big trouble

Well its still sinking in here whats going on in Lebanon. There are over 250,000 lebanese here in the UAE. A couple of weeks ago school holidays started so there are so many dads here worried sick about their families.
And brothers and sisters and sons and daughters. The lebanese people here are such a huge lively part of the population. Dubai is subdued, people are out and trying to comfort each other in the restauraunts and shisha. One of my close friends is just distraught, hes worried sick about his elderly mother in Beiruit and his brother who is a volunteer with the red cross and who was injured while trying to help.
Last night 86 irish people arrived in Dubai airport from Lebanon. They were palefaced and scared shitless from a fifteen hour bus journey through back roads to Damascus from Beirut. The road had been bombed and a few lucky escapes were had.
Believe it or not but these are the really lucky ones.
My old boss, i started a new job this week, has been trying to get his wife and his six month old nad three year old airlifted with the americans.
He said his wife couldn't make it through the journey on her own and his parents said they would never leave or surrender to Isreal.
Now there are reports that people are running out of food. Gas is scarce and vital supplies are running out. I hope that Isreal pulls out soon, the humanitarian cost could be huge otherwise. I feel for the people all aorund me who are usffering and those in Lebanon that do not deserve this.

shock and awe

Its been some week, here in Dubai.
The bomb blasts in Bombay have shocked the Indian populaiton . My boss is Indian as is my housemate, thankfully no one I know had any family or friends caught up in the carnage there as innocent cvilians were ripped to shreds as they travelled to work.
Then last night after the action of a terrorist group Hizbollah , the Isreali government has decided to attack Lebanon.
I work in a company where of the 350 of us about 50 are not lebanese.
Everyone here has family or freinds living there. They took out the airport early this morning so my MD could not travel to see his wife and two small babies who are living with his parents in the mountains for the summer.
People don't know what's going to happen next.
It makes me think how far away from home I am. It makes me think for all of the complaining we do about Ireland its a pretty safe and peaceful place to live.
I am glad I don't have to worry about my family, for now I just have to be supportive to my staff and to my friends.
Just was downstairs in our cafeteria and a guy walked in with his suitcase, he came from the airport where he was turned away from his flight to Beirut.
He was going for his wedding next week !!! Poor guy can you imagine his poor fiance.
We have the tv on in the cafe its a huge screen and the news is not good. Its really sad at work today .
Lets hope they are finished soon.

up shit creek...sans paddle

well folks, lovely new job was going great unitl the monarch passed a random law that made me redundant....
thats how you know you live in a dodgy midddle eastern country...the local king takes offence and you're jobless.....
anyhow i've got to beat my personal record of four days of unemployment...
I won't be unemployed until at least the 28th of august so hopefully something will turn up.
also in other news, having a ball and really enjoying my life since i abandoned seacht lae!!!
have discovered a fabulous internet radio called todya fm where i can listen to ray darcy unitl the cows come home....we ll almost....