Love Jane
Sunday, 10 February 2013
Hi,
Friday we went Barracuda! This is a place about an hour or so away and its like a big Tesco but they only sell alcohol & when we go its like kids in a sweetshop time.
We took our female little Yalumba twin with us as the male Y Twin is in UK. We lways have a giggle on the journey but I think H in particular missed his little buddy!
We then went to McGettigans for dinner & drinks. As we went in we all felt p***ed, the wooden floor has gone wrong & lifted so it made you stagger as you went in. That made for a fun evening people watching. You had the sober people staggering all over the place as well as the drunk ones! And the funniest bit was the way everyone staggered, stopped, turned round to look & not seeing anything carried on with a quizzical look on their face.
We also wondered why they had a bouncer stood by the 2 stairs that you go down before the wonky floor & he said nothing as a warning to anyone - maybe like us, he was waiting for a fall!
A man who looked like Shrek was there - I kid you not, even more like him than Wayne Rooney. And we saw him last night at Nelsons too!! Really, really like him.
Saw a lady in a skin tight t-shirt dress, not great! She was too old for the dress & saggy boobs with no bra is a very bad look! Also baggy knickers! Oh dear, look in the mirror without those rose tinted specs on!!!
Anyway bye for now, need to put my nurses outfit on as H is poorly today with a bad stomach!
Love Jane
Friday we went Barracuda! This is a place about an hour or so away and its like a big Tesco but they only sell alcohol & when we go its like kids in a sweetshop time.
We took our female little Yalumba twin with us as the male Y Twin is in UK. We lways have a giggle on the journey but I think H in particular missed his little buddy!
We then went to McGettigans for dinner & drinks. As we went in we all felt p***ed, the wooden floor has gone wrong & lifted so it made you stagger as you went in. That made for a fun evening people watching. You had the sober people staggering all over the place as well as the drunk ones! And the funniest bit was the way everyone staggered, stopped, turned round to look & not seeing anything carried on with a quizzical look on their face.
We also wondered why they had a bouncer stood by the 2 stairs that you go down before the wonky floor & he said nothing as a warning to anyone - maybe like us, he was waiting for a fall!
A man who looked like Shrek was there - I kid you not, even more like him than Wayne Rooney. And we saw him last night at Nelsons too!! Really, really like him.
Saw a lady in a skin tight t-shirt dress, not great! She was too old for the dress & saggy boobs with no bra is a very bad look! Also baggy knickers! Oh dear, look in the mirror without those rose tinted specs on!!!
Anyway bye for now, need to put my nurses outfit on as H is poorly today with a bad stomach!
Love Jane
Saturday, 9 February 2013
Hi Everyone,
Well the weekend has come & gone & its time to let you know what was going on.
We have for some time been meaning to try out a new bar called Girders down at JBR & we eventually got to try it out on Thursday.
The decor was quite weird, very metally construction site type floors, tables etc with (yes you guessed it) girders. So not sure about that but I quite liked the vibe - busy, good music & great measures!!!(Which started large & got bigger with every order).
A very posy, stupid couple came into the bar on roller blades they looked absolutely ridiculous! They kept skating round the place, desperate for everyone to look at them & think they were great. At one point they were going to opposite ends of the bar & then doing a glide past each other with out-stretched arms (pass the sick bag!) Then the best thing ever happened....................................on one of their glide past moves he fell over!
Well that got everyone looking, haha!
Some of the gang moved on to Byblos & we were intending to join them after we finished our drinks but as R & his girlfriend C had joined us, we just went back to ours for drinks on the balcony.
After an evening on Peroni & another big blank H has decided Peroni is probably not the best beer for him to drink!
I forgot to take all my security measures when we went to bed, which could so easily have resulted in embarrassment for H.
Now, my security measures are what I do when I think H is going to sleep walk, these include locking the balcony door & hiding the key, pulling 2 sets of curtains across the balcony door that only has a push button lock. Lock front door & put chain on & finally lock our bedroom door.
Although I forgot to take the usual steps fortunately I did lock the bedroom door. I woke fairly early & on coming out of the loo who should be having a fight with the bedroom door lock, yes, H naked trying to get out, now obviously this could have been dodgy as R & C had stayed in our guest room & they may have had an unwanted visitor!
Had great news today - G (oldest son) passed his driving test! Well done!! Can you give me a lift when I come home?
Had a great day Friday but will put that on tomorrow.
Love Jane
Well the weekend has come & gone & its time to let you know what was going on.
We have for some time been meaning to try out a new bar called Girders down at JBR & we eventually got to try it out on Thursday.
The decor was quite weird, very metally construction site type floors, tables etc with (yes you guessed it) girders. So not sure about that but I quite liked the vibe - busy, good music & great measures!!!(Which started large & got bigger with every order).
A very posy, stupid couple came into the bar on roller blades they looked absolutely ridiculous! They kept skating round the place, desperate for everyone to look at them & think they were great. At one point they were going to opposite ends of the bar & then doing a glide past each other with out-stretched arms (pass the sick bag!) Then the best thing ever happened....................................on one of their glide past moves he fell over!
Well that got everyone looking, haha!
Some of the gang moved on to Byblos & we were intending to join them after we finished our drinks but as R & his girlfriend C had joined us, we just went back to ours for drinks on the balcony.
After an evening on Peroni & another big blank H has decided Peroni is probably not the best beer for him to drink!
I forgot to take all my security measures when we went to bed, which could so easily have resulted in embarrassment for H.
Now, my security measures are what I do when I think H is going to sleep walk, these include locking the balcony door & hiding the key, pulling 2 sets of curtains across the balcony door that only has a push button lock. Lock front door & put chain on & finally lock our bedroom door.
Although I forgot to take the usual steps fortunately I did lock the bedroom door. I woke fairly early & on coming out of the loo who should be having a fight with the bedroom door lock, yes, H naked trying to get out, now obviously this could have been dodgy as R & C had stayed in our guest room & they may have had an unwanted visitor!
Had great news today - G (oldest son) passed his driving test! Well done!! Can you give me a lift when I come home?
Had a great day Friday but will put that on tomorrow.
Love Jane
Wednesday, 6 February 2013
Hello there,
Well, it was 'P-Day' yesterday (take sample to hospital) & we made it!!!! (With half an hour to spare!)
I drove Catwoman's Jag back from Abu Dhabi!! I was born to live in luxury!!!
Watched the film Argo again last night (H even managed to watch it!) Can recommend it, some people are amazing, if you see it or have seen it you will know what I mean (its based on a true story).
Had a great chat with Superwoman on Skype - can't wait to see her for real! As we were discussing my eldest niece, who should What's App me? I find that happens a lot - you are thinking of someone & they message you.
Been trying to think of where to go Thursday but to be honest it gets a bit difficult sometimes, mainly because there is so much choice!! Its a hard life but someone has to do it!!! (Glad its me!) Its also hard at the moment because I really want to go to the places with the great outside spaces & it's still too cold.
Just had to go to mall for proper shopping (no shoes or dresses) & it still makes me smile after all this time seeing straight men holding hands, cuddling & even a kiss or two!! Just can't see it taking off in the UK can you?
Anyway must dash & swot up for quiz tonight or H will tell me off!!
Love Jane
Well, it was 'P-Day' yesterday (take sample to hospital) & we made it!!!! (With half an hour to spare!)
I drove Catwoman's Jag back from Abu Dhabi!! I was born to live in luxury!!!
Watched the film Argo again last night (H even managed to watch it!) Can recommend it, some people are amazing, if you see it or have seen it you will know what I mean (its based on a true story).
Had a great chat with Superwoman on Skype - can't wait to see her for real! As we were discussing my eldest niece, who should What's App me? I find that happens a lot - you are thinking of someone & they message you.
Been trying to think of where to go Thursday but to be honest it gets a bit difficult sometimes, mainly because there is so much choice!! Its a hard life but someone has to do it!!! (Glad its me!) Its also hard at the moment because I really want to go to the places with the great outside spaces & it's still too cold.
Just had to go to mall for proper shopping (no shoes or dresses) & it still makes me smile after all this time seeing straight men holding hands, cuddling & even a kiss or two!! Just can't see it taking off in the UK can you?
Anyway must dash & swot up for quiz tonight or H will tell me off!!
Love Jane
Sunday, 3 February 2013
Hello there everyone,
Sorry if you looked yesterday but in all honesty I was up by 10 but was having a bit of a problem remembering thursday night! It actually wasn't the amount of drink consumed but rather H & I made the fatal mistake of not eating before we went out & therefore both suffered from 'early tipsyness' followed by severe bout of amnesia!!
The cure was huge fry-up in the Underground pub & sundowners at Barasti. (No sun yesterday though!!!)
However, H & I do remember having a wonderful conversation with some Saudis which we can remember saying was fascinating but can't actually recall any of it!!!! (If at a later date it comes back to us I will tell you about it). Oh boys, just so as you know, I remember our conversations but Dad doesn't - haha!!
You will be pleased to know that Barasti didn't disappoint!
We met up with Thelma, Louise & Z who had been to the 'weight loss show' at the Marina next door which they said was full of potions & lotions & plastic surgery places!!!
We were catching up on thursday night's activities with Thelma as we had hoped she may fill in a few of our blanks (& no, it didn't help much), while we were waiting for TT (top tipster) & her husband D when we spotted a very drunk man (must have been a bruncher).
