The concept of DIY always intrigued me but being a resident of India most often than not you always get help at a very economical price. The outcome is that you never get to practice it. Have stayed in Korea and Japan and now Dubai has changed my mind set. The wallet also is no longer considerate in these cities for spending on help for stupid things.
Since one of the important tasks in hand was to fix nails on the wall I ventured and found out that the local carpenter would charge a bomb and getting one was not easy either. Tinni however insisted that we need to get these done quickly without which the décor of the house was rather incomplete. I could not agree more.
So there I was visiting ACE a big DIY supermarket in Dubai and was frankly quite overwhelmed. Being an amateur in the subject matter I quickly summoned for help since the agenda was to invest in a drill. I had done my profitability calculations and discovered that I rather have a capital investment done instead of spending on mundane operating cost alone. So there I was trying to imbibe the knowledge that the salesperson was giving me on drills. It was basic but I found the same enough for my need of the hour. I bought a Bosch drill and along came a free ratchet screwdriver with 32 free bits enabling me to screw anything(AHEM!!).
So there I was back home, Tinni ready with all the paintings and masks and one by one I went creating holes and then putting in screws. Then came the hanging the painting and the balancing act. By the way, there were some calculations to be done on hole placement too.
Since now I am an expert you could call me if you are interested, what would you say…Come for a screw up….that does not sound correct for sure!!
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Monday, September 22, 2008
Thursday, September 11, 2008
Causes : Dubai Accidents
There is not a single day here in Dubai when I have not seen an accident. This is irrespective of the route I take to office and back. Lately, the type of accidents that I have been noticing are between fellow motorists where one bangs behind the other, and there could be more who keep coming up and join the mess. While I try to figure out the reasons, I am also scared that something might happen to me too. Anyway the most likely reasons for such incidents are as follows:
1. While driving people DO NOT maintain minimum distances between their and the car ahead. The distance would vary depending the speed you are driving at.
2. Most people do not signal while changing lanes and worse they forget to look at the blind spot.
3. Most drivers are not relaxed while driving. The pressure to reach on time I understand that but perhaps better late than never.
4. There is no remorse for causing an accident since the insurance company is there to bear the cost!!
5. The testing methodology and passing techniques by RTA are not as per process but rather on whims and fancies and mood swings of the examiner.
6. Dubai road signage is still not upto the mark considering the high speed driving that occurs here. Frequently I have seen people changing lanes because of poor signage or none at the appropriate points.
7. A lot of trailer trucks while coming out from an inner road and joining the main road do not fathom the space their tail needs to turn.
8. Peer pressure for driving fast is a social phenomena and this is applicable to mostly younger drivers.
9. Mobiles are one of the worst causes of distraction. I don't talk on phone while driving. I don't care what you think of me.
10. People are a lot of times not careful about their lanes!!
11. People get agitated if a fellow driver makes a mistake. Don't aggravate the situation making him more angry. YOU go on your way and leave him alone.
12. If you have reached your speed limit and there is this driver who wants to go ahead of you, give him the space. Let him disappear from your life!!
Thats all I can think of now and there could be more. Drive safely, relax and enjoy the music if not the jam!! Sphere: Related Content
1. While driving people DO NOT maintain minimum distances between their and the car ahead. The distance would vary depending the speed you are driving at.
2. Most people do not signal while changing lanes and worse they forget to look at the blind spot.
3. Most drivers are not relaxed while driving. The pressure to reach on time I understand that but perhaps better late than never.
4. There is no remorse for causing an accident since the insurance company is there to bear the cost!!
5. The testing methodology and passing techniques by RTA are not as per process but rather on whims and fancies and mood swings of the examiner.
6. Dubai road signage is still not upto the mark considering the high speed driving that occurs here. Frequently I have seen people changing lanes because of poor signage or none at the appropriate points.
7. A lot of trailer trucks while coming out from an inner road and joining the main road do not fathom the space their tail needs to turn.
8. Peer pressure for driving fast is a social phenomena and this is applicable to mostly younger drivers.
9. Mobiles are one of the worst causes of distraction. I don't talk on phone while driving. I don't care what you think of me.
10. People are a lot of times not careful about their lanes!!
11. People get agitated if a fellow driver makes a mistake. Don't aggravate the situation making him more angry. YOU go on your way and leave him alone.
12. If you have reached your speed limit and there is this driver who wants to go ahead of you, give him the space. Let him disappear from your life!!
Thats all I can think of now and there could be more. Drive safely, relax and enjoy the music if not the jam!! Sphere: Related Content
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Why I love going to IKEA, Dubai!!!
I have visited IKEA with Tinni and Tisha about thrice so far and our experience has been wonderfully mixed!! The furniture is of course there but because of the DIY concept perhaps the beds and stuff are not so sturdy when they finally reach shape. I may be wrong, but its the misc items in that store that really makes your mind to think and then BUY the stuff. There are lots of useful nick nacks and you would realise their utility or value only when you see them. The store is quite well spread out but the staff are of mixed quality in terms of responsiveness. In fact, the meeters greeters at the entrance are quite ''not willing to help'', answering in monosyllables and stuff. Maybe I met the wrong ones!!!!
As usual most of the items are made in that beloved country of ours...what else...CHINA!!! It seeems that the rest of the world has stopped producing anything. I am sure Air Arabia is waiting for the day when China starts producing Air Planes.
By the way, did you know why I love going to IKEA. Not for its furniture, rather for the Grilled Salmon at the Cafe. That's a must and I discovered that its no point churning that up at home. Visit Ikea and have your fill of your recommended Omega 3!! Sphere: Related Content
As usual most of the items are made in that beloved country of ours...what else...CHINA!!! It seeems that the rest of the world has stopped producing anything. I am sure Air Arabia is waiting for the day when China starts producing Air Planes.
