Category Archives: Urban Life

Dubai Metro During the Golden Hour

Posted on December 22, 2012 by Alice

With four glorious days of perpetual sunshine left before Christmas (and Mr. H out of town; well actually in frozen Moscow, no less) my imagination requested to be taken on an adventure. That my good self take my good camera … Continue reading →

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Street Urchins

Posted on August 5, 2012 by Alice

Four mischievous urban children roam the streets of inner-city Sydney and take all sorts of liberties with supermarket trolleys…yes, a typical Saturday night scene for an assortment of dissenter who crave not the lazy comforts of a suburban dwelling, but quite … Continue reading →

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Downtown Dubai-Burj Khalifa

Posted on August 1, 2012 by Alice

Like petals from a stem, the Burj Khalifa’s wings extend from its central core. This building is a work of art, and as beautiful inside as it is out. It has come to symbolize this city, built but a generation ago, … Continue reading →

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30 Days of Gratefulness-Ramadan Part 11: Locomotion

Posted on July 30, 2012 by Alice

Come, escort me as I beat a path across town… Firstly I must decide against laziness: definitely the stairs, then… Next my will is tested: do I knock on the door? What on earth is this otherworldly contraption planted in the … Continue reading →

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Composition

Posted on July 30, 2012 by Alice

Balancing with feet astride in an almost-filled carriage, on the metro en route home, and with afew “excuse me’s” I shuffle along to the very front to take a good look at my city. The view from up here causing me … Continue reading →

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30 Days of Gratefulness-Ramadan Pt 8: Human Endeavours

Posted on July 28, 2012 by Alice

How many records can one city break? Ah, Dubai: the post-modern city springing forth from ancient desert with the greatest this, the tallest that, the biggest brightest and shiniest everything!! Be it Mall (biggest – the Dubai Mall), or Tower (tallest … Continue reading →

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30 Days of Gratefulness: Ramadan Part 7: Gainful Employment

Posted on July 26, 2012 by Alice

Question: What value do I place on “work”? From where did I recieve my work ethic? How was I influenced? Why is it that I consider it important that I succeed in the workplace? Observing my Muslim colleague fast; striving for betterment in their personal relationship with … Continue reading →

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30 Days of Gratefulness-Ramadan Pt 5: Sky

Posted on July 24, 2012 by Alice

Same sky above me, but what an assortment of canopies! Still no matter where I look up from; whichever patch of earth my feet are planted – be it the aerotropolis of Dubai, the marbled Pantheons of Classical Greece or the castaway … Continue reading →

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30 Days of Gratefulness – Ramadan Part 4: Modern Architecture

Posted on July 23, 2012 by Alice

Today in Dubai a remarkable heat came over the city. A torrid dog day afternoon blaze beat down on my head as I walked the kilometer home, from Dubai Mall to DIFC – the Dubai International Financial Centre, after meeting friend Anne … Continue reading →

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Symmetry

Posted on July 13, 2012 by Alice

Its not unusual for me to be wearing shades every day of the week, from early morning through to sundown, fragile sun-weary peepers that I was born with. Now and again I allow my naked eyes to view the world, take … Continue reading →

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