Now the clue to man's state was in the walk! You know the one..... 2 steps forward, one to the left, one to the right & one back!!!! As I have told you before the pool is there, unused with barriers round it, well the barriers did their job, drunk man was saved by the barrier on more than one occasion! He then made it the side area where he spied the shower...... Oh yes we were going to see a great incident we thought.
As he stood in the shower area we could almost virtually see his brain working, (you know what I mean) where the drunk person gets very interested in something & their concentation is all consuming - wanting to know how 'it' works. Well, he swayed a bit & stared a bit & wham, pressed the button.... (You could feel the disappointment of everyone who had spotted him) no water!!! However undeterred, Man went to each side of the shower & tried every button! .... Still no water! This did not seem to faze him though because he stood his ground (with a bit of swaying here & there) & proceeded to 'wash' his hair in the imaginary water followed by a very thorough wash of his 'private parts' & bottom!!! There was much laughter by all those that could see this dry shower!
It wasn't too much later when Louise spotted a greyish haired man standing all alone at a table with quite a ginger moustache, it took a while & much staring to realise it was a stick-on moustache, now what you have to realise is that it is a good laugh at brunch when you see fancy dress (often hen & stag dos), it maybe totally over the top things like 20 barbies, or 10 roman soldiers (if you remember we saw 2 last week) or maybe all the men in red trousers or as I'm sure was the case here 10 men with stick-on taches
However, when you are stood on your own at 5 o'clock in the afternoon it is actually very funny for a very different reason! When you appear 'normal + sober' with your glass of white wine + try to chat up a couple of ladies with your stick-on moustache flapping a bit because the sticky is wearing off you just look plain ridiculous!!!!
Now before I go one question - why, no matter where you go in the world do they NEVER have enough ladies toilets????
Love Jane
Sorry if you looked yesterday but in all honesty I was up by 10 but was having a bit of a problem remembering thursday night! It actually wasn't the amount of drink consumed but rather H & I made the fatal mistake of not eating before we went out & therefore both suffered from 'early tipsyness' followed by severe bout of amnesia!!
The cure was huge fry-up in the Underground pub & sundowners at Barasti. (No sun yesterday though!!!)
However, H & I do remember having a wonderful conversation with some Saudis which we can remember saying was fascinating but can't actually recall any of it!!!! (If at a later date it comes back to us I will tell you about it). Oh boys, just so as you know, I remember our conversations but Dad doesn't - haha!!
You will be pleased to know that Barasti didn't disappoint!
We met up with Thelma, Louise & Z who had been to the 'weight loss show' at the Marina next door which they said was full of potions & lotions & plastic surgery places!!!
We were catching up on thursday night's activities with Thelma as we had hoped she may fill in a few of our blanks (& no, it didn't help much), while we were waiting for TT (top tipster) & her husband D when we spotted a very drunk man (must have been a bruncher).
Now the clue to man's state was in the walk! You know the one..... 2 steps forward, one to the left, one to the right & one back!!!! As I have told you before the pool is there, unused with barriers round it, well the barriers did their job, drunk man was saved by the barrier on more than one occasion! He then made it the side area where he spied the shower...... Oh yes we were going to see a great incident we thought.
As he stood in the shower area we could almost virtually see his brain working, (you know what I mean) where the drunk person gets very interested in something & their concentation is all consuming - wanting to know how 'it' works. Well, he swayed a bit & stared a bit & wham, pressed the button.... (You could feel the disappointment of everyone who had spotted him) no water!!! However undeterred, Man went to each side of the shower & tried every button! .... Still no water! This did not seem to faze him though because he stood his ground (with a bit of swaying here & there) & proceeded to 'wash' his hair in the imaginary water followed by a very thorough wash of his 'private parts' & bottom!!! There was much laughter by all those that could see this dry shower!
It wasn't too much later when Louise spotted a greyish haired man standing all alone at a table with quite a ginger moustache, it took a while & much staring to realise it was a stick-on moustache, now what you have to realise is that it is a good laugh at brunch when you see fancy dress (often hen & stag dos), it maybe totally over the top things like 20 barbies, or 10 roman soldiers (if you remember we saw 2 last week) or maybe all the men in red trousers or as I'm sure was the case here 10 men with stick-on taches
However, when you are stood on your own at 5 o'clock in the afternoon it is actually very funny for a very different reason! When you appear 'normal + sober' with your glass of white wine + try to chat up a couple of ladies with your stick-on moustache flapping a bit because the sticky is wearing off you just look plain ridiculous!!!!
Now before I go one question - why, no matter where you go in the world do they NEVER have enough ladies toilets????
Love Jane
Hi there everyone,
As I posted this blog I saw Saturdays post wasn't on - it had saved to draft (told you I was useless at all this computer stuff!). Anyway you get 2 today then!
Not much been happening really so I thought I would just share some of my thoughts - yes I do think occasionally & yes it's probably dangerous.
Watching football over the years, either on tv or when the kids have played & it seems to me that professionals not only do football training but I think the following are obviously essential skills that they have to learn in order to excel as a pro.
1) Learning to dive - some players could probably teach Tom Daley a thing or two.
2) Learning to roll around when injured (not) for oscar performance - RADA could use some of this acting skill
3) How to spit when the camera is on you - this takes great skill, first being able to produce a sizeable quantity to show to the crowd & camera & then more importantly, impeccable timing to make sure the camera is at the right angle & zoomed in as the spit leaves your mouth!
I think it is also time I shared with you mine & Thelma's secret crush!!
It probably should remain secret but here goes......
Barry Weiss from Storage Wars! Haha yes I think Thelma & I have probably gone over the edge!!
For those of you that don't watch Storage Wars, Barry is well in his 60s grey hair & thick framed glasses!
We are not only addicted to Barry but also to the programme. Absolute rubbish American s**t but we love it, check it out if you get a chance!! Haha.
Take care
Love Jane
As I posted this blog I saw Saturdays post wasn't on - it had saved to draft (told you I was useless at all this computer stuff!). Anyway you get 2 today then!
Not much been happening really so I thought I would just share some of my thoughts - yes I do think occasionally & yes it's probably dangerous.
Watching football over the years, either on tv or when the kids have played & it seems to me that professionals not only do football training but I think the following are obviously essential skills that they have to learn in order to excel as a pro.
1) Learning to dive - some players could probably teach Tom Daley a thing or two.
2) Learning to roll around when injured (not) for oscar performance - RADA could use some of this acting skill
3) How to spit when the camera is on you - this takes great skill, first being able to produce a sizeable quantity to show to the crowd & camera & then more importantly, impeccable timing to make sure the camera is at the right angle & zoomed in as the spit leaves your mouth!
I think it is also time I shared with you mine & Thelma's secret crush!!
It probably should remain secret but here goes......
Barry Weiss from Storage Wars! Haha yes I think Thelma & I have probably gone over the edge!!
For those of you that don't watch Storage Wars, Barry is well in his 60s grey hair & thick framed glasses!
We are not only addicted to Barry but also to the programme. Absolute rubbish American s**t but we love it, check it out if you get a chance!! Haha.
Take care
Love Jane
Thursday, 31 January 2013
Hi All,
I forgot to say I got all excited Tuesday........
Yes you thought, new shoes, dress or went somewhere new didn't you? Well actually it was a visit from housekeeping with ......... A new iron!!! Oh the simple things in life eh?
Its funny isn't it how kids are the same the world over? I have been watching a Dad & his toddler from the balcony as the kiddie is riding his trike. Child keeps heading for the steps (there is a huge amount of space without steps!) The Dad keeps steering him away but kid keeps racing back so Dad has now taken trike away & is carrying it. Not to be put done though the kid has run over to steps & keeps running up & down them - I can see it 'will all end in tears!!'
Saw a cracking bloke yesterday - striaght out of the 70's big curly hair black moustache & tracksuit, wanted to walk over & say in a Liverpuddlian accent 'Calm down, Calm down, eh,eh!!'
Why is it most joggers that you see, especially round our lake or over at the Marina look like they are about to keel over & pop their clogs!! I am sure it can't be good for them & a brisk walk would be better!
The lake next to ours has been drained (don't know why) but its got me thinking of what they will find if they drain ours properly!
For those of you that don't know, a favourite past time of the male species at ours when alcohol is involved is to raid my fridge (when I am not looking) & throw any suitable items into the lake to see who can throw the furthest!! That is after they have run out of golf balls!!!
My lovely sons seem to enjoy this past time almost as much as their Dad + M + D.
Watch this space ..... I may be able to say what foodstuff rots the quickest in water!!
Love Jane
I forgot to say I got all excited Tuesday........
Yes you thought, new shoes, dress or went somewhere new didn't you? Well actually it was a visit from housekeeping with ......... A new iron!!! Oh the simple things in life eh?
Its funny isn't it how kids are the same the world over? I have been watching a Dad & his toddler from the balcony as the kiddie is riding his trike. Child keeps heading for the steps (there is a huge amount of space without steps!) The Dad keeps steering him away but kid keeps racing back so Dad has now taken trike away & is carrying it. Not to be put done though the kid has run over to steps & keeps running up & down them - I can see it 'will all end in tears!!'
Saw a cracking bloke yesterday - striaght out of the 70's big curly hair black moustache & tracksuit, wanted to walk over & say in a Liverpuddlian accent 'Calm down, Calm down, eh,eh!!'