By the way, did you know why I love going to IKEA. Not for its furniture, rather for the Grilled Salmon at the Cafe. That's a must and I discovered that its no point churning that up at home. Visit Ikea and have your fill of your recommended Omega 3!! Sphere: Related Content
A Letter of LOVE
GABRIEL GARCIA MARQUEZ, a famous writer from Colombia, and Nobel Prize winner for literature, has retired from public life for reasons of health. He has a form of cancer, which is terminal. He has sent a farewell letter to his friends. It is moving to see how one of the best and most brilliant of writers expresses himself & with sorrow. (even as I'm sure this would have sounded twice as good in Spanish, enjoy the English version nonetheless. ===========================
A GENIUS SAYS GOODBYE FOR GOOD, he says:If God, for a second, forgot what I have become and granted me a little bit more of life, I would use it to the best of my ability.
I wouldn't, possibly, say everything that is in my mind, but I would be more thoughtful of all I say. I would give merit to things not for what they are worth, but for what they mean to express.
I would sleep little, I would dream more, because I know that for every minute that we close our eyes, we waste 60 seconds of light.
I would walk while others stop; I would awake while others sleep.
If God would give me a little bit more of life, I would dress in a simple manner, I would place myself in front of the sun, leaving not only my body, but my soul naked at its mercy.To all men, I would say how mistaken they are when they think that they stop falling in love when they grow old, without knowing that they grow old when they stop falling in love.
I would give wings to children, but I would leave it to them to learn how to fly by themselves.
To old people I would say that death doesn't arrive when they grow old, but with forgetfulness.
I have learned so much with you all, I have learned that everybody wants to live on top of the mountain, without knowing that true happiness is obtained in the journey taken & the form used to reach the top of the hill. I have learned that when a newborn baby holds, with its little hand, his father's finger, it has trapped him for the rest of his life.I have learned that a man has the right and obligation to look down at another man, only when that man needs help to get up from the ground.
Say always what you feel, not what you think. If I knew that today is the last time that that I am going to see you asleep, I would hug you with all my strength and I would pray to the Lord to let me be the guardian angel of your soul.
If I knew that these are the last moments to see you, I would say 'I love you'.There is always tomorrow, and life gives us another opportunity to do things right, but in case I am wrong, and today is all that is left to me, I would love to tell you how much I love you & that I will never forget you. Tomorrow is never guaranteed to anyone, young or old. Today could be the last time to see your loved ones, which is why you mustn't wait; do it today, in case tomorrow never arrives. I am sure you will be sorry you wasted the opportunity today to give a smile, a hug, a kiss, and that you were too busy to grant them their last wish. Keep your loved ones near you; tell them in their ears and to their faces how much you need them and love them. Love them and treat them well; take your time to tell them 'I am sorry';' forgive me','please', 'thank you', and all those loving words you know. Nobody will know you for your secret thought. Ask the Lord for wisdom and strength to express them.
Show your friends and loved ones how important they are to you.Send this letter to those you love. If you don't do it today...tomorrow will be like yesterday, and if you never do it, it doesn't matter either, the moment to do it is now. For you,With much love,Your Friend,
Gabriel Garcia Marquez Sphere: Related Content
A GENIUS SAYS GOODBYE FOR GOOD, he says:If God, for a second, forgot what I have become and granted me a little bit more of life, I would use it to the best of my ability.
I wouldn't, possibly, say everything that is in my mind, but I would be more thoughtful of all I say. I would give merit to things not for what they are worth, but for what they mean to express.
I would sleep little, I would dream more, because I know that for every minute that we close our eyes, we waste 60 seconds of light.
I would walk while others stop; I would awake while others sleep.
If God would give me a little bit more of life, I would dress in a simple manner, I would place myself in front of the sun, leaving not only my body, but my soul naked at its mercy.To all men, I would say how mistaken they are when they think that they stop falling in love when they grow old, without knowing that they grow old when they stop falling in love.
I would give wings to children, but I would leave it to them to learn how to fly by themselves.
To old people I would say that death doesn't arrive when they grow old, but with forgetfulness.
I have learned so much with you all, I have learned that everybody wants to live on top of the mountain, without knowing that true happiness is obtained in the journey taken & the form used to reach the top of the hill. I have learned that when a newborn baby holds, with its little hand, his father's finger, it has trapped him for the rest of his life.I have learned that a man has the right and obligation to look down at another man, only when that man needs help to get up from the ground.
Say always what you feel, not what you think. If I knew that today is the last time that that I am going to see you asleep, I would hug you with all my strength and I would pray to the Lord to let me be the guardian angel of your soul.
If I knew that these are the last moments to see you, I would say 'I love you'.There is always tomorrow, and life gives us another opportunity to do things right, but in case I am wrong, and today is all that is left to me, I would love to tell you how much I love you & that I will never forget you. Tomorrow is never guaranteed to anyone, young or old. Today could be the last time to see your loved ones, which is why you mustn't wait; do it today, in case tomorrow never arrives. I am sure you will be sorry you wasted the opportunity today to give a smile, a hug, a kiss, and that you were too busy to grant them their last wish. Keep your loved ones near you; tell them in their ears and to their faces how much you need them and love them. Love them and treat them well; take your time to tell them 'I am sorry';' forgive me','please', 'thank you', and all those loving words you know. Nobody will know you for your secret thought. Ask the Lord for wisdom and strength to express them.
Show your friends and loved ones how important they are to you.Send this letter to those you love. If you don't do it today...tomorrow will be like yesterday, and if you never do it, it doesn't matter either, the moment to do it is now. For you,With much love,Your Friend,
Gabriel Garcia Marquez Sphere: Related Content
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