March

Its March already?? Where did January and February go? Wow, this year is going by fast. I don't know if I like that very much. On the other hand, its St. Patrick's day!

Formula 1: I have been waiting since October of last year for the 2008 season to start, and it did last weekend in Melbourne and what a s**t show it turned out to be! (excuse my language). I say the race was crap because, if you have read my previous posts on Formula 1, you would have noticed my support for the prancing horse (Ferrari), particularly a rather chilled Finn driving the #1 car this year.

So Melbourne comes around and I am up at 8AM all giddy on a Saturday morning to watch qualifying... Kimi couldn't go to the final session of qualifying because of an electronic fuel pump problem! Crap.. here goes the start of another season! So, even though I was excited all winter long for the first race, when it finally came around at 8:30AM on Sunday, I didn't really care. Kimi was 15th in the starting grid and Massa was 4th. At the end of the race, both cars retired due to engine problems. Both Ferrari's retiring from the FIRST race with engine failures?? That can't be right! Kimi ends up getting one point because Barrichello got disqualified. So yay? I don't know. Sepang is this weekend, we better have a more favorable result!

Shoes: Shoes? Whats that all about you ask. Well, let me explain it to you. When I came to Dubai, I packed light. Actually, no matter where I go, I usually pack light. I brought along a couple of pairs of work shoes and a pair of Puma running shoes - like the one below, but not in those rainbow colors.
I don't really like wearing work shoes when I go out at night. I did it once and they got wet somehow. So my Puma's got a little dirty due to me wearing them out every time I went out! I searched for shoes at all the malls in Dubai and honestly couldn't find anything that I really really liked. So finally, this weekend, I gave up on finding something fantastic and went and got myself a pair of Adi Racers.. I have the same shoes in Blue(!) Here is what I got.. finally!

U.S. Trip: I seem to have a lot to talk about. I was supposed to leave for the U.S. for a short trip on the 14th of March and come back after Easter on the 24th. I was very excited about this as I hadn't been home since the 20th of November. I had my tickets booked, my seats assigned, my meal ordered and everything! Of course, last minute, it all got postponed to apparently this weekend. That was a major disappointment! Its ok though, you live and life moves on. Hopefully I will get to go back next week because I really need to take care of things back there. I won't get excited about going back until I'm sitting in the plane and it takes off!