Got myself an ADCB bank account with web access. That's how I buy my Etisalat credits. Try getting your phone topped up online. Takes no more than 5 seconds for your payment to get through. Your bf would probably hate me for this... phone calls at 3 in the morning... he won't be a happy camper when ...
Did you also hear about how the roads here are all toll free? Not for long. Likewise with taxes, be it corporate or personal income ones. But rest assured, it won't sneak up on you before you arrive. In fact, it would take quite some time (think in terms of years) before the tax schemes/laws firm up...
What's this thread about again? First it was about how the country was "bleeding" money to the tune of 21 billion of some currency a year from people too many to count. Then it was complaints about work conditions? I think someone's losing their plot here. In any case, what's 21 billion in...
Waa?! I've been here nearly a year and I'm not sure if I've met any Russians.
I'll just go back into my cave.
And if it isn't too late for word associations, my picks are:
- Su-27
- caviar
- Boris Yeltsin
- Vladivostok
- Sputnik
- KGB
- Maria Sharapova (is she still Russian?)