Why is it most joggers that you see, especially round our lake or over at the Marina look like they are about to keel over & pop their clogs!! I am sure it can't be good for them & a brisk walk would be better!
The lake next to ours has been drained (don't know why) but its got me thinking of what they will find if they drain ours properly!
For those of you that don't know, a favourite past time of the male species at ours when alcohol is involved is to raid my fridge (when I am not looking) & throw any suitable items into the lake to see who can throw the furthest!! That is after they have run out of golf balls!!!
My lovely sons seem to enjoy this past time almost as much as their Dad + M + D.
Watch this space ..... I may be able to say what foodstuff rots the quickest in water!!
Love Jane
Wednesday, 30 January 2013
Hi All,
No blog yesterday as I was out to lunch & to play Pokemon!
Now Pokemon isn't its real name of course ( those with kids of a certain age know what real pokemon is. Those stupid creatures with very suspect names such as Slowpoke, Lickitung & Jigglypuff. Etc - some bearing a Captain Pugwash charm!!)
Ok so we play Pokeno (I can never remember it, so call it Pokemon).
This is a bingo like game with prizes which get won & then are 'stolen' 3 times - 3rd steal means you win it. This involves having a good memory (as prizes are kept in bags under your chair) because if you try to 'steal' the wrong prize from the wrong person you don't win it.
Now most of us ladies that play it are of an age where memory is not our best asset!!! We have to deal with putting counters on & off a bingo like card, using playing cards, remembering who has prizes & what they are plus throw in conversation & you can imagine... Mayhem!! Good job at this lunch we do not have alcohol!!
We all agree between the & of us there yesterday we probably couldn't hold down 1 job!
I won (but did not get to keep) a wooden bead necklace & bracelet set. Very fetching it was too, however when I tried it on the 2 shells (for decoration) were in the perfect place to be nipple covers (makes a change from tassels I thought!). This caused much hilarity as most of us agreed (again being ladies of a certain age) that they would only work if we were wearing a bra because - whip the bra off & a considerable more amount of beads would be required to allow the shells to provide coverage!!!
Also thanks to J for her suggestion of calling the bead set 'titty suspenders', we all agreed that if the husbands heard about such garments they may decide they to join in this game!!!!
Anyway, I need a lie down now as I have walked to the Marina with my 'old lady' trolley, filled it with stupid things like bottles of water & other heavy goods & get back home so now feel totally knackered!!!
Speak tomorrow.
Love Jane
No blog yesterday as I was out to lunch & to play Pokemon!
Now Pokemon isn't its real name of course ( those with kids of a certain age know what real pokemon is. Those stupid creatures with very suspect names such as Slowpoke, Lickitung & Jigglypuff. Etc - some bearing a Captain Pugwash charm!!)
Ok so we play Pokeno (I can never remember it, so call it Pokemon).
This is a bingo like game with prizes which get won & then are 'stolen' 3 times - 3rd steal means you win it. This involves having a good memory (as prizes are kept in bags under your chair) because if you try to 'steal' the wrong prize from the wrong person you don't win it.
Now most of us ladies that play it are of an age where memory is not our best asset!!! We have to deal with putting counters on & off a bingo like card, using playing cards, remembering who has prizes & what they are plus throw in conversation & you can imagine... Mayhem!! Good job at this lunch we do not have alcohol!!
We all agree between the & of us there yesterday we probably couldn't hold down 1 job!
I won (but did not get to keep) a wooden bead necklace & bracelet set. Very fetching it was too, however when I tried it on the 2 shells (for decoration) were in the perfect place to be nipple covers (makes a change from tassels I thought!). This caused much hilarity as most of us agreed (again being ladies of a certain age) that they would only work if we were wearing a bra because - whip the bra off & a considerable more amount of beads would be required to allow the shells to provide coverage!!!
Also thanks to J for her suggestion of calling the bead set 'titty suspenders', we all agreed that if the husbands heard about such garments they may decide they to join in this game!!!!
Anyway, I need a lie down now as I have walked to the Marina with my 'old lady' trolley, filled it with stupid things like bottles of water & other heavy goods & get back home so now feel totally knackered!!!
Speak tomorrow.
Love Jane
Monday, 28 January 2013
Hi Everyone,
Well the day dawned to get Catwoman's sample to Abu Dhabi.
Prunes & Liquorice had been consumed & Catwoman made her 'deposit'. She messaged me to say the 'clock was ticking' so could we go now! (This was about 6.45 am), fortunately I was ready & off we went.
However, there was thick fog & as we were going onto the main road we realised we couldn't even see the road signs!! Now, driving in fog anywhere is dangerous but here it is just crazy & after a few moments of deliberating we turned back - the test she has to have is not life threatening but the drive to Abu Dhabi is!!
I gave H a call in case he wasn't 'decent' - didn't want to shock Catwoman into making another 'deposit'! So had a couple of cups of coffee at home.
Yesterday I forgot to mention Centrepoint undies.
Centrepoint is a collection of shops in the Mall of the Emirates & they stock shoes (my fav bit), kids & adults clothes. Now it seems very bizarre in this fine place that they have on sale in this underwear section a veritable collection that would make Ann Summers blush - really!!
Bow tie thongs, crotchless, nippleless bodysuits (actually made up of about 3 straps - couldn't quite see the point of that one lol!!!) Etc. Not what you expect to see on show in a shop in Dubai!
That's all for now folks as I have some Skyping to do.
Love Jane
Well the day dawned to get Catwoman's sample to Abu Dhabi.
Prunes & Liquorice had been consumed & Catwoman made her 'deposit'. She messaged me to say the 'clock was ticking' so could we go now! (This was about 6.45 am), fortunately I was ready & off we went.
However, there was thick fog & as we were going onto the main road we realised we couldn't even see the road signs!! Now, driving in fog anywhere is dangerous but here it is just crazy & after a few moments of deliberating we turned back - the test she has to have is not life threatening but the drive to Abu Dhabi is!!
I gave H a call in case he wasn't 'decent' - didn't want to shock Catwoman into making another 'deposit'! So had a couple of cups of coffee at home.
Yesterday I forgot to mention Centrepoint undies.
Centrepoint is a collection of shops in the Mall of the Emirates & they stock shoes (my fav bit), kids & adults clothes. Now it seems very bizarre in this fine place that they have on sale in this underwear section a veritable collection that would make Ann Summers blush - really!!
Bow tie thongs, crotchless, nippleless bodysuits (actually made up of about 3 straps - couldn't quite see the point of that one lol!!!) Etc. Not what you expect to see on show in a shop in Dubai!
That's all for now folks as I have some Skyping to do.
Love Jane
Sunday, 27 January 2013
Hi again,
Quiet day yesterday but productive. Did a load of sorting stuff out in my bedroom while the rest of apartment was cleaned by my maid Deepa, for those that don't know of her she is a tiny lady who does my apartment once a fortnight & she is amazing!
Then when she left I did my ironing - so its not all lazy days for me!
Popped to Mall to meet J for coffee & do a bit of shopping. Had pancakes with syrup(bad girl!) Anyway the waiter said they were 'fat' pancakes & you got 3 - we thought he meant like scotch pancakes, well when they came they were fatter than the old english style muffins! J + I managed 1 each so unfortunately wasted 4 between us! Think that was what the waiter was getting at (should have shared!)
Saw a very funny woman (from behind) must have been Russian from her style of clothes, tried to cop a look from the front but despite jumping in & out of the rails in M & S - we lost her!!
You know the English just shout louder if they are talking to a foreigner who doesn't understand well, you will be pleased to know its not just us - had a Bangladeshi taxi driver who couldn't understand me & he just kept shouting 'where you want to go' at me!
Got there in the end though. Haha.
Anyway see you tomorrow, (or maybe the day after) hopefully after Catwoman & I have made a poo deposit in Abu Dhabi (fingers crossed!!)Lol.
Love Jane
Quiet day yesterday but productive. Did a load of sorting stuff out in my bedroom while the rest of apartment was cleaned by my maid Deepa, for those that don't know of her she is a tiny lady who does my apartment once a fortnight & she is amazing!
Then when she left I did my ironing - so its not all lazy days for me!
Popped to Mall to meet J for coffee & do a bit of shopping. Had pancakes with syrup(bad girl!) Anyway the waiter said they were 'fat' pancakes & you got 3 - we thought he meant like scotch pancakes, well when they came they were fatter than the old english style muffins! J + I managed 1 each so unfortunately wasted 4 between us! Think that was what the waiter was getting at (should have shared!)
Saw a very funny woman (from behind) must have been Russian from her style of clothes, tried to cop a look from the front but despite jumping in & out of the rails in M & S - we lost her!!
You know the English just shout louder if they are talking to a foreigner who doesn't understand well, you will be pleased to know its not just us - had a Bangladeshi taxi driver who couldn't understand me & he just kept shouting 'where you want to go' at me!
Got there in the end though. Haha.
Anyway see you tomorrow, (or maybe the day after) hopefully after Catwoman & I have made a poo deposit in Abu Dhabi (fingers crossed!!)Lol.
Love Jane
Saturday, 26 January 2013
Hi.
Sundowners at Barasti to watch the Brunch Brigade! As H & I were waiting for the others to arrive what should we see but 2 Roman gladiators! (Bit different to last weeks tutu!)
