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And then we have the sheep, one of them commenting as : in my opinion, we should be thankfull for such a government as the UAE in doing so. I would trust a government like this to spy on my blackberry actions rather than have it vulnerable and unnotified of "other" hackers. I see its manag...

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"It was learnt from the residency department's record that the young man's passport almost had the same serial number as the one who was blacklisted, except for one digit. " so 1981 is "almost" 1982, and the Boeing 747 is almost the Boeing 777, after all they differ by just 1 digit

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as you said , or always say ( one did this and one did that ) so you are not expecting every local to be good or nice, beside if you don't or can't deal with them, well buddy that's your problem not the country, this is a survival issue, I traveled allot and I know for sure if you can't survive in ...

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beside if you don't or can't deal with them, well buddy that's your problem not the country, this Wrong, in many first world places one can deal with a queue breaker by correcting him. Here, that may lead to a false compalint of swearing, and the native will always win. So its the system that allow...

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I am sure Dubai will rebound. What makes me skeptical is that the exact people who were predicting Dubai was never going to be affected by recession are the same ones predicting a recovery. I remember how vehemently, even in Sept 08, people (mostly real estate agents) were claiming: 1) Dubai is &quo...

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and yes it happens everywhere, for 5 years we locals have been stopped in US airports bcz of the families names nature that are similar and all starts with AL at the beginning so we have to wait many hours at the airports to be verified just bcz the officials are suspicious and that's it. I was in ...

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Nope, they are the bank, so they must be right.

Using bank logic, if he didnt want to be in jail, he should have stayed within his limits and not taken the loan in the first place.

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To be honest, airport security is pretty good in Abu Dhabi and Dubai Airport. ...... However one episode really soured my taste. A limping man leaving the UAE for good was told to pass his cane for inspection, when they took the cane, he sat on the ground as he couldnt stand without support, the sec...

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Yup, employers are next to God.
At least the situation now is better than many years ago, when complaining about not receiving salary for months would lead to a false charge of absconding or stealing.

Hopefully , the situation will improve in the future....

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I love the "Carrefour won't comment" bit...

All said, one great thing about Abu Dhabi is that health inspectors are very strict; standards are also high . While we point out the negatives, we should point out the positives as well

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I doubt any of the people in charge in Carrefours butchery section are sub continental......

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Why should gas prices be increased when its already the costliest in the entire Gulf region?

Solutions for countries with no gas (Singapore) shouldnt be imposed on a country with large oil & gas reserves....

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Personally I find the situation to be substantially better now than it was 2 years back, at least in Dubai

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A man who is a virgin himself has the right to demand a virgin wife.....

Whats wrong is when a man sleeps around before marriage but demands a virgin......

That said, a hymen test is stupid and demeaning.....

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I would have expected it in an Islamic bank, but in Dubai Bank? http://www.gulfnews.com/nation/General/10342385.html Dubai Bank says all female staff must wear abayas By Bassma Al Jandaly, Staff Reporter Published: August 21, 2009, 22:50 Dubai: All female staff at Dubai Bank, Muslim and non-Muslim, ...

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I would help also, however, many people have been in trouble for helping... A man had a heart attack few years back on an Abu Dhabi street. The poor guy who offered water to him was put in jail until it was ascertained that he didnt cause the death. Till such laws are cleared up, most people will te...

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Agree with the post above. Whats horrible is when some innocent gets injured due to someone else driving recklessly. Mnay microbus/truck drivers have a false sense of machismo and a huge ego. They justify reckless driving by claiming they are "men" enough to be reckless (unlime wimps who i...

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Most people who drive recklessly here or use cellphones have a false sense of machismo. So showing such videos to them will not work, as they will claim they are skilled enough to text and drive. More than once, when I have asked a Pashtun taxi driver to slow down, he started raving on how Pashtuns ...

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AbuDhabiGirl wrote:While searching for a job I received sms from them asking to come for an interivew. It was stated there 'No friends or relative allowed'

Did they ask you to come at 9pm? Be careful, there are lots of freaks out there..

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Ok, I will be the first to admit that the Filipino workers here are generally good in customer service or hospitality roles. At the same time, they are not good (at least the ones here) in business or entrepreneurial stuff. How many Filipino owned businesses do we see ?

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His achievement is not "becoming rich". Rather its "staying rich"....

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FJ is a pretty good car. Its drawbacks are: 1) Cheap looking interior 2) Bumpy ride (when compared to crossovers like CRV or Murano) 3) Blind spots due to the hughe C Pillars 4) Suicide rear doors, shouldnt be an issue if you rarely take more than 2 passengers. Apart from that its a great car, excel...

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I had a very good opinion of Dubai policemen. Now while its admirable that the erring party has been charged (it wouldnt happen in many countries), whats disturbing is that there are police who would behave like this. There was a case few yers back when a policeman attacked a Filipinio pedestrian wh...

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Who didnt see this coming after the mad rush for 9/09/09 ? Around 70 passengers trying out the Metro for leisure and work were stranded for more than two hours. Delay on Red Line was the constant and only announcement. The train reached the station around 9.55am and was hit by a technical problem. T...

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I am very excited about the metro, even though we now hear of technical difficulties on a number of trains.
However I didnt undertand the obsession with 09.09.09, what it did achieve by opening on that day, when it wold probably have been better to open it when the system was smoothly running...?

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I pay for 512kb, and receive probably around 100kb, and have been unable to see a single youtube video fro 2 months as the speed is so slow

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i dont agree its true.. because I had used the etisalat service and i found it very good... once my internet connection wasn't working...the technician once didnt even charge me..he didnt took the service charge because he felt it was their fault.. In most developed countries, you wouldnt be surpri...

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DDS put it well.

I get annoyed bu the number of dumb customers here who are willign to pay over the top for below par specs. Its as if corporations know the Gulf is the place with dumb and rich customers, and this is not confined to cars, even in electronics we pay more and receive less.

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Just love the holier than thou attitudes of people pretending they never broke the law or never got momney which wasnt theirs. Doing a runner is definitely a criminal act, but such cases happen because there is no mechanism to deal with them apart from sending them to jail.... Till recently, a perso...

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Heard that in the recent Eng-Brazil match as well as the 2006 Asian Games, expat ticket holders were not allowed entry as "it is full" while Qataris managed to enter without a ticket.

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