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Latest post on 14 June 2011 - 14:03
Royal Dubai School's last day will be the 29th.
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Latest post on 14 June 2011 - 13:36
I don't even know what those are!
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Latest post on 14 June 2011 - 13:27
Mister Baker charges 130 dirhams for a cake for 20 people with a picture on it and they only need a day's notice.
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Latest post on 14 June 2011 - 13:24
Thanks, Icedqueen, for all these suggestions. I know what you mean. I can never use our IPAD because the kids are always at me for it. My DH is going to buy two more this summer so there is one for me and one for each child.
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Latest post on 14 June 2011 - 13:21
I think arohadxb is running a group for women with this type of problem.
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Latest post on 14 June 2011 - 12:54
Thanks for all these suggestions. I don't mind whether they're educational or not. lol
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Latest post on 14 June 2011 - 12:53
I wished I had known that earlier. I could have booked my flight to leave on the 30th rather than the 1st. :(
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Latest post on 14 June 2011 - 11:39
Our dd loves Talking Tom.... Thanks. I'll tell my DH to download it.
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Latest post on 14 June 2011 - 11:33
Yes, the agency that I used classifies maids by religion. They're not likely to tell you, though, if your maid is Buddhist or Hindu!
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Latest post on 14 June 2011 - 11:31
Hi! We've just gotten an IPad and my two girls (ages 2 and 3) love it. They love playing Barbie apps, but I'm wondering if anyone can recommend other apps that their children like.
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Latest post on 14 June 2011 - 11:27
AnonDubai - the CT scan was done long time back in the UK Harley Street and it confirmed it but we then moved out here and he never went to see another doctor, just complaints about it. Has he had an endoscopy? Not yet, hence I would like to know which doctors you can recommend here. Unfortunately, I cannot really give you a reference because I ended up not having more than a CT scan done. I only saw this ENT twice. What I would recommend is that you go see any ENT that your insurance covers and start there. Ask for an endoscopy and what treatment options are available, but not antibiotics. The ENT also proposed a 5 day steroid treatment, which I could not have done because I am breastfeeding but it is probably ok for your DH. He really should have this checked out. Living daily with a blocked nose is no way to live! <em>edited by AnonDubai on 14/06/2011</em>
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Latest post on 14 June 2011 - 11:21
AnonDubai - the CT scan was done long time back in the UK Harley Street and it confirmed it but we then moved out here and he never went to see another doctor, just complaints about it. Has he had an endoscopy?
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Latest post on 14 June 2011 - 11:15
My DH has been suffering from Chronic Sinusitus for about 10 years and hasn't found anything yet that would make it better and he isn't too trusting with doctors. Which doctor did you use? Any recommendations? AnonDubai, great news that they found the source of your problem and that you didn't have to go through further tests. Cleopatra, did your DH ever have a CT scan done? I'm only asking because I would have never believed that I was having allergies if I hadn't had the CT scan done. SJ Aussie, reading your experience is the reason I really don't want to have the deviated septum surgery. I know the recovery is horrible. However, my DH had it done so I know that you will feel much better soon. Thanks for keeping in touch! I guess this chapter is closed for me, for now...
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Latest post on 14 June 2011 - 10:42
AnonDubai - how did the CT scan and endoscopy go? I am 5 days down, post surgery. Still want to know what it was like? Oh! I was thinking about you! How did the surgery go? Well, fortunately I had the CT scan because the results came back and showed that my sinuses were perfectly normal and I have no infection at all! Needless to say, I did not have to have the endoscopy. So the doctor said that it seems I have just been struck down with allergies and that I need to learn to manage them better. So he prescribed me Rhinomer, which someone mentioned below, and I think it has been working! My nose has been clear now for over a week and it had not been like that for a very long time! I have been feeling so much better although Rhinomer is a horrible thing to stick up your nose. It is like you are swallowing ocean water! I guess I never thought of allergies because I didn't think they would just start up at the age of 31, but it is clear that that is what it is. I do have a deviated septum, though, but it has never caused me problems.
