This story has a point, please bare with me.
I sometimes get a strange idea into my head and then feel compelled to follow through with it. Yesterday was such a day. In fact, I had had this idea for a while now and my wife had already given up on me. Then yesterday morning I decided to do it – to walk the length of Dubai, from Dubai Media City to my favourite Dubai restaurant – Ravi’s.
We are not the bearers or bad news – just the truth. Things have changed. Everywhere. Period.
As humans we are creatures of habit, even writing that phrase ‘creatures of habit’ is… well… habit. We are used to being in our zones of comfort. We use clichés and repeat pep-talks, like “It has too end some time!” or “We’ll all be stronger for it afterwards!”. We are happy in our comfort zones and unless we really (really!) have to, we’d prefer not to leave them.
If you’ve not yet heard about about Digg (or Reddit, or similar sites), they are sites you can submit articles or blog posts to that you found interesting to read. By submitting them, you then give others (are they called diggers? Answers on a postcard - or Tweet please) the opportunity to rate, or digg, it too. It’s a form of endorsement of the article beyond just reading it.
We are in a recession, or in the midst of a ‘market correction’ if you read the papers in Dubai, there is no getting away from that.
There is always the option of sticking our head in the sand (especially if you’re in Dubai), or you could wake up and smell the coffee. Ignoring issues is never a good idea and if the ‘issue’ is big enough to be felt around the world it definitely requires our immediate attention.
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So this is probably the most revealing post on this blog so far. It also has the potential to be the post with the most ‘geek factor’ ever to hit this blog.
Gorgeous has officially joined Twitter.com and is now twittering away with others, reading tweets and (considering) attending a twestival. Too much for you? Haven’t got a clue what we’re talking about? We don’t blame you, neither did we up until a week or so ago…
We did it - Team “Gorgeous, Coast & Friends” completed the “Nivea For Men 24hr Endurance Challenge” at the Dubai Autodrome!
After what seemed more like 24 days than 24 hours the team completed more than 1000 laps totaling more than 1200km, 25 driver changes, 24 refueling stops, one technical stop and even got a formal warning from the race marshals (naughty boys!). In the end it was a hard fought battle for position and while there was much fun had, we all got our competitive faces on to try and do as well as possible.
What started out as “All we need to do is enter a team and turn up on the day!” has very quickly turned into a completely over-competitive and over-motivated race-preparation week…
It is no wonder then that it is not good enough to just borrow race suits from the Kartdrome, but we will have to have our own (naturally!), it is also not good enough to just use standard gloves… after all that could lead to blisters and all that moisturising before bed would be completely wasted!
Whoever said you can’t work and have fun!?
Gorgeous has just teamed up with some of the guys from The Coast 103.2 radio station and entered a team into the “Nivea For Men Endurance Challenge” – a 24-hour LeMans style Kart race at the Dubai Autodrome.
“Team Gorgeous, Coast & Friends” is certainly NOT the most skilled in the line-up, but we have no doubt that it will be most fun! Rick & Daniel from The Coast’s Breakfast show will join our own motley crew to form what can only be a must-see, once in a lifetime performance!
We love Starbucks coffee - in fact, rumours have it we’re only fully operational with some of the good old coffee bean!
So we’ve decided to share some of that love and bring you a free Starbucks coffee to your desk - all you have to do is let us know. To make it easy for you there is a small form below - just fill it in and we’ll personally hand-deliver your coffee!
No strings attached - just one of those fancy cup holders 