Offscreen Expedition 2007

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    well well well..what a busy kind of day!. the start was super early, and it must of been about -10 degrees, with blizzards. But we still made it to the airport in time, woohoo! there wasnt too much of a delay which was good too!

   The plane was really cool because they have cameras on the front and underneath of the plane, so you can look at where you are flying! so i watched that for take off.. then slept for a bit..then woke up and watched some films and stuff! and before i knew it ..we were in dubai!

   The first thing that hit me was the heat..it was 21 degrees when we landed..so i was quite hot because i was still wrapped in my blizzard clothes. its also really clean here, and really pretty! but ill be able to see it properly in daylight tommorow!

 The XVA (where were staying for the night) is sooo nice! its really peaceful and comfy and everyone is welcoming! so now us girls can just relax while the boys have to sleep on the dhow mwahahaha!!

anyway must dash! byeeeeeeee x :D P.S the cans are REALLY cool!  (lucy)

First evening in Dubai. First impressions, WOW! Neon lighting everywhere. Huge billboards adorning every building. this is the advertisers mecca. Boats lit up on the river, high rise towers lit up against the star lit night. Amazing architecture, Everything looks brand new. highly polished and so clean. So modern. The old part of the town, Bastakiya, where we are staying has much more character.

Our base at the XVA gallery is cool, comfortable and relaxing., so peaceful and calm….just perfect. We.re all very happy and excited about tomorrow’s day at the school. Sharp contrast between the bleak cold, snowy weather we left behind and the warm humidity here.

 well we are now in Dubai …

     The morning was terrible because it had started snowibng really bad,and we all  had to meet up by 4:30am.

       We were on the plane for 7long hours iwas really boring but the food was good  >.<

when we were coming lower to the grond to touch down i could see all the lights of the buildings and roads,

   The whole thing even now seems all so surreal.when we got off of the plane the heat hit me straight away :>  .the whole entire airport was absolutly spottless of rubbish aswell it is the complete opposite to England

 From Zahrar [x]

Hello evry1, iv’e reached dubai safe n sound, what do i think of the place ?? mmm there are absolutely no words to describe the last 8-10 hours from when I left home, definately one of the best experiences I have ever had, i’m absolutely knackered but i’m soo excited to jus get out there and explore the hidden things in dubai that i’m not worried at all about anything.

aww i jus read al your blogs hehe i mishhh u 2 aysh,, take care of BT 4 me oki….looking forward to producing more peices of art work and very excited about 2mrw - going to latifah school.yeeppee and gna be recording things for the bbc radio service…..by da way i was on TV on wed nyt p.s plz tel ma mum 2 go on bbc site n chek it out oki.. luvv yaa xxxx

WOW….. what can i say? It’s been a very long and tiring day, but i must say it is so beautiful and I’m having alot of fun.. I never thought Dubai would be such an amazing place to be.When we walked out of the airport, warm breeze swiftly moved in the air and it felt like i was wrapped in an invisible blanket. The scenes of Dubai are unexplainable because the scenery is so astonishing. We all are in a gallery called the XVA galley. It’s really nice and cousy. I still can’t believe I’m actually here, and im looking forward for the coming days. Bye for now!

good night:)

radhika

Sams sleep count- 0 (over the past two days)

Barneys sleep count-1.30 hours (in the last 1.30 hours)

Barney is fresh and energetic sam is tired.

helloooooo…omdzz dubai is amazin. i neva fort it wud b lyk dis but its rele nice

miss u guys sooo much

hpe ur havin fun

jo can u say hello to my mum, nini and pam plz

LOVE UUUU

sfe…pp all da way lolz

ello evry1 its samira here at d airport 7.15 in da mornin munchin twirl and drinkin coke (lol) buh im finkin bout evry1 and gd luk 2 da ppl cookin in DT ill rememba u da most…..hello 2 evry1 dats loggd in and lookin at dis including famo……. luv ya gotta go…eat more fooooooood :-)

xxxsamiraxxx

After the long journey to the air port, wait at the air port then plane trip OUT of the air port we arived in Dubai. From the sky you could see how the entire city was mapped out in a grid of lights and its was pretty amazing…In the 6th months since i was told that we were off to the middle east eevvveerrryyyyoonnee constantly told me day in, day out how great it was going to be and how its was a great oppertunity which i never doubted but really wanted to actualy go and see for myself. It turned out to be 10 times better then i expected and people were right … which is what made the whole thing more annoying.Barely 1 day spent here and i already dont want to go.See you all in 12 days. X

wen we arived @ dubai I was amazedit exceede my expectations by milesthe air feels different and fesh.the people of dubai are very verygenerous. As soon as u walk outsidethe airport u can c a different sideof the middle east from the 1 weare used to hearing about on thenews. we are currently sstaying in theamazing roofles xva gallery. filling inour sketch books. overall dubai is anamzing country and every man or womanshould have da chance 2 visit dis amazingcountry in der life. Dats all from me 4tonight i have 2 go n finsh ma game ofblacj jack. bye.PS:shout out 2 all ma friens in FG enjoy urhalf term.

On arrival my first thoughts was the difference in weather.While it was snowing back in London,Dubai was very hot with a slight warm breeze.I felt quite hot because I had a big jacket on.I liked the way the airport was built and structured but it looked more like a newly posh hotel.The people and the way they dressed was very interesting beacuse it looked traditional.Consciously i kinda felt that the people will be quite friendly but they were aslo kind,I first noticed this upon arrival of the gallery where the workers helped us carry our luggages and they also provided us with food and drink.

Overall I was most impressed with the quality of the archetecture and the buildings but it was astonishing on how clean and organised everything was.

today overall has been very, very exciting, overall dubai is much better than what i expected, very clean and organised place, people were exctly what i was expecting them to be e.i.

nice, polite and kind.