Burj Glorious Burj!

One day on we remember. Here are some photos I took last night. Yours truly, The Burj Dubai Khalifa! Hmm. I still prefer the name Burj Dubai, it's less dusty!

Dubai's tower of Babel finally unveiled!

Well the world's tallest building is finally having it's day down the world runway tomorrow, as a cascade of world media pool around the Burj for one grand opening to remember. 5pm will see the slicing and dicing of some major red ribbon for the official opening ceremony and the highly anticipated firework show nicknamed 'Big Bang 2', which will blitz the UAE skies for another squiggle for the record books. There have been rumors swirling in the blogosphere that they were going to actually have a Chinese factory make the world's largest bow to dress the Burj Dubai for opening day, but was canned after Emaar (construction company) realised it would interfere with the spot light designed to eternally illuminate the building. I also have some sneak peek photos of the new designer Burj Dubai souvenir store which is selling bespoken bottles of VOSS water studded with Swarovski crystals for about $100 a pop for the thirsty folk. Anyway, I shall post up photos and more info about the Burj Dubai live on location!

Thought of the day: Death...

It is a known fact that people die all the time. Statistically 2 every second. It is also a known fact that people die in all sorts of places. 35000 ft in the air. gutters, hospital beds, on top of K2 or Everest. In the last calendar year i was told in medical training college that 10 pax died on board and crew delivered 8 babies up in the air. It seems so normal but then when it happens time stands still for a second like at the end of a 60 minutes program.

A passenger died yesterday, soon after getting off the airbridge in Sydney after a direct flight from Dubai to Sydney. The woman was with her husband and after notifying groundstaff that she was feeling faint, she demanded to be taken to the nearest toilet. As soon as she entered the toilet, she collapsed and died from a heart attack in her husbands arms. I was able to gather this information after a few enquiries with the groundstaff who were earlier delayed due to a medical situation before we left for Auckland. As the crew and I disembarked from the plane on our return from Auckland, we walked past the toilet in which the woman had died and it was a surreal sensation. It was quite poignant actually. To be honest I actually walked into the toilet in which she died and there seemed to be a deafening silence. Like as if the room was a vacuum. At that moment i just imagined what her and her husband was going though. You never know when you will be going so i just thought i would share that with you as it really shocked me and the crew.