The Dubai Mall

Ever since my Aunt got her new car (which I would drive when I get my license!), we were always out and about every weekend when we get the chance. Last weekend we finally got the chance to go to The Dubai Mall. As Wikipedia describes it, The Dubai Mall is the largest mall ever built on the planet. Built at the foot and an integral component of the Burj Dubai (currently, the world’s tallest skyscraper), the 20-billion-dollar project is the world's largest with 1,200 shops, 4 times as many as the new London Westfield centre. We went with my other relatives inside the Dubai Aquarium and Discovery Centre with a thousand variations of aquatic life inside an aquarium, including a great white shark (Yes, Jaws!). Here are pictures from our adventures:

I smile too much

With my Tita

Inside the aquarium tunnel

The glass was arouns 12 inches thick

Inside the aquarium

Under the sea

Hey! A diver!

Stingray!

I lost count of the fishes!

Dum... dum... dum...

JAWS!!!

If you look outside, you can see the Burj Dubai

This pictures show the size of the aquarium

One of the atriums

Most Awaited DVD!

My favorite film of 2008 will be arriving on DVD and Blu-ray on December 9, 2008. I gotta have my copy!

Happy Halloween!

First of all, it’s officially my dad’s birthday but we celebrated a long time back. So Happy Birthday Dad… Hope everything’s for the best. ;-) Next is I would like to greet everyone a Happy Halloween! But since I am in Dubai I guess trick or treating here would be making a fool out of me. Instead, I plan to watch horror movies today. I actually just finished viewing The Exorcist, and it still creeps the hell out of me. Now I’m watching Halloween… and all its sequels. Guess this will be another long weekend. Happy Halloween!

GITEX Technology Week 2008

With all the amount of work I have to do every now and then, I barely have time to update this blog. Anyways, last October 19-23m 2008, GITEX Technology Week was recently held at the Dubai World Trade Centre. While most high profile companies were noticeably absent from the show and only a handful attended the event, there were still a lot to see during the show. Here are some shots:

Me looking bored... after hours of walking.

Big-ass phone!

My new favorite notebook, the Acer Gemstone Blue 6920G

Yes, my friend Hazem modeling a gold-plated hard disk.

Me and Hazem

Our friends at the LaCie stand.

Playing with the Emirates Towers!

The Convention Centre

Me and Irish

By the fountain... woohoo!

Jeez, and I thought this was only used for refrigerators!

The exhibition hall seems empty...

That's Panasonic's 150-inch plasma TV!

This was at the Samsung stand, where a guest artist was offering 'cartoonized' sketches.

Samsung's Blu-ray home theatre

Sanyo's waterproof camcorders

Panasonic's new G1 digital camera

Ideas for life.

HTC's stand... but I didn't see the Google phone (HTC made the phone)

Yes, we're looking formal!

Some Harman/Kardon home theatre systems.

Still alive and kicking!

Yes, and I also want that Acer Predator desktop

The Fog

While trying not to emulate John Carpenter's horror flick, I felt that I needed a little release from all the pressures and deadlines I would have to meet. Just yesterday, a thick blanket of fog quickly enveloped Dubai. It may due to the weather changing since Winter is already coming. I do hope so since all this heat is driving me insane. See the pic? Everything feels like you're in Silent Hill. Since it wasearly in the morning I felt like running around the parking lot and enjoying the fog. I think for me it is the only way I could enjoy myself with all the work we had to do. Starting next week, GITEX will take up most of my day. It's scary since you have all these interviews to do and transcribe, but still fun since you will get a preview of some of the latest technologies each company has to offer. I hope I can make it through next week, and probably reward myself with another DVD purchase. Or even a Grande Mocha Frappucino with Caramel Drizzle from... guess you already know where.