street cats

In every corner there are street cats in Dubai.
People from neighborhood take care of them.

Linked for ABC Wednesday
Now it is round 16. I will try to catch letters as much as I can.. Check the link for different subjects with letter C.

O for Oasis

a scene from the desert.
I wish I had a chance to take a photo of this place from far away so the Oasis will be shown better.

Posted for ABC Wednesday. this week's letter is O. Please click here to see other posts for the theme.

J for Jail

Even at monopoly staying in Jail is not pleasant.

posted for ABC Wednesday..
This week's letter is J.
I took this picture at Mall of Emirates. There was giant monopoly game and of course there as jail as well.. a part of the game..

H for Horse...

In Arabian Peninsula, horses are very important and with my little knowledge on that I know they have good reputation at races.
In UAE also you can see horse figures everywhere. Here is one of them.
Posted for ABC Wednesday...

Still out of town and limited time..

G for the Greens

I think because Dubai is located on the desert every residential area is referring something green / greenery. such as,, The Greens, The Gardens, The Discovery Gardens, Springs, Meadows, The Green Community, ect..

this picture is from the Greens.

Posted for G, ABC Wednesday

F for Fashion

Here we are another Wednesday and this week's letter is F.

I have one picture for you from the archive. I took this picture at JBR the Walk. There are several shops and one of them is selling expensive high brands.
You may guess the price level from their windows and their design most of the times. This shop is one of those.

F for Fashion...
you can see other blogger's contributions from here 

B for Break time

Break time is very important if you are working outside.

During summer time, midday break is mandatory by law. Starting from 15th of June and end of 15th of September all outdoor workers should have midday break. it is forbidden any work under direct sunlight between 12:30 pm and 3 pm. It is announced by Ministry of Labour. Penalties also quite high for companies who does not follow the rules.

during noon time, you may see many workers under trees or anything can give some shade...
posted for ABC Wednesday.

We are here letter B.

B for Break.

A for Art

another round for ABC Wednesday..

This time, I catch the letter A. I hope I can finish as well :)

A for art..
Here is small art piece, wooden statue located at the entrance of one restaurant.

you can see other post from all around world for ABC Wednesday

X for X

I was planning to post something different for today, but at the last minute I realised today is Wednesday and we reach the letter X.

I couldn't thing anything and after the search in my pictures I found this post from 2012 Redbull X fighters. This is extreme freestyle motocross sport.

I am not fan of this but once they were in Dubai I wanted to see at least once.

While they were competing each other, many audience just amazed with their performance.

They were here in Dubai 2012 and 2013 but Dubai is not in their tour stops in 2014.

Posted for ABC Wednesday.

U for U turn

U for U turn. Posted for ABC Wednesday. you can see other posts for Letter U from this link.
Traffic signs are quite similar in every country. at least here we have small Dubai touch on traffic sign.

S for Sign

For today's post, I was thinking to post something unique here in Dubai. I've just posted one photo for Shisha yesterday. It could be nice theme for the S week. but too late now. I had to think it earlier.

No problem..
I found S for Sign. While I am preparing this post, no-one posted for Signs. I know it is not much "Dubai" thing, but this sign is special..

You can see this traffic sign in Dubai or lets say in this region, especially if you are on side roads. Plus I have Burj Khalifa here, world's tallest building (for the time being) which is one of Dubai Icons.

I will post another picture tomorrow, to show how that signs stays there, in that way.

Posted for ABC Weekend

Q for the Queen & King

I know, the question is: hey where is the Queen?

hey they are "The Queen and The King"

These twin buildings are illuminated in evenings, when their lights are on, top of buildings remind me crown.

I couldn't think any picture for letter Q better than this one. 

The funny part, I had prepared my post for today. But at the last minute I realized after letter P there is letter Q before the Letter R. :)) so I had to think something Quickly to catch today's post. 

I think my busy mind counted letters in Turkish and jump to the R just after the P. Yes, in Turkish Alphabet we do not have Q. When I am so tired, my mind just works in Turkish, there are some times it doesn't work even in Turkish...

