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Latest post on 31 December 2014 - 09:00
[ Hi ER! I am very out of touch with expat life but I still post on here. I am ok with getting thumbed down. We can't all have the same opinions... AnonDubai, you're not out of touch at all! I'd say you're more up to speed than I am. Plus, as you say, you're an 'agreeable' poster and you don't get worked up about other people's posts. Unlike me - posting when I was in a bad mood yesterday - I have since deleted what I wrote. Lol. Thank you, WO. It is good to have a broad range of opinions on here. There is no certain way of defining an expat so maybe you are right that I am not out of touch....
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Latest post on 31 December 2014 - 08:40
Nice to get an update from you! Why did you stop posting? edited by AnonDubai on 26/12/2014 I was spending too much time on :) That and I feel a bit out of touch with expat life. I don't do the same things anymore, have different issues, lead a life different to what I did before, so I don't have as much to share these days. Two different worlds in one place. Then I decided to step back and let all of people who can really help, help. I cannot help re schools, housing, DEWA, brunches etc. but lots of people can help so I let AA go :) Although, I can still help on any PAF related enquiries. :) That should be my avatar. Hi ER! I am very out of touch with expat life but I still post on here. I am ok with getting thumbed down. We can't all have the same opinions...
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Latest post on 31 December 2014 - 08:38
There are no threads as far as I can see about getting married to an Emirati. And I am guessing the 2 of you are not from the UAE originally. Would you mind telling me a bit about how it was and how your life changed since you got married. Me myself as a european is curious since I might be emirati wife next year. :cool: Actually, my advice to you is to make sure he has the book before agreeing to marry him. My second piece of advice is to make sure he has enough money saved up to own his own home. Living your whole life as a renter here is not easy and when he cannot afford the rent anymore, you'd probably have to move in with your in-laws. Research carefully...
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Latest post on 31 December 2014 - 08:34
Yes, I agree with you, ER. My school commute is relatively quick (-15 minutes). I could apply for my children at a better school academically but we'd have a much longer commute and I think that not spending so much time in the car plus having their friends nearby aids the overall academic experience...
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Latest post on 26 December 2014 - 09:18
Nice to get an update from you! Why did you stop posting? <em>edited by AnonDubai on 26/12/2014</em>
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Latest post on 26 December 2014 - 08:54
Number 4 is 10 months old today! And when is your number 4 due?
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Latest post on 26 December 2014 - 06:49
Thanks for all your responses, Ladies.
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Latest post on 24 December 2014 - 06:20
Thanks Ladies. I have found the value of my car. Now does anyone know how I go about selling a car? What is the procedure?
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Latest post on 23 December 2014 - 18:58
Hi AA! I only had to do it for the first visa. After that, wives of Emiratis are exempt from the medical exam. Everyone is good. Thanks for asking!
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Latest post on 23 December 2014 - 11:56
FYI: The chicken pox vaccine is not free for expats...
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Latest post on 23 December 2014 - 11:55
BCG HBV OPV IPV DPT D Ta P Hib Pneumococcal Conjugate Varicella MMR <em>edited by AnonDubai on 23/12/2014</em>
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Latest post on 23 December 2014 - 11:18
I don't know about vaccinations given in the UK but I can answer your first question. Yes, vaccinations are free at DHA clinics. If you would like me to tell you what they vaccinate against here, let me know and I will go get one of my children's vaccination books.
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Latest post on 23 December 2014 - 10:40
I never even knew that there was a difference between the two!
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Latest post on 20 December 2014 - 10:01
Why don't you start off with the park closest to your house? That would be the most convenient for you and IMO, children have more fun in the smaller local parks...
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Latest post on 17 December 2014 - 13:57
But will the new family get the 3000 dirhams once the maid exits the country?
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Latest post on 16 December 2014 - 13:19
I don't believe in that kind of stuff so I'd say it's ok.
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Latest post on 16 December 2014 - 12:07
I don't mean to sound rude but why didn't your husband ask the new sponsor for the 3000 as a condition of release? I think the Sri Lankan Embassy assumes that the old sponsor would get the money from the new sponsor...
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Latest post on 15 December 2014 - 16:11
Ethiopia won't allow their women to work as maids anywhere anymore. It's not just the UAE. I have not heard anything about Eritrean maids. The African CVs I saw recently were of women from Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, and Nigeria. I have an Ethiopian maid and we would have wished to hire another one but it is not allowed, unfortunately. We hired a Sri Lankan instead but it would have been easier to have two of the same nationality. Ethiopians don't need visas to go to Sudan or Kenya so if you know of someone in Ethiopia who wants to come here, they might be able to leave from either of those countries... AnonDubai, Can you give me the name of the agency from where you got your Srilankan maid? Al Sharq Services - 06-745-6381, 06-742-5959 FYI: They are used to dealing with Arab customers...
