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Latest post on 13 September 2011 - 20:24
erk, did a bit of a look around the other day, as I cannot post at all, (except to my wall and not to the news feed) and apparently am part of a trial group..unasked for, can't use it. changes everyday. Today, all my friends posts are showing up on the left side as a caption, my posts still don't register and I don't like it. it's totally disfunctional. Even things I send to people don't show up on their wall.
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Latest post on 13 September 2011 - 20:19
Star, unless you feel like shelling out nearly 20k in advance for Horizon. We went star, despite having a place at horizon. Yep, the lack of pool, is a PITA, but every other little thing at our school is just as it should be, and we are so happy with our choice. both schools however, are lovely, both have a great rep. (except for some people who feel there should be more at star) and our child has more than blossomed in a wonderful school. Early years will be almost impossible to get into, apparently the waiting list is huge. The 'older' kids have just started in senior school...and the school grows with our children, is exactly what we wanted. And they are law abiding fee takers as well ;)
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Latest post on 13 September 2011 - 20:08
I have never seen a washing machine here hooked up to a hot tap...they run on the cold tap only, one hose, one hook up. I'm sure some people have both hot and cold but I have never seen it. The main problem is, even with your machine set to cold, the water from the tank/pipes is HOT. You'll just need to seperate your colours/non colour fast and wash accordingly.
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Latest post on 13 September 2011 - 16:20
no, those ankle biters will be home soon...and I'll leave you in pieces. xxx
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Latest post on 13 September 2011 - 16:19
err, I think when lil miss leaves the nest that might be my un-doing too. In the mean time, I'll just keep threatening her with boarding school...is good fun!
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Latest post on 13 September 2011 - 16:17
JANDALS!!!! :D
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Latest post on 13 September 2011 - 16:16
Bring up her own kids!! LOL do people really do that?????? you're supposed to bring them up? ooops. oh dear - what have you being doing to LIttle Miss?? I dunno, not much. Just thought they grew up and that was it.....best I get on and do some of this parenting lark. :D *think* you need to put fertiliser in her wellies :D that would be gummies to you young lady. Now, where IS child......
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Latest post on 13 September 2011 - 16:15
Was just about to say that I must be the worst mama in the world...start of school rolls round, I'm ready, she's ready and we CELEBRATE!!!
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Latest post on 13 September 2011 - 16:01
But i reckon if you wanted to come round to my house and have a glass of wine or 3, you could still probably teach lil miss how to at least hold the guitar correctly? just in the course of conversation like..... :D
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Latest post on 13 September 2011 - 15:50
Bring up her own kids!! LOL do people really do that?????? you're supposed to bring them up? ooops. oh dear - what have you being doing to LIttle Miss?? I dunno, not much. Just thought they grew up and that was it.....best I get on and do some of this parenting lark. :D
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Latest post on 13 September 2011 - 15:45
Bring up her own kids!! LOL do people really do that?????? you're supposed to bring them up? ooops.
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Latest post on 13 September 2011 - 15:44
Go to any of the big sports shops....Go Sport and the like, and buy a camel bak one...loads of funky designs in both that non cancer inducing plastic and double skinned steel. Can drop them, throw them, run them over and they're great. They cost money, but I got fed up with spending even more on loads of the supermarket type ones and having them split, spill and generally behave in an unsatisfactory manner. The other thing I like about them is you can get new mouth pieces and the inside straw for them if they get bitten through or lost. hth
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Latest post on 13 September 2011 - 14:24
all right girls...settle down :D Answers: ankle biter = child bach = holiday home (also known as a crib in the far south) chilly bin = cool box crook = feeling sick gummies = wellies hard case = unique, funny individual, good to be around, entertaining jandals = flip flips knackered = REALLY tired laughing gear = mouth sussed = to have it worked out, to work something out. suss = someone or something is suspect tiki tour = abit of a road trip, usually not by a direct route wopwops = the back of beyond, near nothing at all. Happy RWC everybody :)
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Latest post on 13 September 2011 - 12:35
My mistake - sheep would be girlfriend.... crok - sick nah, a sheep would be for when the missus is having a blue at you :D and yes...crook IS sick
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Latest post on 13 September 2011 - 12:31
* Anklebiter - child yep *Bach - ? *Chilly Bin - cool box yep *Crook - criminal nope *Gummies - wellies yep *Hard case - head nope *jandals - ?? *knackered - tired yep *laughing gear - mouth yep *sussed - figured out yep *tiki tour - ??? *wopwops - sheep nope
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Latest post on 13 September 2011 - 12:20
lol! well done Princess, gummies ARE wellies...still peeing myself over ankle biter being some description of snake :D let me know when you want some answers.....
