Flowers in the desert
Just as I went on with my usual weekend path, I noticed the flowers that thrive in this part of the world all year round. I decided to take few snaps just to let you know that there are actually flowers in the desert. 
I remember some of the reactions in my earlier posts that they never imagined that UAE is (can be) beautiful. Don’t worry, I had the same perception before coming here.
These flowers are normally intercropped (planted together) near the offices.
I don’t know though how they’re called. If you asked me when I was still in highschool, I could probably respond right away with scientific names provided. No kidding. Biology was one of my favorite subjects then aside from Chemistry. Ack, did I actually say Chemistry? It turned out I’m in an unrelated field.
Talking about scientific names, I had an unforgettable-even-if-I-want-to-forget experience about them. In one of our assessments, I was confident that I provided correctly the scientific names for all 100 items. Only to find out that I’m bokya (zero score). My late grandmother who patiently waits for my quizzes’ results wondered what went wrong. “I forgot to underline each scientific word.” That’s my biggest biology sin. I cried hard because of that. Haha. Until our reunion in 2006, some of my classmates still remember that. Pero ngayon tinatawanan ko na lang sya. Since then, I learned to become more technically careful.
Have a great week. Just laugh out your worries.
those flowers reminded me of the ones we have at FarmTown. LOL
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That first flower looked like a glass rose. beautiful flowers.
about the biology quiz: I think if it was me I’d cry buckets too. I hate to think I’d memorize something and I didn’t get a perfect score because of some technicality? OMG! Sumakit ang puso ko for you.
the second photo reminds me of sampaguita. i haven’t smelled sampaguita in years.
Gorgeous shots
Those are some very beautiful flowers. I didn’t do too well in biology, but I love horticulture!
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Lovely photos, yeah i remember in Dubai there are people always planting beautiful flowers in the side walks and they get replaced every change of season.
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nice flowers wits! nice to know na meron dyan…ang ganda kaya ng place!
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lovely lovely Wits….Nalala ko rin FT ko hehehe!!!
Love the shots by the way
I was actually one of those who thought there’s just sand in UAE.
So all in all it’s just like most countries, not just sand. Is it just me o mukha talagang malamig?
I always like the concept of photographing flowers. Great shots.
i like the third flower photo! yes, we really should laugh out our worries. i have one funny biology story to share too. during our college bio class, a seatmate of mine didn’t know the scientific name of radish so she wrote down an invented scientific name on her exam paper, “carrotas patatas.” The professor gave her half a point for the joke =)
on my first few months in dubai, i wasn’t able to appreciate it because it looks so dry and hot! but winter came, flowers began blooming on the sidewalks: reds, yellows, oranges, whites, pinks! everytime i look at them, it just makes me so happy.
amazing how they maintain and make the middle east beautiful despite the the weather.
beautiful flowers!
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i miss Oman tuloy. I grew up there e.. and I never even felt that I was in a desert.
Nice pics wits! 
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I agree, laugh out your worries! When they made me memorize the table of elements in high school it felt like it was the end of the world for me.
Nice photos by the way!
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nice photos! It’s refereshing to see that some flowers can actually grow well in a desert environment
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Beautiful. Dubai really is a nice, clean place from the pictures my mom had sent me. I liked Biology in high school too and I also made some fatal error in one test, a True or False activity. I wasn’t so careful so I didn’t realize the instruction actually was to write T of the sentence is FALSE, and F if the sentence is TRUE. Now I read and reread all instructions before writing down my answers.
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If I send you zinnia, itatanim mo din ba dyan? Hehehe.
nice shots!
you’re true just laugh out those worries….keep smiling:)
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Those are lovely flowers.