Assad is very busy with his new projects, travelling everyday from Dubai to Abudhabi..infact itz been only 1 week the project has started and it will go on for more 9 months. we have hardly spend not more than few hours in this week...and we are just wondering how will we make up with this hectic schedule. Now how you define this issue of time is very important.. there is a difference between being in the same space with your partner and actually spending time . In this hectic schedule more and more of us are not making the time to nurture our relationships with one another. We tell ourselves and sometimes each other that we will spend time together once we get done with this project or when we reach a certain financial level or pretty soon, or (fill in the blank). Pretty soon we find we are just existing together and as more and more issues pile up in our relationship .. Now this doesn't have to be anything elaborate or even involve a lot of planning but it does have to be intentional\...Assad and I have recently discovered the new freedom that comes when he comes home..He makes it a point to spend atleast an hour with me and Celmira before sleeping... talk together, check in, and enjoy time together. I can't tell you the impact this has had on our relationship. We actually miss the times when there was so much time after his work hours..but for now this routine is working for us..Thanks Assad..I know you are so tired and sleepy after ahectic day but you do realize the importance of spending quality time as a family... We basically talk about what is happening in our lives, how Celmira is doing, what we need to accomplish for the week,... I learn so much from what Assad is learning in his time .. I also ask him to help me with issues in my life that I need to work on and he does the same with me... What are some of the ways you spend time together as a couple? Leave a comment on this post to collect some ideas to share with one another....

We dream to be at home in a foreign land, But we know we are outsiders! I miss the simple wada pav which is available in any road side stall back home, We get the same wada, but not what i would get in Mumbai.
We get shawarma( Arabic bread filled chicken or mutton fillets and onion,etc).... Now I Have one shawarma atleast a week to forget about the wada pav.... But the memory still lingers, I see to it that whenever I am in Mumbai I have atleast couple of wada pavs When I will feel as insider in Dubai??????

My Stick Family from WiddlyTinks.com

IFly Dubai

Last week Assad took me out for surprise date...IFly Dubai in Mirdiff city center...skydiving experience..It's a great experience you basically go into a vertical wind tunnel and the instructor holds on to you and then may let you go for a bit - then the second time around he holds on to you and takes you high into the chamber above. There are upto 5-6 people so you rotate and go into the tunnel for a few minutes and you will have 2 rides.. It is honestly long enough to be in the chamber as the wind is very strong and I suppose it feels like sky diving (haven't done this myself though) without any falling sensation in your stomach.... Before you do it, they give you a quick briefing and you watch a small film and they tell you the position to adopt and the hand signals the instructor will use. Then you get dressed up in the flight suit, helmet, shoes, goggles, etc. before you go in...hmmm...Next time Assad will try it...

New law of nature needed

I mean when will human evolution reach desired efficiency levels..? When will the human body start understanding the simple logic ke boss, we are not living in an agricultural dependent society, one sookha will not starve me to death.. So... So I don't need to store excess fat.. Till a reasonable level its ok, after that its only a waste.. I mean can't believe that we (as a field science) really have not figured out a way to control that.. Or Human evolution has not yet adapted our bodies for this concept..

So for now.. Unfortunately dieting karna padega.. Ok world, here I diet for this habit of my body..

Shonu... Deitng kariss mei.. No oily etc etc, sweets limited.. and we walk.. like celmi says "walking", so here we go walking &b stretching..
Assad

Tiger Chilli Crab Festival

Last weekend we headed out to a chilli crab festival..It was put up in Madinat Jumeira souq. It had handful of stalls selling overpriced food items, which was average tasting...When we arrived we got Celmira face painted which was her first time!...she looked cute little butterfly.. Then we splurged on shrimps dimsums... It was a very small portion for the price tag and I was disappointed... the other choices noodles, Singaporian rice were also average in taste..We found a place to sit on the big stairs and listened to the band play some great tunes, the weather was lovely once the sandstorm died down) and company was awesome....It was a great evening and laughed and smiled alot.......I also got many compliments on my new gladiator shoes that I wore ...Here are a couple of photos from last night....

celmi

Celmi has her own sense of logic & spatial visualisation. I mean things we probably cannot comprehend, or don't think of that way, somethings only a child can think of/ imagine.

For celmi, the hairband is C (holding it sideways) then she will close it and make it an O. The handle of the hanger is 2. She will pick her hair band and call it O.

She sees STAR, where we do not see/ notice it at all. On my T-shirt, where I ha dnever noticed it, or in the logo of some restaurant, she will notice a star. Star and Circle are her favorite shapes.

For home she says "igya", for when we reach home we say "ghar agaya".. Now whenevr we are out, and she sees a UNB branch or an Al Rostamani logo, she will say "igya"
Assad