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Smoke in no smoking areas, break queues, park in handicapped spots, every group has members who do it. But members of only 1 or 2 groups shout or confront when their mistakes are pointed out, respect goes down the drain then..... I was pushed from a queue with the guy saying "yallah, move"...

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anaqvi86 wrote:Hey there...

4-People in general are rude, quick to judge and get offended rather easily.

People dont get offended in KL any faster than they get offended in Dubai....

Nor are KL'ers "quick to judge" when you compare them to Dubaians.

KL is definitely more relaxed than Dubai....

Singapore is just trying to play a catch up game..Dubai borrowed the SG model and went a few steps further and perfected it (well atleast till 2008).. Haha, perfected it? Dubai in 2008 was perfect only for real estate agents, and those riding the real estate wave. The only things in whch Dubai is b...

Hate to say it but I too had soem trouble believing it
Thats not to say abuse doesnt go on unopunished in Saudi, but 24 nails ??

uaekid wrote:ahhhh Iran, I remember the days of the Iranian girls who use to be our entertainments in those parties before the locals and the Russians.hairy but cute .

Are you that old??

I thought you were in your twenties !

Incidentally i am in Istanbul and i saw part of the final game in Taksim square. I was surprised at how few Turks were watching the game at Taksim, probably ~1000

I am fluent in Arabic with the Khaleeji accent.....and I use Arabic whenever I can understand the speaker's accent, i.e. as long as its not moroccan, solid Egyptian etc.

I actually agree that speed cameras are excessive in number... And if speed cameras are essential, then speed limits should be revised. the current limits are absolutely ridiculous; 80 km in a 5 lane road.....(DOHA road) 100 km in a 6 lane motorway (Business Bay) Lets go to Abu Dhabi 60 km limit in ...

I agree speed cameras are a necessary evil. But are the limits ok?

Does it make sense to have a 100 kph limit on a well paved freeway with 5 lanes ?

Great. Lets have a limit of 80 on Shaikh Zayed Road, a limit of 40 on Jumeirah, and 60 km on Al Khail, that should make the Sunny drivers happy, "waaii isshppeed, yit yis danzerhous"

There used to be a lot of cheap (sorry 'affordable') accommodation in shared villas and apartments in places like Satwa, but when the government and greedy developers realised that this was prime real estate, they manipulated and implemented the 'one family, one house' rule in an attempt to get sin...

Cheers citizenship, for what? making those millions that mostly are transferred to their home country or making jobs for his own people. citizenship is about belonging to the country heart and soul not from living here for years or making money witch I believe didn't contribute even 10% to any of t...

I am glad to see someone who doesnt face racism see the blatant racism that exists in this part of the world.

Ok guys and gals I need some advice from y'all regarding living in Dubai. yours truly is living in Abu Dhabi presently, but the ever increasingly attractive rents in Dubai is enticing me to make a move. So I have a few questions which I hope any of you can answer 1) How are Dubai Marina, JLT, and Te...

Thanks The only reason I'm concerned about Dewa rates are recent reports quoting people seeing their bills triple for no reason, with figures of 1500 dhs for 3 bd apts being thrown about in those reports. So I understand that Marina is quite the "finished area" while JLT is what marina was...

Both the National and Gulf news (and the BBC News page) for that matter have gone to horribly laid out webpages from perfectly nice ones. I dont know whether there is someone who actually compares both versions before they go live with new webpages...

Thanks
DDS,
Is there any major difference between the various "clusters" in DG, Mediterranean, Mogul etc. or are they all the same?

I saw some great deals at IMPZ and Khail Gate; 41k for 2 spacious bedroom apts, but they are right off Emirates road so the drive to AUH may not be that nice

Well living on Emirates oad means I will add 20 minutes to my commute to AUH after struggling with trucks on that road... Btw I noticed a website i-dar advertising lots of apartments 10-15k below most other real estate companies. Whats the worst "hidden problems" I may face if I pursue suc...

I am seeing JLT start at 40k and Marina start at 50k, for 1 bd's i.e. I think I will make a deal within the next week, cant imagine them falling much further.... So guys, here is my caveat emptor checklist 1) Check if agent/real estate firm is affiliated with RERA 2) Check for all maintenance, parki...

One of the men was about to crush the husband’s head with a large wooden chair from the restaurant when a Syrian and Australian diner came to the couple’s rescue. ... i think the Syrian and Australian diners should be punished for interfering and physically restraining the man. How dare they !!

Dr Ahmed al Kubaisi, the head of Sharia Studies at UAE University and Baghdad University, said that under Sharia beating one's wife was an option to prevent the breakdown of the family. He said it should be used only as a substitute to resorting to the police. "If a wife committed something wro...

UAE played out a well thought out diplomatic move, used all its leverage and won. Now its just ticking them off that get got outsmarted. This time sorry Canada you loose. Next time gadget I fail to see how they "won" Also, will Canadian telecom firms be allowed to operate in the UAE? Why ...

The blackberry fiasco didn't have anything to do with protectionsim. UAE wasn't claiming that BB cutting into local markets. They phrased it as a secuirty issue. They won in the sense. Canada's peach got kicked. The lost the UN seat aswell as the base. Which is going to/or has moved to Cyprus. Read...

Thanks everyone for your advice

I have chosen JLT as the loop is not so bad if you live in the side facing Emirates hill, like at the concorde or bonnington side.

Also Marina is 5 minutes away...

Tecom offered the best deal for money, but the area is extremely depressing at night....

Thanks, he was an amazing leader, and most long timers will agree that the UAE was a much more pleasant place during his time...

Allah bless Baba Zayed

Chocoholic wrote:. They won't learn until something happens.

Wrong,even when something happens many of them say it had nothing to do with not wearing seatbelts or not using car seats...

The actual native pronunciation is "ed-bai"

the "e" being very short...

However, non-natives can pronounce it "Du-bye"

ed bai ? Where did you get that from ? Or were you trying to say De bai, then you were correct. The Emarati pronouciation as heard being said by Emaratis also varies a bit by bit But the closet you can get in wrting it in English would be De-Bai, without much break for the syllables infact said as ...

brucebanner wrote:in Arabic proper - which is what I presume they speak on anything of a formal nature, TV, etc. - it can only be pronounced Dubay, I believe. If you referring to how you'd pronounce in it colloquial Arabic then I don't know.

Even in Arabic proper, it is Du bye, not Du bay