some spillage in the village

Well I did it again, I let another 2 months go by before I 'blog' away. Yesterday was St. Patty's day, and as tired as I was after school, I felt it was my duty to go out for a beer and represent the Irish in me. Nat was in Dubai for work so we decided to go to Irish village. When we got there I had another one of those moments "Am I really in Dubai?" I thought I was somewhere in Noe Valley celebrating with the Irish crowds in SF. The place was packed with people from Ireland, South Africa, Australia, England and even Brazil. There was Irish dancing, two 'lad's' rocking and lots and lots of guinness stands. Though I was proud to be celebrating this day con la Nato, as I was waiting for our second round, again it hit me that I was really in Dubai. A man in his mid 40s was leaving the guinness stand, balancing 2 pints on each hand, cuando de repente an Indian worker walked right by him to pick up trash. Remember the place is packed, so the Indian worker is doing his best to get by without bumbing into anyone. Aparantly his best wasn't enough for this jerk. I guess some spillage happened..and the dufus reacted by kicking the Indian worker on the leg. Instantly my blood boiled and as much as I wanted to yell at this piojo tuerto, no words came out of my mouth. I kept my eyes on the worker to see his reaction. All he did was give a nervous smile and kept walking to finish his job. I must admit I got teary eyed right away...my eyes kept following the worker, and as he got far out and turned around, the back of his shirt said "MAKE A DIFFERENCE." Me quede seca...sin palabras.

It's about time...

Its been 5 months desde mi llegada, it's about time I start this blog. My very last visitor left Dubai today:( I was thrilled to have loved ones visit for the holidays, but it was very hard to let them all go. In the end the memories will stay..must stay positive!

So Dubai...where do I even begin...After dropping Danica off at the airport today I decided to ride the metro back to my Apt. This was my first time riding the metro since its grand openning on 9/9/09 (Prince's favorite # I heard). As I sat there rather comfortably I got another moment. A moment that pops the question in my mind "Do I really live here?" In front of me I felt like I was staring at a United Nations billboard. A senior lady from India wearing a beautiful sari, next to her a tiny Japanese lady who liked to match her neon green purse with her nail polish, right next to her an African lady wearing modern clothing and impecable make up, and sitting next to her an arab man wearing a starbucks polo. As each of these passangers got off on their stop, their seats were quickly replaced by another passenger who could have fit in just as easily into this UN billboard.
To 'disimular' my stares of wonder I look behind me and there it is! Burj Dubai The tallest building in the world..800 meters. Grand opening was yesterday, but I didn't make it because I preffered to hang out with Dano and Nato at Global village. Way more fun:) Tourists sitting next to me kept taking pictures and commenting in awe. So I guess I do live here..in this over the top, competitive always looking to become bigger and better land.

I've been asked by many of you..so do you like it there? I guess like in any place that you live I like and dislike some things from here....More importantly I'm learning a whole lot about myself, about people, and about this part of the world. Allright I got a start on this blogging, I hope to keep this up throughout the year. Quisiera mandar saludos a mi mama, a mi papa, y a todos los que me estan viendo! JAJAJJA:) hasta la proxima.
T