Unfortunately that was really as good as it got but I will share an absolute cracker from several months ago.
For expats you can move on but for everyone else there follows info on brunch.....
Brunch is an alcohol & food fest that is beyond your wildest dreams!!! It usually consists of eat & drink as much as you like in 3 or 4 hours, (betwen noon & 4) coupled with the sun it makes for quite a spectacle.
Many brunchers 'move on' after to various bars around the city (because obviously 3or 4 hours of gluttony is just not enough! Lol)
Barasti is a beach bar that is a popular post brunch venue.
Anyway we were watching the brunch brigade 'doing the walk' (this is the 'I'm not p****ed, just walking carefully' walk) - the concentration on the faces of the most p'd is fantastic & don't forget the women have the added issue of 'fashion' to deal with such as tight dresses & great big platforms & sky scraper heels!
Everyone is in various states of drunkenness & at Barasti there is an outside pool that is never used & is barriered off to stop the drunks going in. (We all think it should be filled in as its never used).
There was a crowd of rowdy revellers with a particularly fat, gobby female (lady is not appropriate) there. Anyway Gobby decided she was going to go poolside of the barrier & a male friend was coercing her back, suggesting it wasn't a good idea, security would throw her out as it wasn't allowed etc when Gobby retorted in a shouty voice 'NO ONE'S TELLING ME WHAT TO F***ING DO' etc & this was accompanied with much waving of the arms & pointing.
At that moment in full swing we discovered that there is a god! Yep you guessed it she fell backwards straight into the pool with the most almighty splash!!!!
With that, security came round to the steps to get her out but as she reached the paved area she marched off & shrugging off attempts to help her she flew backwards & landed flat on her back!!!
I have never heard such a loud slapping noise nor have I laughed so much!!
Good job she was so fat & p***ed otherwise it would have really hurt!
I will leave you with that image & hopefully see you tomorrow.
Jane
Sundowners at Barasti to watch the Brunch Brigade! As H & I were waiting for the others to arrive what should we see but 2 Roman gladiators! (Bit different to last weeks tutu!)
Unfortunately that was really as good as it got but I will share an absolute cracker from several months ago.
For expats you can move on but for everyone else there follows info on brunch.....
Brunch is an alcohol & food fest that is beyond your wildest dreams!!! It usually consists of eat & drink as much as you like in 3 or 4 hours, (betwen noon & 4) coupled with the sun it makes for quite a spectacle.
Many brunchers 'move on' after to various bars around the city (because obviously 3or 4 hours of gluttony is just not enough! Lol)
Barasti is a beach bar that is a popular post brunch venue.
Anyway we were watching the brunch brigade 'doing the walk' (this is the 'I'm not p****ed, just walking carefully' walk) - the concentration on the faces of the most p'd is fantastic & don't forget the women have the added issue of 'fashion' to deal with such as tight dresses & great big platforms & sky scraper heels!
Everyone is in various states of drunkenness & at Barasti there is an outside pool that is never used & is barriered off to stop the drunks going in. (We all think it should be filled in as its never used).
There was a crowd of rowdy revellers with a particularly fat, gobby female (lady is not appropriate) there. Anyway Gobby decided she was going to go poolside of the barrier & a male friend was coercing her back, suggesting it wasn't a good idea, security would throw her out as it wasn't allowed etc when Gobby retorted in a shouty voice 'NO ONE'S TELLING ME WHAT TO F***ING DO' etc & this was accompanied with much waving of the arms & pointing.
At that moment in full swing we discovered that there is a god! Yep you guessed it she fell backwards straight into the pool with the most almighty splash!!!!
With that, security came round to the steps to get her out but as she reached the paved area she marched off & shrugging off attempts to help her she flew backwards & landed flat on her back!!!
I have never heard such a loud slapping noise nor have I laughed so much!!
Good job she was so fat & p***ed otherwise it would have really hurt!
I will leave you with that image & hopefully see you tomorrow.
Jane
Friday, 25 January 2013
Hello All,
Sorry for lack of blog yesterday but after a 5-6 am finish on thursday morning blogging was the last thing on my mind!! Spent the day sleeping or wishing I was sleeping!! Oh & looking for one of the Yalumba twins head!! (The Yalumba twins are great friends of ours - the explanation for their name may be explained in a later blog!)
Anyway behaviour at our 'dry night gathering' was so good that I have nothing to blog about!!!
I had bought a small pot of plasticine for G's use (to keep him occupied) & now thanks to G & Yalumba twin(with the missing head) I keep finding little plasticine models everywhere - even in the freezer!! Haha!
Well, could have done with staying in last night but as everyone knows, thursday night out is a ritual for H that he sticks to religiously, oh & boy am I glad we went out........
Louise couldn't make the gathering due to work committments so she was really up for a night out so being her true friends, Thelma, H & I met her at the Belgian Beer Cafe at the Madinat. It was busy but not lively if you know what I mean & after 2 drinks & wilting slightly we moved on to Leftbank - 2 drinks later we moved on again to Jambase. This is billed as a 'supper club' & is usually good fun as they have live music & a DJ.
Oh my god!! Where do I begin........
As we came in&+ ventured down the stairs, 'Night Fever' was being played, so a good start (can't beat a bit of cheese!). The DJ continued to play brilliant music & the dance floor was filled with fodder for my blog!!
There were 2 ladies dancing - a tall willowy, dusky woman in a very strange dress - short at the front & back but with veil like strips attached at the hips that went to the floor. Thought she was going to start doing 'dance of the 7 veils!' She was dancing with a short dumpy 'lady in red!' & oh dear!!!! The 4 of us had all clocked her at the same time & in unison all said 'that needs to go in the blog!'
Well she was wearing a dress very like the 80's bubble lycra dresses in very bright red & she was wearing - yes you guessed it a thong underneath! Now, this didn't cause the usual problem of 'crack munching dress' but the string bit that goes round the hips dug in so tight she looked like Michelin man, there were that many rolls!! Do these people not look in the mirror? (We shall return to her later!)
The band came on (there used to be a really good live band here but for some reason they no longer play & have been replaced by 2 guys). Whilst being very accomplished musicians they manage to clear the dance floor every time they appear! (Is this a ruse by the management to make you buy more drinks???). My pet hate with them is that the one with the dreadlocks 'beatboxes' at the beginning of every track but when he stops the noise carries on - come on man, who are you kidding!!!!!
Oh - I forgot to say when we arrived it was like an Indianna Jones movie as there was a guy with the biggest turban- type head dress on like some sort of Bedouin! (Not what you expect to see in a club)
Looking round I spied 2 'ladies of the night' in their black lycra mini- dresses.
These 'ladies' were african (this profession tends to fall into 3 nationalities here, filipino, african & of course dont forget the Russians!) These girls also had the long wigs on or hair extensions. Unfortunately for these 2 it doesn't matter how long the hair is or how short the dresses are you can't do anything with those faces!!! (Up to when we left shall we say, business was slow!)
Last night the dance floor of this place was the gift that keeps on giving! (Obviously only when the DJ was on!)
The Dance of the 7 veils & red dress were 'double dating'! I use that term loosely as it very much appeared to be a 'pay by the hour or pay by the night' scenario! 7 veils was partnered by a tall fattish bald man (yeah you've read about his type previously in my blog) who looked absolutely ridiculous in his t-shirt with a neck scarf on!
Another 2 guys with their 'ladies' were double dating, maybe more of a 'blind date' situation as the men had obviously made an effort & were wearing their suits.
So on to the dancing - woman in the blue pant suit (sorry, am I the only one who thinks they look like giant baby-grows?) Waggling your a**e & doing the massive hair flick thing doesn't make you a good dancer it just makes you look a pratt!!
Oh & Man in red trousers with your jacket collar turned up & the fashioable 'geek-style' galsses - break dancing should only be done in clubs by people who can actually do it!!! He resembled someone having an epileptic fit!!!! You tried so had to dress & look cool but believe me you didn't - you fall into the same category as babygrow girl!!!
Mr 'Jack-in-the-box' put in an appearance. (For those who don't know of him I will explain about him another time!)
Well time to return to red dress & 7 veils.....
We went to queue for a taxi & 7 veils & baldy were 'waiting together' a few people ahead of us. Baldy's friend & red dress were next to me & before you could say 'thong' she was sent to back of the queue & Baldy's friend struck up a deal with a 'dusky maiden' in the taxi queue. I guess when they got out into the street light Baldy's friend decided he'd got the 'ugly one!' Haha.
So that my friends was a regular thursday night out in Dubai!!
Love Jane
Sorry for lack of blog yesterday but after a 5-6 am finish on thursday morning blogging was the last thing on my mind!! Spent the day sleeping or wishing I was sleeping!! Oh & looking for one of the Yalumba twins head!! (The Yalumba twins are great friends of ours - the explanation for their name may be explained in a later blog!)
Anyway behaviour at our 'dry night gathering' was so good that I have nothing to blog about!!!
I had bought a small pot of plasticine for G's use (to keep him occupied) & now thanks to G & Yalumba twin(with the missing head) I keep finding little plasticine models everywhere - even in the freezer!! Haha!
Well, could have done with staying in last night but as everyone knows, thursday night out is a ritual for H that he sticks to religiously, oh & boy am I glad we went out........
