Monthly Archives: February 2011

The One store is the Middle East’s attempt at doing a Habitat or Conran Store. At least it thinks it is. We have bought a sofa and a very expensive leather chair from the One store and I took delivery … Continue reading →

Check out this article from Gulf News about the ‘gradual edifying reconciliation method’ for husbands struggling to reason with their wives. Unbelievable. Circled section suggests several steps that a husband should explore before considering divorce. Step One: Talk to your … Continue reading →

I have cottoned on to this Google traffic thing and am going to insert as many popular search words into this entry as BIG TITS possible to up my numbers. Last night I went for dinner with my friend Andy. … Continue reading →

I was wondering why I was getting a lot of traffic on my blog recently. Apparently its all down to people searching for leopard print bedspreads. The Middle East is very exciting at the moment. Egypt’s revolution has been addictive … Continue reading →

Poor H is celebrating his birthday in Saudi. He’s taking the no drinking policy as an opportunity to give up smoking. But, this means we have some very strange Skype exchanges. The chemicals are obviously seeping out of him. He … Continue reading →

Just saw a brilliant Twitter feed. Why doesn’t Dubai, in a gesture of good will to the Egyptians, offer Murbarak Egypt on the World development off Dubai? He could rule the roost and Dubai can profit from their amazing surveillance … Continue reading →

I smoke too much. I glibly say its cheaper than a pension but I am growing bored of the habit. I approached a hypnotherapist last week but he is also into that NLP nonsense and won’t stop emailing or texting … Continue reading →

Shopping for furniture in this town is proving to be a bit of a nightmare. It’s like shops only cater for palaces or the aesthetically deranged. We’ve been looking for a coffee table and can only find monster sized or … Continue reading →