It only takes a few months of being a 21+ adult in Dubai to realise that the answer to the standard end-of-the-week small talk question: “Any exciting plans this weekend?” is a tediously repetitive one: “Drinking.” While this is also standard behaviour in nearly every other city from London to Lisbon and beyond (who wouldn’t…
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Your Mistakes Don’t Define You- But Your Wardrobe Does
“They’re either fake or you’re borrowing money from your daddy,” a colleague had proudly announced the day I walked into the office wearing my brand spankin’ shiny new pair of white shoes. They weren’t any white shoes though: they were the highly coveted, popularly worn leather sneakers with the trademark green and red on the…
‘Love Island For the Soul’ – Can Trash TV Heal Your Heart?
“You need to watch Love Island” has got to be the most controversial sentence I’ve ever said. At least that’s what the reactions I get moments after I utter the 6 words have led me to believe. Just the mention of the show’s notorious name has made a good 85% of my friends’ and family’s…
Coffee & Chaos 