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10 dreams that can be nightmares in disguise
We all have our personal lists of the zaniest/quirkiest/ funniest/ craziest/smartest ... We devote this page to them. This week, Munira Ali lists ...
- By Ruqya Khan
- Published: 00:52 February 1, 2008
- Munira Ali is a freelance artist and teaches art classes in Sharjah.
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We all have our personal lists – of the zaniest/quirkiest/
funniest/ craziest/smartest ... We devote this page to them. This week, Munira Ali lists her top ten dreams that can be nightmares...
Beautiful spouse: You dream of having a beautiful wife but once you find the queen of your dreams, you realise that the secret to her striking looks is denting the pocket! Trips to the parlour, cosmetics ...
Machine mania: You've been dreaming of owning a swanky, powerful, lean mean machine. But when you finally get one, you find you can hardly go faster than a snail – thanks to the nightmarish traffic.
A new hobby: The art instructor who showed you how to mix colours was a real sweetie pie but when you enrol for the class your teacher turns out to be a grouch!
Bagging bargains: The designer bag you have been dreaming of is finally available online. So you put down your hard-earned money and order it ... only to realise (when it lands up at your door) that it is a fake.
Marital quality time: It's your 10th anniversary. So you and your spouse take a few days off and head to a lovely seaside resort. There, you bump into an old friend who insists on catching up on old times.
Key to independence: You wish to get your driver's licence on your first attempt so you turn into the most perfect student, bag the licence on the very first test, buy a car and begin to drive ... soon, the traffic reality catches up and stress and irritability become handmaidens.
Double upgrade: Your dream is to earn that fancy management degree and you do. But the result is that the office feels that with a new degree, you can take on more work.
Gizmo gifts: Your husband knows you've been looking forward to buying yourself a swanky cellphone. So he goes a step further – he buys you the latest model except it is so complicated you settle for your old plain former mobile.
Winning a lottery: You've just had a windfall. How absolutely fantastic! But wait a minute ... who are all these long-forgotten friends, cousins ... showing up with expressions that need little translation?
Colourful world: Commissioned to do a major art work? Wow. Congratulations! The money is great too. Where's the hitch? The deadline. Within two days or nothing.
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