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Latest post on 12 December 2014 - 15:21
http://www.thenational.ae/business/property/20141211/expats-home-in-on-uae-property-with-rents-on-the-rise
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Latest post on 09 December 2014 - 20:56
Hot lunches
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Latest post on 09 December 2014 - 18:56
It is used in biryanis and Emirati stews.
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Latest post on 09 December 2014 - 13:55
Thank you! I just found out what these are. I have seen them but never knew what they were called and I was looking in the produce section and not the spice section. I will get them very soon.
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Latest post on 08 December 2014 - 20:57
Please go to the Maids forum. I bumped up a thread for you where I answered this question.
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Latest post on 08 December 2014 - 20:56
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Latest post on 08 December 2014 - 10:04
Wow! You have a lot of people working for you, Amy.
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Latest post on 08 December 2014 - 09:51
Hi! Don't stress about it. You had what's called a "fender bender", not an accident and these things happen everyday all over the world. I understand that you see it as a big deal but the police see this all the time so they really don't care. As long as no one got hurt, there is no need to be upset! Don't be offended by the fact that you were asked to sit in your car. Policemen here are very conservative types and they would consider it insulting to a woman to make her stand out on the road talking to strange men...
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Latest post on 07 December 2014 - 17:25
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Latest post on 07 December 2014 - 05:59
I wonder why every single post got several thumbs down? LOL. Some people are really so pathetic, I imagine them at home scrolling through every single thread on EW and giving thumbs down. Thank God I have a life! They should try getting one too :) We are getting thumbed down because we are talking about Islamic schools. Many people reading do not like the idea.
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Latest post on 07 December 2014 - 05:57
Their website is in English. None of the schools that Apricot mentioned are Arabic medium, including Dar al Marefa.
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Latest post on 05 December 2014 - 09:39
It's unprecedented the amount of information and video footage being released by the authorities about this. I knew it would only be a matter of a few days before they caught the perpetrator, thankfully the authorities will do everything to ensure the safety of it's residents. What is worrying is the image of the walkie talkies at the end of the footage, someone else must have been involved, she wasn't a lone wolf after all. edited by mum2girls on 05/12/2014 Walkie talkies? Which video are you referring to? She went to the trouble of hiding her plate number yet she didn't bother cleaning her steering wheel...
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Latest post on 04 December 2014 - 06:58
Besides the financial aspect of it all, who would want some unknown man living in their house, especially considering that the arrangement is not legal?
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Latest post on 03 December 2014 - 20:48
Hi! Yes, if she is sponsored by her husband, then she should have a visa saying "housewife not allowed to work", which wouldn't allow her to work without a labor card and not as a domestic worker. The next point about her husband is that, as per the law, no one should be living with you unless they are sponsored by you. I know several people who take part in hiring maids in irregular situations so I know for a fact that people do do it. They take the risk because most likely, nothing will ever happen. If they do get fined, I believe the fine is 50,000 dirhams, which seems like a lot. However, if you have been able to hire maids for five years, for example, without ever having to pay any fees that go along with sponsorship, then 50,000 doesn't seem like a lot. IMO, you should look into hiring someone in a regular situation (i.e. no man living in your house and maid being sponsored by you), but that is only my opinion. Sponsoring a maid is very expensive so I can understand why people take the risk....
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Latest post on 02 December 2014 - 14:43
Sorry. I just realized that you are looking for a school where Arabic is the language of instruction. This therefore invalidates my response above.
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Latest post on 02 December 2014 - 14:37
School of Creative Science - They are opening a branch in Dubai. Dar al Marefa Both of these schools are mixed but I believe that boys and girls are separated after a certain age. There is AAG which is an all girls school but I am not sure how much emphasis they place on Islam.
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Latest post on 01 December 2014 - 06:00
I don't know exactly the monetary amount that we are saving but I know that we are paying two mortgages. We should have two houses paid off in 10 years so that should be some kind of security for our retirement. My DH's company pays/will pay the majority of the school fees for our 4 children so that helps to put money aside... <em>edited by AnonDubai on 01/12/2014</em>
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Latest post on 01 December 2014 - 05:57
Yes. And I'm American. I have been to Toronto in February! I know the pain! I was joking a bit. People often have weather as one of the factors in deciding where to live, and I noticed that most of the countries on the list are generally known for long, cold winters. After living in Dubai for so long I'm not sure if I could face a Canadian or northeastern USA winter again! Tallybalt Have you ever been to Canada? True! I am from the Northeastern region of the USA and I have no interest in ever visiting there in the wintertime. The temperatures are so cold there that no one here could even fathom them and I can't convert them into Celsius to make people understand. My children say it is cold here nowadays. I just tell them that they don't know what cold is...
