Archive for March, 2012
24
Mar
12
Weekly Photo Challenge: THROUGH
20
Mar
12
Weekly Photo Challenge: UNUSUAL
This was a view from the window of a hotel where I stayed last November. I zoomed my camera to find out what this coin-looking figure was. It was actually a building! Unusual shape for a very tall structure, isn’t it?
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aldar.com
FOOTNOTE (23 March 2012): Finally, I found the name of this odd-looking structure. It’s an offfice building called HQ. The HQ Building was voted in 2008 as ‘Best Futuristic Design’ by the Building Exchange Conference, and is a striking addition to the Abu Dhabi skyline. The building is the world’s first circular skyscraper.
Check out these links:
http://www.hqad.ae/homepage.php
http://www.aldar.com/aldar_developments-hq.en
And I even found a video…
14
Mar
12
A Day in Paradise
It was my wife’s birthday.
She only wanted a simple day.
But how could I just let that day pass without even a simple celebration. And because I couldn’t bring her a dozen roses, I brought her to a million flowers – to a place called “paradise.”
Get ready to treat your eyes…
Al Ain Paradise is a garden park in our city which opens only during spring – a time when flowers are in full blossom. It holds the Guinness World Record for the largest display of hanging flower baskets.
I dedicate all these flowers to you 
Happy birthday, Mommy 
10
Mar
12
Weekly Photo Challenge: CONTRAST
Father and son. Big and small.
This post also appears on my son’s blog - The Adventures of Inigo Boy .
The view was distorted by the water from the fountain, but it has a cool effect. Don’t you think so?
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