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Latest post on 29 March 2012 - 16:44
Try Brush & Co. I used to use them and really liked them 04 430 8465
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Latest post on 29 March 2012 - 16:19
I think if somebody is not happy in themselves and happy with the decisions they have made they can unintentionally project their feelings onto other people eg thinking people are judging you because you don't have children. I don't have children and I have never once felt judged or even thought about what other people might think about it, it's a complete non issue to me. It's a choice I made and I'm lucky to have a DH that respects that. I also give very little thought to my age. I know I'm fitter and healthier now in my mid 40s than I was when I was 25. The only time not having children is an issue is when taxi drivers are telling me about their 8 kids back home and asking me about my children. I just laugh and tell them I'm too young I'll have them later :) so why not be honest when a taxi driver asks you? Why on earth would I want to get into that sort of discussion with a complete stranger from a totally different culture who is never going to understand my choice? It doesn't bother me that they ask, I got it all the time when travelling in India and I don't get offended. I've never been told I'm too old etc as they seem to accept my explanation that I'm too young :) It doesn't come up all the time anyway as I'm usually talking to them about cricket (which I know nothing about) or asking about where they are from. I've had lots of really interesting conversations with taxi drivers. m_king - good luck to you friend.
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Latest post on 29 March 2012 - 15:23
elle, I'll try again with the email. Captain America - thanks for the email address but who does it belong to? (no company name). Knowledge Village will only take educational businesses I've just been told. Anybody else got any recommendations?
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Latest post on 29 March 2012 - 14:22
I think if somebody is not happy in themselves and happy with the decisions they have made they can unintentionally project their feelings onto other people eg thinking people are judging you because you don't have children. I don't have children and I have never once felt judged or even thought about what other people might think about it, it's a complete non issue to me. It's a choice I made and I'm lucky to have a DH that respects that. I also give very little thought to my age. I know I'm fitter and healthier now in my mid 40s than I was when I was 25. The only time not having children is an issue is when taxi drivers are telling me about their 8 kids back home and asking me about my children. I just laugh and tell them I'm too young I'll have them later :)
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Latest post on 28 March 2012 - 17:41
Thanks very much for the tips and leads, that now gives me something to get started with. elle13211 - I've emailed you so you can remove you email address.
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Latest post on 28 March 2012 - 12:56
I have to set up a business in Dubai and I'm wondering if anybody has done this and can recommend the agent they used? It's a branch of a legal firm which is currently registered in another country. The lawyers concerned will not be be practicing law in Dubai only meeting clients here (so will need use of meeting space on an ad hoc basis). The owner is a foreign national and not a UAE resident and the company will have one employee in Dubai (to start with) who will need visa sponsorship. I plan to go to different agents and find out what needs to be done, about freezones, pros & cons of different emirates etc and hopefully can find honest, reliable agents rather than waste my time with dodgy ones. Any help/idea/advice gratefully received!
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Latest post on 28 March 2012 - 12:45
Thanks Ashes, I called your guy but I'm still looking. Anybody else got any recommendations?
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Latest post on 28 March 2012 - 12:38
I generally in a good mood. Even at the moment dealing with many different and difficult things I rarely feel down and if I do it's been and gone in 20 minutes. Stopping to reflect on how lucky I am in life always makes me feel extra good - and I do it often as I love living in Dubai and think about it a lot. Driving through the desert in the sunshine with my favourite songs playing is absolutely guaranteed to make me feel great. Hearing a the voice of a friend who's far away on the phone. Posts on FB from friends who are doing well/having a good time. Playing with my dog. Having a good work out. Long walks with DH. As somebody else said, simple pleasures :)
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Latest post on 18 March 2012 - 02:58
Congratulations to them!
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Latest post on 17 March 2012 - 13:43
She was buying expensive stuff while people were dying in the streets, she's a dictator's wife, it's hardly a shocker.
