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shafique
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Joined: 26 Dec 2005
Posts: 384

cassiemassie
UAE, Dubai Forum starter


Joined: 25 Jul 2006
Posts: 1

Hmmmm. 384 posts vs 1 post. I know which opinion is worth more to me although I have an uneasy feeling that cassiemassie has some valid points.

Sign up with ECIS to get international school jobs. There's also a section in the TES classifieds. There's a US organisation that publishes job classifieds - The International Educator? And one more called Search Associates I think - a chap called Harry Deelman set it up if I remember the name corre...

Sorry to read the bad news C :cry: . Why do break-ups hurt so much? Especially for the girls! I mean how come men just get back on with it and carry on, where as we end up feeling like the heart has been ripped from the chest and stamped on. These feelings suck. Men can hurt too - just like you desc...

hay, i heard, but not sure, that they don't grant females motorbikes driving licenses.... anyone knows about that??? I know one female who has a motorbike here so I presume she has a licence. It may take a couple of tries to get it though - if you're rejected (they might say "too dangerous for...

It's cool. Story was a bit all over the place though.

Watch it until after the credits finish - there's one final scene which is quite funny.

sharewadi that is a fair observation but as you don't know me from Adam, how long I've been here or which friends of mine attend the school then it really is irrelevant how many times I have posted on this forum. Quite right. As I don't know you from Adam, then it's relevant to me. I have read many...

Lara_CH_73 wrote:Morality, women can be good in ridding motorbikes (maybe better than cars)

That's an unfortunate misspelling. I thought Volvo drivers had the best reputation for the "ridding" of motorcycles from roads .

sharewadi, i in no way dissagree with your comments - but lets face it... working and living in the UAE there is theory/ legal vs. practical - if there's a rule it can be bent, if there's a corner it can be cut ....... whether anyone would like to admit it or not, there are clear double standards i...

Any comments or advice would be much appreciated!!! Welcome. My advice is to start here . My comment is that many on this forum who could offer you useful advice have answered these sort of questions already. Many times. Just as you would much appreciate their feedback, they would much appreciate y...

sharewadi I haven't taken anything you've said the wrong way, although I have to defend myself in the respect that I am neither a disgruntled teacher (for there are many here) or a parent with a 'precious Johnny'!! Fair enough :). On that note I shall sign off Temporarily I hope? and say I think I ...

PS, you could try expatmum.com or expatgossip.com. They've got lots of stuff about what you were asking also.

(and they're more polite than I am ).

You think ... it gives you the right to bad mouth me! Don't assume you little weasle, Everything that comes out of your mouth is poisonous and horrible. HP may at times be abusive with his/her personal attacks but you're not painting yourself in a very good light with those comments. Since HP has m...

Sharewadi, How would you feel if you were going through a hard time and someone used it as an excuse to make personal attacks on you? I wasn't referring to your feelings, I was referring to what you wrote. If someone tries to use my feelings when I'm having a difficult time to make a personal attac...

Well your all invited to come live in NZ .... war is definitely not normal here Ah, most excellent good sir :). Well, apart from one or two issues to do with land controversies. Oh wait, am I getting confused with Jews and white Europeans? And Maoris and Palestinians ... Who was that splendid young...

It is American/Israeli proposal As far as i know. I didn't read the article, as it is too early in the morning for me to do so :) That would be a first - the US/Israel proposes that Israel gives up land :shock: . I read the article and it sounds like the suggested boundaries are along ethnic/religi...

Just note that i was talking about the "New middle east" as proposed by the US. Well, that's not what the OP was talking about. What you're doing then is hijacking the topic. it got the same concept of dividing the countries based on ethnic demography, which i find very racist as you divi...

Why dividing, not uniting??? Because although uniting would be the ideal to strive for, it seems to be quite a struggle for many people... Shias and Sunnis in Iraq Serbians and Albanians in Kosovo Blacks and whites in Zimbabwe Hutus and Tutsis in Rwanda You are partly correct with your comment abou...

Probably. But you'd get a more definitive answer from the tax department.

scotindubai wrote:Can you buy alcohol from any shops or supermarkets?
Is there any good tattoo parlours??
Would you say that a car is essential if travelling between the airport area and the beach?

No.
No.
No unless that's a regular journey - taxis get expensive after a while.

scarlet wrote:Aspirin (it's awful here)

Be careful not to bring ones with codeine (if there is such a thing - I've seen it added to brufen based painkillers).

Thanks for this guys! Think I'll just buy a few bottles of vodka from duty free before I come over....and get the tattoo done in the UK before as well....better safe than sorry especially where your health is concerned!! As for the car, I'll see how it goes without one initially! Limit is one bottl...

Shar, you can buy up to 4 bottles on arrival. Of spirits :shock: ? I thought that was for wine. I'll correct my original answer to the first question. No you can't buy alcohol in supermarkets. Yes you can buy alcohol in MMI and A&E licensed alcohol shops - after you get an alcohol license. Star...

As long as your current license doesn't state you need vision correction then you don't need an eye test. I had to do one even though my home licence said nothing about needing specs. They did it there. Might just be another of those random Dubai things? Or maybe that was a long time ago. Wasn't th...

I'm surprised you fried your appliances. A convertor isn't a complicated piece of electronics - it works or it doesn't. Did you take it back to RadioShack? I know customer service isn't great here but somewhere like Radio Shack is worth a try. Try Ace Hardware - they usually sell reasonable quality ...

sharewadi wrote:I think you can if both parties are not Muslim. If one is, then I don't know.

I take that back. I think it's
yes (at Dubai Courts) - if both are Muslim,
maybe - if one is Muslim (the male),
no - if both are non-muslim.

Therefore they are still considered "innocent" up to the time they are "charged". Until "convicted" no? In theory at least. Can you name one powerful American Christian religious leader or group who condemns the US and Israel's wars of destruction? (Just out of the top...

There is a serious safety issue where voltage needs to be increased. Stepping up from 110/120v to 220/240 V (ac) is not really recommended and carries serious fire/elctrical hazzards. S/he's stepping down from 220/240 V source to 110/120V for load (appliance). The risk is when a 110/120V appliance ...

At last, we won :shock: :?: Who's "we" and what did you "win"? I assumed you were Lebanese - in which case you've "won" replacement of Hizbullah in southern Lebanon by the UN and Lebanese army (probably ineffective) since the terms of the ceasefire require resolution 1...

From the BBC... But Israel's army says it will not leave southern Lebanon until regular Lebanese troops are deployed there, supported by an expanded UN force. Hezbollah says it has the right to continue attacks until the last Israeli soldier has left Lebanese soil. Since the UN and Lebanese troops w...

Concord wrote:I bet they will have nothing to say to each other! Specailly since nostradamus, serpent and Mr. & Mrs. ---- are just clowns who would not be able to keep the thread going. Just watch!!!!

They are trolls. Every time you respond (or even read their post), they have achieved their objective.