Dubai Builds World’s Tallest Building
June 18, 2008 · Reading Time: 1min 01sec · Print This Article
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And there I was about a few hours ago looking at this Discovery Channel documentary on the building of Taipei 101, the world’s tallest building. How its designers and investors stood proud at having scaled such heights. How they were proud to build such a structure that could withstand the dual forces of earthquake and typhoon (the area built was near to fault lines). How it was, in concept, mankind’s latest feat to scale towards the heavens and let it be seen to the world at the same time.
I then went to sleep. About 5 hours later…
In the headlines around the world today is the Burj Dubai, approximated to be about 512.1 metres tall, surpassing Taiwan’s Taipei 101 which is 508 metres tall. Here’s an idea of the sort of heights we’re talking about, with Burj Dubai the one on the far left:
Some Malay Singaporeans were involved in the project too:
The total cost of the project is estimated to be about 73 billion dirham or S$27.2 billion.
S$27.2 billion.
Wallahualam bi sowab. (And Allah knows what is correct).
What are your thoughts?
Di sini ada satu kisah;
Cerita tentang anak manusia;
Menentang hidup bersama;
Mencuba menggali makna cinta.Titis air mata;
Mengalir di sela derai tawa;
Selamanya kita;
Tak akan berhenti mengejar,Matahari.
“Mengejar Matahari” - Ari Lasso
(Translation to English by Hafihz)
Herein lies a story,
Of the children of Man,
Facing life in harmony,
Questioning love, hand-in-hand.Drop of tears, in disguise,
Cry from cheeks of laughter,
In time, we soon realize,
Higher ground, we are always after.
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