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some of that does sound so true. I'm not female so I can't comment on being stared at but the driving is a major problem.
What are the prices in Dubai in comparison to other emirates ?

agree a lot with Scot1870. As a fellow Scot I was dreading the heat of summer, but I'd rather be taking it easy in the sun than digging my car out of the snow to get to work. Every country is what you make of it. I've moved around quite a lot. My last posting was in Australia. A lot of living in oz ...

I live quite close to a Burger King and find it hilarious watching people queing up outside waiting for them to open their doors in the evening. If you can't survive a day without a Burger King then there's something wrong with your outlook on life You'd be better off fasting than eating Burger King...

I think it's one of those programmes that you either watch it from episode 1, series 1 or forget about it.
Buy the box set and start all over again, it will begin to make a bit more sense

Another piece of confusing UAE bureaucratic red tape. So, I bought a second car to get myself to and from work a few months ago. Got the insurance, the NOC and the countless copies of my passport and several photos to go with it that everything here seems to require. Got the vehicle registration tra...

I had thought that might be the case, but apparently in Abu Dhabi (or it could just be that this guy was in a particularly unhelpful mood) that isn't the case as far as registering the car for a period of less than 1 year. It's just a bit of a pain to have to go and get additional months insurance w...

I'm driving down from Abu Dhabi for the 7's at the end of the month. I'm thinking that life will be so much easier (and I'll get a beer or two) if I get a hotel for the night.
Where would people recommend staying ? Somewhere decent in an area where there will be some kind of nightlife.

<i>Dubai is one of the few westernised countries where political correctness and negative discrimination haven't taken over every facet of life and thats the way I like it.</i> Nope, I think that the UAE (Duabi is not a country) is one of the few modernised countries I've been too where people have ...

Even though I am now in denial about the existance of such a tournament (bloody Spanish officials )I would like to point you in the direction of this fine website which is pretty much 99% accurate whenever I've been looking for a game.

http://liveonsat.com/

I don't think I've ever lived in a country where cases of male rape and male on male sexual assaults are so common place. Does this happen in the UAE because some people have bypassed the censors and been exposed to such morally corrupting western influences such as p<3n and rap music or is it becau...

benwj wrote:But there is one difference in cultures that I know of which may contribute. Male rape occurs at schools in dubai and is use as a method of bullying.

That's shocking if true.
So it's a lack of discipline and education from a young age that helps contribute to this ?

There's actually some kind of weird obsession going on with drivers who use hazard lights when it is foggy like it is a bad thing. Not every car is equipped with fog lights, and I actually find it helpful to see the hazard lights through the fog instead of the the rear end of a car appearing out of...

The reason is that the majority of the workers in the UAE are foriegn. A high percentage of these immigrant workers are from poorer countries. In an effort to make to life better for their families back home they will work for a meagre wage, they will share a bedroom with 5 other people and they wil...

Medvezhonok wrote:It's available in mariah mall in abu dhabi. I got my copy no the 27th! GTA4 rules!

I'm sure I read somewhere that there was a censored version of the game out in the Middle East. Is this the one you've got hold of or is it the full on, turn everybody into crack using psychopath version ?

****attention seeker alert****

Would somebody just tell her she looks cute, which is the only reason you'd post your picture on a forum full of strangers.

I'll try andbe a bit more sensible this time. If you're worried about whether people will look at you and regard you as a hooker, maid or something else which is deemed as a lower status than what you really are then i would say the chances are they probably will. Sadly a lot of emiratis will expect...

thank goodness there aren't any real crimes to fight

Firefingers, I'm trying to decide if you're trying to deliberately get a response by trying to be contraversial or if you're just an ignorant arse............................ oh, hud on, I've got it................... yer an erse

it would appear that what this means is that there will be no time off of work but all live music has been cancelled until after Thursday.

I was really looking forward to going to see The Beat as well.

AJS +3 has full English commentary along with Richard Keys, Trevor Francis and Sam Allardyce in the studio

But of course you have to pay a special subscription for it! i only discovered that i had to pay a special subscription for it when it appeared on my evision bill. I never asked for it, it just happened. I wonder how many evision subscribers ended up with an additional 12 dms this month. Cheap as t...

not wanting to come accross as blase or anything, but I'm sure it will all blow over. The UAE govt will be doing everything within their power to prevent a sniff of anything happening here. Can you imagine what a blow to the economy even a failed terrorist plot would have. Just look at how Bali was ...

Two drunk Arabs ?? Surely not

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article1414337.ece Read this and the local arabs who love Europeans more than their fellow arabs will realize they have been slapped in their face Not quite sure I follow your reasoning there. Personally I think that Dubai especially is begining to see the ...

Well she only deserves the highest punishment possible. By the way, would their act be considered against the law in UK itself?? Just asking Absolutely, although the final punishment in the UK for such an offence would be less strict. In the UK however there are special measures in place to try and...

Chocoholic wrote:Oh for goodness sake, it's like doing it, without actually doing it. You know a bit of general neither region rubbing - do I really have to explain everything!

You don't have to explain it, but please, feel free to do so.........

Its hypocritical to not mention the criminal as terrorist. Its funny gulfnews, an Emirati newspaper didnt do it on their own. Whats stopping them from mentionning this man as terrorist? Dictionary definition or terrorist 1. One who governs by terrorism or intimidation; specifically, an agent or par...

i think people drink on flights because they can. The fact that it's free helps.
The airline lounges are just as bad, ply you full of free booze prior to take off. To be honest, rather than ban booze on the flights, ban it from the lounges first.

Dubai: Police have caught 40 cross-dressing tourists in shopping malls and other public places and they will be deported soon, a senior officer said on Wednesday. The visitors were arrested after police launched a campaign against transvestites last May. Lieutenant General Dahi Khalfan Tamim, Dubai ...

Oi that's national dress! I know, I was just scared I might get picked up (not in a nice way :wink: ) the next St Andrews Ball. Ach, if you can't poke fun at your own culture then you shouldn't poke fun at others I rekon :lol: Apparently there's a Philipino bar in Abu Dhabi where even the blokes in...