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Wednesday, November 22, 2006SO HERE'S WHAT PAYBACK COULD LOOK LIKENOT VERY APPEALING IS IT?    
Friday, November 17, 2006BREAKING HER SPIRIT.........OH, AND HER LEG.In todays edition of the Gulf News, there is the most horrifying article regarding a rape case. Excerpts of it as follows: "Ras Al Khaimah: A man has been sentenced to five years in prison for raping a Bangladeshi maid just a few months after he was pardoned from a life in prison for raping a teenager, Gulf News learnt yesterday." Hmmmm........OK, first paragraph . This sick bastard had been PARDONED for raping a teenager, yet within months of being released fron nick, was at it AGAIN. "The UAE national, S.Z., was convicted by the Ras Al Khaimah Criminal Court for raping his maid just 48 hours after her arrival in the country on his sponsorship, said a senior court official." Second paragraph of the article..................awww diddums, the culprit is a UAE national, so let's not name him hey? The maid had been in the Emirates for a whopping 48hrs. So what did her sponsor think I wonder? 'Fresh meat' perhaps?? The article goes on to state: "The man had “a big record” of rape cases" "The convict had been serving a life sentence for raping a 10-year-old boy but was pardoned “only a few months ago”." "The day after the maid’s arrival, the man got drunk and went into her room in the night and asked her to wash the car. As soon as she started cleaning the vehicle, he pushed her into the vehicle and drove to a remote area. He wanted to avoid alerting the neighbours, the court was told." "He raped the woman twice and then pushed her out of the vehicle and fled the scene. In the melee the maid’s leg was broken. She managed to get to the main road. A passing motorist drove her to the nearest police station. She was later admitted to a hospital." My God, what are the Emirates coming to? This sick fucker has previously been convicted & jailed for raping a ten year old boy, a teenager, plus others that are unmentioned, but he's pardoned & let out of jail? The bastard should've been hung years ago, because then at least his victims would've seen some form of REAL justice. But now he's done it yet again & all he got was a 5yr sentence. How long will it be for this poor maid recovers I wonder? A broken leg can be fixed within a matter of weeks or months, but a broken spirit? Will that ever be fixed ? ">Link
Thursday, November 09, 2006MORE BIRTHDAY PICS - THE FINAL BATCH!
*sigh* Not long until Christmas, then The Chikkin gets to run riot with her Ouma & Grandad.............yay!
Wednesday, November 08, 2006MORE BIRTHDAY PICSMummy Shans, putting the final touches on a rather yummy looking choblit cake!  The fascinating expression on her face is absolutely priceless!   OK, mind your feet everyone, cos she's gonna be whizzing around on her new Winnie-the-Pooh truck!
Lastly, Miss Lilly Mai, all pretty in pink on her first birthday......all together now.........awwwwwwwww! 
Hot from the email inbox this morning, I present the eagerly awaited photos of Chikkin, who celebrated her 1st Birthday on the 2nd of November! This time last year I was planning a hasty trip to Dublin to see her - oh my, how time flies!  Oooooh............that birthday cake tastes yummy!!!
Check this out - d'ya think she could be a swimwear model?
Happy Birthday To Me!
'Now if I screw up my nose & give you a smile, like I'm a little pixie, can I have another piece of birthday cake hey?'  Spadge, 'Granny Rita' & Chikkin(Granny Rita is a lovely lady who took Spadge & Shans under her wing when they first moved in.)
Saturday, November 04, 2006MADGE A LA ETHNIC & A DESERVING BITCHI carried Spadge like this, when he was a sprog, as did many other mothers. My tits didn't droop like Madge's though.................
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Bitch-Moan >>>>>>Bitch-Moan >>>>>>Bitch-Moan>>>>>>Bitch-Moan >>>>>>Bitch-Moan
in conjunction with this major media organisation  couldn't organise a piss up in a brewery. On the 17th of LAST MONTH, I ordered (online via the ITP website) 2 tickets to a specific event in November, being held at the Emirates Palace Hotel. I paid an extra Dhs15.00 for the tickets to be delivered by courier. In the time since, I have been to Eygypt & had a lovely holiday. I can only assume that the Carrier Pigeo ITP use as a courier for their tickets, has either got lost via Ouagadougou, or has become another statistic in the Bird Flu epidemic, cos the bugger hasn't flown anywhere near this apartment, for sure. On phoning the 8004669 HELP HOTLINE, one is told in various pre-recorded voices that the working hours are from blah to blah & kindly leave your name & number for an operator to get back to you. This would be feasible, if in fact another pre-recorded voice didn't tell you that the 'mailbox' was full & cannot accept any more messages. I've now decided IPT doesn't contain any real people.......just the odd staff member of a robotic nature. I've sent a particularly nasty email to them instead, demanding a refund or my tickets within the next 24hrs........and I feel I'm being very lenient. Who knows, maybe some shite publicity will wake the buggers up? ITP SUCKS!!!