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Latest post on 13 September 2011 - 12:05
Thats not 'input', thats a judgement with no substance. What exactly was so unimpressive? I would be doing a little more research personally, and visiting the nursery unannounced myself before taking that particular piece of sage advice onboard ;) Of couse its a judgement but to say it a judgement with no substance is nonsense. I went there! I looked around and was not impressed, lots of crying children, bored looking staff not interacting with the children and a general bad vibe. There you go...theres some input, detailed, of what you observed. merely saying you were unimpressed gives no information what so ever except, you were just that, unimpressed.
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Latest post on 13 September 2011 - 09:34
It's actually been really pleasent the last couple of weekends.
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Latest post on 13 September 2011 - 09:18
emailed you.
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Latest post on 13 September 2011 - 07:19
I would approach schools once you have all the legalities sorted out, but also indoor play areas. They may be open to the idea of a class that compliments what they have on offer, and they have all the facilities in place.
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Latest post on 13 September 2011 - 07:16
If your thinking Liwa way, maybe look at Al Qasr Al sarab as well Bani Yas Island. As deserdoc has said, bani Yas is a nature reserve, and Qasr is in the middle of the most amazing desert scape, so a totally different option. Very luxurious too.
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Latest post on 13 September 2011 - 07:11
I looked around Blossom at um al sheif last week, it was a 'suprise' visit (I didn't have an appointment) and I was massively unimpressed with what I saw. Thanks for the input. Have you been to the other Blossom nursery i.e. blossom village nursery? Thats not 'input', thats a judgement with no substance. What exactly was so unimpressive? I would be doing a little more research personally, and visiting the nursery unannounced myself before taking that particular piece of sage advice onboard ;)
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Latest post on 12 September 2011 - 17:54
http://www.expatwoman.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=158536 There are more threads on this topic, but heres one that should start you off with just SOME of the legal requirements.
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Latest post on 12 September 2011 - 16:00
You would look not 'odd'...you'd be stunning! Tall is gorgeous, and if you have it, WEAR it. Love who you are and be happy in your own skin. I'm about 4 ft nothing and now that I am fat look like a basketball, sooooooo wish I had worn the stuff when I had the stuff! Now will just have to live vicariously through you I guess :D
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Latest post on 12 September 2011 - 15:55
Love you too flossy, but do hope someone comes up with a better plan than Moi! :D
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Latest post on 12 September 2011 - 15:49
After a great deal of ponderation (and have pondered and pondered til head hurt!) and coming up with nothing definitive, I have decided to approach the subject rationally. Are you ready? *I only go to 3 supermarket type places in dubai *therefore it must be in one of those 3 supermarkets that I have seen the wonder soap (and I can see it in my minds eye, so unless thats playing tricks on me, it is here!) *I will visit each of those 3 supermarkets in the next 5 days and will come up with a reply for you. *exception to the rule....big choities on al wasl, I have been there in the last 3 months and can't rule it out of my equation. Hows that? :)
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Latest post on 12 September 2011 - 14:53
ooo, I got my mum to bring me over a couple of bars of it (and still have a fully wrapped bar of it you can have if all else fails) but I HAVE since seen it somewhere...just can't recollect exactly where at the min. I'll ponder and hopefully someone has a more useful memory than mine.
