Archive for March, 2008

The Job Hunt Continues

March 31, 2008

Last night, I received my second rejection email from a company that I had sent my resume to. It was from a recruitment company that had advertised on RecruitGulf.com. They said they were in constant need of candidates to fill temp positions so I thought: Hey, I’ll send them my resume since all [...]

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An Explosion, Intentional Blackouts, and the UAE’s First Female Judge

March 31, 2008

Since I was a bit lazy in writing last week, I guess you could call this post “Week-in-Review.”
Let’s see, first there was an explosion in an industrial zone called Al Quoz, then there was Earth Hour. And get this, the UAE now has its first ever female judge. Hurray!
Last Wednesday, while driving DB to work [...]

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Thursday Thirteen #3 – What’s for Dinner?

March 27, 2008

 

 
13 Dishes I’ve Made For Dinner Recently

 

1. Rogan Josh (a type of Indian lamb curry)
2. Chicken Korma (a type of chicken curry)
3. Pho – this is a vietnamese soup made of beef broth flavored with star anise – and served with flat rice noodles, thinly sliced beef, thai basil, thinly [...]

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Censorship Lifted (for now)

March 24, 2008

Hurray!! After almost two weeks of not being able to access certain websites (namely ALL blogspot pages) due to blotched censorship (my theory), I am now able to access them again. Now I don’t have to go through anonymous proxies to view all my favorite blogs.
Wonder how long this will last before they [...]

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City of Hope

March 23, 2008

Sharla Musabih founded the UAE’s first women’s shelter for abused women in 2001, called “City of Hope,” and was also instrumental in the Dubai government’s decision to ban child camel jockeys. She is now in the middle of some terrible allegations where she is being accused of accepting bribes, exploiting the women that she [...]

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Goodbye Blogger, Hello Wordpress

March 20, 2008

I have been having a ton of issues in the last week trying to log on to blogger.com. Now sure if it has to do with the recent block of blogspot blogs by my internet service provider. In any case, I’ve decided to move to publishing my blog via Wordpress. Now, all [...]

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Thursday Thirteen #2 – Procrastination

March 20, 2008

 
Yesterday, I had been sitting in front of my computer since 8am in the morning. The goal was to search through the Dubai online recruitment agencies and apply for jobs. By 2pm I still hadn’t logged on to a single job website (shh…don’t tell DB). What is wrong with me? I kept promising [...]

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