Okay, it’s time for another installment in Amusing Toys. I had a very hard time choosing from the amazingly odd selection downstairs. Here is this month’s winner – Happy Mouse. It is slightly more expensive than the Desert Warrior Camel and did not come with batteries!!! Unfortunately, using my laptop video camera means not being able to show you this toy in full operation. It is best used on a floor where it has lots of room to move around. If it bumps into something, it changes direction. Now, if we could just modify it to become a Roomba vacuum, that would be great! Well, except for the obnoxious music blaring out of it.
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Amusing toys
January 16, 2009So, I’ve resorted to video to share some things that I thought would be better that way than through still photos, (although my video techniques leave a great deal to be desired). These are odd things we found in the store that is in the first two floors of our apartment building. We are often amused by what we see there, but we are easily amused.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzHHy4_8wmU
We nearly hurt ourselves laughing at the toys. They are all knock off of brand toys or very strange things that make little sense. We paid a whopping Dhs 10 for the Desert Warrior Camel (approx. $2.70) and you know what they say, you get what you pay for! I know that once you see it you will all want one for your very own. Don’t worry, you will all find a Desert Warrior Camel in your stocking next Christmas!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctU-BpINPxQ
We also dropped a wad of $$ at Daiso, one of our favorite stores. It is all things Japanese (and cheap). I didn’t really need it, but I had to buy a blank book that had a cover showing a hedgehog, two spools of thread, three buttons and some stitches. It also said “Is preparing the sewing set. What shall I make today? I am unexpectedly good at the needlework thing.” How could I pass that up. I suppose I will need to find something to write in it about sewing, or something. I am, however, unexpectedly good at the needlework thing. Ha!
Paul is famous!
October 24, 2008Look at my honey being all geeky and stuff!
http://www.gulfnews.com/gntv/videos/10253904.html In case the other link doesn’t work.
Not Unusual Here
October 17, 2008If you scare easily or are already afraid for our safety, don’t read any further.
Unfortunately, the driving exhibited by the SUV in the YouTube video below is not unusual here. Aggressive driving here is beyond belief. They honk, they flash their lights, they tailgate like nobody’s business and lane lines are considered mere suggestions.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOW-3SCSDw0 (You might want to mute it for language content.)
Add rampant jaywalking and you have an average day in Dubai.
Amazingly, we’ve only witnessed one accident in the two months we’ve been here. We were standing at a bus stop and heard a delivery truck slam on his breaks trying to avoid the taxi that was cutting in front of him. He didn’t make it. He yelled at the taxi driver who acted like it was just another day on the job. No biggie.
Everyone drives aggressively, but they are also constantly aware of what everyone else is doing. Does that count as driving defensively? As a passenger, I’ve gotten fairly jaded and it doesn’t phase me anymore. It is amazing how close people drive to each other and manage to not collide. I suspect that Paul will do all the driving when we finally get wheels. He didn’t like my driving in the States, he definitely won’t like it here. I would fit right in. 😉
Living the Travel Channel 