Dubai through my eye

Dubai Though My Eyes

After taking a 9 month sabbatical slumber from blogging, I decided to get back to where i  have left off. My excitement of exploring this new city wore off after two months and I fell into a slight withdrawal from Dubai.  All I wanted was to get out! The first year is always difficult,like everyone says. I'm not saying that living in Dubai is easy for me now, it's not, it's getting eas-ier. 

If we compare Dubai to a lady, she isn't that French super model that you'll fall head over heals over, she isn't the Italian bombshell that make you breathless and weak in the knees, neither is she the Spanish babe who stole your heart. Let's just say that Dubai is akin to Durian, blue cheese, caviar. I'm not saying it's a tough pill to swallow, but its grows on you, slowly but surely. Dubai is this lady below the Arabian veil that doesn't show you it's charm, however, if u take some time to get to know her, you'll slowly fall in love. 

There's a million and one things you can do in Dubai and the sky is the limit. Hell, you can even conquer the skies if you wanted to! Choose between taking a hot air balloon or sky diving close to the tallest building in the world.

I'm not about to write an advertorial for Dubai, however, as I'm penning my thoughts  on a flight home from Dubai, I realized that I'm reaching my one year mark in Dubai before I even noticed it. I've given myself 2 years in this city. It's either that I like it and live through it happy, or suffer the next year which was what I did for the past 7 months. 

The last two months I'd say, was when I picked myself up again and started to look at this city again through a different set of lenses. The friendship I forged here helped me tide over troubled waters.

Dubai, guess what, I'm ready to take the plunge for one more year! 

P.S: I don't like crying babies on planes......

P.P.S: 3M needs to improve on their ear plugs. It isn't cry baby proof yet!