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Latest post on 17 March 2012 - 13:38
Thanks for posting this zengirl, it's very important stuff. I had a chat with a woman a while back whose husband had died and it had some how taken over a year (she said he lawyer turned out to be dodgy) to get everything sorted so she could leave the country and start a new life, she broke down as she was telling me. The last thing a spouse needs on top of their grief is this sort of thing.
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Latest post on 14 March 2012 - 18:11
I've only ever been to one and it was only because it was somebody's leaving Dubai do. The idea of eating too much just for the sake of it doesn't appeal to me. I'd rather stay home and have one of DH's lovely meals :)
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Latest post on 14 March 2012 - 17:34
hiccup - I'm new to the forum here so I haven't read enough of anyone's posts to get a feel for what they are like. However people in this thread are saying you are a strong person and your replies indicate that as well. I'm an NLP Master and EFT Practitioner and had my own practice in the UK. I stopped when I moved here because setting up as an independent consultant is an expensive minefield that I don't really want to get into. It's great that you're seeing someone - from my own experience, I can tell you that people can have such a range of feelings after a session - lightness, euphoria, indifference, sadness... it's all normal and your therapist will help you deal with whatever emotions come up this week. As long as you get on with the therapist and trust the methods that are being used, stick with the sessions. If they get tough, hang in there and trust that your body and mind are going through what they need to go. I agree with twilight in that anti-depressants can make it harder to deal with the root cause(s) - but of course many people need the relief they provide especially in the beginning. It's got to be your own decision but get comfortable with your therapist before you make it. Best wishes to you. zengirl I'm working towards my NLP masters at the moment, and would love to meet up for a coffee if you fancy, my email is [email protected]
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Latest post on 14 March 2012 - 17:01
hiccup it's good you are posting and great that you've seen somebody. It's not always going to happen that you feel better instantly but it's important to talk. You can't just 'snap out of it' and it is hard to understand what is happening to you. I've had depression twice in my life triggered by specific events, my symptoms were different to yours but I felt like I was living in a fog. The first time I took anti depressants and they cleared the fog and helped a lot. The second time I was mis prescribed conflicting medications which really did not have a good effect at all. What helped the second time was Neuro-linguistic programming (NLP). It honestly transformed my mood after one session, it's powerful stuff. Consider all your options. I don't know you but if I was in Dubai right now I'd offer to come over just for a coffee. I'll be back in a few days and would be happy to do so like many of the other ladies. Please keep posting on here if it helps you, what you are writing is about your feelings and that is never rubbish and I'm sure nobody here thinks it is. Jadey <em>edited by Jadey on 14/03/2012</em>
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Latest post on 13 March 2012 - 13:42
I also use DKC and they are really good but do get booked up so you'd have to move soon to get him a place. I don't think just having someone come to walk him twice a day is a good idea at all as he'd been on his own most of the time, in kennels he'll be around other dogs and barking his head off all day. Or show him the high life and send him to Urban Tails with his plasma TV and personal butler, even for Dubai that's over the top :)
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Latest post on 12 March 2012 - 18:28
My DH wears prescription ones so has to keep them on so he can see where he's going - it would be more of a bother to carry around different specs.
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Latest post on 12 March 2012 - 14:20
Rather than just photos of the family what about photos with her in? with the children if possible.
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Latest post on 12 March 2012 - 12:01
Thanks jesspm I'll give it another go.
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Latest post on 12 March 2012 - 11:50
Do you find letters or cards posted in Dubai get home? I'd love to still send them but have given up as they don't get there often enough. <em>edited by Jadey on 12/03/2012</em>
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Latest post on 12 March 2012 - 11:17
Sorry to hear about behaviour like this and that it's upset you so much. It's never happened to me so I don't know what to advise except try to make new friends in Dubai. What makes you think they are jealous?
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Latest post on 09 March 2012 - 10:25
NIP, sorry to hear of your mum's illness and wish your family the best. My brother was diagnosed with cancer a few months ago. It was a shock, he's my big brother and I guess I thought he was invincible :) However, he's now back at work and doing well. I hope your mum will have the same happy result. <em>edited by Jadey on 09/03/2012</em>
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Latest post on 09 March 2012 - 08:42
Yes I do know him (not personally obviously) and have been horrified by his activities for many years. Good there is the current publicity which I dearly hope will somehow bring and end to his actions and start a healing process for the many thousands of children and families affected.
