Happy New Year and 2B2B

Sorry for the lack of posts, I'm afraid I've been 2B2B and having been out of Al Ain for a while it's a little difficult to write about the place.

Gossip from readers has been thin on the ground too and I've been relying on your e mails to keep me in the loop. However, I did get one from a Canadian guy wanting to know how to hook into the Swingers Scene. Sorry, but The Taxi does not approve of 'The Lifestyle', I'm a Taxiwallah of high morals.

Anyway, Happy New Year. I've finally taken the Christmas header off the top of the blog. It's well past 12th night which means I'll probably be cursed with bad luck for the rest of the year now.

If you go look in my January 2006 archives, you will see that I was all keen to lose weight and save money. Well, it's that time again and a year later I'm just as fat and just as skint. So I'm having another try.

Killjoy at Christmas

First of all, if there are any innocent kiddies reading this please look away now...

It's lovely when children still believe in Santa in these cynical times. However, it only takes on bishop in British TV to talk about "adults buying children presents" to spoil it all.

How do you explain round that one? Suggestions please!

Christmas in the HnJ

No, we didn't have dinner at Al Ain's hottest nightspot.

I know many people have their Christmas grub in one of Al Ain's four hotels but not us. Nothing against their cooking but I spend enough money in there during the rest of the year.

However, we did go there for a drink and listened to their Christmas CD on repeat mode three times. You'd think they'd have more than one Christmas CD and I began to feel sorry for the poor bar staff who must be counting the hours by the number of times Nat King Cole's 'Chestnuts Roasting' goes round.

Hope you all had a wonderful day whatever you did, wherever you went.

Happy Christmas...It's not the same...

It doesn't matter how you try to dress it up, Christmas in a Muslim country is not the same. I understand how Muslims feel in the UK when they celebrate Eid. OK, you can make your home as festive as possible but as soon as you step outside it's just another day

However, we will do our best to celebrate today despite the blinding sunshine and lack of snow.

Happy Christmas !