Well, thanks to Anke downstairs--I have wireless. Works quite well in the living room--not so much anywhere else. It will do until I get myself over to Etisalat and get my own land phone and broadband.
The purpose of this blog is to make a request. Cannot make ichat work here, but GoogleTalk does for some reason. Friends and family--please set it up on your desktop so we can chat--very easy!
Because of it--Internet connection--I have been doing way too much messing around with the computer and not much else. Must get myself out of the house asap and get some things accomplished. More later....
Friday, August 31, 2007
Sunday, August 26, 2007
Two Weeks Now
Blog Update
August 26, 2007
After two weeks in Dubai…I am no longer feeling jet lagged...have some sense of direction…starting to say “yeah-yeah-yeah” and “no worries” is sure to follow…have a bed and a chair…know what I am teaching this semester…have identified my favorite Italian restaurant and the best tiramisu…have not found a bread bakery…have found an Iranian bakery that makes cream puffs…cannot find the left shift key on the ThinkPad...find myself really annoyed by having to monitor cell phone usage as I have to keep purchasing Wasel recharge cards…enjoy hearing the call to prayer from the mosque next door…love going in the entry to my tower past the perfume shop, which always puts out incense in their entry…have made spaghetti sauce and had dinner with new friends on a newly delivered table—the only one who possesses such a thing as yet…am joyfully awaiting the arrival in 11 days of my first visitor—Melanie—who is going to bring me a suitcase full of Soy Vay and Libby’s canned pumpkin…took a 35-minute walk in the 105+degree heat and found myself wishing I had bought a parasol in Tokyo…have ridden in taxis driven by Bengalis, Pakistanis, Arabs, and East Indians and have both laughed and nearly cried… have looked at 15 different furniture stores and not purchased anything…have been to Ikea at least 10 times…know my way around the mall I live above …have found Starbucks and internet access downstairs—but no chai…haven’t missed TV at all (but that will change as soon as football starts)…have already watched Pride and Prejudice—thanks Meredith…have lost weight, even with the tiramisu and cream puffs…have talked to Ava Grace on the phone…have limited myself to 10-minute calls with Melanie… have lost a dear friend and had no one to talk with about it here who could understand the measure of that loss…have been amazed and dismayed…have missed all the people I love more than I can begin to describe.
Classes begin a week from today.
August 26, 2007
After two weeks in Dubai…I am no longer feeling jet lagged...have some sense of direction…starting to say “yeah-yeah-yeah” and “no worries” is sure to follow…have a bed and a chair…know what I am teaching this semester…have identified my favorite Italian restaurant and the best tiramisu…have not found a bread bakery…have found an Iranian bakery that makes cream puffs…cannot find the left shift key on the ThinkPad...find myself really annoyed by having to monitor cell phone usage as I have to keep purchasing Wasel recharge cards…enjoy hearing the call to prayer from the mosque next door…love going in the entry to my tower past the perfume shop, which always puts out incense in their entry…have made spaghetti sauce and had dinner with new friends on a newly delivered table—the only one who possesses such a thing as yet…am joyfully awaiting the arrival in 11 days of my first visitor—Melanie—who is going to bring me a suitcase full of Soy Vay and Libby’s canned pumpkin…took a 35-minute walk in the 105+degree heat and found myself wishing I had bought a parasol in Tokyo…have ridden in taxis driven by Bengalis, Pakistanis, Arabs, and East Indians and have both laughed and nearly cried… have looked at 15 different furniture stores and not purchased anything…have been to Ikea at least 10 times…know my way around the mall I live above …have found Starbucks and internet access downstairs—but no chai…haven’t missed TV at all (but that will change as soon as football starts)…have already watched Pride and Prejudice—thanks Meredith…have lost weight, even with the tiramisu and cream puffs…have talked to Ava Grace on the phone…have limited myself to 10-minute calls with Melanie… have lost a dear friend and had no one to talk with about it here who could understand the measure of that loss…have been amazed and dismayed…have missed all the people I love more than I can begin to describe.
Classes begin a week from today.
Sunday, August 12, 2007
FIRST DAY
Well, this is a first day-in-Dubai update. It was a great day--even with the jet lag. Met 3 new people--we all live in the same building. Got together for dinner tonight in the hotel--great Thai food restaurant called the Blue Elephant. Wende is from Australia. Valerie is most recently from Cypress and Anke is from Germany. There were 25 new faculty members across the University from all over the world. Several from the US, then Egypt, Canada, UK, Germany, Australia, etc.
They took us to our apartments. Very nice--spacious. Huge pool. Whole complex sits on top of a shopping mall (oh oh--this could be bad). It is called the Al Gherair Center and is in Deira--an older section of Dubai--close to the Corniche on the Gulf. Valerie has a view of the Gulf from her apartment--very nice.
Promise to post pictures soon. Going now before I completely crash in the middle of the lobby.
They took us to our apartments. Very nice--spacious. Huge pool. Whole complex sits on top of a shopping mall (oh oh--this could be bad). It is called the Al Gherair Center and is in Deira--an older section of Dubai--close to the Corniche on the Gulf. Valerie has a view of the Gulf from her apartment--very nice.
Promise to post pictures soon. Going now before I completely crash in the middle of the lobby.
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