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Latest post on 05 March 2012 - 15:23
I don't know but also don't like it, I think it makes too much information easily accessible and I don't like my life being so visible online.
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Latest post on 05 March 2012 - 09:47
I've used Brush & Co quite a few times, really like them. They are good and punctual and always really good on the phone - unusual for Dubai!
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Latest post on 03 March 2012 - 14:51
I don't find it any worse here than anywhere else. Some are better than others but that's the same anywhere.
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Latest post on 02 March 2012 - 11:29
My friend started it at 25 but she was a heavy smoker and that gave her lines around her mouth and nose.
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Latest post on 02 March 2012 - 10:31
I've been really lucky. I've never had to wait long. Last time I flew (last week) it took under 20 minutes from my cab pulling up at the terminal till I was upstairs in the concourse and I hadn't checked in online.
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Latest post on 29 February 2012 - 09:22
They sound pretty desperate. No point in reviews if they are not truthful. You wrote what you felt about the product, if you revise it will it still reflect your true feelings?
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Latest post on 29 February 2012 - 09:16
I wouldn't do it. You'd be contributing to other people buying stuff that doesn't live up to expectations. I think the question is do you really need 600 dirhams worth of stuff that much?
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Latest post on 29 February 2012 - 08:07
But is anybody proposing to their loved one? :)
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Latest post on 28 February 2012 - 12:54
Be there for your son emotionally. Remind him that you are there for him. I don't think 'toughening him up' will work but he'll make new friends at martial arts classes and gain more confidence in himself. All the best to you both.
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Latest post on 15 February 2012 - 17:32
The most important thing is that he's already shown he has the motivation to try to lose weight so that's the best start he can have. The fact he has your support is great too. If you email me then I can make a suggestion - don't want to do it on a public board though jadeydubai @ gmail . com (no spaces) Jadey
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Latest post on 15 February 2012 - 17:28
How sad to automatically expect to get flowers on Valentine's Day rather than being surprised, Appreciate what you have OP and really flowers and a teddy are not worth a tantrum. I do hope you calmed down and enjoyed your evening. I'm with you on that. It's lovely to get flowers for no reason, just as a nice surprise to say 'I love you'. I'd never want to know I was getting flowers just because the calendar said Feb 14, it's our anniversary, my birthday etc.
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Latest post on 15 February 2012 - 16:17
Has anybody travelled around Jordan on public buses? any thoughts on it? I'm in the early stages of planning a short trip (5/6 days) to Jordan and DH wants to hire a car. I don't as we will spend so much time not using it that I think it's pretty pointless - at least one day seeing Petra without a car and two days in Wadi Rum. Potential problem seems to be that buses won't necessarily be frequent enough for us to do what we want to do in that timeframe.
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Latest post on 15 February 2012 - 16:02
lol @ horrid.. OP's foot stamping nearly knocked my pictures off the wall !!! lol I've never shouted at anybody here and I do leave the house and I'm not an angel. I get frustrated the same as everybody else but shouting at somebody who probably has little or no control over what is annoying me will only make me feel worse, not better.
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Latest post on 12 February 2012 - 14:30
I was told by one of the RERA people last week that even if you give notice the landlord can keep money as a penalty. I'm not sure much he's allowed to keep but I think it may be two months' rent.
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Latest post on 09 February 2012 - 15:38
fairytale, can I please ask who you dealt with to set up your company? do you deal with RFZ directly or an agent? I may have to do this soon and will also be a one woman show :)
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Latest post on 09 February 2012 - 11:58
I used to go to FC city, really liked the Kiwi male doctor but he left a while ago, also like Dr Carol and she's gone now too. I now go to the US branch and highly recommend Dr Iwona. She listens (a big plus for a doctor!) and is definitely caring and compassionate. I had to talk to her about something I find very difficult and she was incredibly understanding and I now feel as comfortable with her as it's possible for me to be when talking about this particular thing.