Louise couldn't make the gathering due to work committments so she was really up for a night out so being her true friends, Thelma, H & I met her at the Belgian Beer Cafe at the Madinat. It was busy but not lively if you know what I mean & after 2 drinks & wilting slightly we moved on to Leftbank - 2 drinks later we moved on again to Jambase. This is billed as a 'supper club' & is usually good fun as they have live music & a DJ.
Oh my god!! Where do I begin........
As we came in&+ ventured down the stairs, 'Night Fever' was being played, so a good start (can't beat a bit of cheese!). The DJ continued to play brilliant music & the dance floor was filled with fodder for my blog!!
There were 2 ladies dancing - a tall willowy, dusky woman in a very strange dress - short at the front & back but with veil like strips attached at the hips that went to the floor. Thought she was going to start doing 'dance of the 7 veils!' She was dancing with a short dumpy 'lady in red!' & oh dear!!!! The 4 of us had all clocked her at the same time & in unison all said 'that needs to go in the blog!'
Well she was wearing a dress very like the 80's bubble lycra dresses in very bright red & she was wearing - yes you guessed it a thong underneath! Now, this didn't cause the usual problem of 'crack munching dress' but the string bit that goes round the hips dug in so tight she looked like Michelin man, there were that many rolls!! Do these people not look in the mirror? (We shall return to her later!)
The band came on (there used to be a really good live band here but for some reason they no longer play & have been replaced by 2 guys). Whilst being very accomplished musicians they manage to clear the dance floor every time they appear! (Is this a ruse by the management to make you buy more drinks???). My pet hate with them is that the one with the dreadlocks 'beatboxes' at the beginning of every track but when he stops the noise carries on - come on man, who are you kidding!!!!!
Oh - I forgot to say when we arrived it was like an Indianna Jones movie as there was a guy with the biggest turban- type head dress on like some sort of Bedouin! (Not what you expect to see in a club)
Looking round I spied 2 'ladies of the night' in their black lycra mini- dresses.
These 'ladies' were african (this profession tends to fall into 3 nationalities here, filipino, african & of course dont forget the Russians!) These girls also had the long wigs on or hair extensions. Unfortunately for these 2 it doesn't matter how long the hair is or how short the dresses are you can't do anything with those faces!!! (Up to when we left shall we say, business was slow!)
Last night the dance floor of this place was the gift that keeps on giving! (Obviously only when the DJ was on!)
The Dance of the 7 veils & red dress were 'double dating'! I use that term loosely as it very much appeared to be a 'pay by the hour or pay by the night' scenario! 7 veils was partnered by a tall fattish bald man (yeah you've read about his type previously in my blog) who looked absolutely ridiculous in his t-shirt with a neck scarf on!
Another 2 guys with their 'ladies' were double dating, maybe more of a 'blind date' situation as the men had obviously made an effort & were wearing their suits.
So on to the dancing - woman in the blue pant suit (sorry, am I the only one who thinks they look like giant baby-grows?) Waggling your a**e & doing the massive hair flick thing doesn't make you a good dancer it just makes you look a pratt!!
Oh & Man in red trousers with your jacket collar turned up & the fashioable 'geek-style' galsses - break dancing should only be done in clubs by people who can actually do it!!! He resembled someone having an epileptic fit!!!! You tried so had to dress & look cool but believe me you didn't - you fall into the same category as babygrow girl!!!
Mr 'Jack-in-the-box' put in an appearance. (For those who don't know of him I will explain about him another time!)
Well time to return to red dress & 7 veils.....
We went to queue for a taxi & 7 veils & baldy were 'waiting together' a few people ahead of us. Baldy's friend & red dress were next to me & before you could say 'thong' she was sent to back of the queue & Baldy's friend struck up a deal with a 'dusky maiden' in the taxi queue. I guess when they got out into the street light Baldy's friend decided he'd got the 'ugly one!' Haha.
So that my friends was a regular thursday night out in Dubai!!
Love Jane
Tuesday, 22 January 2013
Hi there,
Sorry if you looked for my blog yesterday - it wasn't there! Just didn't have time.
Yeah I know - what was I doing? Not a lot as it happens but time ran away with me.
Well, monday had a great lunch with the ladies in our silly/lovely hats - free flowing prosecco yum yum! Some of the ladies are a real hoot. P from USA cracks me up! Unfortunately can't put most of it in my blog, suffice to say that whatever she says is funny & very loud, watching the other diners reactions to her & our subsequent laughter is great!
Have started writing this late at night while H is gently snoring away! Yes for those of you who know him & his legendary snoring, sometimes it is fairly quiet!!
We skyped with younget son yesterday & he informed us (while he was making toast with Marmite) that Marmite is good for erectile dysfunction! I said in reply that we had better get some then (I was just joking) but I do not know who's face was the best picture - H or son?
Anyway tomorrow night we are having the thursday nighters round for drinks as its a dry night in all the bars so will probably have plenty to report on thursday, although M is in the UK so we won't have him dancing in his pants & chucking beer over himself this time!!
So... Its up to one of you others to provide the cabaret!!!
Don't let me down.
Need to get going to the shops now to get some cheese etc. (oh & some Marmite - haha)
See you later
Jane
Sorry if you looked for my blog yesterday - it wasn't there! Just didn't have time.
Yeah I know - what was I doing? Not a lot as it happens but time ran away with me.
Well, monday had a great lunch with the ladies in our silly/lovely hats - free flowing prosecco yum yum! Some of the ladies are a real hoot. P from USA cracks me up! Unfortunately can't put most of it in my blog, suffice to say that whatever she says is funny & very loud, watching the other diners reactions to her & our subsequent laughter is great!
Have started writing this late at night while H is gently snoring away! Yes for those of you who know him & his legendary snoring, sometimes it is fairly quiet!!
We skyped with younget son yesterday & he informed us (while he was making toast with Marmite) that Marmite is good for erectile dysfunction! I said in reply that we had better get some then (I was just joking) but I do not know who's face was the best picture - H or son?
Anyway tomorrow night we are having the thursday nighters round for drinks as its a dry night in all the bars so will probably have plenty to report on thursday, although M is in the UK so we won't have him dancing in his pants & chucking beer over himself this time!!
So... Its up to one of you others to provide the cabaret!!!
Don't let me down.
Need to get going to the shops now to get some cheese etc. (oh & some Marmite - haha)
See you later
Jane
Sunday, 20 January 2013
Hi everyone, (especially number one 1 fan who I shall call Posh),
Feel really cheesed off for eldest son _ his course has been cancelled, flipping b******s!!!!!!!
Today I want to tell you about a very difficult task Cat Woman has to perform. Some of you will have experienced this situation or may have to in the future.
Now, Cat Woman has to provide the hospital with a stool sample, no not one from Ikea!! This, on the surface seems quite an easy thing to do but she is not someone who 'goes' everyday. It also has to be 'fresh' & the hospital where she has to take it is at least an hour away. This request resulted in Cat Woman having a discussion with the doctor:-
CW - 'what is fresh?'
Dr - '2 hours'
CW - 'I live a good hour away'
Dr - 'Can't you do one now?'
CW - 'I don't even go everyday, I can't do one to order'
Dr - 'Maybe when you come for your scan & are here for a while you could do one then?'
And so the conversation went on - you get the idea.
Cat Woman has a further appointment next week so will be carefully preparing her diet to try & ensure that the task can be performed that morning & along with me & the pot of poo will race through the desert to make the deposit within the 2 hour time scale!!!
Let us hope the legendary traffic jams here don't happen on that particular morning otherwise all that effort will go to 'waste' & have to be flushed!
Wish us luck!
Anyway must go as I have a very boozy lunch to go to today with lots of ladies who will be wearing a wide variety of hats!
Love Jane
Feel really cheesed off for eldest son _ his course has been cancelled, flipping b******s!!!!!!!
Today I want to tell you about a very difficult task Cat Woman has to perform. Some of you will have experienced this situation or may have to in the future.
Now, Cat Woman has to provide the hospital with a stool sample, no not one from Ikea!! This, on the surface seems quite an easy thing to do but she is not someone who 'goes' everyday. It also has to be 'fresh' & the hospital where she has to take it is at least an hour away. This request resulted in Cat Woman having a discussion with the doctor:-
CW - 'what is fresh?'
Dr - '2 hours'
CW - 'I live a good hour away'
Dr - 'Can't you do one now?'
CW - 'I don't even go everyday, I can't do one to order'
Dr - 'Maybe when you come for your scan & are here for a while you could do one then?'
And so the conversation went on - you get the idea.
Cat Woman has a further appointment next week so will be carefully preparing her diet to try & ensure that the task can be performed that morning & along with me & the pot of poo will race through the desert to make the deposit within the 2 hour time scale!!!
Let us hope the legendary traffic jams here don't happen on that particular morning otherwise all that effort will go to 'waste' & have to be flushed!
Wish us luck!
Anyway must go as I have a very boozy lunch to go to today with lots of ladies who will be wearing a wide variety of hats!
Love Jane
Hi All,
Yesterday, H & I managed to spend £2k in the taxi on the way to the pub!!! How? You may well ask....... Eldest son has found his first car!
Had a great time at the pub watching the football yesterday. One of the lads brought his wife along & it was great - we all used to go to the same pub in uk before kids! Small world!! They had us in stitches with tales of their pet parrot who doesn't like anyone except J. It particularly dislikes their daughter's boyfriend - bet you trained the parrot to attack him J!! Lol
Anyway great evening especially the baby guinesses - & even better S didn't like the tia maria bit so I had to finish hers off for her!
