After our lesson, we moved from school to a salon. The student and a couple of others grabbed color pencils and did our hair and makeup. Yikes! The pencils were used mostly to color in our eyebrows. This is hilarious because Arabic women color in their eyebrows really thick and often wear heavy make-up. Like I said, these children pay attention to everything.
National Day is coming up. The country will be 43 years old. The school and community looks like National Day threw up all over...red and green everywhere. Today, the children dressed in traditional attire. The traditional attire here confuses me because I think they borrow a lot of their traditions from other countries. The girls wear garbs and head pieces that are very similar to traditional dress of India. Nevertheless, the girls are adorable in their dresses and the boys wear the white Kanduras well.
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| Poor thing had licked her lipstick off by 8:15am, but her eyeliner was on point for the entire day. Face BEAT at 4 years old, lol!!!! |
Another part of National Day here is car decorating. Cars are wrapped in the flag, the colors, and pictures of the Sheik. I heard it is a competition. I think on Tuesday (the actual holiday) I will go out to the streets and see some of these cars ride around. I have yet to capture pictures of them, but these cars are the gaudiest things ever. Just imagine Christmas colors all over the cars with pictures of leaders. SMH.
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| Caught this one in traffic today. Instead of the colors, the owner opted for the metallic look with the Sheik's images on the side and back. |
One thing I can say about this country is the patriotism is real. They don't play. My kids can identify the Sheiks before they can identify their own names.
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I finally visited Dubai this past weekend. My friend's mom came to visit so we attended brunch at the Atlantis. The Atlantis in Dubai is extremely nice, and so are the visitor's cars. Brunch is a waste of money for me because I don't drink but I can really see my friends from US enjoying this amazing atmosphere with unlimited drinks. I forgot to take pics at brunch, but here is a little glimpse of the parking lot and us leaving brunch...
After brunch we went to the souk. The souk was about the same as the one we saw in Oman (clothes, scarfs, touristy stuff, and wait for it......fake purses and glasses)
I participated in the Color Run while in Dubai. It was soooo much fun. I also visited the Dubai Mall while there. The mall is extremely overwhelming. This country is the only place that can actually shut my shopping habit down. These malls are too much for me and I am a person that can spend entire days in a mall. My time in Dubai was short this weekend but I will be back. I even found some stuff for my friends from the states and I to do if they ever visit. Don't tell anyone, but I might actually like Dubai better than Abu Dhabi.
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| All that shirt space available and they aim for your face. |
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| I don't think this is going to come out. |
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| Quiet as kept that pink ish was hard to get off my face. |
As if my weekend in Dubai wasn't enough, I got back to the desert just in time to view my Yellow Jackets take on UGA. I literally wait for this game every year and no matter where I am, I find a way to watch it. Shout out to Apple TV and the ESPN channel for allowing me to watch the game live from over 7,000 miles away. The game had me on edge. I swear I had several heart attacks during the event. But we came out with the W in the end. The jumping up and down I did in my flat, ALONE, really makes no sense. I flooded Facebook timelines and all. I could barely sleep as if I played and left my heart on that field.
And I did roll into work today with a Georgia Tech shirt on! Hardly home but alway reppin.
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