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Dubai Trip : Jan 10th - Jan 13th [edited]
Saturday, January 14, 2006

Jan 10th

I woke up at 4.24am today, all freshed up for our trip to Dubai. It was too early for breakfast but I ate noodles to fill up my empty, grumbling stomach. At around 5.30am, the sky was still dark and we took off to Muscat. During the journey, I was determined to stay awake and listened to my cd, connected by the cassette adaptor to the car’s audio system. However, I fell asleep halfway through the car ride. We arrived at Muscat at about 9am and drove straight to Carrefour. 1 hour later, it was time for us to go to the airport. Today was the day I will always remember as it was the first time that the metal detector in the airport ever beeped while I walked through. I realised it was my watch, which had never been a problem until then. Nice way to start our trip, wasn’t it? But, it wasn’t too much of a hassle and our flight went smoothly. I was expecting to write postcards to family and friends but was too busy caught up in the ‘Scramble Dash’ game provided by the personal in-flight entertainment. We disembarked an hour later and reached the hotel – Pearl Residence approximately 12.53pm. After checking in and placing of our luggage, we set off to Dubai City Centre and started with our late lunch. Once we had lunch, Dad, Ivy and I went to Magic Planet for some games – resulting in 102 tickets to redeem prizes. Meanwhile, Jas and Mum went clothes-shopping. We shopped around until roughly 7pm, then queued for the taxi which took quite a long time. The taxi ride was not satisfactory because: 1) the taxi driver didn’t even know where our hotel was 2) he drove too fast, smoked, didn’t even signal when making a turn…etc. We had dinner at 8.30pm and ended the night watching ‘The Baby Sitter’s Club’ on TV. My feet were in total pain and all of us kept complaining about how tired we were. Despite that, we looked forward to our next day’s experiences.

In the Emirates plane, waiting for take-off
Pearl Residence Lobby
City Centre
Lunch at foodcourt
long queue for taxi
Burj Al Arab (7-star hotel)

Jan 11th

We woke up at 8 am, had a buffet breakfast in the hotel’s restaurant. We went to the Dubai Gold Souk in the morning, by catching a taxi to the port and taking a boat ride to get to the other side where it was located. I was captivated once again with the gleaming jewels staring back at me, but more enthusiastic in the last visit there in Jan 2005. We went into one of the “stalls” and ‘since we were the first customer, they would give us less price for the platinum, gold, white gold…etc.’ One of the salesman was showing me a ring- I forgot what it was made of, not platinum I know… - it was very delicately made and very attractive, I even tried it on. It was DHR414 (RM455.40, NZD182.16)!! The salesman even said that there was a 22% discount and ‘since we were the first customer, they would give us less price’. So in the end, the price he gave was DHR265. I was feeling uncomfortable because the salesman kept explaining and reducing, hypnotising part of me. It was definitely too expensive for me and I just smiled and refused. Dad even bargained with the man for DHR150. In the end, I nearly bought it… but I knew if I bought it, I would regret it and feel as if I’m wasting my money. So, I did not purchase that lovely, enchanting, beautiful ring. Later that morning, we walked around the small stalls nearby and bought 2 ball dresses, one for Jas and one for me. The prices had definitely gone up, everything was expensive. Then, after having nothing more to browse, we went to the Mall of the Emirates. It was Huge!!! We bought quite a lot of things and had lunch at the foodcourt. It was also there that I found out there was a Ski Dubai, inside the mall where people can ski! We ended the shopping spree by shopping once again in Carrefour, buying takeaway dinner for that night. After dinner, all of us sat in the living room of our apartment room and started browsing through all the things we bought. We also had some photo taking sessions and then, it was time for bed.breakfast at restaurant
boat ride
Dubai Gold Souk
Gold, platinum, silver, white gold... gleaming jewels
Mall of the Emirates
While waiting to go to another shop, took some pictures
So many sales so little time...
Lunch at foodcourt
Photo taking session
Dinner at hotel (takeaway from Spinneys)

Jan 12th

Today, we woke up a bit later than usual, at around 8.40-ish am. We had our breakfast again at the restaurant, then got ready for our trip to the Jumeira Beach. Our complimentary ride brought us all the way there where we suddenly realised that there was probably nothing to do there. So, we took a taxi from there and went to one of the biggest mall – Ibn Battuta Mall – ‘6 malls in one destination!’ We didn’t do as much shopping as we did the day before but, shamefully, I will admit that I was the first person to buy something – a black dress which cost DHR99. [LaSenza Girl] We spent the rest of the time wandering around and finally bought an LCD TV/Comp which cost around DHR1500. Deciding there was nothing else to do there, we went back to the hotel. Dad, Ivy and I wanted to go for a swim but it was too cold, so instead we went for a steam. Then, we ate noodles before going out and walking in the nearby small malls. We returned after a while, had dinner… and Jas, Ivy and I watched ‘My Best Friend’s Wedding’ on TV. There wasn’t much left to do, so it was bedtime as we would have to wake up early the next day.

A quick snapshot before deciding to go to Ibn BattutaIbn Battuta Mall

Was passing by the electronics shop when i saw this laptop with a camera

Jan 13th

Woke up at 4.50-ish to the sound of crowing cock – Jas’ cellphone alarm. We had some tea in the restaurant before setting off to the airport. Time definitely flies fast when you are having a good time and it was time to go home. Our flight was at 8.30am but delayed till around 9am. Once again, I had a great time playing ‘Scramble Dash’, joined by Jas and Ivy – with the help by Dad as well. I even managed to get to the top ten scores – with 2750 points out of the available (impossible) 4500. I was number 6.

Waiting to drive to airport

That afternoon, we drove back to Sur after lunch at Carrefour.

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