TO EVERYONE WHO CAME HERE FROM INTERPALS

Unfortunately Interpals has been blocked in the UAE, so if any of you sent me a message I won't be able to reply until December 20th, when I'm in Poland. I think that it was agains the country's policies and law, so I shouldn't really be mad at them. Like I said previously I chose to live here, so now I can't complain about rules in a country which is not my nation. I'm their guest, not the other way around. :)
However you can always contact me here: jk.in.dubai@gmail.com

p.s. DUBAI GOT EXPO 2020! Congrats, I knew it is going to win, we even got a day off at school
pp.s. Happy National Day UAE :)
*jumpsallaroundtheroom"

xx
J.

Long time no see! 1 year anniversary woot woot

    To whoever is reading this blog: I am so sorry that it's been 7 months since my last post. I had lots of stuff to do. I was changing schools and going to my home country then holiday etc. Well I realized that it is my blog's 1 anniversary! Happy Birthday to me and to the blog woot woot. 

In a few day we will find out whether Dubai is going to host EXPO 2020. If we will, then I'll get an extra day off to celebrate (oh UAE you are too kind!). I really am keeping my fingers crossed, because I know what a great opportunity it is for the city. Dubai deserves it. It could develop and so many tourists would come, giving job to many unemployed! 

    So about my new school, to which I moved due to educational reasons only, as I loved my friends in the previous one. It's even bigger than the previous one, yet it is not that overwhelming. The level of teaching is really high and I enjoy every minute of it. 

    So since my last post I managed to make a visit to the legendary Burj Al Arab, more specifically to the Junsui restaurant. It was extraordinary. The food, the design the people. No wonder it's a 7 star hotel. We managed to take a look at Souk Madinath from the hotel, discovering how amazing the place is. I hope I will go back to BAA soon. So as you can see, Dubai has its pro's in the end. ;)

I have started IBDP and I just do everything to procrastinate (baking is one of the ways). Even though I find it all interesting, it is just really hard to focus, when there is so much going on. 

    These are my favorite places in and outside the Dubai Mall. There is nothing more beautiful than the fountains show every evening. Every time they playa different song(sometimes modern, sometimes opera, sometimes arabic) each time being even more beautiful and moving. +the view on Burj Khalifa. However there is something that made me really angry. There was this great area, where you could just sit under Burj Khalifa, with lots of space, to watch the fountains or to take walk without squishing. Now they have decided to enlarge the Dubai Mall taking the whole area away! What is it too small? Seriously why to enlarge the biggest shopping centre in the world, with opportunity cost of the beautiful empty area it had? 

Just a random triple-chocolate mousse it is really worth trying, however I can't give you the recipe here, because I'd have to translate it and it's super long. I will do that one day though, I promise!:>

In my next post I will write a list of worth-visiting places. 

See you soon!

xx

J.

p.s. I'm not using my instagram anymore, sorry :(

When the blog is not enough

If you want to see Dubai, to see more pictures of building, views or of what I bake you can simply follow me on Instagram :)

So follow @jindubai
I should add a new post today, so stay tuned :)
xx
J.

1000 views in a month!

Hi there!
I would like to thank all the people who are actually reading my blog. It his 1000 views in a month. It may seem like nothing, but for me it is amazing, that someone read what I write.
Thank you all! :)
Subscribe my blog, comment.
If you have any question feel free to write: jk.in.dubai@gmail.com


xx
J.

The city of contradictions.*

    Have you ever been to Dubai? If yes, skip the next paragraph, but if your answer is negative-close your eyes and try to create and image of what Dubai looks like. What are the streets like, the smell, the air, the noise.
    I'm not judging anyone here, but most of you probably have an image of a modern, rich city, where only wealthy people live, isn't it?
    Now I'm going to tell you about what I though Dubai is. In fact what it is to me now, after 3 months here. After all my idyllic visions were killed by the reality. Type in Dubai in Google Images and you have all the Burj Khalifa, Burj al Arab, The Dubai Mall, the slope inside, all the super-awesome-too-cool-to-exist things that are here. I do not try to deny the fact that they are awesome, they really are.          
    You know, I often go jogging to the JBR walk, a fancy place with all the posh cars and luxurious hotels next to the beach. There are a lot of constructions going on there, due to rapidly growing need for infrastructure. It feels really awkward. When you pass all the Bentleys and Rolls Royces you also pass buses, where you see tired faces of workers, who spend many hours building all the breathtaking places, only to know that they will never be able to feel what is it like to be inside.
    To experience the real Dubai, not the one created in the 90's but in the 60's (wow that's not old either :D )You can visit the neighborhood of the fish market and the gold souk(I don't really now how to write the second word). Even though you'll see things characteristic for the rich Dubai (Guinness records, a lot of gold an Porches), this is the only place in this city when I truly felt the poverty surrounding me. Old, destroyed buildings, terrible smell, ill cats on the streets and people on the bazaar trying to sell me a Rolex. It was nothing like the Dubai I knew.

    This was like cold water on my body. I woke up. Realizing that I only saw wealthiness of this place, not letting my mind to believe that not everyone here has money. Of course, not everyone is a billionair, but never thought of where all the people from the constructions live. Always driving on the roads next to all these expensive cars.
  I won't finish all my thought today, but I wanted to give a brief reflection, and to show you the Dubai that differs from the Dubai shown on 9gag.

No baking today :)
Feel free to email : jk.in.dubai@gmail.com

xx,
J.


*This post is only my opinion and some of the things written here are only MY impression and may not present the real state of union.

Survey!

So  I thought of doing a little questionnaire, to know what people think of moving to another country. Please answer, comment & e-mail me: jk.in.dubai@gmail.com.
Love,
J.

p.s. New post coming soon! Stay tuned ;)

Hey! Hi! Hello! DUBAI!

So here I am. Finally!


I am so happy to be here. Every single thing is perfect, the weather, the city, the people. It really is a paradise.

The view from my room :)

   Finally. Actually, the post is 4 weeks late, which I am really sorry about, but all the rush and things going on just occupied my mind all the time, and I wasn't able to think properly.
When I walked out of the plane, I immediatly realised that a)I really am in Dubai b)The weather is for sure not like in Poland, so I quickly had to take off my coat and UGGs. I believe my face was priceless.

    I like it here, eventhough it's hard and I miss my friends. However I can't complain all the time, as I wanted this. I'm now on the stage of fitting in, getting to know all the classmates. What I really like about my peers in Dubai, is that they are really open and kind. They help me a lot, everytime I need something they are there, eventhough they don't know me that well.
Speaking in English was hard at first, and I kept switching to polish when I was tying to explain something, which was quite embarassing. ;)

Dubai is...different? I guess when I'm here that is the first word to come to my mind. I got horned on, because I wore a long-sleeve dress, which ends just before my knee, and some people were pointing at me. Living here means going far away from your comfort zone. You don't live according to YOUR rules, but according to their. But it is okay, as far as you respect the culture, the rules. They want people to come here, to live here. As I said earlier, there is nothing to complain about. Maybe with a little exception:People here are terrible drivers. ;)

And here is what I've baked lately! Yes, it's a rainbow cake! Yummy, for the recipe, just click here!