I hate IE! It crashed as I was writing my latest blog post and I forgot to draft it in Word. So I have to start from scratch again. Of course Word is prone to crashing too so I have to remember to save every couple of minutes.
Anyway we’ve been home for almost one week now and we’re catching up on our sleep. It’s been easier waking up for work as I’ve been up before 5:30 am. But I get dozy in mid afternoon. My sciatica really bothered me upon returning home. Spending 19 hours in planes on our way home was not good for my wonky back and left leg. But having an accupuncture, cupping and massage at my neighborhood Chinese place did wonders. Plus resuming my daily morning yoga stretches have helped.
Adjusting to work was difficult and I had to teach a class on my first day. The humidity has been surprisingly low and it’s been overcast too. I figured out that our wifi router can only support two devices at any one time – weird. That’s why I couldn’t sync my iPod Touch along with our two laptops. Although my Toshiba laptop was turned off the router still had its profile in its memory. So I had to turn off the wifi connection on the laptop to allow my iPod to access the wifi.
I’ve got all our music and many photos on the iPod now. I’ve subscribed to podcasts from my hockey team and EDUCAUSE. So I’m down to having 9 GB of space left. Luckily Darcy bought the top of the line 32 GB model!
Below is the weekly round-up of selected news stories from our corner of the globe.
After labour, it is right back to work
Middle East weighs Obama after emotional glow fades
Hummer driver 'killed expat in fit of road rage'
Prisoners expected to be pardoned over Ramadan
An island clings to its simple life
‘Breakthrough’ desalination system could benefit UAE
Oil spill strategy on hold until 2009
Ramadan offers real taste of UAE
‘Easy-living culture’ hobbles UAE sport
Meagre pay rise angers academics
UAE students justify cheating, research reveals
New Dubai residents gain up to 12kg during first year
One with nature
Oman’s oasis
You Still Can't Write About Muhammad
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