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Latest post on 14 June 2011 - 10:12
bump for mpp_jl <em>edited by AnonDubai on 14/06/2011</em>
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Latest post on 14 June 2011 - 10:11
Can anyone recommend a company they have used? thanks :) I will bump up an old thread for you where I gave housemaid agency details.
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Latest post on 14 June 2011 - 10:10
Wow That is a very large blanket statement and a little offensive to the large Indonesian Catholic community! I don't see why that's offensive. Many people choose Indonesian maids solely for the fact that they are Muslim. And I wonder what percentage of Indonesian Catholic women are applying to work as maids...
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Latest post on 13 June 2011 - 20:39
Whereabouts in Sharjah are you?
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Latest post on 13 June 2011 - 20:37
rumnraisin. Does this evoke wonderful childhood ice-cream memories in anybody else? :) LOL - no! My least favourite flavour. I always hated that flavor too.
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Latest post on 13 June 2011 - 20:30
I think you should make up a mystery illness and then sit down with the school and explain that you cannot come back here because you need to tend to your illness in your home country. I worked in a school here years ago that was also quite tough with contracts. Although some teachers absconded, others said they were sick and the school was always understanding in that case and let them break their contracts. This way, you could be honest with them while hopefully still being able to get paid your salary in full. BTW, I was in a similar situation once but in another country. I sat down with them and told them how unhappy I was but that I was only staying because I couldn't afford to pay the $1000 US for breaking my contract. They let me go without any problems... <em>edited by AnonDubai on 13/06/2011</em>
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Latest post on 13 June 2011 - 11:37
Your best bet would be to try an agency.
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Latest post on 13 June 2011 - 11:17
Oh really? My GHD even blew up the voltage adaptor when I was in the USA a few years back.
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Latest post on 12 June 2011 - 20:48
A longtime family friend died last week of emphysema. It is so sad. Her daughter told all smokers during the eulogy to quit now...:(
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Latest post on 12 June 2011 - 10:12
I hope your son is ok.
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Latest post on 11 June 2011 - 19:52
The good e-cards usually have a membership fee of $10 US per year and that is for unlimited cards. Check out jacquielawson.com BTW, you can get flowers delivered all over France, even in remote areas...France? Yes, in France as well...
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Latest post on 11 June 2011 - 19:38
The Jessica Simpson ones are the best, IMO, but I don't know if they are available here.
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Latest post on 11 June 2011 - 19:35
The good e-cards usually have a membership fee of $10 US per year and that is for unlimited cards. Check out jacquielawson.com BTW, you can get flowers delivered in remote areas... <em>edited by AnonDubai on 11/06/2011</em>
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Latest post on 11 June 2011 - 19:31
an e-card?
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Latest post on 11 June 2011 - 14:07
Quicksilver, I bumped up the thread for you with the contact details of the agency I used. However, one thing I must tell you is that this agency supplies maids that tend to meet the requirements of Emirati families. <em>edited by AnonDubai on 11/06/2011</em>
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Latest post on 11 June 2011 - 13:34
bump for Quicksilver
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Latest post on 11 June 2011 - 13:27
Anondubai, I found a way and that is to get a reference from maids already in Dubai for one back in their country, usually they ask their neighboors, cousins, friends if they are looking for a job (some unable to pay agency fee) ... as for the language skills, the OP is looking for one with good English, which even an agency cannot provide... however, it helps that they have some basic English or arabic to start with so that communication is not nil when they get here... that's what I believe ;) I tried that way too, but it did not work out for us, so we used an agency. I lost a lot of money that way! You can find a maid with fairly good language skills from an agency. You just have to specify that that is what you want. Our first maid arrived speaking no English but fluent in Arabic and the agency had told me that in advance and I was fine with that. Our current maid speaks no Arabic but can communicate in reasonable English and the agency also cleared that with me beforehand.
