Khaleej Times Desert Adventure!

I'm going for the Khaleej Times Desert Adventure this Friday, November 24, 2006. I think it's going to be fun. We'll go from Dubai to Sharjah to Ras Al Khaimah and end it with a barbecue-cum-party at the Khatt Resort & Spa. I checked with the organiser and he said we'll span about 30 km on the road and 120km in the desert. The weather is perfect and with yesterday's storm winds, it's going to be an excellent drive!

So is anyone else going? Maybe you'll want to go when you read this! Maybe some of us bloggers can meet up. Maybe... maybe... maybe......

Dune Bashing! (Part 2)

Some more adventurous fun! Hope you liked the previous videos, coz here are some more! This Friday was great! Excellent weather in Umm al quwain. It rained heavily for some time that day in those areas and the wind was cool and minty fresh! Even at 2pm in the afternoon! It was cloudy most of the time. There were a lot more cars and thrill seekers trying their daredevil stunts! One guy even tried to go up the dune in reverse gear in his 4WD. After 5 tries he eventually made it!! Enjoy...


On the camel trek...


We've come so far, now where do we go?



Get out of our way! These camels think the desert belongs to them! Ha! :P



It's a long dusty road to the dune and everyone is speeding on this track!



Bumpy ride to the top of this one!



Dune buggies... up close and personal!

Dune Bashing Time!

This Friday I went to the Umm Al Quwain desert with my best friend for some dune bashing! We've been to many places together, but this time I thought I'd make a video of it! It was 4pm, and the weather was perfect for a desert drive! We made our way to a large dune. There were many cars, quad bikes and buggies having fun. In fact there was also an old Toyota Corolla trying to climb the dune (for fun of course - he would never have made it!). I missed making a video of that, but check out the rest of vids! It's not high quality coz I made it with my mobile camera, but good enough for these small clips plus it's WITH SOUND!! You can hear me and my friend talking! :) Enjoy the show!


Here we are on our way to the big dune. It's quite far in the desert.



We're going to drive up on this huge dune, onto the other side and we make it to the higest point. Oh yeah!! Now I can see all you little people down there! ;)



Check out these dune buggies challenging the dune!



Another video of these buggies. Really powerful engines!



We got stopped by these camels on the way back to the main road. They asked for our visa and IDs. Ha.. just kidding!

Carnival

A thousand apologies for not posting throughout this week! I'm overloaded with work. No time to play! I'm still busy, but I thought I'll post the lyrics to one of my fav. songs and you can watch the video too (live performance!). Yeah, you're welcome. You're welcome. Please sit down! Thank you! Thank you so much! I love you too! Muah!!

Carnival by Natalie Merchant

I've walked these streets

a virtual stage

it seemed to me

make up on their faces

actors took their places next to me

I've walked these streets

in a carnival

of sights to see

all the cheap thrill seekers

the vendors & the dealers

they crowded around me

have I been blind

have I been lost

inside myself

and my own mind

hypnotized

mesmerized

by what my eyes have seen?

I've walked these streets

In a spectacle of wealth & poverty

in the diamond markets

the scarlet welcome carpet

that they just rolled out for me

I've walked these streets
in the mad house asylum

they can be

where a wild eyed misfit prophet

on a traffic island stopped

and he raved of saving me

have I been blind

have I been lost

inside myself

and my own mind

hypnotized

mesmerized

by what my eyes have seen?

have I been wrong

have I been wise

to shut my eyes

and play along

hypnotized

paralyzed

by what my eyes have found?

by what my eyes have seen

what they have seen?

have I been blind

have I been lost

have I been wrong

have I been wise

have I been strong

have I been

hypnotized

mesmerized

by what my eyes have found

in that great street carnival

in that carnival?

Funny Pics!

Women!!!

American Women:
First Date: You get to kiss her goodnight.
Second Date: You get to grope all over and make out a bit.
Third Date: You get to have sex but only in the missionary position.

Irish Women:
First Date: You both get blind drunk and have sex.
Second Date: You both get blind drunk and have sex.
20th Anniversary: You both get blind drunk and have sex.

Italian Women:
First Date: You take her to a play and an expensive restaurant.
Second Date: You meet her parents and her Mom makes spaghetti & meatballs.
Third Date: You have sex, she wants to marry you & insists on a 3-carat ring.5th Anniversary: You already have 5 kids together & hate the thought of having sex. 6th Anniversary: You find yourself a mistress.

Chinese Women:
First Date: You get to buy her an expensive dinner but nothing happens.
Second Date: You buy her an even more expensive dinner. Nothing happens again.
Third Date: You don't even get to the third date and you've already realized nothing is ever going to happen.

Indian Women:
First Date: Meet her parents.
Second Date: Set the date of the wedding.
Third Date: Wedding night.

Black Women:
First Date: You get to buy her a real expensive dinner.
Second Date: You get to buy her and her girlfriends a real expensive dinner.
Third Date: You get to pay her rent.
Tenth Date: She's pregnant by someone other than you.

Mexican Women:
First Date: You buy her an expensive dinner, get drunk on Tequila, and have sex in the back of her car.
Second Date: She's pregnant.
Third Date: She moves in. One week later, her mother, father, his girlfriend, her two sisters, her brother, all of their kids, her grandma, her father's girlfriend's mother, her two cousins, her sister's boyfriend and his three kids move in and you live on rice and beans for the rest of your life in your home that used to be nice, but now looks like a home along the Tijuana strip.

Arab Women:
First Date: Mother, Father, Brothers, Sisters, Cousins, Aunts, Uncles, Friends and entire Arab community finds out.
Second Date: Guy is shot dead.
No Third Date!!!

Lebanese Women:
First Date: You will have to spend all your money to impress
Second Date : You will take a loan to keep the image
Third Date : Your are broke, she finds someone wealthier