Spring Fashion Colors for 2008

January 17, 2008 at 5:18 pm | Posted in Cliff Notes, Get Gorgeous | 1 Comment
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Pantone has published their Pantone Fashion Color Report Spring 2008.  It will be helpful to take note of the colors as you will be seeing them more often in a few months… on the catwalk, in the stores, and on the street.  According to Pantone’s report which you can download for free.

“Stabilizing neutrals combined with pops of brighter colors to create unique, distinctive looks are the basis for a great spring and summer wardrobe.”

The colors for this seasons are:

  • Golden Olive (PANTONE® 16-0639)
  • Spring Crocus (PANTONE® 17-3020)
  • Rococo Red (PANTONE® 18-1652)
  • Pink Mist (PANTONE® 13-2805)
  • Croissant (PANTONE® 16-0924)
  • Freesia (PANTONE® 14-0852)
  • Cantaloupe (PANTONE® 15-1239)
  • Daiquiri Green (PANTONE® 12-0435)
  • Snorkel Blue (PANTONE® 19-4049)
  • Silver Gray (PANTONE® 14-0000)

Book now for Emirates’ maiden A380 flight

January 17, 2008 at 2:14 pm | Posted in Eye on the Gulf, Newsflash | Leave a comment
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by Rob Corder on Wednesday, 16 January 2008   (Arabian Business)

Emirates Airline will make its first commercial flight using the Airbus A380 super jumbo on October 1 this year on a direct flight to New York.

A search on the airline’s own e-booking website reveals that the 8.30am flight, EK201 from Dubai to New York, will be an A380. The earlier flight that day, and the same flight on the previous day, are still listed as Boeing 777-300ER flights.

A first class ticket on the maiden flight, returning on October 8 also on an A380, will cost 24,590 UAE dirhams ($6,700), according to the airline’s website.

On the first ever A380 flight, which was made by Singapore Airlines, one passenger paid $100,000 for two first class tickets.

The Dubai to New York flight is currently on sale for 15,570 dirhams ($4242) in business class and a mere 5,260 dirhams ($1433) in economy.

Australia is expected to be the second country served by Emirates A380 flights in early 2009, according to industry sources.

The massive double-decker aircraft can be configured in an almost infinite number of ways, but Emirates is expected to fly with a three-cabin configuration with seating for a total of 490 passengers.

First class passengers will be able to enjoy a range of onboard facilities including the ability to take a shower, according to travel website etravelblackboard.com.

Currently, Emirates is the largest customer of Airbus A380s with 58 on order. The first plane is expected to be delivered in August.

UPDATE:  FIRST CLASS TICKETS HAVE BEEN SOLD OUT. THEY SOLD OUT WITHIN HOURS OF PUTTING THEM UP FOR SALE.

Sisterly Love

January 17, 2008 at 10:44 am | Posted in Girltalk | Leave a comment
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Oh what a joy to have a sister.  One that you love and that loves you back.  One that makes you proud.  One that you can share stuff with.  One who stands up for you and supports you.  One that you find to be the most adorable thing that ever walked.  That’s the upside.  I find it amazing how the person that you could love the most can also within seconds become your biggest enemy.  The thinnest line that ever existed between love and hate must be the line between sisters who are less than 5 years apart.  I don’t know if any of you can relate but imagine this scenario. 

All is great.  Love is in the air.  You are so happy to hang out with your sister.  You compliment each other, listen and give advice, stick up for each other, do each other’s makeup, keep secrets, borrow each other’s clothes, go on and on about how you have the greatest sister ever.  Something wrong is said, someone got hurt or something was borrowed that shouldn’t have been and then within  seconds, all the love flies out of the window and you two are preparing for World War 3 where only one gets out alive.  Words that you never imagined start flying out of your mouth including threats, secrets and accusations that are mostly false. But all is fair in love and war. Other things tend to fly too in some situations like combat boots, heavy objects and anything else that comes to grip.    Sadly my mom and dad and anyone else who will listen become the referees of a war that will hardly ever be won.   

My poor mother thinks she is a failure of a mom because she couldn’t raise up two ladies who love each other and never fight.  She doesn’t know that when girls get down and dirty, it can turn into a much bigger mess than when guys do.  And our fights can go on for months unlike guys who punch each other a few times and call it a day.  Half of the time, we end it just to prove to our adorable mother that she did do a good job at raising us.  She never had these problems with her sister because there was a bigger age difference and she got married and moved away at a very young age.  Unfortunately, me and my sis are not even close to getting married and moving away which means we can schedule a blowout once every few months (that’s if we’re talking).  

To get to the reason I wrote this… over Christmas, the drama started AGAIN and I overreacted more than I should have and said a lot of things that I shouldn’t have been said because I didn’t mean any of it.  I still believe I was right and I won’t back down from that but I will unhappily apologize for the way I reacted. (Mom I hope you are reading this).  I was just very hurt.  I do love you very much although I still think I will need some more time not talking as I hate to be the first to throw in the towel.   

And on another note, don’t we have the best mother in the world.  She really did raise such a beautiful family 😉 

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