Weekend finally

The mercury is inching up slowly. It was a max of 39degC today - did not quite reach the forecasted 40. Did not really feel that hot either - in fact I had felt hotter weather in Malaysia. Maybe because the humidity is pretty low (26%). I'll not be working the next 2 days. A rest before next week's war! Can't really go anywhere either coz my passport has been sent to Abu Dhabi for visa extension. So I'll just hang around in the camp tomorrow - go to the gym, take a walk down the jetty & perhaps read a book.

For those who are not aware, YTL is launching Starhill in Dubai soon! Check out the Gulf News report on this here. Starhill will have to compete with a whole bunch of shopping malls in Dubai - Mall of the Emirates, Ibn Battuta Mall, Festival City and the list goes on. Dubai has the most number of retail space in the whole of Middle East dwarfing any Arabian city. And it looks like YTL has announced that it has an appetite for power and water projects in the Middle East too! Good prospects since there is a boom in power & desalination projects in the U.A.E. especially in Dubai area. It seems that there is a shortage of power there and in fact they are buying power from Abu Dhabi. Maybe a blackout in Dubai soon? And apparently water is free for UAE citizens and there are huge discounts for electricity - only for UAE citizens. Therefore there is not much awareness on the need to conserve.