Abu Dhabi Book Fair

Yesterday I visited Abu Dhabi Book Fair. This is the first time I visited the Abu Dhabi event & I must say that I was really impressed by the variety of books available. The fair in Sharjah is more focussed on arabic content but this one had a good foreign representation. And the most impressive section was the Antiquarian Book Fair, where they displayed old manuscripts from the 15th century onwards, including few copies of Holy Quran. 

Although I must admit that I was a bit disappointed by the lack of sufficient elevators in the parking building. Not only they were too small, but also lacked ventilation. And you had to wait for at least two or three trips before your turn to enter the elevator came. Other than that, it was a well organized event.

If you are a book lover & you live in UAE, it is a must visit event. And you better hurry up too, the show will end on 22nd of March :-)

One more thing before I sign off, this is the 100th post on this blog, have finally achieved the 100 post landmark after 32 months of blogging :-D

Out of Hibernation

Alright friends, I guess enough hibernation, the weather is not cold anymore. Needed something to motivate me to write something, and what better way than an overhaul of the template to achieve that goal. Do share your opinion about the new layout :-)

Secondly, a big thank you to the 83 people who took the survey. I never expected this over-whelming response. And in true spirit of democracy, I will try to accomodate all the opinions expressed by you guys in the survey. I must say, it has somewhat satisfied my curiosity & also confirmed some of my doubts :-D

Another thing, DG has also embraced Twitter. You can follow me if you want :-)

One more thing before I sign off, I want to introduce you to a cool site run by a friend. The site acts as a guide for people looking for employment in the Emirates. Well worth a visit.


Thats it folks. Hopefully the next post would come soon, pray that I don't enter hibernation mode again ;-)