The Day I... Got Lost in Downtown Dubai...

Ok first off, no laughing..

I deserve credit for not boasting some super power ability that I do not really have. Yes I got lost. But I can tell you it was the most fun I've had all week.

I was out with my friend and we just thought, "Why not take this road that we have never really used before, and is full of obscure trucks and no clear road signs, or clear roads for that matter?"

Because all great ideas start that way... (Don't try this at home kids...)

Anyway, it was gorgeous out today... Hit 19 degrees Celsius an hour or so before sunset and the wind played its part sending waves of cold air maneuvering through the buildings... Well as we drove, we started looking at the many buildings that call downtown home and it was interesting to see how much is being done there... It is as my friend said "a city within a city"... I just hope they think about the poor people who will end up living there... I mean the area is lovely and has a lot of potential, so I hope they make space for people to walk and cycle... It would be a wonderful addition to Downtown...

Anyway, as we drove and discussed our superior opinions, we somehow ended up, not near, not at the entrance, but actually right smack in the middle of a construction site... I'm not kidding, one day a building will stand where my car stood... And then we ended up on a sidewalk that had no clears exists and was actually a walking side walk...


*cue laughter here*...

I could not stop laughing...Of all the things, of all the places to end up.. We landed here. My friend decided to take my camera and snap a few shots of my car... Then, all of a sudden as she started climbing one of those mini gravel mountains, you usually find in construction sites, to get a better picture, one of these huge trucks that carry said gravel, started trailing her in such a cartoon-ish manner, I could not possibly stop laughing.. I mean really would you?

Anyway, its funny I ended up in the middle of a construction site today. I suppose the lesson to take from it is that somewhere, something knew is always being created. A new chance has been given. We always have a chance to re-invent and re-construct. I know I need major renovation, but that's a good thing. From desert land, to illustrious, perhaps even beautiful, (but we'll have to wait and see) building. In many ways, this is why I began writing this blog, its time to renovate. It's time to fight.

What would you renovate? 2012, has just begun. Now is the time to make that decision and fight everything, even yourself, to make it happen.

Till my next post my lovelies... And good luck!

xoxo,

F