Janec's United Arab Emirates Posts
May 24, 2012
It's so hot, they tweet.
The birds love the pool in this 40 C + weather; drinking chlorinated water doesn't seem to both them. The beetles aren't so lucky though. I rescue them when I…
April 13, 2012
Tri Yas
A PB for me in this Olympic distance tri: 2 hours 34 mins something seconds - I amazed myself! but the bike was not a full 40 kms, 2 kms short I later…
Nov. 06, 2011
Our secretary's gone to Mecca and there's a sheep in my…
It's Eid Al Adha - the second Eid after Ramadan and the one where everyone slaughters a goat or cow if they can afford it. Fortunately, most people don't kill…
Oct. 26, 2011
Frankincense - the writing
Arab student writers sometimes have difficulty in adjusting from reading from left to right - right to left and this difficulty translates to righting writing…
Oct. 07, 2011
Cycling - a new route
Our new route chosen all because our post cycle cafe closed, probably because the coffee was so bad. I always drank tea! Our new route & breakfast place is…
Oct. 06, 2011
Famous fridge food - What’s the connection?
Famous fridge food - What’s the connection? It’s all to do with my ‘Screeching Fridge’ & ‘the Behind Bits’ needing de-dusting & the fan motor needed some…
Oct. 01, 2011
Who's watching the rugby?
Who's watching the rugby? Not the girls. I should have taken the shot when the guys were riveted by the England/Scotland game going on. Alas, I was too busy…
Sept. 02, 2011
Storm in the desert
This storm was short-lived was pretty full on - lots of outside damage to trees - water pooled in my living room - again! Sigh.
Jan. 14, 2011
Yas Triathlon
Unfortunately I didn't have much time to take pics of the Yas Marina circuit though google would probably come up with better pics than I could. Abu Dhabi Yas…
May 26, 2010
Al Ain zoo
After having read student zoo argument essays and such delights as: “Zoos educate animals” I decided it was time to tick one of the items off my ‘things to do…
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