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Latest post on 11 June 2011 - 12:56
Through an agency, but we had to pay a finder's fee of 4500 dirhams. Was that a good idea looking back? I believe they don't do a background or medical check, provide a reference or a guarantee in good work or language skills for that much... i am always shocked to hear that most these agencies take ticket fees and other fees from the employer and do the same to the maid :( ... thus pocketing more money on top of the service fee ... All I can say is that there is no way we could have found a maid any other way. I would not hire a maid already in the country so an agency is the only way to go for us. No background checks are done, I assume, but the agency should guarantee you that the maid is in good health. I doubt the agency I used took anything from my maid since I doubt she'd have been able to give them anything... As for language and work skills, I don't want a maid who arrives with excellent English or Arabic and everyone is capable of good work if they know that is expected of them. edited by AnonDubai on 11/06/2011 <em>edited by AnonDubai on 11/06/2011</em>
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Latest post on 11 June 2011 - 10:28
Through an agency, but we had to pay a finder's fee of 4500 dirhams.
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Latest post on 09 June 2011 - 14:33
Do you think they are EW users?
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Latest post on 07 June 2011 - 14:46
The other thing about this is that Huba Abedin is a power-woman in Washington. What is it about these men and their powerful women (Arnold and Maria, DSK and Anne Sinclair - herself a powerful journalist, and Weiner and Huba) - why do these women who have it all let their men get away with behaving like lemurs??? Hopefully Huma won't let him get away with this. But just look at who her boss is...
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Latest post on 07 June 2011 - 13:48
And this guy has been married less than a year!! Why did he even bother getting married?
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Latest post on 07 June 2011 - 11:41
I know that you can take two suitcases to/from the USA with any airline here. I believe the same applies to Canada because I used to fly between Canada and Asia and was always allowed two suitcases.
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Latest post on 06 June 2011 - 14:38
The flight to Frankfurt don't have entertainment system. The flights to Munich do. ETA: Lufthansa I mean edited by Eva B. on 06/06/2011 Sorry. I didn't notice that there were no individual television screens. It could be because the Frankfurt flight was a night flight and I was sleeping?
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Latest post on 06 June 2011 - 14:35
There is also the Children's Garden which has a bilingual English/French program.
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Latest post on 06 June 2011 - 14:34
Thanks Anon. Do Lufthansa have the seat back entertainment systems like on EK and Etihad? On the planes I have taken, they do.
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Latest post on 06 June 2011 - 14:32
No. I'd be angry too...
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Latest post on 06 June 2011 - 14:31
I have flown with Lufthansa several times and I think it is a good airline. You can fly via Munich or Frankfurt. I have no experience with Gulf Air nor with Turkish Airlines.
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Latest post on 06 June 2011 - 10:31
I have a changing table in the hallway. That works for us!
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Latest post on 06 June 2011 - 09:50
Dont you get to sign the card if you have contributed? No, I contributed towards Christmas gifts for teacher, TA, and nanny and never signed a card.
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Latest post on 06 June 2011 - 09:45
So my question for class reps is: Does the teacher know who joined in on the collective gift?
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Latest post on 05 June 2011 - 20:41
Someone else was looking for her last week and she did not respond. You will have to find another way of contacting her.
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Latest post on 05 June 2011 - 20:23
I don't think she posts on here anymore.
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Latest post on 05 June 2011 - 19:58
I just met a gal from the Philippines yesterday... here on a Visit Visa trying to get Sponsored in with employment. How do these ladies ladies make it to Dubai? edited by DlnAces21 on 05/06/2011 You ought to ask her. It would be interesting to know.
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Latest post on 05 June 2011 - 19:38
Hi Moons. I just asked my DH. He said we used to get a bunch of German channels with Hotbird, and they're all gone now for a reason he does not understand. The only one we get nowadays is Deutsche Welt and that is available on Nilesat. Sorry about that!
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Latest post on 05 June 2011 - 16:08
Hi. We get several free-to-air German TV channels through the satellite. I will ask my DH when he comes home tonight what it is specifically because I have no idea. I will update later today.
 
 
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