Just For Fun: World Golf Tour Game

Not much time to blog lately... my parents are in town. But I thought I'd share a fun link with you. This game was just mentioned in Fortune Magazine. It's really fun and looks beautiful. Check it out here.

Screenshots for your viewing pleasure :)

Saturday Morning Dubai Pictures

These boys let me take a picture this morning... very very cute. :)

The scene before I cropped it... you can see the Burj Dubai in the background on the left.

First really clear day in a while. The Burj Dubai and Business Bay construction site sprouting from the desert.

NYTimes Photo Report on Peshawar Pakistan

I really enjoy the multimedia presentations of different places around the world on many of the many US newspaper websites. Here is a very interesting one from the New York Times website. It's a photo report on Peshawar Pakistan. Peshawar is a battleground between the Islamic extremist groups like the Taliban and the Pakistani government. Click the link below to get to the slideshow. The pic above is the first one in the show... a striking black and white shot.

Peshawar Under Seige

Quote: Love Your Neighbor and Your Enemy

Great Quote:

The Bible tells us to love our neighbors, and also to love our enemies; probably because they are generally the same people.

GK Chesterton

Dubai Schools Called Off Due to... Flooding?

Update: Ministry of Education cancels school until Sunday!
Update: January 2008 now the wettest on record in the UAE!

Weird week in Dubai. Monday was declared a state/private holiday due to President Bush's visit to town. (see motorcade pictures below) Then it started raining on Monday afternoon and it really hasn't stopped since then. The roads and some neighborhoods are flooding. Some people reported being in traffic for 4 hours from Sharjah trying to get to Dubai... a trip that normally might take an hour.

Now school tomorrow has been canceled (happy kids) due to the flooding and traffic woes related to the rain.

Bush and flooding. The "planets" will never "align" like this again in Dubai. A few pictures below.

Burj Dubai shrouded in fog and clouds.

Sheikh Zayed Road skyline with fog and clouds.

Rare rainy roadway on Beach Road, Dubai.

Yeah, I probably shouldn't have taken this picture while I was moving :(... watery roundabout in Jumeirah.

President Bush Visits Dubai - Motorcade Pics!

President Bush visited Abu Dhabi two days ago and then Dubai yesterday. I think it was his first visit here ever. All of Dubai was basically shut down yesterday. They declared a Emirate-wide private and public holiday late on Sunday afternoon. Many roads were to be closed for the better part of the day.

A friend snapped these pictures out of his apartment window. It's the President's motorcade. Very interesting!

This road is never desolate like this!

Notice the police at the bottom right.

Police helicopter hovering overhead as the motorcade passed.

This is Sheikh Mohammad's car. Notice the license plate number "1". He usually drives this himself.

Motorcade Limos.

Not sure what's in this car/truck. Looks "special" though.

Sallelite communications/tracking car?

Three identical Escalades... tight formation.

But someone's peeking out...

Could that be President Bush?... I think it is.

Update: Now I'm not so sure... here is a pic of him that day from the local newspaper. What do you think? Tie matches but the coat might be too dark in the photo.