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Latest post on 12 September 2011 - 09:02
Thanks Aroha - do you think that if an company was to start employing handicaped personnel it would be difficult for the community to accept being surved, or do you think that this would just be teething problems? If that makes sense. I 'think' it really depends on what capacity the persons role is, and what the disability is. as Amy has said, she has a back line, productive position and is the 'make it so' person, and she has a mobility issue...she's not in a frontline position and her mobility is a not an issue. As has been said, it seems the local culture is to hide away our lesser able kids, they are something to be ashamed of, and are a form of gods punishment for some wrong doing. Now that mentality will take a generation to educate otherwise... my view is of course very different, but then my formative years were very different in my exposure to people with many different levels of ability. And even when I was growing up, I wasnt really the norm. (One of my friends from the assisted living house at the hospital had biked like crazy from his latest lawn mowing job to the central postoffice in town to withdraw $20 dollars to take his girlfriend to the movies, when I ran into him sobbing and hysterical outside the LOCKED doors of the post office and all the staff ignoring him. It was yet 5 minutes til closing too...can you picture an outraged 13 year old aroha going to battle for that misjustice? lol!) I don't even really know what these guys mental capacity/problems were..the ones with downs were mainly obvious, but the others...It just didnt register on my 13 year old self, except that their mental age was younger than my actual age. They all held jobs, had ameasure of self suffiency, and were for the main respected and treated with kindness within the greater community, and just about all were a pleasure to be around. I think, that there would be teething problems but I also believe that if there is a regular clientel and the support systems were put in place then over time it would become an accepted practise. It really does depend on the client base, what kind of service is provided? I just don't know otherwise, and have a lack of coffee so am rambling.
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Latest post on 12 September 2011 - 07:24
I too have to wonder if Dubai is truely ready. I've been in C4 many times when the kids from (assuming here) one of the special needs schools come in on a field trip of some description. For my self, the kids are a delight, and I enjoy seeing them work through their lists, and figure things out...but I come from a country where all the supermarkets have people with downs working as shelf stackers, trolley people, bag packers etc. My dad worked at a hospital in the assisted living department for disabled kids when I was 12-14, very formative years. I know first hand what they were capable of and how much satisfaction they got from their contributions. But I'm not the broad section of society that these kids would be running up against daily. pretty much everything I think/feel about this has been covered by Sanddy D and AA. otherwise.
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Latest post on 11 September 2011 - 18:14
I was doing nothing much when husbad called from the office and told me to turn telly on. We watched together for a bit, asking each other if it wasn't a strange film (like Welles' radio "War of the Worlds") and then shocked to realize it was real. I was worried because I knew a friend of mine's mother was travelling out of Boston that day. I sat glued to the telly crying till it was time to fetch dorter from school, there was supposed to be a apero at the school that evening, but I just picked her up and went home to watch again. That event politicized my daughter. Me too simples...took a long time for me to come to grips with the idea that it wasn't something like Welles' radio, and part of my brain just kept shying away from..this IS real...it would have been 'easier' to cope with if it was some sick movie permier or the likes.
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Latest post on 11 September 2011 - 17:23
Can only speak about our bus service...the driver rang yesterday (saturday) to confirm pick up and drop off times from our school, not raffles. I'd be concerned with such a 'relaxed' attitude to our kids and their transport to be honest.
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Latest post on 11 September 2011 - 17:17
so something i should avoid then if i am to actually make it off the sofa this week?
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Latest post on 11 September 2011 - 16:40
I was at home, parked on the sofa crying all day watching in absolute disbelief as everything unfolded. Called in sick from work and just huddled in PJ's. Himself couldnt actually believe it so he went to work, but turned up back home about lunch time.
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Latest post on 11 September 2011 - 16:37
cool, thanks sundevil.
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Latest post on 11 September 2011 - 16:05
50dhs ish for a STEAK??! No way. Hubby will die and go to heaven! Where is this paragon of full on coronary inducing food? And is it licensed?
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Latest post on 11 September 2011 - 15:45
can't watch...can still see it happening in my minds eye 10 years on :(
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Latest post on 11 September 2011 - 15:44
The reason it's not anywhere in the handbook, is they can't legally ask for a security deposit. Yes the bursar will be rude about it, and yes, because school places are in high demand in dubai people will and do pay through the nose if they want to secure their childs place at the school. No deposit, no place. Phone the KHDA and get their advice if you like...some schools seem to have a 'little understanding' going on, and are outside what should be a blanket law. 500dh deposit on registration, refundable out of the first terms fees. You can fight it, but it can get ugly, so if this is your school of choice....well.