And a special thanks to Ralph our fab waiter who always makes sure my glass is never empty!!!
Went to Abu Dhabi early this morning with my friend S - so much more traditional than Dubai, makes me realise I wouldn't want to live there! So much more covered up here than in Dubai!
S was telling me that when she worked here a few years back it was a female only office so all the girls would remove their face veils at work except for one but, after 6 months or so she finally removed it & apparently as soon as she left the room all the women said - 'can see why she keeps that face covered!!!'
A Policewoman just came in - their uniform here (for those at home) is a maxi skirt, long jacket, a snood-type thing with a beret on top. Ahh, bless, this one must have her dad's jacket on, its so long its down to her knees & only the tips of her fingers are out of the sleeves!!! Reminds me of the first day the schools go back after the summer break & all the kids are walking down the road in the uniforms that 'they will grow into!!'
Anyway bye for now
Jane
Yesterday, H & I managed to spend £2k in the taxi on the way to the pub!!! How? You may well ask....... Eldest son has found his first car!
Had a great time at the pub watching the football yesterday. One of the lads brought his wife along & it was great - we all used to go to the same pub in uk before kids! Small world!! They had us in stitches with tales of their pet parrot who doesn't like anyone except J. It particularly dislikes their daughter's boyfriend - bet you trained the parrot to attack him J!! Lol
Anyway great evening especially the baby guinesses - & even better S didn't like the tia maria bit so I had to finish hers off for her!
And a special thanks to Ralph our fab waiter who always makes sure my glass is never empty!!!
Went to Abu Dhabi early this morning with my friend S - so much more traditional than Dubai, makes me realise I wouldn't want to live there! So much more covered up here than in Dubai!
S was telling me that when she worked here a few years back it was a female only office so all the girls would remove their face veils at work except for one but, after 6 months or so she finally removed it & apparently as soon as she left the room all the women said - 'can see why she keeps that face covered!!!'
A Policewoman just came in - their uniform here (for those at home) is a maxi skirt, long jacket, a snood-type thing with a beret on top. Ahh, bless, this one must have her dad's jacket on, its so long its down to her knees & only the tips of her fingers are out of the sleeves!!! Reminds me of the first day the schools go back after the summer break & all the kids are walking down the road in the uniforms that 'they will grow into!!'
Anyway bye for now
Jane
Friday, 18 January 2013
Hi,
Well we went to watch the brunch brigade & although not too busy saw a couple of sights.
You don't often see a man walk into Barasti wearing a powder blue wig & light up tutu - we assumed he had been to a fancy dress brunch (or then again maybe he was just a bad ladyboy!)
A lady was virtually carried out by 2 men & they did the all too familiar 'bob & weave' walk out of the bar & for those of you who have not experienced brunch here in Dubai you may think being carried out of a bar is not too unusual but what you need to know is that these things happen usually before 9 o'clock!
The lady in the clingy red dress really needed a proper full length mirror! Yes you had no VPL (for the guys - visible panty line) but let me tell you had a very visible Thong Line & that is even worse & does nothing for the wobbly Butt Cheeks - cover them up love!!
I do wish women would realise a bit of extra coverage does wonders on the control of the wobble, also when you bum floss your dress/skirt tends to be sucked in by your crack!!!
With wobbly bits in mind (my jelly belly in particular) when I went shoe shopping on thursday I bought myself a new 'pull it in hold it up pair of knickers!' M&S do a huge range! (Huge being the operative word).
Thursday evening I was wearing a clingy dress so I decided to give the new knickers an outing. The extra control panel made getting them on no mean feat! - it was like putting an elasticated sports knee bandage on! Tip for you ladies - if you invest in a pair, put them on by the bed so when you fall over you land on the bed & save a few bruises!! Glad I managed it without H seeing!! Anyway they gave me a fabulous line over my belly but ended up with an extra boob roll under my chest! (Remember the fat has to go somewhere!) And apart from that slight problem - I couldn't breathe! Another 10 minutes later (getting them off) & the old faithful Spanx back on & ready to party.
Here in Dubai we tend to live or die by the coupon. We have the Entertainer books which we buy for loads of buy one get one free tickets & then there are the emails from cobone etc.
Does anyone else find some of them funny? I got one last night & the header was offering slimming sessions, followed by a bargain eat as much as you like buffet deal!! Obviously 2 deals to be bought at the same time!
Anyway bye for now
Love Jane
Well we went to watch the brunch brigade & although not too busy saw a couple of sights.
You don't often see a man walk into Barasti wearing a powder blue wig & light up tutu - we assumed he had been to a fancy dress brunch (or then again maybe he was just a bad ladyboy!)
A lady was virtually carried out by 2 men & they did the all too familiar 'bob & weave' walk out of the bar & for those of you who have not experienced brunch here in Dubai you may think being carried out of a bar is not too unusual but what you need to know is that these things happen usually before 9 o'clock!
The lady in the clingy red dress really needed a proper full length mirror! Yes you had no VPL (for the guys - visible panty line) but let me tell you had a very visible Thong Line & that is even worse & does nothing for the wobbly Butt Cheeks - cover them up love!!
I do wish women would realise a bit of extra coverage does wonders on the control of the wobble, also when you bum floss your dress/skirt tends to be sucked in by your crack!!!
With wobbly bits in mind (my jelly belly in particular) when I went shoe shopping on thursday I bought myself a new 'pull it in hold it up pair of knickers!' M&S do a huge range! (Huge being the operative word).
Thursday evening I was wearing a clingy dress so I decided to give the new knickers an outing. The extra control panel made getting them on no mean feat! - it was like putting an elasticated sports knee bandage on! Tip for you ladies - if you invest in a pair, put them on by the bed so when you fall over you land on the bed & save a few bruises!! Glad I managed it without H seeing!! Anyway they gave me a fabulous line over my belly but ended up with an extra boob roll under my chest! (Remember the fat has to go somewhere!) And apart from that slight problem - I couldn't breathe! Another 10 minutes later (getting them off) & the old faithful Spanx back on & ready to party.
Here in Dubai we tend to live or die by the coupon. We have the Entertainer books which we buy for loads of buy one get one free tickets & then there are the emails from cobone etc.
Does anyone else find some of them funny? I got one last night & the header was offering slimming sessions, followed by a bargain eat as much as you like buffet deal!! Obviously 2 deals to be bought at the same time!
Anyway bye for now
Love Jane
Hi All,
Bit late today because I have had a fabulous lay in!
Had a good night last night but not too much to report.
Started off at the Movenpick sports bar & to be honest slim pickings on the people watching front - then I spotted it!!!! The most amazingly bad wig!!!! The discussion then ensued as to why men insist on wearing wigs! As Louise said, you don't look twice at a bald man but you can't help staring at a man in a wig!!! So guys - shed those wigs & go bald & proud!!!
The singer in the bar was fantastic but poor H went & asked him to play Al Jarreau - he came back very shamefaced because the singer said 'I am - song is Al Jarreau!
Thought I had seen it all & then saw a man in a Hawaain shirt with an arab headress!!
Brad has just signed for a new apartment (for those not in Dubai this is a fairly usual thing in Dubai - you move every year!!!) And in discussing this we found out that we all could have afforded the rent to the 4 bed penthouse if we all shared!! Own pool etc - sounded pretty good & then Louise said 'we wouldn't need a maid as Jane could do it all!' Very funny Louise didn't know you were a comedienne!
Unfortunately there weren't any fat, bald westerners with their Filipino girls/wives in the bars we were in tonight. Unlike last week where these couples were in abundance!
Can anyone tell me why these men strut around like a dog with 2 d**ks when we all know they are either buying these ladies for the night or paying throughout their marriage for family etc back home!
Or they are out with women who look of dubious sexuality (in one case last week , man came in with one on each arm & I am quite certain 3 men walked in!!!)
We all ended up in Mai Tai cocktail bar & to quote H knew it would be 'Surrey all out!' & 3 cheeky puka puka's for him later it was!!
We started walking home because the traffic was the usual nightmare + after a few steps forward + many steps back we made it to the chip shop where we tucked into a massive plate of chips!! Nothing so satisfying when you are sozzled!
Then cab & bed!
Off to watch the Brunch Brigade at Bar Nasty this afternoon - will fill you in tomorrow.
Love Jane
Bit late today because I have had a fabulous lay in!
Had a good night last night but not too much to report.
Started off at the Movenpick sports bar & to be honest slim pickings on the people watching front - then I spotted it!!!! The most amazingly bad wig!!!! The discussion then ensued as to why men insist on wearing wigs! As Louise said, you don't look twice at a bald man but you can't help staring at a man in a wig!!! So guys - shed those wigs & go bald & proud!!!
The singer in the bar was fantastic but poor H went & asked him to play Al Jarreau - he came back very shamefaced because the singer said 'I am - song is Al Jarreau!
Thought I had seen it all & then saw a man in a Hawaain shirt with an arab headress!!
Brad has just signed for a new apartment (for those not in Dubai this is a fairly usual thing in Dubai - you move every year!!!) And in discussing this we found out that we all could have afforded the rent to the 4 bed penthouse if we all shared!! Own pool etc - sounded pretty good & then Louise said 'we wouldn't need a maid as Jane could do it all!' Very funny Louise didn't know you were a comedienne!
