http://www.sdangit.com Ramblings of a Chinese-American living in the SimCity of the Middle East... Thu, 10 Dec 2009 07:52:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Obviously I didn't do so well in my attempt to post every single day. My goodness, I even skipped an entire month! Ah well. Today is the baby's "official" due date but he seems to be showing no signs of wanting to come out just yet. I have an ... http://www.sdangit.com/2009/12/happy-december-and-baby-update.html [caption id="attachment_351" align="aligncenter" width="385" caption="Dubai Mall Aquarium"][/caption] I've been to The Dubai Mall many times since it opened last year.  I didn't think I would like it as it's hyped as the world's largest mall (based on total area) - blah blah blah. But, it's actually quite a nice mall.  I don't go ... http://www.sdangit.com/2009/10/fancy-water-features-at-dubai-mall.html   So all I wanted was rice noodles.  Quarter-inch thick rice noodles - to be exact.  Last time I bought them in Carrefour and saw a whole boxful in the Al Maya market just downstairs from my apartment.  Should be as easy as buying oh, rice perhaps? Well, I don't know what's worse.  ... http://www.sdangit.com/2009/10/are-you-freaking-kidding-me.html [caption id="attachment_327" align="aligncenter" width="390" caption="Cafe on JBR Walk"][/caption] Being a New Yorker, I'm always amazed at how safe and relatively crime-free Dubai is in comparison. The picture above was taken in my neighboorhodd (JBR Walk) during Ramadan. It's mid-day but since no food or drink can be consumed during ... http://www.sdangit.com/2009/10/free-tables-and-chairs-anyone.html My mom makes a killer Vietnamese Sweet and Sour Soup. It’s pretty much restaurant quality. Actually, it’s better than restaurant quality. She gave me the recipe a few years a go and I like to make it every once in a while because it’s mm-mm good. DB’s not a big ... http://www.sdangit.com/2009/10/moms-sour-soup.html First let me say that I managed to figure out my photo uploading issued with Wordpress.  Turns out that I have neglected upgrading to the new version for months and months now and after upgrading to the lates WP version, everything is working again.  Well...sort of.  I have never been ... http://www.sdangit.com/2009/10/thai-basil.html Okay, I swear I meant to post the below yesterday! But for some reason my picture upload function wasn't working on Wordpress and I tried 2 laptops, Firefox, IE, Chrome but nothing seems to work! When I click the upload button, there is supposed to be another window that pops ... http://www.sdangit.com/2009/10/bay-update.html So it's been more than one month since I've returned to Dubai after summer vacation spent in NYC, Chicago, France, and Switzerland.  And what have I got to show for it? Nada. The baby room is still completely empty (well, we did buy a rug for it...but then decided to keep it ... http://www.sdangit.com/2009/10/an-object-in-motion-stays-in-motion.html   Happy anniversay to me!  DB and I could not celebrate together like we did last year as he was not able to join me on my trip to New York.  HOWEVER, he did send me these beautiful flowers!  These red calla lillies have a significance in our relationship as it was the ... http://www.sdangit.com/2009/08/2nd-wedding-anniversay.html 4 months since my last post - wow - I am such a bad blogger.  I could tell you how I was busy with work, friends, family, etc but the truth is...that...I...just...didn't...feel...like...writing.  Could this be writer's block?  No, because writer's block is where I sit in front of a laptop ... http://www.sdangit.com/2009/06/due-for-a-blog-update.html