Has anybody seen a Palm Tree in a weird place ?

On the Al Khan lagoon, there is new luxury tower - it's a very dynamic building, arrowhead in shape, and has a Palm tree on its outside on about the 18th Floor!
You can just see it in the first photo, but its leaves are presently tied up.
Please let me know if you have seen a Palm tree in a wierder position in the comments.

Hull Chamber of Commerce are you reading ?

The Sharjah Chamber of Commerce used to be in a fairly faceless modern block by the Al Hijem fort. (those photos to come). However last month they moved into a new building - yes this the Sharjah Chamber of Commerce:

Now the ID card

The new challenge is to get an ID card as well as your Visa.
The UAE authorities want all Western Expats to register for them - they were expecting about 600,000 expats to register but the process and particulay the ID website has been such a disaster they have struggled to register even 20% of this number. Therefore they were forced to extend the the deadline until end March (3 months)
It took me a month to fill out the forms, and I was only successful when they changed the web site software. The appointment system (webform and texts) frustrated me 10 times - each time the text came 24 hours too late to register on the 2nd stage of the webform.
So finally I phoned the help line - really helpful emirati genetlemen, who was very apologetic and booked me appointment, except everytime he meant to say January ( as we debated to find a time that fit my diary) he said June, so I was bemused until I finally received a text confirming my appointment from the IDA in January.
Will let you know how I get on.
Update 10/1 - Reconnoitred the Al Taawun Centre this am where I have to register - huge queues does not bode well.