Unfortunately there weren't any fat, bald westerners with their Filipino girls/wives in the bars we were in tonight. Unlike last week where these couples were in abundance!
Can anyone tell me why these men strut around like a dog with 2 d**ks when we all know they are either buying these ladies for the night or paying throughout their marriage for family etc back home!
Or they are out with women who look of dubious sexuality (in one case last week , man came in with one on each arm & I am quite certain 3 men walked in!!!)
We all ended up in Mai Tai cocktail bar & to quote H knew it would be 'Surrey all out!' & 3 cheeky puka puka's for him later it was!!
We started walking home because the traffic was the usual nightmare + after a few steps forward + many steps back we made it to the chip shop where we tucked into a massive plate of chips!! Nothing so satisfying when you are sozzled!
Then cab & bed!
Off to watch the Brunch Brigade at Bar Nasty this afternoon - will fill you in tomorrow.
Love Jane
Wednesday, 16 January 2013
Hi,
Going to probably get myself in trouble now but I have a hankering for shoes! So, will probably pop to the Mall & indulge myself (H will probably read this & then my had 'em for ages thing will not work! Lol)
Now for a tale that goes on a bit but worth reading & all true (no poetic license)......................
Last night we went to the pub quiz as planned & I spent a while re- checking the papers for likely answers (they always have a couple of questions that you can't remember the answer to even though you had just read about it that morning!), anyway went along armed with certain facts such as 'Khalil scored the winner in the 89th minute for UAE in the Gulf 21 competition & were to face Iraq in the final', 'Rory McIlroy had just signed a deal with Nike'. I was pumped & ready to go!!! I had never been so prepared & was ready to amaze my team with my 'head for facts' this week!!!!(hope you at least are impressed!)
What a debacle! - Were there any questions relevant to the days events?? No! All that preparation WASTED, so good job we go for the drinks & the laugh of it, unlike some teams!!!
Now, you need to know there is a lot of history to this particular quiz, the emphasis is on FUN & most people embrace that fact & don't take themselves too seriously but as the saying goes 'there is always one!'
There is one team who have been winning the quiz every week (more or less) for a couple of years, named after a particular search engine, which everyone knows they use via their phones constantly!!!! (On some occasions noticed by people in the pub that aren't even in the quiz!) Anyway last week we had a plasticine round, in which you are given a chunk of plasticine & a theme & you model something to try & win the bonus points.
Can I say - what some people can do with a chunk of plasticine is truly amazing!!!
Well, as people are making away (theme was transport) there were several comments such as 'judges decision is final', 'its only a bit of fun' & 'no controversy this week', not having been the week before our curiosity was piqued!! ..........
Well we asked one of the quiz masters what had happened the week before & oh we wished we had been there!!!
Apparently the theme was to make 'a free standing animal' & a man had made the most amazing giraffe & with only one colour of plasticine he had even used some ash to colour some patches on the giraffe, it was apparently amazing & would have got full marks but, as it had to have a beer mat to keep it upright, points were deducted. Well the search engine team were apparently 'up in arms' calling for disqualification!!! (Its only a game you numb nuts!!!!) No one else had an issue with the way it was judged except for these people who regularly cheat (sorry - check their phones for messages!) Well it apparently was an issue all evening & one particular team member really did throw all his toys out of the pram!! And even refused to shake the quizmasters hand on the way out!!!
Well all I can say is that D + A who run the quiz are doing a great job of reminding the stroppy ones of their immaturity at every available opportunity & we, as a team are loving it - Carry on the good work lads, its giving us a great laugh!!
Plasticine, in a pub........
I never realised what I have been missing, all the time when my kids were little & we would attempt to eat out with them & they squabbled & aggravated us all the time if I had only had a lump of plasticine!! You need to know that H & the other quiz team boys usually behave like my kids did at 6 & 8 or 10 & 12 etc but we have discovered that by giving G plasticine, he sits quietly playing at the end of the table modelling away - no silly answers, no shouting out etc (lol).
As sport was the theme this week he started making 'a little man in a boat' (yes really Thelma! - ask someone if you don't know what that is, the rest of you) the only amazing thing with that was how quickly he got fed up with that!!! Poor M - haha.
However G did eventually produce a high scoring skier!! Well done!
So that's a good tip for all you mum's of small kids (& those of us with big kids) take a lump of plasticine out with you wherever you go!!
That's enough for now but don't forget its Thursday, so tomorrow I should have a tale or 2 about our night out!
Love Jane
Going to probably get myself in trouble now but I have a hankering for shoes! So, will probably pop to the Mall & indulge myself (H will probably read this & then my had 'em for ages thing will not work! Lol)
Now for a tale that goes on a bit but worth reading & all true (no poetic license)......................
Last night we went to the pub quiz as planned & I spent a while re- checking the papers for likely answers (they always have a couple of questions that you can't remember the answer to even though you had just read about it that morning!), anyway went along armed with certain facts such as 'Khalil scored the winner in the 89th minute for UAE in the Gulf 21 competition & were to face Iraq in the final', 'Rory McIlroy had just signed a deal with Nike'. I was pumped & ready to go!!! I had never been so prepared & was ready to amaze my team with my 'head for facts' this week!!!!(hope you at least are impressed!)
What a debacle! - Were there any questions relevant to the days events?? No! All that preparation WASTED, so good job we go for the drinks & the laugh of it, unlike some teams!!!
Now, you need to know there is a lot of history to this particular quiz, the emphasis is on FUN & most people embrace that fact & don't take themselves too seriously but as the saying goes 'there is always one!'
There is one team who have been winning the quiz every week (more or less) for a couple of years, named after a particular search engine, which everyone knows they use via their phones constantly!!!! (On some occasions noticed by people in the pub that aren't even in the quiz!) Anyway last week we had a plasticine round, in which you are given a chunk of plasticine & a theme & you model something to try & win the bonus points.
Can I say - what some people can do with a chunk of plasticine is truly amazing!!!
Well, as people are making away (theme was transport) there were several comments such as 'judges decision is final', 'its only a bit of fun' & 'no controversy this week', not having been the week before our curiosity was piqued!! ..........
Well we asked one of the quiz masters what had happened the week before & oh we wished we had been there!!!
Apparently the theme was to make 'a free standing animal' & a man had made the most amazing giraffe & with only one colour of plasticine he had even used some ash to colour some patches on the giraffe, it was apparently amazing & would have got full marks but, as it had to have a beer mat to keep it upright, points were deducted. Well the search engine team were apparently 'up in arms' calling for disqualification!!! (Its only a game you numb nuts!!!!) No one else had an issue with the way it was judged except for these people who regularly cheat (sorry - check their phones for messages!) Well it apparently was an issue all evening & one particular team member really did throw all his toys out of the pram!! And even refused to shake the quizmasters hand on the way out!!!
Well all I can say is that D + A who run the quiz are doing a great job of reminding the stroppy ones of their immaturity at every available opportunity & we, as a team are loving it - Carry on the good work lads, its giving us a great laugh!!
Plasticine, in a pub........
I never realised what I have been missing, all the time when my kids were little & we would attempt to eat out with them & they squabbled & aggravated us all the time if I had only had a lump of plasticine!! You need to know that H & the other quiz team boys usually behave like my kids did at 6 & 8 or 10 & 12 etc but we have discovered that by giving G plasticine, he sits quietly playing at the end of the table modelling away - no silly answers, no shouting out etc (lol).
As sport was the theme this week he started making 'a little man in a boat' (yes really Thelma! - ask someone if you don't know what that is, the rest of you) the only amazing thing with that was how quickly he got fed up with that!!! Poor M - haha.
However G did eventually produce a high scoring skier!! Well done!
So that's a good tip for all you mum's of small kids (& those of us with big kids) take a lump of plasticine out with you wherever you go!!
That's enough for now but don't forget its Thursday, so tomorrow I should have a tale or 2 about our night out!
Love Jane
Tuesday, 15 January 2013
Hi,
The weather is still pretty rubbish here at the moment & much use is being made of my 'travelling home clothes' of jeans, socks & cardigan! What has happened? I thought January & February was chilly last year but this is much worse! I also feel I am on the 'little britain' fat club diet of Dust! Don't suppose I should moan really though especially as the UK has had snow.
My semi Detox has gone unsurprisingly badly. I set myself an achievable target for the New Year (or so I thought!) Go out a bit less, have a few more 'dry' evenings, smaller portion sizes when I eat with more veg & less of the carbs etc oh & a bit of exercise thrown in! Well the first night of staying resulted in a visit to Barasti to see s friend who had returned to Dubai after 18months of being in the UK (couldn't not go to that could I?) So better luck for the next day & that went well, salads to eat walking to the shops & no alcohol, (this more healthier lifestyle was going well I said to myself) then we had Thelma,Louise & Brad over for dinner so roast dinner with ALL the trimmings, desert & a beverage or 2 (so night in, not so good) and of course if you cook a meal for friends you can't not eat it can you? They will think there is something wrong with it if you eat something different.
Then of course there was the pub quiz, I actually drank soft drinks but in the process of ordering said drink was probably responsible for fainting fits, heart attacks & hearing tests (the following day) for the staff at the pub so cannot possibly do that again! Yesterday lunch with Y was accompanied by 2 glasses of a sparkly grape (had to as it was our first meeting of the New Year + it would have been rude of me not to participate!)
