Thursday 30 December 2010

Borat: Cultural Learnings of UAE for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Great Britain


Suffered a Borat moment today…

As I took the lift in the apartment from the 18th floor,   I noticed there was a body builder guy who was admiring his physique in the lift mirror. I thought I’d be sociable and strike a conversation, unfortunately it all came out wrong….sounded like something Borat would be proud of;

“I am-a Brit. I come from England, I like-a you muscles… es nice”

He was not amused !

Wednesday 29 December 2010

Bank Account

Finally managed to open a bank account, the customer services representative at the bank was very helpful and gave me her mobile number in case I had any problems with my account.

I went to the teller and tried deposting my money, filled out the pay in slip with the amount and for the account details I wrote down the mobile number !

AAAARRGHHH !!!!

Tuesday 28 December 2010

Metro

The Dubai metro is fantastic, runs on time, the trains have no drivers so they never go on strike, the infrastructure is all new, the stations could be mistaken for a sci-fi movie set.

Sounds great...but some smelly commuters make life a misery for the rest of us.  I like to wake up to the smell of coffee not someone's B.O. !