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Latest post on 29 November 2014 - 12:56
http://www.thenational.ae/business/personal-finance/sad-expats-priced-out-of-their-lives
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Latest post on 27 November 2014 - 14:24
I see. Sorry for the misconception...
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Latest post on 27 November 2014 - 14:14
pbbc - ok here to help, but question why would you want to send your parents money every month? The OP is most likely Muslim. In Islam, it is expected that adult children support their parents...
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Latest post on 25 November 2014 - 14:01
So glad to hear that Pinkdiamondz, you made my day. Judging from the dislikes I got on concern over helpess toddlers shows how sick our society has become. Seriously who are you and how sick are you? Calm down. I think people were disliking the situation, not your concern for children...
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Latest post on 25 November 2014 - 14:00
And I do agree with the others. Statistically speaking, parents do more harm to their children than caregivers...
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Latest post on 25 November 2014 - 13:58
Although I do agree that the thread title is a bit hysterical, if I had to choose between leaving my baby in a nursery or with a "domestic servant" at home, I would choose the former. The reason is not because I would necessarily be afraid of her abusing my child but because of how she would react in an emergency. I knew of a case a few years ago where a very good nanny made a terrible mistake and rather than admitting to it, she lied to cover it up and ended up in jail. Many mothers say that an infant is too young to be in a nursery but at least nurseries have a certain protocol to follow in case of an emergency.
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Latest post on 25 November 2014 - 09:35
We really cannot be comparing Dubai and Amsterdam. The make up of these cities is entirely different in all ways...
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Latest post on 24 November 2014 - 16:43
Ethiopia won't allow their women to work as maids anywhere anymore. It's not just the UAE. I have not heard anything about Eritrean maids. The African CVs I saw recently were of women from Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, and Nigeria. I have an Ethiopian maid and we would have wished to hire another one but it is not allowed, unfortunately. We hired a Sri Lankan instead but it would have been easier to have two of the same nationality. Ethiopians don't need visas to go to Sudan or Kenya so if you know of someone in Ethiopia who wants to come here, they might be able to leave from either of those countries... AnonDubai, Can you give me the name of the agency from where you got your Srilankan maid? I don't know the name yet because I did not go to the agency myself. I will let you know once the maid arrives...
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Latest post on 24 November 2014 - 15:42
Ethiopia won't allow their women to work as maids anywhere anymore. It's not just the UAE. I have not heard anything about Eritrean maids. The African CVs I saw recently were of women from Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, and Nigeria. I have an Ethiopian maid and we would have wished to hire another one but it is not allowed, unfortunately. We hired a Sri Lankan instead but it would have been easier to have two of the same nationality. Ethiopians don't need visas to go to Sudan or Kenya so if you know of someone in Ethiopia who wants to come here, they might be able to leave from either of those countries...
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Latest post on 24 November 2014 - 15:34
Ethiopian women are not allowed to leave Ethiopia anymore to work as maids. Only those who started working before the ban can enter and exit Ethiopia...
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Latest post on 23 November 2014 - 13:43
If your child's vaccines are all up to date, then the OPV wouldn't be required, would it?
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Latest post on 21 November 2014 - 08:26
Hi Saggi! I wouldn't get into the habit of paying your maid by the hour for extra work. Her salary should be all-inclusive and a good maid should be devoted to the family. You can reward her devotion by giving her generous bonuses and gifts at various points of her contract. If you start giving her hourly pay for extra hours worked, she will start expecting that all the time. Imagine if you or your husband or another child had a medical emergency after hours and she expected babysitting money! It should be easy enough for her to babysit anyway since you live in the same house or apartment. She could just sit in the living room if it's not very late. If it gets too late and her room is far from the baby's room, then you could just have her put down a mattress outside the baby's room and sleep there until you get home.
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Latest post on 20 November 2014 - 15:46
Basically, this proves the point that if you pay more for the bus, your child will be safer. It is really disgraceful that children's bus safety is profit-based...
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Latest post on 20 November 2014 - 15:44
Hi, I also feel like my July born DD is too young to start FS1 at school next year, so we are keeping her in nursery for FS1 and will place her in school for FS2 (inshaAllah!) The age for starting FS1 at exactly 3 years is ridiculous, I think children are too young to start then, should be at least 3.5 years old Hi! I have a question for you. Why do you think it is better to have your child do FS 1 at nursery then do FS 2 in a school?
 
 
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