Unemployment woes

Yesterday Sumit was arguing with me about how I am so fickle minded and impulsive. The argument spawned off from me not having left the house all day because I was job hunting and did not feel any motivation to leave the couch. This usually spirals into a depressing session of self loathing, sarcasm, complete indifference and impulsive statements.

So many people told me "oh you are quitting your job, thats so wonderful! Now you can do all the things you wanted to do but never had time for." Thats not really true. When you have all the time in the world but no work it also means you have no money to spend on whims and fancies. So you try to do whatever you can with the resources in hand. One morning I am studying Arabic and on another morning I am looking through GRE questions. One day I am resolved to finish my video journal while another I am just in the mood to watch sitcoms. Somehow nothing seems to engage me long enough. Maybe because these arent meant to be full time activities.

Its not my fault that I am stuck in a country where medical research is unheard of. Doctors find it amusing that they have to look at things beyond jus treating their patients. There is jus so much money thrown around that they can just buy an existing research facility instead of bothering with it.

You can plan all you want but well things wont go your way, especially when you go thru so much trouble to make sure that your younger brother has a good time. So in my previous post I had said a lot about the things I had planned for him right?

Friday started with tour of Dubai..the Burj viewing tower was a let down, it wasnt so great and view from ther isnt a must-see. From ther we went to Bur Dubai in search of the chaat place I had been to nearly a year back which had the most amazing pav bhaji. But after walking for 1 hour we gave up and settled for another place we found. Thankfully the food was great and we even got to have a kalakatha gola and matka kulfi at the end of our meal which were pretty tasty too. So we decided to spend the evening at Jumeriah where on most evenings you get to see a parade of high end cars drive by from Porshas to Ferraris to Rolls Royces. Well as luck would have it, we hardly got to see any, maybe it was the time or the location we were sitting at or just our dumb luck. I flt bad cos even just the previous friday we saw such a good line up. To add to that, we had bad tasting Mexican food and by the time we drove back I had two sick boys in the car.

Well Saturday started off better. The Grand Mosque of Abu Dhabi is certainly a saviour. It is huge and really beautiful, no expense was spared in its making. Inspired by the Taj Mahal, its made from marble imported from Greece, Italy and India. Chandeliers made in Germany with Swarovski crystals and the largest handwoven carpet weighting 39 tonnes. Evening was supposed to be ice skating, but of course, it just so happened that day the rink was closed to public! It wasnt all bad, we ended up playing pool and bowling.

I had read a lot about Al Ain being rich in culture and heritage. Also some French archeologists had made uncovered some sites from the bronze age, etc. The weather wasnt gonna let us have it so easy. It was foggy all morning, with the visibility dropping as we approached the highway. But by the time we reached Al Ain, the fog cleared and it became really hot! So we went to the museum and the palace both were kinda let downs. The archeological site was closed till 4pm so we couldnt go in cos we were there at 2.30pm and I had to be back in the city by 6pm. So much for that.

I am wondering if its a good ideas to ask people to visit at all!

Dubai Brotour

My younger brother is visiting and will be staying with me for 10 days. I havent seen him in 1.5 yrs so I am really excited. The last time I was here we had few visitors. Even my mom who stayed in Dubai for one month came to my house only for 2 days and both times I wasnt at home. Its funny cos back then we had a 2 bed room house and it was huge and spacious. So much so, that we hardly visited the 2nd room except to dry clothes. Our current house on the other hand has only 1 bed room but its more homely. I actually like this house so much more.

Anyways back to my brother coming. Well we can finally do the touristy things to be done in Dubai. I have planned so many things for the coming week, including 1 maybe 2 trips to Ferrari World depending on how much we like it, paramotoring in Ras Al Khaimah, Desert Safari and of course going up the Burj. Too bad he doesnt have his driving license, cos I was looking forward to doing some speed thrills at the Autodorm. But well I have to be happy with the fact that Abu Dhabi highway speed limits have relaxed and been increased to 160km/h.