Must have been a lucky day for me. It took me 20 minutes to get my drivers license (no exageration - exactly 20 minutes). And it took about 30 minutes to apply and pay to get the phone/cable/internet (just because of the many "choices") and they came the next day and simply activated the j...
You guys could go to the underground bar in the Marina on a Wed evening. Main reason: 12 dirham pints till midnight. They also have pool table, darts, etc. for the non drinkers and drinkers alike.
.... You need to be able to take in and respond to what is happening around you. Just paying attention doesn't cover that! Unless you are paying attention you cannot respond! Having the fastest known response time won't do you squat if you are not paying attention (thus no opportunity to respond). ...
I blame the tenants and "customers" also. Here is why, some idiot comes to Dubai and the company gives him/her a 150K allowance for a flat. What does the person do: promptly pay 150K for a shoe box flat - one bedroom with construction site view (after all is not "his money"). All...
Just think we can (or should) control the "Demand" part of the the equation. Supply is taken care of itself (or more optly, being oversupplied, but then again....)
When i was doing my master , i was stucked in some hard core subjects. I had accepted the friendship of a paki girl and planned about getting married wid her. She used to afford all phone bills and my food expenses at different places... Sounds to me like the only Master you can be is in "Bato...
All that is needed are 100 very competent lawyers to send a message that unless you are competent as a doctor, etc. your next commute to work will be in one of those buses without air conditioning and your villa will be a labor camp and your earnings 500 dirham a month. That thought will make you be...
Is it just me? But my main pet peeve in Dubai [aka TTHTBAFWC] is all the loose garbage left by goddamn lazy people at park lots. They just leave empty cups, candy wrappers, used tissue, empty cans/bottles etc. on the ground before pulling off. What a bunch of lazy bastards. And please don't tell tha...
Fayz, If I am not mistaken I believe spitting on the sidewalk is illegal (a crime?) - I recall reading something about it somewhere recently. I imagine littering would be as well. Frankly spitting bothers me less (as you may have to spit for some legitimate reasons) whereas littering is just laziness.
I am still convinced that Hashman = Sniper unless Hashman is lying about Sniper returning (in 2 days - by yesterday).
As I understand it, Sniper is a prolific dubai forum poster and unless he was vacationing on the moon or mars he would have had access to the internet by now.
In conversation someone mentioned a "SENSES" center and it appeared to be a place that dealt with special needs children. Sorry that's as much as I "know".
As far as I know, No service charge: (you'll pay a estate brokers fee, deposit) Municipality tax: (there is a 5% tax that is added to the DEWA (Dubai Electric and Water Authority) - unless the rent includes utilities (but I am not sure about this as I have not paid it) - I'm sure others will comment...
The movie "the last temptatio of Christ" also caused an uproar. Guess what the world did not end because of it. In fact all this "controversy" only hypes a the movie (fiction) and makes more money to the producers, eth. Richie Cunningham needs to make some money. By the way, (par...
Lots of stuff being said. Please anyone who was there or knows anyone who was there when "GOD" promised anything to anyone (muslim, jew, christian, et. al.) please raise your hand. Otherwise...
15. Strollers (or "pushchairs"). You think drivers are reckless: these mothers are worse. They think just because they have a kid in one of those annoying things everyone should move out of the way (specially annoying are the doublewide ones). Well, I don't get out of the way (I have just ...
18. People that wait a long time at the cash register and wait for all their merchandize to be scanned before they "realize" that they need to pull either money or their credit card out of their wallet/purse or the crack of their ass to pay for it. Although I started this bit with the &quo...