The main purpose for going to Eygypt was twofold; to have a real holiday & to celebrate our Pearl Anniversary. Hubs has worked incredibly hard in recent years & we haven't had a proper holiday in 3yrs. We went armed with a Globetrotter Travel Guide & the determination to do the 'touristy thing'. In a nutshell, I reckon we succeeded, quite nicely, thank you very much! We slept in late every morning bar one, had long leisurely breakfasts & then took organised tours from the hotel each afternoon. There was never more than 6 people per tour, so they felt quite personalised. With the exception of one highly irritating, heavily accented, self-opinionated dingbat female guide - who spent more time on her cell phone than with the group - all tours were informative & interesting. We stuck to the greater Cairo area, mainly because there's so much to see & do, but also because we'll hopefully go back to Eygypt within the next year or two & partake in a luxury* cruise down the Nile. Something that will fascinate me for years to come, is the strange 'marriage' Eygypt holds - that of African & Arab - as it's neither one nor the other. The Arab influence is primary, but the African influence is definitely there. Having lived in (almost) 1st World South Africa & (definite) 3rd World Kenya, Malawi & Ghana, plus The Magic Kingdom & now the UAE, I could see for myself how the two different cultures seemed to blend together & create its own unique identity. It really is strange, but on the other hand, it seems to 'work' so naturally. I initially felt the greater population of Cairo never slept, as the cocophony of noises from the 17 odd million population seemed to invade my sense of hearing shortly after unpacking! It was Eid & everyone was celebrating. Noisily. Very noisily! (I got over it pretty quickly, cos it was either that or get out.) Once Eid was over, the noise died down a tad. The traffic in Cairo can only be described as CHAOTIC! Three lane roads take five cars abreast, plus donkey carts. We never saw any accidents, so despite the incessant hooting, traffic seemed to flow, albeit very slowly in most cases. Headlights are definite optional extras on most cars & it appears it is the norm for drivers NOT to use them at night. Pedestrians run the gauntlet between cars & pedestrian crossings are as much use as a chocolate sundial. In closing, here are a few messages to organisations that (in my opinion) need to pay some close attenton to their services: Etihad Airways: When a (hate to say it - national) passenger & his wife are STILL busy buying duty-free 15 minutes after the flight should have departed, close the friggin doors & take off! You only have to do it once. Passengers will get the message. Also, I/We fail to understand that you have a smoking section in your Business Lounge in Abu Dhabi, but not in Cairo? Eygypt is a smokers paradise! Hilton Hotels - specifically the Nile Hilton: When your guests book a suite of 123sq.m (as advertised) do not assume they will be fobbed off with something two thirds of the size, which has a view of a building site & contains furniture that has not only been scavenged from deep & dusty storeroom, but is also broken. It took almost 3hrs, 3 (suite) changes & a heap of bitching for us to be finally settled into the correct suite. It simply isn't good enough. Oh..............also.............if the Hilton Fujairah can serve bacon & pork sausages in their breakfast buffet, then so can you. Dr Zaki Hawass - Director of Egyptian Antiquities etc.etc. Your museum is incredible, but for crying in a bloody bucket, please indicate that tourists are not allowed to take cameras or videos inside the museum BEFORE they get to the security check at the actual museum doors. If the taking of all photos is prohibited, why are local tourists not prosecuted for snapping away with their mobile phones.......in full view of (so called) security guards? To the sad bastards who make their poor malnourished & sore infested horses either canter uphill, pulling a carriage of a family of 4, or doing the same thing to the terrified animals in peak traffic in the city centre: I hope you are given the same kind of treatment in any form of afterlife you go to. Despite the above complaints, we really did have a wonderful time. It was not only a holiday I won't forget in a hurry, but also an amazing early anniversary for Hubs & myself. He spoilt me.........thoroughly!      Grandma appears to have managed quite well without us. She didn't lock herself out on the balcony, seems to have eaten well & only got lost once. Thanks to Bev for phoning & Mrs M for popping around to check up on the little grey haired old lady :-) *I'm a snob :-)
     Can't seem to upload more than 5 photos at a time, so I've had to split the posts.
    
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