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Latest post on 11 September 2011 - 15:10
Can they not just fill out the health ins. paperwork for you and then you claim for it? thats what we do with our ins. with Dr Gary
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Latest post on 11 September 2011 - 09:37
oh, and 5mins down the road into the village itself is one of the best italian eateries I have been to outside of italy, AND, 20mins down the road is the lazy cocnut, and they do the best english sunday roast :)
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Latest post on 11 September 2011 - 09:35
If it sounds like what you might like...google New Sunrise Village. It's very laid back, lovely quiet place...you can rent scooters to get about on from just about everywhere, or take the jitneys that run the loop regularly.
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Latest post on 11 September 2011 - 09:21
Loads of places to stay from 5 star resorts to basic beach bungalows, guest houses, villas for rent by week or month. We stay on a beach at Maenam, Chaweng is the party place. We've been going for 10 years to the same place/same family and have had the great pleasure of seeing it grow from a couple of hut like bungalows to a beautiful garden compound of bungalows. they still have the basic bungalows suitable for for backpackers...but the more 'nice backpacker' if that makes sense? We never book, just rock up and hope theres a place for us...never been disapointed yet :-) This place isnt self catering, they run a resturant, and you can either eat there or walk 5 mins to somewhere else on the beach. They may have bungalows with a kitchen, i just don't know. they also have a compound of self catering villas, but they are rented by the month I think.
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Latest post on 11 September 2011 - 07:36
It's persisting down on the ozzie/italian game.... in NZ :)
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Latest post on 11 September 2011 - 07:34
Yep, we freeze the juice too. And even after 5 years lil miss doesnt like dubai yoghurt :) First day back today and lil miss has been up since 4am, jumping on my head worried we would miss the bus. Hoorah! schools back!
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Latest post on 11 September 2011 - 07:30
Nope, no word :( lil miss ok, thanks green-ish. She has been up since 4am this morning though, worried I would sleep in and cause her to miss the bus for her first day back at school. Clearly she has more important things to stew on today :)
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Latest post on 10 September 2011 - 08:57
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=2184008194413&set=a.1474818385111.2065912.1073228408&type=1&ref=nf one very good reason why we should be watching the All Blacks :D
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Latest post on 10 September 2011 - 08:27
Kick off 12.30 UAE time...one the OSN sprts channel thingy I think...they have a really cool panel presenting the programe
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Latest post on 10 September 2011 - 08:17
Arent they just? Thanks BM. Off to Mc G's to watch the Yinglish game today...Go Argentina!!! :D Have a small dose of RWC fever going on, lol!
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Latest post on 09 September 2011 - 15:02
We did. And Tonga bought it all out for the 2nd half, was AWESOME. Thats my city and my country right there...cried and laughed all the way through the opening feeling very proud and more than a little homesick. We've put on a wonderful show for the world. Now, I just hope that everyone makes it home safely.
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Latest post on 09 September 2011 - 09:41
oh bah...was hoping the EW wisdom would have a fix for me...but at least I know I'm not alone and thinking I am particularly thick!
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Latest post on 09 September 2011 - 08:27
Being blessed with course thick hair on arms and legs and coming from a conservative background, with a father who didnt believe in hair removal at all, and no mother to point me in the right direction for correct removal treatment, I have already made the decision that lil miss will have waxing on her legs when it becomes an issue for her. My hair has been the absolute bane of my life, and the teasing/conciousness of it starts very young. I won't let my daughter have the same ongoing problems all her life, so, when she notices that she has very thick hair on her legs (luckily very blond :)) we will remove it in a way that starts her off on the correct path for the rest of her life. Hopefully it's a ways down the track yet. I want her innocence to stay this way for as long as possible, but, little girls will be little girls and it's only going to take one of them to point it out to lil miss to start the crazy train going.
 
 
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