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Hey Everyone!! I am soooooo.. excited!!! because of this... Image Courtesy of  Google Yes!! it's Dubai's bid for World Expo 2020!!! Image Courtesy of  Google Right at this moment while I'm writing this blog, voting for Expo 2020 in Paris is being held. The whole city of Dubai is now waiting for the results and I just can't help but be nervous and excited. I have lived in Dubai in the last 7 years of my life and it has grown into me. I consider Dubai as my second home. Right now in my heart all I want is for Dubai to win the bid for EXPO 2020. Dubai's proposal.. Image Courtesy of  Google Image Courtesy of  Google First set of voting has finished and Dubai has 77 votes (leading), Russia with 39, Turkey with 33 and Brazil with 13. Brazil has been dropped for the second round of voting and we'll see where the 13 votes will go.. waaahh!! this is nerve-wracking!!!!! All over the country you will see the support of everybody.. Image Cour...

Sorry for the lack of posts in the last two weeks.. I was really depressed and heartbroken of what has happened in the Philippines. Haiyan was a big destruction.  It was heartbreaking to watch the news, my tears just wont stop dripping from my eyes. Yes, I do not know these people. But they are my countrymen. My country was destroyed. Little children crying because of starvation.  Death toll as of this moment is close to 4,000.  Survivors are looking for missing / dead family members. Seeing the destruction will just leave you with a heavy heart.  I didn't feel like writing.. From day one I kept myself updated with the news through CNN and Twitter. I'm still out of words until now. I just don't have the drive to write. Let me just share photos I have downloaded of the horrifying destruction done by typhoon Haiyan. The satellite photo showing the size of Haiyan - Category 5 Super Typhoon that has the strength of 230km/hour. Photos of destruction.. Eve...

I was driving on my way to work this morning and I was put out of my focus when I had a glimpse of this on my side mirror.. I couldn't believe it so I slowed down to wait for it to pass me..  Yeah... I was not hallucinating.. it was a Barbie Pink Phantom Rolls Royce.. the hood and the boot are in glittered chrome finish.. I looked at the plate number and saw 2 digits..  Ah.. figures...  Immediately on my mind a short skit was being put together.. DAUGHTER: Daddy!  FATHER: Hey Sweetheart.. How are you? Anything you want Princess?? DAUGHTER: Yes Daddy. I want a Barbie Pink Rolls Royce Phantom!!!! and I want it NOW!!! (with arms crossed over her chest) FATHER: Sweetheart.. are you sure you want it "Barbie Pink"? DAUGHTER: YES DADDY! NOW!!! And I also want the hood and the boot to be in bedazzled glittery chrome finish.. Just right for a princess like me!!! FATHER: (Makes a phone call to his assistant.. ) Get me a Rolls Royce Phantom ...

Guess what this post is all about.. let me give you a clue.. And another clue.. yes! my favorite! Shake Shack!! Last weekend Chief and I went to see the movie Gravity. Before the movie we had late lunch at Shake Shack.. this is what we ordered.. two single Shack Burger two orders of fries, one with cheese, one small coke and one big coke and a small Dubai Malt Frozen Custard for dessert! all for 128 AED.. of course we were given one of these things to buzz us when our order is ready.. it was so quick! we got buzzed after 3 minutes..  our burgers.. mine's a simple single Shack Burger.. i love the ratio of all the ingredients on how it works so well together.. the soft bread.. burger patty, cheese, tomatoes, lettuce and shack sauce.. I add ketchup on top before every bite.. Chief's Single Shack Burger with added onions and pickles..he says it's good but claims that his burgers (the ones he make at home) are the best burgers.. lol!  He...

i would like to share this Baby's room concept that I quickly did  for a  client. There were design limitations since they are just renting the house. We cannot build nor knock down anything and I have to work with those constraints. It's a very spacious room with measurement of 7.0 X 8.0 meters and they  want it to be totally pink (its a baby girl) and the ceiling painted with a sky effect.  These are the existing photos of the room.. This is what I came up with. What do you think? Not bad for a one day concept right? Actually I dont like the sky effect.. bu it's what the client requested.. if i was to design it.. it will be without the sky which would turn out like this.. The client loved my concept. He actually then wanted us to work on the interiors of the whole house. Chief declined, we have our hands full at the moment in the office. The client begged him to do his house (well.. I did the design and concept.. so it's probably  g...