The Dubai BlackBerry Chronicles

I started writing the Dubai chronicles when I moved here and somewhere along the way Dubai became home and the chronicles went kaput.  Familiarity breeds contempt and it also breeds complacency (and not in the good way).  While I was searching a nice profile picture for my Face book profile, I stumbled on my BlackBerry picture folder.

Now the strange thing about clicking pictures from a mobile phone is that it’s so in the moment and then its forgotten...

Looking at the pictures today I felt a story unfold in front of me, I saw a me, so different just 11 months ago.

Therefore, I decided to do a little photo story, some memories captured in extreme low mega pixel but remain very close to my heart. Each one a step forward into today. 

The night when I took the flight to Dubai, hours spent with people I love, two small bottles of wine and a box of After Eights...

 It was small but it was this view that bowled me over and still does. 1205, Dome 1 will always be so special...

 There were numerous evenings spent looking at sunsets with endless cups of coffee while I was searching for my place in this city...

 The joys of having your own place are the joys of stocking alcohol ... I discovered the joy of 'a drink by myself '

 The little things that make a house a home... my twinkly lights have become synonymous to home.

 Rare occasions with fresh flowers (an everyday feature back in India) lots of idle weekends with no television that helped to re-discover the joys of reading, writing and FB stalking!

 Numerous, frantic calls made to mom asking how 'this in the photograph' is cooked! I learned to somewhat enjoy cooking ... (though still not extremely fond of it)

 Dressing up, dressing down...

 Lots of girl night outs, bonding and gossiping .... This one particular night has fond memories... and lots of empty wine bottles!

Dubai has such awesome sunsets and it has a beach ... could I ask for more?

 Right opposite from where I work, always an amazing dream.. an amazing inspiration

 Happiness comes in small doses, to me it will always come in a Cold Stone cup cake..

The joys of doing nothing ... a weekend getaway to Abu Dhabi that was perfect

 Building furniture ... now that's a job, but taught me something simple... I didn't need a man (or a carpenter) to form a new life!

 Spending time and getting to know my nephew, so much a child can teach you that all adults put together cannot..

 A place that will always be close to my heart for a lot of reasons -  Nasimi beach @ The Atlantis ...

 A dream came true - I watched Bryan Adams live! I sang, cried and smiled. This was a moment when I realized the fruit of my hard work.. a day comes when you are in a perfect moment, you are where you once dreamed to be ... and yes, that's 'heaven'

My newly discovered hide out in Dubai - Cafe mOre .... the sunsets are to die for, love the all day breakfast and fat, fat pancakes!

There's always light.... it sometimes just hides and we cant see it. Dubai taught me a lot more... 

We make new friends, not easily but we do and at times.. we discover friends in people we just knew...

You have to give in a little to get a little...a city never becomes home unless you allow it to.

And in the end it has taught me that there is always a reason and a season for things to happen... there is always hope.. and as someone very close to me blogged - 'Someday someone will walk into your life, and make you realize why it never worked out with anyone else'.

Here's to hope, dreams and a lot more memories we still need to make...

With love and light!