O for Owl

An art piece from Art Dubai 2014 

O for Owl. Posted for ABC Wednesday. Please click for more posts for the letter O

Owls are quite famous with their specific shape, and mythical meanings in different cultures. 

it is always interesting for me to see the same thing has different meanings in different culture. 

Owls are one of those things. 

In some culture it is considered as Bad Luck, death or messenger of bad news or upcoming death to you or to your family.

On the other hand, same Owls are considered as luck, wisdom in other cultures. 

in some areas if you see any owl people think that death is nearby but in some cities they are the symbol of the city. 

While preparing this post, I read the short life story about Eric Hosking.  He was one of a few photographers who were able to earn money onyl taking pictures of birds.

The Owl, Eric was trying to take pictures of, brought bad luck and good luck to him. 

Eric was working on photography but he got his real fame after the accident he had with the owl. He lost his left eye while taking a picture of Owl. After this accident, he published a book which called "An Eye for a Bird" 

N for Numbers

taken at Art Dubai 2013

Numbers are always mystical for many people. There are plenty different given meanings for each and every numbers.
such as 13 is the famous one with bad luck. Most of airlines do not have 13th row in their planes. Seat row numbers just jumped from 12 to 14 :) Yes, Emirates Airlines too.

or 7 is considered the luckiest number in Western culture as well as in Chinese culture.
or 666 it is associated with the beast.

many people seek the meaning of everything with numerology since early days of mathematics.

If they would read "the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" from Douglas Adams they would know the answer to the ultimate question of Life, the Universe and Everything.  :)

posted for ABC Wednesday,
you can see other contributors for the letter N for this week from here.

M for Metro

M for Metro.

Dubai Metro is a driver-less, fully automated rail network. It is launched on 9 th of September 2009.  
still network is quite weak but considering how they reached this level in a short time of period, it is impressive. Day by day it is getting more popular.
Actually in summer time, it is quite challenging to reach the nearest metro station.  :)

posted for ABC Wednesday. You can see other bloggers from here. 

L for Luxury

According to Merriam Webster dictionary, definition of luxury;

• a condition or situation of great comfort, ease, and wealth
• something that is expensive and not necessary
• something that is helpful or welcome and that is not usually or always available.

luxury is quite subjective thing even under the light of above definition. Everybody enjoy and has their own luxury staff. It might be Rolls Royce for someone or "chocolate cake at birthday" for another person.

For me; "spending less time in the traffic jam" is a kind of luxury that I experience (and appreciate) in Dubai. People who suffer from traffic can understand me easily. Without a hesitate I prefer this, rather than having a Rolls Royce :))

posted for ABC Wednesday, for more L posts please click here.

K for Kite

K for Kite,
Post from last year. Unfortunately I do not remember the artist / piece name which was exhibited at Art Dubai 2013.
for me the name would be Kite & freedom

Posted for ABC Wednesday

J for Jebel Ali- ABC Wednesday

Sunset at Jebel Ali Free Zone,

Jebel Ali Free Zone (JAFZA) is a free economic zone located in the Jebel Ali area at the far western end of Dubai, near to Abu Dhabi.
Jafza commenced operations in 1985 with standard size office units and warehouses. in 1990 JAFZA expands its facilities.

Today, JAFZA is a base for thousands of business from over 100 countries and attracting more than 20 % of the UAE's foreign direct investment.

please click here for more J posts from all over world.

Ice rink for ABC Wed.

In these days, I am quite busy, I couldn't take the picture I would like to post for I letter.
Here Ice Rink from the Archive.

Ice Rink is located in Dubai Mall, the biggest mall. you may get private class for skating or you can enter with public schedule.

posted for ABC Wednesday. please click here to see more contributors. This week's letter is I: I for Ice

the highest building: Burj Khalifa

World's highest building; Burj Khalifa.
height: 828 m
floors: 163
"the worlds highest building" is not the only title of Burj Khalifa, for other world records of the building can check its page in wikipedia.

It is definitely a masterpiece of Engineering, every-time I visit observatory deck, I admire the engineering and how great the project it is.
On the other hand, every time I see this building from distance, I wonder "Why?"

posted for today's theme of ABC Wed.
This week's letter is H. You can see other contributors from here.