Ramadan Staycation: Khalidiya Palace Rayhaan by Rotana

Hotel Stay + Vacation = FUN

I'm one of the lucky person who managed to avail the 48 hour Ramadan Sale by Rotana. It's a 2 days sale valid only for stay during Ramadan. I booked the hotel for AED 250.00 (Regular rate AED 500) which include Complimentary internet and 30% discount on all food and beverages.  On the top of that they also upgraded our room into sea view room, ye'y so happy and excited it's indeed a steal for a 5 Star Hotel.

Khalidiya Palace by Rotana is located  5 km away from Abu Dhabi City Center (opposite the very famous Emirates Palace).  It offers a private beach, a very good restaurants, and the biggest swimming pool in Abu Dhabi.  Guests can enjoy top-class recreational facilities such as gym, spa, tennis courts, playground for kids, water sports activities. Please note that hotel doesn't serve alcohol (sorry guys).

Okay, let's take a look what this gorgeous hotel has to offer.

Hotel Lobby

View from our room... Isn't it lovely?

Our lovely room

Kids Playground

One of my favorite spot!

Picture picture muna with my lovely daughter

They really had fun swimming!

We enjoyed every minute of our stay in this hotel. This is so far  the best hotel for me to stay in Abu Dhabi. From room, staff, amenities, location everything is perfect. I will definitely coming back here.

Overall Rate:  9 bananas       

Think. Eat. Save.

The theme for this year’s World Environment Day celebrations is Think. Eat. Save.

Think. Eat. Save is an anti-food waste and food loss campaign that encourages you to reduce your food-print. According to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), every year 1.3 billion tonnes of food is wasted. This is equivalent to the same amount produced in the whole of sub-Saharan Africa. At the same time, 1 in every 7 people in the world go to bed hungry and more than 20,000 children under the age of 5 die daily from hunger.  

Given this enormous imbalance in lifestyles and the resultant devastating effects on the environment, this year’s theme – Think. Eat. Save – encourages you to become more aware of the environmental impact of the food choices you make and empowers you to make informed decisions.  

This year’s campaign rallies you to take action from your home and then witness the power of collective decisions you and others have made to reduce food waste, save money, minimize the environmental impact of food production and force food production processes to become more efficient.

If food is wasted, it means that all the resources and inputs used in the production of all the food are also lost. For example, it takes about 1,000 litres of water to produce 1 litre of milk and about 16,000 litres goes into a cow’s food to make a hamburger. The resulting greenhouse gas emissions from the cows themselves, and throughout the food supply chain, all end up in vain when we waste food. In fact, the global food production occupies 25% of all habitable land and is responsible for 70% of fresh water consumption, 80% of deforestation, and 30% of greenhouse gas emissions. It is the largest single driver of biodiversity loss and land-use change.

Making informed decision therefore means, for example, that you purposefully select foods that have less of an environmental impact, such as organic foods that do not use chemicals in the production process. Choosing to buy locally can also mean that foods are not flown halfway across the world and therefore limit emissions.     

So think before you waste and help save our environment!

Google doodle honours Robert Moog on his 78th birthday

The doodle, a Moog synthesizer, not only allows the users to create their own music but has use volume, mixer, oscillators, filter and envelope controls as well.

Robert Moog, the founder of Moog Music, was born on May 23, 1934 in New York.

Google Doodle - Gideon Sundback

Google's latest doodle, a giant zipper running down the centre of the search engine's homepage, marks the 132nd birth anniversary of Gideon Sundback, the Swedish-American electrical engineer/inventor of the ubiquitous zipper -- the fastening device that has revolutionised the clothing industry. 

UAE 40th National Day

From December 2 - 3 UAE commemorates it's 40th Founding Anniversary. There's a lot of activities which will highlights the events.You can visit their official site http://en.uaenationalday.ae/ to know more about the National Day Celebration.

Congratulations to my second home UAE for 40 years of success.

Today google doodle pays tribute to UAE's 40th National Day.

The logo was Andrew Osama's work - a 13 year old student from Abdel Jaleel Al Fahim School, who won in the My "UAE Doodle for Google" logo competition. The contest aimed at representing the culture, tradition and people of the Emirates. He bested 20,000 other entries from 30 different schools.

Abu Dhabi Science Festival

UAE's  first ever  Science Festival is currently running in Abu Dhabi from 18th November to 26th November 2011. Kids will surely enjoy nine days of fun, excitement and experimentation as they prepared lots of activities, shows and amazing experiences. There are two festival venues one in Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Center (ADNEC) and Corniche - West Plaza.

Public Festival Timings:

ADNEC
Timings:
Weekdays: 16:00 – 21:00
Weekends: 14:00 – 21:00

Corniche – West Plaza
Timings:
Weekdays: 17:00 – 22:00
Weekends: 14:00 – 22:00

You can visit their website http://www.abudhabisciencefestival.ae/en/ for more information and register online for each activities.

11/11/11

I think this is the great day to start my blog. It's a lucky 11/11/11 today. Let me share to you what are the happenings in Abu Dhabi today.

Today we're going to see Britney Spears after race concert. I've won 2 concert tickets after I registered at yasalam.ae. I am indeed lucky!

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Today also is the last day to vote  for the New7Wonders of Nature. Support UAE's Bu Tinah island. There are several ways to vote you can go their website http://www.new7wonders.com/archives/wonder/bu-tinah-island

or thru SMS.


English:
send BUTINAH to 3888

Arabic:
send بوطينة to 3888

Go! We still have 1 more day to vote :)

Have a wonderful day ahead! Happy 11/11/11