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KC

So can someone please tell me where Sho Chos actually is? (Spot the newbie...)

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I've never been to the US, but the American guy I work with tells me the cost of living is higher there than here in Dubai. Housing is a fairly major expense, and water and electicity are not cheap, but apart from that I would say it is not expensive at all....

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Price is pretty much right on Jumeira. I live at the Springs as it is affordable. Traffic is not bad at all, especially if you are going towards town in the morning and away in the evening.

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I wouldn't imagine you having any problems with living together. I live with male flatmates and no-one has raised an eyebrow.

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I live with two lazy guys so I need a cleaner desperately! Any hints on how I go about finding one? I've looked at the ads in the supermarkets, but they are all looking for accommodation included. I really just want someone for a few hours a couple of times a week, at the Springs. Any idea anyone?

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The Springs: (if you look around)

2BR villa 60,000-65,000+
3BR villa 75,000+
3BR+maid's room 100,000+

The Greens:

1BR apartment 55,000-60,000
2BR apartment 75,000+
3BR apartment 95,000+

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Yes, we are shacked up in The Springs and make beautiful (?) music together.

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I think from now on all the 'old hands' on the forum should just tell anyone that asks that it is impossible to live in sin in Dubai and there are spotters at the airport that are specially trained to shoot suspected unmarried couples on arrival.

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Hi to both of you - I am at Ski Dubai too, but in the marketing area. Happy to answer any off the record questions if you have them

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Definitely depends on the culture as to whether women are held responsible, but I am not even going to start on the assumption that the woman is lower ranking :twisted: I notice here that if I get married during my contract I lose my housing allowance. Guess they assume that I would move in with my ...

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I am pretty comfortable here, although yeah, you do get the looks - just take it as a compliment and move on and it's survivable. I did make the mistake of being at a bar alone the other night while I was waiting for a friend to show up and that was definitely not my idea of fun. Overall though, yes...

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Hitchikers Guide to the Galaxy. Not as good as the original tv series, but a bit of a laugh and an easy way to spend an evening without having to think too much.

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Let us know when you get here and we can give you the insider info - Nick and I met up yesterday.

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I am in a different situation - I get a rent allowance and had to find my own accommodation. I believe the accom for you guys is built and is being fitted out now - I know they have ordered all the furniture. Have they said whether or not it will be ready when you get here?

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The accom shouldn't be bad - it's new and the furniture sounds nice, so they should deck it out pretty well. I wouldn't worry too much about that. Critical deadline for snow is fast approaching, so we'll see what happens, but the internals are pretty much done - just some of the creative touches in ...

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It's not just p<3n that is restricted - unless you consider expatriates.com to be heading that way?!?! Does anyone know why the stuff through Sahm (now DIC) is not censored? Just curious.... By the way SkierAl, don't rely on the internet at work - you can use it, but the connection is really slow an...

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Nik, I'd love to, but I can't make it tonight....any chance of next week instead?

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My work hold my passport and I am not happy about it! I am trying to summon up enough energy to argue about it - has anyone got any legal info on this that I can use as back up?

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Yeah, you will be Alex.

What emergency requires the labour card? I haven't had to use it for anything yet....I think I'd rather have my passport???

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Madinat theatre seems to be bringing a few decent things over - Whose line is it? is on this week and Abigail's Party scheduled for September and Private Lives for November...

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I have an Orion water dispenser. It cost 219 AED, bought from a hypermarket (so a one-off purchase). I buy my water through Oasis for 6AED per container - they are a standard size worldwide I believe. That price includes delivery. There is a deposit of 25AED per container, refundable.

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Agree on the fine line that Chocaholic's mentioned...you can't be too laid back or the girl will not be sure that you're even interested - but if you're too eager that's offputting too. I am a personal fan of the thank you text/email the day after your first date - shows you are interested and is al...

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It depends on a lot of factors like where you buy it from, but to give you an indication, prices for 6X1.5l bottles from the supermarket start at around the 5AED mark for brands like Alpha and Orion and go up from there...

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Sniper's date ideas are good, just maybe a little too full on for a first date. Not sure about the salsa though - you'd really have to make sure she was comfortable with dancing and you were damn good at it or it could be a disaster....

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Are you Sniper?

As long as you're not like one of my friends who knows he can't dance until he has a few drinks, and then thinks that the pelvic thrust/hip grind is an attractive thing...

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Turn ons: Muscly arms, classy tatoos (something better than 'HATE' tattooed across the knuckles), those kind of scruffy shaggy short haircuts, broad shoulders, that little bit of facial hair just below the lips in the middle (what is that called anyway???), good dancing (or even willingness to dance...

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Are there any indoor climbing centres?
How about bungy jumping?
Canyoning centre?
Ocean kayaking tours?

That's what I'd like to see more of!

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I thought it was interesting too and I'm reading one of his other ones now. They are very John Grisham - ie, page turners, but not necessarily spectacular from a literary point of view.

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You need a residence permit to get a license, but apart from that it's easy - costs somewhere around 120Dhs. You don't, however, need a license to go to the holes in the wall which seems to me to be what most people do!

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I don't think there are any bad choices, there are just choices, and every decision you make opens up a new set of possibilities...

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