A Canadian in Abu Dhabi, UAE
*Experiencing expathood since 2008.
Saturday, January 12, 2019
Friday, September 7, 2018
That time when home feels more strange than away
Me and my dad, Larry, on his birthday. |
I've been aware that the experience has altered me totally and completely for most of the time to varying degrees. (I often liken those first few months to having my personality disintegrate, and then the rest of the year as me rebuilding it into something I could vaguely recognise. It's something else, leaving one life and building a whole other one for yourself.)
Sunday, April 22, 2018
Monday, April 2, 2018
Tadweer is recycling in Abu Dhabi: Be still my heart!
Me recycling for the first time in years. |
I still don't know anything about the bins, other than that they are there and I am happy about it, but believe me, I'm looking into it.
Wednesday, March 28, 2018
I want to lose my heavy baggage next trip with this $1,000 Travelmate robot suitcase
Wouldn't it be fun to walk through the airport with one of these "fully autonomous" Travelmate suitcases, which cost US$1,000 (Dh3,672) and come with a removable four-hour battery that can also be used to recharge any mobile device. There is also a fingerprint lock system, a built-in scale and a GPS to locate it if the absolute worst happens and your flight lands at 3am at Abu Dhabi International Airport and your suitcase is MIA and you have to line up at that little kiosk when you are so tired you can barely see.
Of course I have also begun to envision scenarios where this robotic suitcase turns on you and refuses to stop at Duty Free, or some similar, or you run out of juice and it just refuses to move, like those petulant three-year-olds I always see slowly killing their parents at airport security. And I question: is it really fully autonomous? If that were true, couldn't it just flat out refuse to make the trip with you, or start spitting your clothes out as soon as you laid them in while packing? I shall never know. My trusty Victorianox looks set to last forever.
The Travelmate was one of the exhibitors at the inaugural Amaze Expo 2018, which featured an array of high-end lifestyle products at the Dubai International Financial Centre's The Gate and wrapped over the weekend.
Travelmate was one of the exhibitors at the Amaze Expo 2018
Tuesday, March 27, 2018
Image of the day: Instagram bait galore in the INDEX Dubai's Off the Wall feature
Belgian "street luxury" artist Pablo Lucker. |
The side-ways room was created by Dubai-based interior designer Sharon Jutla and features furniture and décor worth an estimated Dh1.4 million from US designer Jonathan Adler.
Overheard in Abu Dhabi at #MediaMondaysUAE – #ToroToroAD edition
"Please don't take my picture. My image is worth money."
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