Ok, 4 Shawarma Is Too Many...

So, to the left is the giant chunk of chicken that I got my shawarma from tonight. 5 dirham...~$1.40 each. They are relly good! They put mayo, pickle and a few french fries in them. I remembered to ask them to hold the mayo and pickle. There are three chunks of meat, not sure what the other one in the picture is, maybe lamb, but the one on the other side is beef.

I finally got my license and have been driving all weekend. Drove to Dubai twice already. The 200 dirham bill is a cool orange. So, about Dubai, holy shit there are a lot of building half built. I saw the tallest building, still being built. You can barely see it in the next photo. The second day you could see the Burj Al Arab (sail-looking hotel) from the highway. The Ski Dubai is right off the freeway as well, what an eye sore.

The first trip to Dubai was to the airport to drop off my director. She's headed to Istanbul for a few days. Really nice hotel on the water I guess.

The second trip was to good one...put a deposit on a car...R32 baby!!! So, yeah, the dealer in Abu Dhabi has two of them coming but dark colors and leather...not in the this climate. Dubai has a 2009 Reflex Silver, 4dr one coming in 30-45 days. No sunroof, leather or navigation, but everything else is golden - bi-Xenon lights, two zone climatronic, cooler glove box and killer Recaro seats. I was also looking at the GTI and Tiguan, but they are all gone for at least 3 months, can't wait that long, so I settled for an R32...oh well.

I've ordered a bunch of furniture from IKEA and Home Centre. The kicker is that it will all be delivered on the 22nd and 23rd... My flat remains empty still. I have no idea what I am going to do about a bed. It's part of the order, along with a couch, desk, TV stand, mattress, end table and dining room set (cool tall table with stools). I've been looking around at TVs...buying a TV sucks. I've settled on something around 40" LCD 1080p...just need to fgure how important the refresh rate and if the Samsung 6Hz is enough of only 10 will do for sports. I plan on getting every sports channel the cable company offers...Im getting my football (soccer) fill if it kills me! Haven't ordered cable yet, need to decide between two providers. The new kid in town, Du, is rumored to begin HD programmes soon. I might go with them for that, otherwise my 1080p TV is not worth it. I suppose if I get a PS3 it would be...

Here's a few photos of my flat...the living room/kitchen and the bedroom. If you look on google maps, my flat doesn't exist...so I guess it is new-ish. The roof is open to us as well, I need to get a BBQ and a foosball table!

Yes, my kitchen is pink as is the outside of my villa. The walls of my flat are yellow. Below is the street just before you turn onto mine. The sign is for the Kazakhstan Embassy! And since I don't have a photo of my car, not til 30-45 days, here's one of a Gallardo Spyder. And if you look at the background there's this giant tube directly over the car...that's Ski Dubai, a part of the Mall of the Emirates.