Maximise your time - read something :)

It appears that I am not the only one with a wee bit of time to kill while traveling from one end of this amazing city to the other.

Spotted, 'the power of positive thinking'. Not something that I have had the pleasure reading, but it is a book I would consider, being a self help book lover.

What do I know about Norman Vincent Peale? He is quite famous and always figures in collections at bookstores.

If anyone has any comments or suggestions, would love to get a conversation going.

Fashion hi five!

Spotted, wee lady with a knee length turquoise lace tailored dress, a white sweater and white shoes.

Accessories: delicate diamond pendant on a gold chain.

Well done girl!

Translation station

There are lots of reasons to travel by Dubai's Metro: cheaper than owning a car, no traffic hassle, better for the environment...

All valid reasons, but I bet you the one I'm about to give you doesn't figure on the conventional list: brush up on your Arabic.

Having spent the first few years of my life in this city, you'd think I'd be fluent. Think again. Salam walaikum. Walaikum as-salaam. Kaka is cake. I know my numbers till 10 (ashra). Those words were the extent of my knowledge.

Here's what I've learned so far because of the Metro:

Etihad is union

Abraj (singular-burj) is towers

Al kadima is the station

Almaliya is financial

Khaleej can be either gulf or bay

Alawal is first (Bank ulkhaleej alawal = First Gulf Bank)

Abouab is doors

Murkuz is centre (as in World Trade or Financial)

Madina is city (Dubai Internet, Dubai Healthcare)

Altijariya is business or trade. Which makes Alkhaleej altijariya... Business Bay!

If you can't read the script- no worries!  Listen to the pronunciation and learn the words anyway!

Puzzles- you gotta love 'em. 

Languages are puzzles. Train scheduling must be a puzzle. 

But if you manage to put the pieces together correctly, you have something shiny and new to travel to unknown worlds in. Happy journeys!

Greetings

Hear ye hear ye

Announcing the inauguration of a blog that will throw light on commuting on the Dubai metro as well as life in this great Metropolitan city.

It gives me great pleasure to introduce my co-blogger and partner in crime, greengirl of pplofgreen fame.

Our posts will be written with the intent of being entertaining yet informative, and we look forward to having you along with us on the journey.

Am not sure if you can spot us, but rest assured, we will always spend some part of our day out and about, on the greenest mode of transport in the city.

Ciao :)