Day 8 in Dubai...

Today is super R&R day... stayed at home the whole day.

B drove us up to Abu Dhabi yesterday.. long drive, took around 3hrs... its supposed to be the capital of UAE, but it seems to me that Dubai is more capital-like though. We stopped at the Marina Mall, had our lunch cum tea at a cafe, walked around a bit then drive off again. Drove past Emirates Palace Hotel and to our pleasant surprise we could actually go in and take pictures. The place was so huge, royale and grand!!! V golden too... all the fittings, lightings and stuff were yellow-gold in colour. The garden area was v big too... could have explored more, if not for this irritating guard who came and shushed us in - "Kuikly kuikly" (Quickly quickly).. After that it was a near 4hrs drive back, coz of the jam. Btw, jams are so common in DXB and it can be real horrible... Then, all of us helped to cook with B as the Exec Chef at the helm and us as his assistants (I stir-fried 3 dishes!).. so nice and homely to cook together, then eat and talk at the table after that =)

This morning, we decided not to go anywhere after the long drives yesterday and also coz today is a weekend, so everywhere will be damn crowded n jammed - Friday is the weekend in DXB while Saturdays and Sundays are normal working days. Me, B and Ming went for a tan at the swimming pool at the roof top. Shir cooked us lunch, and then its dvd-ing all the way. Paused for dinner that B and Ming cooked, and then 3 of us are huddled in Tek's room watching some silly show. Tek is away on flight and Shir is going on one later - we basically entertain ourselves when they are away working.

Caught some fireworks just now!! 2nd Dec is UAE's National Day, so we can expect more fireworks these few days. Buildings here are all not very high except for those in the business district, so we can actually have a far view of it from our building.

Tmr we are going to Wild Wadi, which is a Fantasy Island-alike water theme park.

Back to the silly show now...