Done :)

One down...two to go...

Sausages and salad :)

Those of you who know me well will wonder how on earth 'sausages' managed to make it into a heading of mine. Well, we cranked up the bbq for the first time this weekend - and you know it's not a barbie without the meat in a tube fav (I generously let everyone else enjoy them).

What a jam packed weekend. Joined my fellow kiwis here for dinner Thurs night - tame photos are attached. Most are very strange facial expressions that I should probably seek permission on before publishing!!

Me, Phil (Invercargill), Trudy (West Coast)

Phil (one of the more normal shots), Dan (Wgnt yay!!) and me

Friday night was girls night and we hit the dance floor. After some serious booty shaking (I just can't help myself) I clambered into a cab and just about fell into bed.

Natalie and I at The Lodge

Then Sat rolled around and we were incredible blessed with finding an outdoor furniture set and bbq for 650 dhs ($300). Had a nice relaxing time to celebrate my birthday, reminescent of neighbourhood brunch at 198 Tinakori (minus Mike's FANTASTIC pancakes). The pois came out, the guys tried to master them (it was actually surprisingly impressive) and we decided many more bbq's are required at our villa :)

Oh what the heck, for those of you who bothered to scroll down this far, enjoy (sorry guys, I'll owe you another meal!)

Me and JT

I've had my first moment of fame here (if you can call it that!). Went to the invite only fashion show for Alexander McQueen's fall line. And made it into the Gulf News Tabloid section! The proof is below - featuring none other than JT on the cover (look at the first small pic).

It was an interesting night watching the ladies hob nob with their friends (think multitudes of air kissing "mwah, mwah"). Could have done with a champagne instead of the fruit drink but that's Dubai for ya!

Stage two of my first painting is now complete. This whole series is going to take a while - must get more motivated! One more area to go and this one's done!

It's been a tough week here. Work is so full on that I don't have any thinking time. None. I'd like to have one issue free day next week just to help make it through.

On the up side, I've met some more Kiwi's which is awesome. Bring on the increasing-in-size Christmas dinner I say.