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Oh yea, and did anyone try the Chicken dogs? mine had a beak in it... Gross!

I am noticing a definite difference in traffic.. less congestion in certain areas. Rents have definitely come down in general, check the papers. You are right, it is only the beginning. Sit back and watch... About 5000 villas are about to become available close to JLT.. and there are 100s in Arabia...

“While construction and real estate are the worst-affected sectors, job losses now seem to be spreading to other sectors,” Nicola said. Just wait until the banks crunch the numbers from defaults on speculative property purchases, personal loans, auto loans and credit cards. Then we'll really see so...

Redefine my game plan. Dubai needs to be a land of opportunity if it is to succeed. Not just for us white folks, for brown folks. If they opened the borders and made this a place where people could live the emarati dream they might actually have a chance at success in the long term. Cliche? yea, but...

Is that the same standard chartered who couldn't open a bank account for two months because the "landmark" field for my US address was not specific enough? The same one that could not cash my rent check beacause they couldn't read the signature (Im still pissed about that one), the same ba...

Yep, there's a lot more to it and I don't see the situation improving anytime soon. Thankfully, we are weathering the storm right now. Anyhow, here's another stat to add to the ever increasing pile: Burt Hill, 111 employees laid off I know a guy who knows a guy there, What a messed up situation tha...

If you have two signatures, I say its your money! Fight the bastards!


Of course I have been in Fight the Power mode for the last month or so. I didn't even get a bonus. Cheap mutherfukkers!

Yep, its 100% ILLEGAL! It says it explicitly in the law look here: http://www.mol.gov.ae/molinfo/showAttach.aspx?parent=0&refid=72 You can see it plain as day in the "EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS,RECORDS AND WAGES" Unfortunately I have become all too familiar with the situation. And about all ...

If this were a little bump in the road I would agree with you but the sad truth is, Dubai's construction boom is over. Done. Dead. Caput! Its not comming back later this year, its not comming back in the next 3 years which means people have to go. You cant run an office with 500 people sitting aroun...

zzzane wrote:Malaysia- great standard of living, very cheap, nice 'touristy' vibe, better than most countries in SE Asia and my company is hiring left, right and chelsea out there.

Hiring eh? What type of business do they do? Want to put me in touch by chance?

Bribery is extremely common here. The company I work for narrowly missed a big scandal when one of the big guys was taking bribes for projects. Luckily, we caught him and fired his A$$

OOHHHH GOD! I Feel dirty, sooo dirty

Miss_lolly wrote:do i have to shave befor to put my pic here in the forum ??

Your face?

I have to disagree with you aswinrnath, Dubai seems great for the first year or so but after a while you realize that the locals want you here for one thing, and that is to do their dirty work. You can never become a naturalized citizen. If you don't have a job, you aren't welcome anymore. You will ...

Does anybody know of a cheap way to get to Abu Dhabi on thursday?My GF doesn't have a car and a taxi would probably be super expensive.

Chocoholic wrote:Bus

Thanks, where would one catch this bus? she is in the marina.

back to the subject, I think it is clear that the pic is edited , you can see that the color of the jew hat is a bit diff in resolution with the rest of the pic colors (just a thought ) but I guess yes he is the right person in the wrong time.. I think USA needs Clinton now You people wear the same...

Yo Capt'n,
Where is that bottle shop? do you have directions?

uaekid wrote:well I don't consider them to be human, I made that clear before, and stop feeding the troll

My god, you come from the same bloody ancestry kid! I can see someone objecting to Isreal as a state, but saying that Jews as a people are not human is really ****** up.

That was my project. Not looking good. But how can they really say they are cancelling one project and expect to make big profits in 2009 in the same article. What a load of crap.

less people here means less traffic. :wink: i only have 2 yrs. to spend in this country, so they can come back after 2 yrs. Wow. what a caring citizen. I wonder why Dubai has to put up with you. That is the problem. He's not a "citizen". If he was or ever had any hope of being one then hi...

When people were discussing belly dancing here, someone said that they wouldn't see it with their family. I get it, you don't want to see too much skin with your kids (I wouldn't go to a strip club with my kids either) but when someone said its "unislamic" thats where I have a major probl...

So my friend walked out of his apartment yesterday and was shoved into a police car. They started questioning him and brought him to the scene of a crime where a man lay dead, shot in the head, and another man was sitting there bleeding, aparently the dead man's body guard. They asked the body guard...

He happened to walk into the scene of the crime as he was going to his car. Talk about scared shitless

It was in Rimal 5 parking garage. I heard it was some sort of political assasination. Apparently the guy was some rebel commander or something. Still safe in JBR unless you are involved in some crazy business that follows you here. Lebenese Pop Singer steals money, tries to have her husband killed =...

As an engineer I can tell you, every contractor I have ever dealt with here has been totally incompetent with the exception of Multiplex. They are the only ines I have seen that know what the heck they are doing.

No easy way to do that really. I would say send everyone home for the day except those who have to go. The spend the rest of the day sitting with those people and working out their severance packages, and then, the next day when the rest of the staff comes in address them all at once and tell them w...

Chocoholic wrote:
Sounds more like a technical/engine fault with the aircraft more than pilot error.

Says the armchair pilot

They look like my college dorm