30 Day Blog Challenge: Day 05 - A Picture of Your City

Here's a picture I took over a year ago and the opening of the Burj Khalifa. I composed it this way on purpose because I felt like the Burj was such a massive structure that I wanted to give it the enormity it deserved! I must point out that Dubai is definitely my city BUT, I'd have to say that Toronto is home.

Put Your Hands Up for Dubai - I Love This City!

Well.... I LIKE this city. I don't know if I would go as far as LOVE but.... it is definitely "home" for me now. Here are two pictures I took yesterday from my Dad's office building.




Reasons I Like Dubai:

1) My Dad lives here.
2) The sun is shining 98 % of the time.
4) Best shopping in the world.
5) People from all walks of life.
6) Great lifestyle for "westerners"
7) Makes me appreciate and take pride in my Canadian heritage even more so than before.


I could name a billion reasons why I don't like Dubai but I think I am far too cynical for my own good, so I will end on that note! Enjoy the pics!

I need...

... to break out of my shell of only taking pictures of dogs and babies. The only problem is, my life revolves around dogs and babies! I am only 6 weeks away from freedom tho... which is exciting and terrifying.... Anyway, here are some pics that I've taken lately that do not involve dogs, OR babies!


Here is a picture that was taken in my neighbourhood... just weird to see portraits of arab men and women just sitting outside of a building! I wonder if they are leaders of a certain country or just family members... anyway, just one of the many strange things Dubai has to offer!




Here is a pic taken from our balcony of the Burj Dubai at sunset... the Sun is seriously HUGE in the middle east.. like 3 times the size it is in Canada or the US... the burj Dubai... oops, my bad, the Burj Khalifa as they've renamed it, is about 20 km from our house... YA, it's that tall.




I went to Jordan for a friend's wedding and it was gorgeous... the weather was like heaven and the scenery was definitely something to see! All the men were perverts tho... anyway, here is the dead sea, which you really do float in... ps - if you ever go, don't drink the water or get it in your eyes... i did and almost went blind.





My life the past eight years... "anywhere but here"...






sigh... I am grateful to be where I am, to do the things I've done and to see the extraordinary things I've seen. but to be honest... at times, it gets a little old and every now and then I feel a twinge of the need for a "home". Siiiiggghhh... I am way emotional tonight, so let's end it there!