The UAE Royalty 2: June 2004

[Layla]

Originally posted by pallas athina@Jun 9th, 2004 - 11:52 pm
Layla!!!!!!!! I missed you. Be sure to bookmark the yahoo messageboard that is linked somewhere in this thread. We had a fun chat there over the weekend. So sad about the magazine; I can never get enough of my two fav sheikhs.

Love the picture of Hamdan. He's looking perfect as usual. SC, I have to agree with you. Our guys have presence.

As an aside, I'll be gone until Sunday after tonight so don't have too much fun without me.

Thank you sweetie. Missed you too!

I am in the yahoo group right now. What a great idea! Well done girls.

There are great pics of Sheikh Hamdan in the UAE papers following a decision/debate to naturalise non-UAE soccer players. Will try to post them tomorrow. Right now I need to get some sleep. BTW, anyone into soccer? Contrary to SC, soccer is my passion. And to top it all, my favourite Asian soccer team lost today.

Pallas Athina: take care sweetie and we'll keep the fire burning till you return.

[Layla]

Bingo! Check out the favourite thread. I made my grand entrance there - lol.

[silver charm]

Girls:

To welcome Layla back-should we schedule some quality time at Yahoo tomorrow eve? 10:30 New York time is ideal for me. (My kid goes to bed at 10pm).

What you say?

[Noura]

Akilah, Hamdan has braces on the bottom of his teeth so I think what you are seeing is some type of glare off of them

[houri]

hi Layla from where you are ?

I agree with you that every one in weddings in kuwait especially in ( badoin ) weddings dancing because that duty not choice that namely you share the family of groom and bride their happiness

[houri]

Layla about weddings in uae maybe every tribe or family have their ways in celebrating

the important things what accept in your society or your tribe ?

[La la]

Originally posted by silver charm@Jun 10th, 2004 - 1:06 am
Girls:

To welcome Layla back-should we schedule some quality time at Yahoo tomorrow eve? 10:30 New York time is ideal for me. (My kid goes to bed at 10pm).

What you say?

Silver Charm, I'd love to join you guys but I don't think I can make it at 10.30 New York time. It will be 4.30 here. We'll see. Layla, you're from London right?

[silver charm]

I was under the impressiong that the UAE has alcohol and Kuwait has fun.

[silver charm]

ummmm.....nevermind....

[silver charm]

I'm constantly connected and at the computer (the lone glory of a webdesign job). Just tell me when......Post on here or Yahoo your preferred time.

[pallas athina]

There you go...scheduling fun without me. :P

I have put the Hamdan rotten teeth rumor to rest. On our yahoo board, I have posted a picture of him. If you blow it up (which is always recommended), you can tell that he has braces on the bottom. His teeth are rather nice actually.

[houri]

silver charm why you say that ?

[silver charm]

Originally posted by houri@Jun 9th, 2004 - 10:13 pm
silver charm why you say that ?

Alcohol is an opiate to the boring. It makes people think something is fun when it is not because it impairs your reasoning. Whereas, all my friends from Kuwait talk about how nice it is there and how much fun people have with each other. My impression is that Kuwait is a nice place to live and Dubai is a nice place to visit.

[houri]

the truth is there is no place like the gulf I mean not the place but the people

[Layla]

I will be ok for Saturday 22:00-23:00 GMT. I think that is 18:00 - 19:00 EST? Sunday I won't be able to chat....sorry girls. Anytime before that will also be ok.

La la: London it is

I am so spaced out.... all the coffee in the world will not make me wake up.

[silver charm]

Originally posted by Layla@Jun 10th, 2004 - 9:01 am
I will be ok for Saturday 22:00-23:00 GMT. I think that is 18:00 - 19:00 EST? Sunday I won't be able to chat....sorry girls. Anytime before that will also be ok.

La la: London it is

I am so spaced out.... all the coffee in the world will not make me wake up.

try eating apples. they have more 'pick me up' than coffee.

will try to get the girls together.....

[Layla]

Houri: I am a 'thoroughbred' (just thought I would use a term that is kinda related to the great UAE) Persian, but I travel to the Mid East (especially UAE) quite a bit.

I have attended many weddings in Dubai and Sharjah, from conservative Bedouins to the more liberated business families. There is a slight difference but on a whole they are all very similar.

Last wedding I went to in DXB, the Hyatt ballroom was turned into a tropical island. I mean with fresh plants and flowers! It was so beautiful it looked ostentatious. Anyway, the bride was brought in with the singer Ahlam (UAE popular singer). I think there were about 1500 guests (Sheikhas included) and I bet they had mostly come to see Ahlam. There were custom made chocolates made in Switzerland with pics of the bride and groom on them. The dresses and jewellery of the ladies were fom the 1001 Nights. We just stayed till Ahlam finished a few songs and then TOOK OFF!

In Bahrain it was different. The bride and groom were at the door greeting their guests. Once everyone was seated, they opened the dance floor with a waltz and then the beat became Arabic. The bride and groom then took rounds and sat at each table making small talk with the guests. Totally different than the UAE, where the bride does a walk down the catwalk as if she were a model (to show her gown), and then sits in her "koosha" and others need to go up to her to congratulate her.

[La la]

Very interesting! :flower:

[silver charm]

Originally posted by Layla@Jun 10th, 2004 - 9:24 am
Houri: I am a 'thoroughbred' (just thought I would use a term that is kinda related to the great UAE) Persian, but I travel to the Mid East (especially UAE) quite a bit.

I have attended many weddings in Dubai and Sharjah, from conservative Bedouins to the more liberated business families. There is a slight difference but on a whole they are all very similar.

Last wedding I went to in DXB, the Hyatt ballroom was turned into a tropical island. I mean with fresh plants and flowers! It was so beautiful it looked ostentatious. Anyway, the bride was brought in with the singer Ahlam (UAE popular singer). I think there were about 1500 guests (Sheikhas included) and I bet they had mostly come to see Ahlam. There were custom made chocolates made in Switzerland with pics of the bride and groom on them. The dresses and jewellery of the ladies were fom the 1001 Nights. We just stayed till Ahlam finished a few songs and then TOOK OFF!

In Bahrain it was different. The bride and groom were at the door greeting their guests. Once everyone was seated, they opened the dance floor with a waltz and then the beat became Arabic. The bride and groom then took rounds and sat at each table making small talk with the guests. Totally different than the UAE, where the bride does a walk down the catwalk as if she were a model (to show her gown), and then sits in her "koosha" and others need to go up to her to congratulate her.

Personally, I'm not a fan of weddings (mine was painful enough). I do enjoy a good anniversary celebration. As I like to say, the wedding is the end of the fairytale and the beginning of a good story.

I've heard horrendous things about UAE weddings, namely they are boring & tacky.

Houri, you are right people in the gulf are beyond compare.

[silver charm]

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