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Are you in KL (I've been heaps) at all? Batu Caves, Butterfly park and Bird Park (Bird Park is cool), Selangor Pewter factory (doesn't thrill me but whatever), Chinatown (pasar malam-night market-haggle to you drop) is a must and the most famous street for hawker food is a road I can't for the life ...

Just a note- Tioman is great fun but it is a little run down and the staff are on a different time-line but having said that we loved it and had a ball snorkelling and jet skiing.

point taken, although it does become a little disheartening, if you spend 1/2 hour drafting a good reply to a query and then a week later someone asks exactly the same question :? Definitely you were a great help to us! Some of your posts should be in FAQ's or some such sticky or link somewhere. Ni...

Ikan billis (spelling???)- my hubby just loves those little dried fish!! Don't get me started on Malay desserts- gula melaka!! Yummy!!

Malaysia and Singapore top the world for best food and cheap eats!!

I am not picking on you X!! I know the company he works for and they do their homework-never heard of a disgruntled employee ever.

Phone number and address would be nice after all this talk!! I would love a laksa right now!

You mean positive as in agreeing with what you guys say? :lol: Have to agree with Kanelli on this. Lionheart you really post a great deal of propoganda BS and expect everyone just to agree. A forum is about debate and opinions-if you don't like it, you should live on an island. Oh, and I should add...

Yep-happy moving!

Hi, I am not sure -but confiscation is usually the done thing-not sure about fines. The point is there are govt websites that you can check. I think the thing is, leave it if you are worried. We had a few Buddah statues and some art work that I "erred" on-I thought due to religious and cultural reas...

XRW-147 wrote:Speaking of which I miss my vegemite on toast actually.

Is it me or we been talking a lot on food lately?

Go and get some vegemite from Choithrams you lazy bugger!!

BTW- nice post Arnie. Gotta say nothing beats those Lindt balls-heaven!! Choc is soooooooooooooooooo cheap here-love it!!

School fees we pay at a non-profit Brit Curriculum school are 3 terms at AED7200 for a 6/7 year odl and a nine year old and AED14000 per term for the 12 year old-yep, same school but some exponential jump! :shock: School uniforms aren't too bad because there is no expensive winter uniform. Bus can b...

It is hard to determine without knowing where you come from and what type of lifestyle you already maintain. For example if you like to go out , even once a week, with friends for drinks you could basically see your salary evaporate. My suggestion is to do a search here on similar topics. Look at th...

NO ORIGINALS!! In Australia Notary Republic views originals, gold seals and signs copies (fee charged), then go to DFAT (dept of foreign affairs and trade) and they stamp and sign the copies, basically verifying the notary republic's stuff (fee charged) then you post to Canberra(registered post with...

I looked up a govt website before we left and there is a list of available/allowable drugs on there. My understanding is that codeine based drugs are a no-no and also friends in the med. prof. have a bit of a laugh because you can basically get anything here without prescription yet anti-depressants...

Chocoholic wrote:Yeah but it's the humidity that makes it horrible - blurgh!

Absolutely agree with you-I can handle humidity, I can handle heat but together NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!! Funny, I thought desert and bone dry, not humid.

This is actually a 'blip' in the weather system. This is a combination of a high pressure system over Saudi and a low pressure system over Iran. This creates a funnel that is channelling hot winds from the desert into the coastal region. It is also very 'dry' air and the humidity is less than norma...

Smoking is a ing and filthy habit-I agree. It should be banned in public places-absolutely. It is an infringement upon other people's rights. Hopefully the law will change here.

Magnolia wrote:Thought the heat wouldnt come until June? One of my friends in dubai told me that the four seasons here were

1) Janurary
2) Nice summer
3) Hot summer
4) "OMG,my eye balls are melting" summer

So true!

DORK! :twisted: Liban-where did your sense of humour go?? I was having some fun with DK :) I can suffer the slingshots and arrows of outrageous misfortune! Fear not...I am impregnable to these petty attempts at ribald humour... I always wanted to be a weatherman on tv...I even have the maps and thi...

Yeah, I smoke and I'll smoke where I am allowed to smoke. It should be banned though inside buildings.

Don't buy compound chocolate dopey!! Check the packaging here-the wording will tell you if you are getting the real thing.

Cost of alcohol expensive?? Nah, I don't think so. Cost of alcohol in pubs etc though IS expensive.

Fry's Turkish delight is nice! What is and where do you get the best Turkish delight here? Anyone?

So does Oud...but they haven't banned the use of that in enclosed spaces or elevators... :shock: :shock: :shock: Knight You think Bakhour (Oud) smells???? You've got nasal problems my friend.... :P Oud smells so guuuuuuuuuud... :) I love oud and the perfumes/oils etc. Yeah, granted some are strong ...

So does Oud...but they haven't banned the use of that in enclosed spaces or elevators... :shock: :shock: :shock: Knight You think Bakhour (Oud) smells???? You've got nasal problems my friend.... :P Oud smells so guuuuuuuuuud... :) I love oud and the perfumes/oils etc. Yeah, granted some are strong ...

It is fantastic! Each oud shop is different and the bottles are incredible and the packaging/boxes are too. The one in Mercato upstairs has the most gorgeous little purse sized solid perfume holders-great gift for my mother-in-law and grandmother etc.

Dubai Knight wrote:I hear Arnie is a bit of an old smoothie!



Knight

Old-yes. Smooth??? Yeah, it is all in that suave accent of his.

My understanding is that it comes from many different types of tree and the little bark-like chips that you burn are caused by in some way producing an infection or irritant under the bark and then this sappy stuff is produced which looks like little bark chips. Anyway there may have been some infor...