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fafit wrote:The soup noodles in China Sea (Deira) is good... I've lived and travelled extensively in China and I can tell you that their noodles are very authentic indeed.
You can get Chinese newspapers in that restaurant, as well as from those grocery stores in Deira.

Whereabout in Deira?

I'd like to try Arabic food too but have no idea at all. Any advise? I dun like food that have lot of spices like indian food...No offend, just my perference, & i dun eat much herbs too. Any arabic food that will suitable for me then? Only two the best so far which are not spicy (posted in othe...

I lived in Dubai for quite a while... all those pictures look so pretty, but do you know the underbelly? http://uaereport.homeblock.com/ (I would never go back there) Yes, I know. So what? As long as those are not bothering me and my family, we'll be fine. We all live in other's house, we all shoul...

Offshore accounts yielding 2-3% interest are good earners? With the current inflation environment money sitting those accounts are actually depreciating! I'm currently holding fixed deposit and savings in my home country which can give me as LOW as 7% (one month fixed deposit). Beginning of last ye...

You don't need to go to DIC/DMC/KV for chat or voice chat. Just use free (and not banned) PC-to-PC voice chat from your Yahoo Messenger from home or any internet cafes. And it doesn't cost you an expensive coffee. I assume your friends have computers & Internet connection at home.

Windows Mobile sucks! I have O2 XDA Mini S (aka i-mate K-Jam) with latest Windows Mobile 5 since few months. Having WM/PPC-based, the advantage is to have many useful applications and games (one main reason for upgrading from regular mobile phone, the other is to sync my Outlook contacts). But I cou...

My office is in Canon building of DIC. Anyone works or has visited there knows how difficult to get parking. In that section of DIC, the parking space is very limited and yet the cars are too many. I got pissed off getting parking fine when parking on the "pavement" in front of Microsoft b...

.... and with a small child to consider I feel refreshed to here there are still disciplined countries in the world, that do punish for crimes! I couldn't agree more about the security. That's one of main reason I and my family choose to stay in Dubai (and too in a couple other countries in Middle ...

My clients, Indian, they applied the same time to French consulate in India. It took only 2-3 days to finish.

I believe in mutual relationship. If we can give them free visa or visa on arrival, why can't we get the same thing?

Appreciate that analysis on rental yield, but you haven't taken into account the uplift from leverage, if you can access debt at say 6% and you are getting a yield of 8+% from rental, then your equity return is boosted by the spread thus could potentially reach 12+% (depending on the gearing of coz...

By the way, where in Dubai (or probably in the East Coast) to go for fishing (fresh water, creek, shore) just for fun? Not deep sea fishing.

Gratuity, yes, as it's govt law. Commission, check your work agreement.

Is there any family oriented auto clubs in Dubai? Could be the same maker or different. In my home country there are lots of clubs like this. We gather regularly, do some touring out of town, events/games, and sometimes spend on weekend on the mountain/beach resort. And often sponsored by principal/...

There are good neighbourhoods and my daughter is outdoors here much more than in the UK, even in the heat. That said, I have much more freedom to enjoy spare time here thanks to cheap availability of maids, gardeners etc. I assume you live in a nice villa with garden in a good neighbourhood (Spring...

Dubaidude007 wrote:I have been repeatedly told tham I am the exception to the rule and most Indians/Pakistanis do not make good money even if they are from the states.

There's no rule, but assumption and discrimination.

evolve wrote:check out www.evolve.ae
theres often meets and drives through the mountains organised by members....... good way of making friends too.

I checked, mostly for hard core car enthusiasts (sports/tuned cars).

XRW-147 wrote:The old man's (Porsche Dubai) club does these type of family events along with track / driving days. But prerequisite is ownership of a Porsche.

I guess it would take years more until I could afford that one. Though my wife insists me to buy a second hand Boxster for her next birthday

I would say that if an Asian accepts a low salary for a position that a westerner is being paid big bucks for, then he is himself to blame. :( That's the real problem. Most of Asian are "willing" to get paid low. For them, as long as it's "better" (exchange rates & can send ...

I have no problem with my NBD credit cards in the last 2 years. Free (no annual fee) for life (only when you have an account), free supplements, etc.

- Enable encryption (like in utorrent) to make it more difficult for ISP to block.
- Use common port like 80/21.
- Install PeerGuardian2 to avoid getting hammered.
- Enable port forwarding (if you use router).

Apart from corporate/1:1 package, regular/home DSL won't give you 100% download speed (max 128KBps download speed for 1Mbps connection) as it's shared connection. You're lucky if you can get 70%+. Most of the time, I can get only 30-35KBps out of my 512Kbps connection, which is only around 50%. Inst...

One doesn't really care about interest rate and late charges if he/she could pay on time for the amount due. I had traumatic experience when having credit cards back then in my home country. Couldn't pay the interests and late charges. Lesson learned, NEVER use credit card for "loan" or &q...

what does peerguardian 2 do? and do i need to enable port fwding if im using the etisalat dsl modem/router speedstream 6520??? PortGuardian2 is to filter/block your peers connections. Many connections are coming from Govt offices, media/recording office, and other anti P2P companies. Basically to r...

Anyone has good recommendations for Mexican food ? I have been to Cactus Jack in Millinuem hotel and Maria Bonita in Um Suqiuem .. but nothing impressive .. I like the chicken nachos of Mex Chic Inn in Ibn Battuta or Lamcy Plaza food courts. However last time I went there somehow the taste was diff...

hmm i use azureus with encryption turned on. with my 256kbps connection i get about 30kBps download speed, so i guess no point upgrading to 512kbps. Sorry, my mistake. Sometimes (when noone were downloading in my building/area?) I got up to 50 KBps of my 512Kbps DSL connection. That's 78% which is ...

Which NBD credit card doesn't charge an annual fee? I was offered the platnium and gold card and both carry high annual fee (700 and 500 respectively)... ridiculous! Two years ago I opened Gold Payroll account , immediately got regular ATM, internet banking, no minimum balance, no annual fee gold c...

Dumb question, but can i bring my laptop from the states and be able to use it in Dubai? I mean for wireless and plug it into the outlets in dubai. from my understanding the TV and DVD systems in dubai are different than the states, so i wanted to be able to use my laptop for wireless internet usag...

Coming to Dubai first on visit visa would be better because it's easier to get contacted and interviewed. But off course you need to have some skills and/or experience which will stand out than thousands of others who think the same.

Many people I know work in office "permanently" under husband's/father's visa. Many companies offer this kind of jobs, check ads in newspaper. But off course, no security. And though actually it's illegal, but there's little chance that you get caught anyway

I have the 1mb Active User account and I want to know if there is a bandwidth cap - for instance if i download say more then 10gb in a month will I be charged. I have been all over the website but cannot find any reference to this, but I know something does exist or is written in clause somewhere. ...