I've now attended five Arabic classes at work and they've been fun. I don't have the time to do all the required practice but I did teach myself, while cleaning the floors, to count from 0 to 10. It took me about half an hour and now I have to learn how to write the numbers in Arabic. I can say a few simple words in an introduction type conversation.
This article is a bit old but it talks about the R&D that Abu Dhabi is spending on alternative energy. For that it won the 2008 Cleantech Award (shared it with Google actually). My interest has turned to electric cars as there are some new companies selling them. The first two are Canadian owned and operated but they've been handcuffed by the Canadian government from selling many domestically:
http://www.zenncars.com
http://itiselectric.com
http://www.revaindia.com
http://www.teslamotors.com
This is a funny story about camels. Good on the UAE for supporting the Terry Fox run! I would never have thought we'd be in third place for fundraising.
Darcy's birthday dinner at the Emirates Palace last weekend was nice. We got there at 7 pm which was early so we were the only people there for about half an hour. Very classy place so we'd like to try the other restaurants there over time. The privately Islamic Art Exhibit was very interesting and it took longer than the two hours that someone recommended. We bought the coffee table book catalogue as a souvenir.
Bshoofak Ba'dayn...
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