To some of its own citizens, the UAE presents another face, that of a petrified, authoritarian monarchy which cracks down on peaceful demonstrations, throws 64 political and human rights activists in prison, tortures some, strips others of their citizenship, and carries on in a manner which would make Ben Ali and Hosni Mubarak glow with pride.
Having decided to go out after the experiment and carry on in a similar vein, I was feeling pretty fragile when I came into the office.
We also all know you're going to do it this weekend, too – starting tonight and carrying on in a consistent, free-flowing Amazon river of urine, until your whole mattress is saturated with your own golden nectar.
We also all know you're going to do it this weekend, too starting tonight and carrying on in a consistent, free-flowing Amazon river of urine, until your whole mattress is saturated with your own golden nectar.
The right-hander bludgeoned the Kenya attack, hitting eight boundaries in his 30-ball innings, and Tharanga carried on in a similar vein as he brought up his 19th ODI half-century with the help of 12 boundaries.
Taylor was his replacement at the crease and he carried on in a similar vein to Williamson bar one muscular swoop for six.
And so I carried on in a state of continuous low-grade terror that a mouthful of anything might be my last.
A brilliant concoction by an outstanding Israeli novelist whose hero, a 33-year-old married man, persuades a woman to undertake a brutally honest love affair to be carried on, in a political and physical vacuum, entirely by correspondence.
"I know that the battalion, its families and the regiment as a whole will, with great stoicism, pride and professionalism carry on in a manner that would have made our three men proud".
But for the time being, I don't want to feel like death and be unable to carry on in a crisis as I might expect to do without my immune system shot even further than it already is.
