VOLUME 27 | APRIL 1 | 2011
CONTENTS
FROM THE EDITOR What happened during Earth Hour in the UAE was incredible. Not necessarily in terms of the amount of energy that was saved, but in the readiness of increasing numbers of people to participate and conserve. We all know that getting people to hear a message is the easy part, but getting them to change their behaviour is the real issue. What happened during Earth Hour here is an encouraging indicator that these small steps we are making now could potentially pave the way to a tectonic shift towards cleaner, more responsible lifestyles DEWA revealed that in Dubai alone Earth Hour (on 26 March from 8.30pm to 9.30pm) resulted in a record drop in consumption of 204,000 kwh - enough to power ten million lightbulbs for an hour! What that means is that if each one of us were committed to our own domestic ‘Earth Hour,’ say even once a week, we could collectively conserve substantial amounts of energy, and scale down the need for costly energy generation. At Tempo we’ve also been reviewing the way we do business and exploring the ways we can reduce our ecological footprint. We are currently studying our options, including the sustainability initiatives of international magazines. We will keep you posted on next steps. We have also made a pledge to integrate more energy conservation ‘messaging’ in our content, so that people become more open to behaviour modification in their daily lives. Kind of like extending ‘Earth Hour’ well beyond an hour a year. Join us, won’t you? Kindness, Abu Dhabi, pass it on.
ENTERTAINMENT 4 USPACE 6 Vox Pop 8 What’s hot 9 Tech talk 10 Top 10
FASHION 12 my style blueprint
FOOD 15 City Bites
LIFESTYLE 16 people calendar
Sana Bagersh editorial@abudhabitempo.com Editor
Magazine Design Praveen prabhakaran
Sana Bagersh features editor alma kadragic EDITORIAL coordinator
Web Design Rizwan pERvaiz
ElLAINE FATIMA
Marketing Coordinator Manjul Abhishek
photographer (cover page) Afaf SAlem
Production Coordinator Rizwana Shahid
Editorial Contributors ANGELI CASTILLO dave solomon NEENA RAI
18 people meter 19 DOC IN THE HOUSE 20 Time Capsule 22 My abu dhabi 24 emerging talent
Randy Parker Shahid Saeed
ARTS
Distribution coordinator melaku muluneh
27 articulate 28 yank in sandland 29 TEMPO COUPONS
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