Fear and Money in Dubai

I wasn't too thrilled on Wednesday this week, just as I had sneakily printed this article out at work I had place it on my desk to await my return from a Sainsbury quick walk lunch break with my Covent garden soup, as I came into the office, one of my colleagues told me just had a visitor round, not flinching as to why they where telling me this, did they soon say I turned you piece of paper over on your desk! Did something just click in my starved brain, let me set the office scene for you, I sit next to a big sectional model of a stadium we are designing in Abu Dhabi it’s a glass box that greats the visiting guests and on the other side of the glass is me, so I can only imagine what had happened, the visitor coming up to the model admiring the great feet of design only to look to the other side and see the title of the article ‘Fear and Money in Dubai’. I know I better do my cheeky doings after hours.

All the isms in this article for one gave me an ism to deal with myself, it seems from the description of Mike Davies that they really like it large out there, and why not! There is an ego competition out there in the Gulf and only one family gets it all. The city of sin, or was that Vegas?. Vegas was the original, the one, this is just an imitation that thinks it may do better, maybe it will? I don’t think I could survive in Dubai, not just because it’s hot all the time but also my political view would defiantly conflict with there laws.

This global cash well is doing well for it economy maybe not for the people who live there, the slaves who work for the big construction companies work long hours for poor pay and poor conditions, the oil it sells is the big money and the relationship between the neighbouring countries is….well. Dubai cam into a huge boom with palm island and the high risers, the country saw an increase in popularity for properties, celebrities came to buy houses that they never used, it was so tacky but everybody loved it. The description Mike uses in the opening to the article is quite clear to describe his uncomfortable state on the inside and oddly his sublime comfort on the outside.

Dubai just seems to be in world of it’s own, its like candy its really nice and sweet but soon it will root your teeth.