After far too long, this weekend sees the return of the twice yearly “Casa Jumeriah” party. The previous parties have been excellent fun (Rome, Circus and Rock) and I can see this one being no different.
The theme is “Space” and I have a suitably ridicoulous outfit to wear, which I am sure will be the subject of a future post. Now, the creative chaps in the Villa have taken sometime to put together a tralier for this weekends lunacy. Sadly, I did not contribute to the making of this trailer save the donation of the mask and gloves the rest is just pure genius that I had to share. The expression on the guys faces in the supermarket at around the 50 second mark is gold:
I love the fact that the whole thing was filmed at the local park/beach/supermarket and with the local kids. It really reminds me of the great year I had living in deepest Jumeriah. I know the guys had a blast making this video and I am sure that the party this weekend will live up to such a heady billing.
Oh, this cracks me up. The Dubai Road Runners (we were the thundering herd in red) started their weekly race around Safa at 6:30 PM that Saturday and as we came around the first corner, there was Darth Vader. Something you don’t see every day. Being a dork, I yelled “May the Force be with you!!!” as I pelted past him, but he was busy…or perhaps he couldn’t do the requisite James Earl Jones with his mask.
Truly, this is some brilliant stuff.
By: Natalie on March 10, 2009
at 10:11 pm
Natalie – Brilliant you saw the making! That is quite a coincidence. I believe Darth was probably doing his best to refrain from crying with laughter at the time!
By: Aaron on March 10, 2009
at 10:19 pm
Ah, so it was YOU that shouted at me
I was trying to stay in character and so just did the evil ‘walk past and say nothing’ routine…
By: Rupert on March 10, 2009
at 11:46 pm
Excellent Aaron! What a great video.
I know Georgia is looking forward to the party. Has Georgia ever not enjoyed a party!!!!
We will be watching Rugby in Canberra but I am sure it will be a great night in Dubai.
By: Robyn on March 11, 2009
at 3:00 am
Well, Rupert, thank you for not crushing my larnyx with a thought…I appreciate your restraint. Can we crash your party?
I forwarded this link to the Road Runners and I’m sure they’ll get as much of a kick out of it as I did…it was all the buzz after the run…”did you see Darth Vader? Yeah, can you believe it? Did you see him? Was he still there?” Great jpb getting a rise out of people in hard-to-impress Dubai.
By: Natalie on March 11, 2009
at 8:01 am
Fantastic!! Nothing else, just Fantastic!!
By: Jmaie on March 11, 2009
at 9:32 am
Hi Robyn – I have no doubt that Georgia is going to be having a ball!
By: Aaron on March 11, 2009
at 9:33 am
Look forward to seeing the pictures from the party tonight!
I hope you all have fun!
By: Robyn on March 12, 2009
at 7:10 am
Aaron
Vader does Dubai has to be the funniest thing I’ve seen in a while. Pure gold!
What a great time you have here – you lucky lucky dude!!
By: Alice on March 17, 2009
at 8:40 am
Very fantastic ! Thanks
By: Dubai Furnished Apartments on March 24, 2009
at 6:33 pm