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Latest post on 08 February 2012 - 14:21
A day on a dhow in Musandam in Oman is fantastic! very high chance you'll get dolphins playing alongside the dhow. See http://khasabtours.com/ They run tours starting in Dubai or you can drive to Oman yourself and go on the dhow with them. For cultural things look at: www.cultures.ae
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Latest post on 08 February 2012 - 13:13
I used Safeway 050 962 6659. They dropped off packing stuff when they said they would, picked it up afterwards on schedule. Nothing was broken, scratched or damaged. I plan to use them again when I move soon.
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Latest post on 08 February 2012 - 12:04
Hey girls read this: [url=http://www.7days.ae/article/news/national/owner-flap-over-lost-parrot-32855'>link[/url'> If the parrot you found is Scottish- this is him! it was on catboy's show this morning - they even played a tape of him singing a Scottish song !! I would love to have heard that! I wonder if they'll post on the 92 website??
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Latest post on 08 February 2012 - 09:30
zimbomum I hope somebody is looking after your Max as well as you are taking care of the parrot you've found. Good luck in finding Max and let's hope your current guest gets reunited with his owner soon.
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Latest post on 08 February 2012 - 09:25
Or the Es that used to amuse older viewers.
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Latest post on 08 February 2012 - 06:57
Have you called this guy, his African grey called Wallace is missing - if the one you've found speaks with a Scottish accent then it's probably Wallace: http://www.7days.ae/article/news/national/owner-flap-over-lost-parrot-32855
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Latest post on 07 February 2012 - 16:14
A side question re assets: in event of the husband's death is it only his bank accounts and joint back accounts that are frozen? As well as our joint account (with Emirates NBD) I have my own bank account here with HSBC. Would I still have access to my own account in event of DH's death? or do I need an off shore account?
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Latest post on 07 February 2012 - 16:03
Ah, didn't realise you don't have a car. I'm not recommending the restaurant, have never eaten (?) there, but their sweets and the paneer was good. I never really pay attention to Timeout reviews anymore, I've learnt the hard way that the reviewer's view is very subjective. I tend to pay more attention to the comments below - especially to the more recent ones. :) That's funny, I pay no attention to the quotes below as I assume the really good ones are from the restaurant owners as there is no way of seeing a review history or anything like that. A TO reviewer is only one person so as you say, subjective.
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Latest post on 07 February 2012 - 12:35
Making paneer sounds pretty straightforward so I think I'll give it a go - any idea where I would get a cheesecloth?
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Latest post on 07 February 2012 - 12:10
I don't like her but I admire her for still being so successful after all these years. And particularly admire the fact she's still shakin' her booty at 53 :) (think she'd be dead dull to have a pint with though)
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Latest post on 07 February 2012 - 11:32
I went in person to RERA, didn't have as long with the guy I was talking to as I would have liked (he was off to a meeting) but from what he says we hold all the cards legally. I'm still not convinced I've understood it all properly or that he understood what I was saying and given me correct info as it seems too good. Our landlord cannot put up our rent (this bit I already knew). I think what the RERA guy was saying is that LL must give two months notice to vacate (as stipulated in our contract) *but* since he's already tried to raise the rent then given us notice, he can't make us leave (I'm foggy on this point). He also said we can demand a six month contract at the same rent and LL has to give it to us. We want to move to somewhere cheaper but just not now so this would be the ideal situation for us. We've emailed our landlord (yet again) and haven't heard back - this seems to be a pattern with LLs! The RERA guy was nice and helpful, you could try calling the general number and asking for him, Mr al Madhani in the Rent Regulatory Section. Good luck!
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Latest post on 07 February 2012 - 11:19
Hadn't even thought of making my own but I'll check out the link. WM, that's where I've been looking and asking, the fresh cheese section. More confused than ever now!
 
 
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