United Arab Emirates

I am really sick of writing about business, politics and all the sad shit that goes on in this world. I have decided to only write blog postings that have nothing to do with the aforementioned.

The Middle East. I feel that when most Americans think about this far off place our minds usually lead us to all the atrocities occurring there or we tremble in fear about all the terrorists and how they are out to kill us all.

I could write about Iraq, Iran or Israel, places of great turmoil in the region, but I just can't do that. So I looked into my memory bank and found the United Arab Emirates, a place that I associate with the rich and famous. A country that has an indoor ski resort when the average temperature is 80 degrees, for frick's sake.

The first blog about the UAE that I found was: The Secret Dubai Diary. In the author's April 8 post titled, "A 'Jumeirah Pillow'"

"What is the best way to get that extra special touch of personal room service when staying at a five star hotel? All is revealed in an article about the Jumeirah Carlton Tower:

Just in case you need to know, there’s a coded way to ask for a prostitute. You phone the concierge and say: “Can I have another pillow?”

As an April Fool's joke the author writes about Dubai's plans to build the "Actual World", an obvious reference to Dubai's penchant to build on a grand scale.

"Faced with lukewarm celebrity interest in its The World artificial islands project, Dubai has decided to build The Actual World.

The multi-trillion dollar mega-project, believed to be largest in the known universe, will see a scale replica of the entire Earth rebuilt on the planet Mars.

The Red Planet was recently acquired by Dubai Holdings as part of its property portfolio diversification strategy."

In the few blogs I have read out of Dubai it seems that the people have a bit of sarcasm that I greatly appreciate. It gets lonely as a cynical business reporter that cannot tell Kraft Foods to screw off.

Here is another blog out of Dubai: Adventures in Dubai by Keefieboy

"Apparently the land that the Hard Rock Café stands on has been sold to somebody who wants to build a skyscraper, and we know how desperately Dubai needs more of those. So yet another Dubai landmark will be pulled down."