Cheryl & Kenneth Wedding

Took me a while to post pictures of Cheryl & Kenneth's wedding... Better late than never!!

New Dubai Traffic Regulations

New Dubai Traffic Laws have come in place recently... Some are a little over the top.... Reasonable I guess for the idiots on the roads...

Dubai Speeding fines

Kindly note that the traffic fines starting today 17th July 2008 will be as follow:
Radar : 500 Dhs (approx USD$140) instead of 200 Dhs
Cutting a red light: 1,500 Dhs (approx USD$410) instead of 500 Dhs for the first time & 3 days in jail for the second time.

All Dubai except Jumeira:
All Dubai radars have been reset to catch if your speed is 10 Km/Hr above the street speed.
If the speed limit is 100 Km/Hr (like beginning of SHK Zayed Road ) you shouldn't exceed 109 Km/Hr.
[Before was: if the road speed limit is 100 Km/Hr , the radar only was to catch if the speed is 120 Km/Hr]

Jumeira (Main Roads only) : The speed limit is 80 Km/Hr and radar will catch on 81 Km/Hr
Jumeira(Suburb Roads only): There are hidden radar cameras. The speed limit in these villas areas is 40 Km/Hr.

Crossing the Yellow Line (Driving on the shoulder of astreet)
1. Impounding of vehicle for six months.
2. Applying the laws concerning fines and ancillaries thereof.
3. For those working as drivers, they must be deported and proof of deportation must be provided.
4. Six black points are given. (12 points before you lose your license)
5. The driving license shall be withdrawn in case of committing this offence twice, and shall not be returned to its owner until he/she passes a difficult test and pays a fine of 3000 Dirham(approx USD$1000).
6. After all of the above procedures have been completed, the vehicle will be released.

Karama

Today is the day we moved to our new old offices. Rather... only the Sustainability & Fire Teams moved offices. We're back to the crappy part of Dubai - Karama to be exact.



Good and bad feelings. I was getting comfortable at the Oud Metha office... this office is our new old one. WB moved out a few months ago from Karama to the Oud Metha office... expanded too quickly, and had to kick a few teams back to Karama! Let's give it another 2 months, before we explode out of both offices!

New ceilings made it so much better. It was much worse previously. Got myself a pretty window spot...



And.... There goes my free parking. At least there's good lunches around the corner.

Booz @ Baraccuda

Haven't been updating in a while because I haven't been doing much at all!!! Just work and more work.

We had a glass factory visit at Ras Al Kaimah. Stopped by Baraccuda on the way back. Looks a little dingy. Small little store hidden away from the main streets

Baraccuda is this place that sells alcohol at ridiculously cheap prices... and where you don't need a license to buy alcohol. (By the way, in Dubai, licenses are needed to purchase - and there is a limit on purchase!)

As you would expect.... we did buy quite a fair bit.

How often do you go to the liqour store to get booz with your boss during office hours? It was pretty cool. Clearly... a photo for blackmail. Haha.