This has all basically made me realise that I am far superior in making up valid reasons for not sticking to the new rules than I am at following them through!!! And I know I am not alone!
Thanks to S ( a good friend of mine here in Dubai) who has just messaged me with a good Pep-Text! So back to trying again tomorrow!
Am popping to another friends (TT) apartment for a spot of lunch in a moment, she has been poorly so am taking her a bit of shopping round - wonder if I will spot Gary & Mrs Rhodes doing any shopping today, saw them in Waitrose last time I was there!! Obviously they were following me (not!). This adds to my drink with Hugh Grant (yuk) + Clubbing with Jean Claude Van Damme since I have been here in Dubai. Thiught I would have seen a few more celebs (or so-called celebs) as they are always reportedly here!
Had a great photo sent yesterday of one of my god daughters as a bridesmaid over the festive season - she looked a stunning young woman but it makes you wonder where the time goes?
Anyway see you soon
Love Jane
The weather is still pretty rubbish here at the moment & much use is being made of my 'travelling home clothes' of jeans, socks & cardigan! What has happened? I thought January & February was chilly last year but this is much worse! I also feel I am on the 'little britain' fat club diet of Dust! Don't suppose I should moan really though especially as the UK has had snow.
My semi Detox has gone unsurprisingly badly. I set myself an achievable target for the New Year (or so I thought!) Go out a bit less, have a few more 'dry' evenings, smaller portion sizes when I eat with more veg & less of the carbs etc oh & a bit of exercise thrown in! Well the first night of staying resulted in a visit to Barasti to see s friend who had returned to Dubai after 18months of being in the UK (couldn't not go to that could I?) So better luck for the next day & that went well, salads to eat walking to the shops & no alcohol, (this more healthier lifestyle was going well I said to myself) then we had Thelma,Louise & Brad over for dinner so roast dinner with ALL the trimmings, desert & a beverage or 2 (so night in, not so good) and of course if you cook a meal for friends you can't not eat it can you? They will think there is something wrong with it if you eat something different.
Then of course there was the pub quiz, I actually drank soft drinks but in the process of ordering said drink was probably responsible for fainting fits, heart attacks & hearing tests (the following day) for the staff at the pub so cannot possibly do that again! Yesterday lunch with Y was accompanied by 2 glasses of a sparkly grape (had to as it was our first meeting of the New Year + it would have been rude of me not to participate!)
This has all basically made me realise that I am far superior in making up valid reasons for not sticking to the new rules than I am at following them through!!! And I know I am not alone!
Thanks to S ( a good friend of mine here in Dubai) who has just messaged me with a good Pep-Text! So back to trying again tomorrow!
Am popping to another friends (TT) apartment for a spot of lunch in a moment, she has been poorly so am taking her a bit of shopping round - wonder if I will spot Gary & Mrs Rhodes doing any shopping today, saw them in Waitrose last time I was there!! Obviously they were following me (not!). This adds to my drink with Hugh Grant (yuk) + Clubbing with Jean Claude Van Damme since I have been here in Dubai. Thiught I would have seen a few more celebs (or so-called celebs) as they are always reportedly here!
Had a great photo sent yesterday of one of my god daughters as a bridesmaid over the festive season - she looked a stunning young woman but it makes you wonder where the time goes?
Anyway see you soon
Love Jane
Hi All,
Well, what promised to be a quiet boring day proved to be lovely although probably not exciting to read about. However at least this proves to all of you that think my life is filled with flowing champagne, boozy lunches & fantastic nightlife sometimes it is the simple things that give us as much pleasure!
I skyped with 'superwoman' for a good while in the morning.
Superwoman is actually my sister but to me she is a real life superhero especially when I catch her in her Spanx & tights lol! Yes ladies nearly all of us own at least one pair! Even if you deny wearing them to your other half - I have owned a pair (or 2) for years & fortunately, due to careful planning & the light switch, have evaded being 'seen' in them by H (you don't know what you've been missing honey!)
Anyway I think of my sis as Superwoman actually, not for her lycra but she always has been 'there' whatever happens & it was great to have a good chat with her. By the way Ju (her friend) if you read this I only have one thing to say to you 'CAKE!!'
I then had a healthy salad for lunch (is rabbit food good for you if it's smothered in salad cream???)
Then I had a Skype with my wonderful friend K. Strangely enough we bbm loads (by the way love bbm) but have never got round to Skyping - WHY NOT? Anyway we had a fantastic 2 hour chat + Skype was as clear as a bell which made it a great couple of hours instead of the often snatched robotic odd word with plenty of 'give us a clue' hand gestures & lip reading (you'll know what I mean if you are a regular skype user!)
My youngest & his girlfriend booked their flights for a visit in April so Jane is a very happy bunny (no Thelma not that bunny!). My oldest got on a much longed for course at work so he was happy too!
All in all a lovely simple day rounded off by H making me laugh!!! Darling it is best not to blow (steady Thelma!) on an open pot of salt as it tends to end up all over your face & in your eyes!! YES he really did!!
Well I must go out very soon as this Jumeirah Jane is back in the swing of it & going out to lunch!
See you tomorrow
Jane
Well, what promised to be a quiet boring day proved to be lovely although probably not exciting to read about. However at least this proves to all of you that think my life is filled with flowing champagne, boozy lunches & fantastic nightlife sometimes it is the simple things that give us as much pleasure!
I skyped with 'superwoman' for a good while in the morning.
Superwoman is actually my sister but to me she is a real life superhero especially when I catch her in her Spanx & tights lol! Yes ladies nearly all of us own at least one pair! Even if you deny wearing them to your other half - I have owned a pair (or 2) for years & fortunately, due to careful planning & the light switch, have evaded being 'seen' in them by H (you don't know what you've been missing honey!)
Anyway I think of my sis as Superwoman actually, not for her lycra but she always has been 'there' whatever happens & it was great to have a good chat with her. By the way Ju (her friend) if you read this I only have one thing to say to you 'CAKE!!'
I then had a healthy salad for lunch (is rabbit food good for you if it's smothered in salad cream???)
Then I had a Skype with my wonderful friend K. Strangely enough we bbm loads (by the way love bbm) but have never got round to Skyping - WHY NOT? Anyway we had a fantastic 2 hour chat + Skype was as clear as a bell which made it a great couple of hours instead of the often snatched robotic odd word with plenty of 'give us a clue' hand gestures & lip reading (you'll know what I mean if you are a regular skype user!)
My youngest & his girlfriend booked their flights for a visit in April so Jane is a very happy bunny (no Thelma not that bunny!). My oldest got on a much longed for course at work so he was happy too!
All in all a lovely simple day rounded off by H making me laugh!!! Darling it is best not to blow (steady Thelma!) on an open pot of salt as it tends to end up all over your face & in your eyes!! YES he really did!!
Well I must go out very soon as this Jumeirah Jane is back in the swing of it & going out to lunch!
See you tomorrow
Jane
Monday, 14 January 2013
Well, here goes my first proper blog (yesterdays was done by Brad my Ozzy mate!)
My husband ( known as H from here on in) & I had friends over for dinner last night and we all ate too much (as usual!) but what I want to know is when is dinner with friends just dinner & when does it become a dinner party? I am in a bit of a quandry over this as we were discussing last night what is a party & what is friends coming over as we are anticipating a few parties (or is it gatherings?) in the next month or so. It must be that good old saying 'same,same but different'.
I don't really know what a blog is or what you are supposed to do so forgive me if it's not right! this has come about after another Thursday night on the town with Thelma, Louise, H & Brad among others and as the only housewife among them they obviously thought I needed something to do.
I asked H what he would like to be called in my blog as I don't want to use real names in case of offending anyone - the best he can come up with is 'Max Thrust', H you need to get back to work!!!
I did promise last night that there would be no blogging until the 'day after' as too many 'grape' could cloud my judgement on what to write! Please watch this space and hopefully some days you might even find the odd thing interesting/helpful or even funny.
Love Jane
My husband ( known as H from here on in) & I had friends over for dinner last night and we all ate too much (as usual!) but what I want to know is when is dinner with friends just dinner & when does it become a dinner party? I am in a bit of a quandry over this as we were discussing last night what is a party & what is friends coming over as we are anticipating a few parties (or is it gatherings?) in the next month or so. It must be that good old saying 'same,same but different'.
I don't really know what a blog is or what you are supposed to do so forgive me if it's not right! this has come about after another Thursday night on the town with Thelma, Louise, H & Brad among others and as the only housewife among them they obviously thought I needed something to do.
I asked H what he would like to be called in my blog as I don't want to use real names in case of offending anyone - the best he can come up with is 'Max Thrust', H you need to get back to work!!!
I did promise last night that there would be no blogging until the 'day after' as too many 'grape' could cloud my judgement on what to write! Please watch this space and hopefully some days you might even find the odd thing interesting/helpful or even funny.
Love Jane
Sunday, 13 January 2013
Let's get started!
Hello and welcome to my little corner of the world. I'll be writing and sharing some interesting little stories of my life in Dubai, from the fine champagnes on the beach, to the lovely gins on the terrace, I'll be bringing you the best of the bits I can remember.
More to come soon Dearies! Stay tuned.
More to come soon Dearies! Stay tuned.
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