I don't think I've tried to draw anything for weeks...yesterday night I thought to draw something instead of watching indian movies... I tried it by pen with waterproof ink..i loved to try draw and paint..BTW I was trying to draw Indian tennis sensation Sania Mirza..she was in Dubai to play in Dubai $ 1 million Open Tennis Chanpionship 2006 owned and organized by Dubai Duty Free..under the patrianage of Sheikh Mohd. Bin Rashid Al Maktoum (Ruler of Dubai)

Sania Mirza and Venezuela's Maria Vento-Kabchi have bowed out of the women's doubles event in the Dubai Open. Sania was earlier beaten by Martina Hingis in the singles event of the tournament. She has been playing with an elbow injury sustained during the Bangalore Open.

Rains continued across Dubai for the second day yesterday..
cool and breezy weather seemed the spirit of the residents..

In Dubai Many feel they are taking their lives in their hands when they leave home and workplaces to tackle the highways... This fear is not unfounded considering the UAE has the highest per capita accident rate in the world...
Dubai roads, on an average, claim a life daily. Speed kills, but so does carelessness and it is not always the driver's fault...Pedestrians must realise that crossing busy roads at unmarked points is nothing less than a gamble with their lives...Traffic is already a big problem with the growing number of vehicules and a real danger to one's life..take extra care when crossing busy roads..pls Careful with the bicycles as well..

Internet specialists have welcomed rules aimed at clamping down on cyber crime in the UAE.
They have described those who use the internet and computers in dubious ways as being guilty of "degrading technology".
the new rules on cybercrime carry a maximum sentence of 10 years in jail and a Dh20,000 fine...

please refer to the following web pages.

http://www.419eater.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=61975

http://www.crimes-of-persuasion.com/Nigerian/security_companies.htm

Passengers of Dubai's public transport buses will no more have to brave the heat and humidity of summer while they wait for their buses. This is because the city will soon have 500 air-conditioned bus shelters.:) will take 18 months to complete, passengers will be able to see and experience the first shelters by the end of next month...


The Bus Queue Shelter Project

The contract between RTA and the private firm was signed on January 24

The BQS Project involves installation of 500 air-conditioned bus shelters across Dubai

Installation of the bus shelters will take around 18 months to complete

The private firm would be investing around Dh210 million over the next 10 years for the project

Designed like a crescent, the shelters would be made from stainless steel and aluminium and have transparent glass panes on three sides, including the doors

The temperature inside the shelters would be kept at 24 to 25 degrees Celsius to make it comfortable for passengers stepping in from the extremely hot temperature outside

At launch, the shelters would have a total of 1,500 advertisement panels, which would be the the project's main source of revenue

Dubai mosques will focus on spreading awareness about the Aids campaign launched jointly with Unicef.

The programme includes giving 1,104 Friday sermons in 276 mosques across Dubai, giving 1,304 lectures in 163 mosques, distributing a book on the dangers of sexual diseases and giving other lectures in various languages including English, Hindi, Chinese, Russian and Tagalog.

Statistics from the United Nations showed that the Arab region came second after Africa in the number of new reported HIV positive cases for the year 2005.

Total people globally living with HIV/AIDs 40.3million
Total global new infections in 2005: 4.9m (still almost 13,500 per day)
Deaths (global) in 2005: 3.1m (still approx 8,500 per day)

World Vision has a great AIDS quiz

http://domino-201.worldvision.org

The Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon 2006, postponed from its original date in early January, is back on track and will take place on Friday, February 17

Held under the patronage of HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, the Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon was scheduled to take place on January 6 but was immediately postponed following the demise of HH the late Sheikh Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum.

Anyone who didn't manage to register for the original date can do so by registering online or by posting the original registration form or the form available on the website before the February 10

An Egyptian ferry carrying about 1,400 people sank overnight on its way across the Red Sea from Dubah in Saudi Arabia..

more than 1,400 people on board, mainly Egyptian workers returning from Saudi Arabia. Most were feared lost, but at least 324 apparently made it to safety..