On board I ate everything without fearing that I would gain weight. I had paid a lot for the tickets. So I felt fully justified in eating whatever they served me. I think I know now why many people steal blankets provided in their flights. I wished I could but two flight attendants sat in the seats opposite.
Safe and sound I finally arrived at the Dubai International Airport. My friend picked me up before driving me to the hotel I had booked online. The weather was nice - cool winds blowing all the time where the country I had departed from was as hot as an oven.
Situated in Discovery Gardens, the place I stayed was a serviced apartment. I upgraded my room to Deluxe. Even now I still don't know why on earth I needed a bigger room with a spacious living room, big kitchen plus three telephones and two large-screen LCD televisions when I stayed alone. I blamed the global warming for making me say yes when asked if I would not feel like upgrading my room.
Since my friend was too busy with work plus the fact that this trip was unplanned, each day I spent it aimlessly but with full freedom. I walked alone. I went shopping alone. I cooked alone and must eat what I wasn't sure whether or not it was edible alone.
Not far from where my hotel was, there were a few supermarkets. Dubai is full of supermarkets. I don't know why, but I enjoyed going there. I truly thanked those who opened supermarkets close to my hotel. Without the supermarkets, I would not realize that fun was out there and many guys there were into weirdness.
The first day I went to a supermarket, I bought a lot as if I was going to throw a party for all the guests on the same floor. One trip to the supermarket wasn't enough. I needed two. I came back again less than one hour. People there seemed to be impressed with the number of my shopping bags.
Since I could not find any products of Thailand, I bought what I assumed could replace them. One of them was an oyster sauce for stir-fried dishes. Mama Sita from India proudly presented her Oyster Sauce and I, a Thai tourist in Dubai, hesitantly added her sauce in my cook. I swear I added just two tablespoons but the result looked like an oil tanker had capsized in my wok.
Cauliflower and chicken turned black. That night I must eat boiled eggs and wet rice. Mama Sita, if the black sauce was the result of the main ingredient, which is oyster, I wonder what you feed to your oyster before making the sauce. I must taste it to be sure that it's an oyster sauce, not petrol mistakenly bottled.
The highlight of my trip happened on the way to my frequented supermarket. I must say that I was quite popular there when in Thailand I am popular with only dogs and loonies. If there had been only camels walking in Dubai while the women had been kept indoors, I would have fully understood why many guys looked at me that way. But I didn't see any camels and I saw many women outdoors, mostly from the Philippines and India.
That's how I was approached by Messy Car. It happened on the third day I was in Dubai. I walked past my frequented supermarket to kill boredom. Messy Car saw me from his bedroom window. He told me later he must talk to me.
I was stopped by a man who wanted to know where Building No. 92 was. I said I had no idea because I was a tourist. He asked me where I was going. I said Flavors, it's the name of the supermarket. He said he was going there too before inviting me to get in his car.
I said it's ok and I could walk. However, Messy Car asked me if I did not trust him. He said he was a good man before showing me his card issued by a big shopping mall not far from where my hotel was. His clean look convinced me that he should not be bad. In addition, I have heard that the muslim law and punishment is strong. So I accepted his offer against myself.
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I'm back from Dubai after 10 days there. 
