In April 2012, I visited Dubai and stayed there for a month. Everyone asked me how was it? and my friends living there in UAE were telling me that they are sure that I am in no mood of going back to Pakistan. For the second question, the answer is YES! My heart was stopping me from going back. Then I asked myself that why would I leave my country? The only answer to that would be “omG 16 hours of power outage!” Yes! The load shedding.

For those who asked me how was my trip and what did I learn? The only feeling that I got while staying in Dubai was, It’s just a huge shopping center. You earn from around the world, come to Dubai and spend it!. It was as easy as ABC to find any branded stuff (Oh yea, the Filipinos there, they love branded things), fast food, cars, beauty, building, beach, clubs, discos, hotels, you name it, they have it (except casinos).

The world’s biggest fountain show and the world’s biggest shopping mall - The Dubai Mall, lies around the feet of the world’s tallest building – Burj Khalifa. My first expression when I saw Burj Khalifa was “Holy Sh*t”. Yes, I saw the gigantic Burj Khalifa kissing the sky in the night, the warning flickering lights attracting me towards it and I felt like a zombie crawling towards the tower. The feeling was out of this world.

Life in Dubai – I felt nothing unusual, I hardly had to talk in English with anyone, because every other person is a desi either from Pakistan or India. And the Filipinos! They were there in huge numbers. I told one of my friend back in Pakistan that I felt like I was in Philippines rather than Dubai

The best thing I liked about Dubai? I found all the same people around there but living a proper life style and following every rule & regulation. When these same people come back to Pakistan, the first thing they do is, BREAK THE LAW. Why? I was very much disappointed on this before and finally realized that the strict rules and regulations actually tamed these Desi fellows. The second thing I liked about Dubai was their transport system. Metro, Bus and Taxi all were owned by the government and they all were in proper shape even after 3 years. If you wish to go anywhere in Dubai, traveling was not an issue and was hassle-free.

Ok fellows, check out my facebook album of Dubai Clicks and also check out the video below. I hope you will love the video I made while taking off from Dubai and back to Pakistan.

And Yes! I know there’s a lot more to share and this single post can’t tell the whole story. LOL! Are you all waiting for the Desert Safari belly dance video too? You will get it stay tuned!

Since around last decade I have seen the women fighting for their rights and now that struggle of gaining the rights have moved into the world of technology with campaigns launched on a world wide scale over Internet. Thanks to twitter and facebook for such social networks where one can spread a word. But my real question to all the young ladies out there are, what are they actually fighting for?

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Makkah Royal Clock Tower, also known as Abraj Al-Bait Towers is the 2nd tallest building in the world after Burj Dubai and has the world’s largest structure area covered. It has 7 towers name:

• Hotel Tower 601 m (1,972 ft)
• Hajar 260 m (850 ft)
• ZamZam 260 m (850 ft)
• Maqam 250 m (820 ft)
• Qibla 250 m (820 ft)
• Marwah 240 m (790 ft)
• Safa 240 m (790 ft)

The clock is placed on the four sides of the big tower which has the diameter of 151feet. On the top of it, it says “Allah O Akbar” (Allah is Greatest). The building is constructed by Saudi Binladen Group and is completed in year 2010.