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Latest post on 02 May 2013 - 10:04
Simple AC and Mareike, i get back to you asap. I have to make a list of my furnitures. Yes it is a L shape sofa, beige.
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Latest post on 02 May 2013 - 08:46
We will leave Dubai at the beginning of July and almost everything in my house will be on sale (bought 3 years ago). Most of the furnitures come from Crate and Barell (sofa, dining table, chairs) and Ikea for the kids room, we also have BBQ, trade mill etc..Let me know if you are interested.
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Latest post on 24 February 2013 - 10:15
Roaccutane is for severe acne and it is not the good time of the year to start, sun should be avoid while you follow the treatment. Epiduo is a cream which works quite well, you can buy it here in the pharmacy without prescription. All my teens use it (it has been prescribed by the dermatologist). If she gets irritated a little bit she can use it one day out of two. Antibiotics for acne also works, but most of the time it comes backs as soon as you stop.
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Latest post on 07 February 2013 - 19:37
Hee hee,if you see a little black mini,me inside,shaun the sheep curly shoulder length hair,my bag and purse dont match!!!!(going reeeeeallly slow!) But i'll have a beautiful cavalier king charles(with her ears blowing in the wind!!!) wave !! Its me !!! :)) Funny, i also have a mini and a king charles !
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Latest post on 28 November 2012 - 20:59
Taillevent is really nice but my favorite one is Apicius (www.restaurant-apicius.com/). Not sure at all that you will find a table for next week, it is really unique and as you can imagine really expensive. If you are just looking for a nice bistrot with nice food (typical parisian restaurant) you can try cinq-mars-restaurant.com/., I was there last week-end, it is charming, even if it is a little bit noisy. The location is great and you can walk from there to the Jjardin des Tuileries or La Place Vendôme. The most romantic side of Paris is probably l'île Saint- Louis. If you come back at summer time you will be able to try he new terrasse of La Maison Blanche, which offers an amazing view on Paris.
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Latest post on 24 November 2012 - 21:13
Before giving birth in France, you should probably book an appointment with a gynecologist in Paris. Private or public hospitals in Paris are fine.The Maternité Catholique Sainte-Félicité in Paris 15ème is really good. You could also go to Bordeaux directly, they have good hospitals, a better weather and it is a really beautiful city !
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Latest post on 12 November 2012 - 15:15
Al ghazil mall? or the other end? Near Al Ghazil mall i don't think there has been a new masjid for a while - if you are talking about Jumeriah Grand Masjid; it's always been that volume - and it's not particularly loud. edited by sand_fairy on 12/11/2012 Jumeirah Grand Masjid is not loud. The one i am thinking of is a little mosque near al Ghazil Mall (one of my friend said to me that it was built 2/3 years ago, not that new for Dubai..). We called today and we have to call back tomorrow.
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Latest post on 12 November 2012 - 14:57
We have moved to Jumeirah 1 this summer and one new Mosque on Al Wasl is very loud (we all sleep with ear plugs) and we are now considering to change house because we are starting to be exhausted to be awake everyday so early. Where on Al Wasl is the new mosque? I also live in Jumeira 1, and the only place I've seen a new mosque being constructed is on Beach Rd near Al Ijaza Cafeteria. Just at the beginning of Al Wasl, near a very tall building (i don't know the name of this building).
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Latest post on 07 November 2012 - 10:05
Thank you for all your advices, i feel more comfortable now to give a phone call.
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Latest post on 11 October 2012 - 13:14
We also had the worse problem with this shop, very similar to what happened to you. The worse shop is the one in MOE, we had less problem with the shop in Mirdiff. All i can tell you is that we did not get our money back and wasted a lot of time there. They were totally unprofessional, to a point that i had never seen before. Good luck !
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Latest post on 05 September 2012 - 13:02
I am not sure that the gardeners have the choice to accept or not to accept the job. Most of the time they don't even have one bottle of water...anyway, with the AC on, behind our computers, it always easy to give opinions and orders.
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Latest post on 05 September 2012 - 12:42
Poor gardeners. With this heat, in the middle of the day it is easy to understand that they need to rest, even for 4 hours. They have probably started early in the morning. If you want the job to be done quickly, pick up a different time in the year. OP already said that. But they don't seem to have done ANY work at all by the sounds of it. It is 43 degrees today, how can anyone work with this heat outside ?
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Latest post on 05 September 2012 - 12:28
Poor gardeners. With this heat, in the middle of the day it is easy to understand that they need to rest, even for 4 hours. They have probably started early in the morning. If you want the job to be done quickly, pick up a different time in the year.
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Latest post on 27 June 2012 - 07:35
we used her and lost 6000 dhrs. She will be helpful to put your kids in a school with no waiting list.. total waste of time and money. Besides that on a non professional aspect she is a charming lady. the infos she can give you can be found on this forum. I still don't understand what we have paid for.
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Latest post on 18 June 2012 - 08:44
Dr Mohamed Elfatih at City hospital is really good. He took care of my son.
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Latest post on 11 June 2012 - 19:51
I had no problem with my mac.
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Latest post on 06 June 2012 - 13:19
DIA. Letter from the director : Out of 60 Diploma candidates, an 86% pass rate; An average DP score of 33.4 points out of a maximum possible 45 points; Highest score 44 points; 7 candidates earned 40 points and above, with 14 scoring 36 or more. To the best of my knowledge, these are perhaps the best IB results amongst schools in UAE.
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Latest post on 06 June 2012 - 13:14
DIA, the school is getting better and better. They had really good results at the IB last year
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Latest post on 31 May 2012 - 08:44
http://www.route-napoleon.com/Haute-Provence This website should give you information on where to stop. You can drive on the "route napoleon" from Grenoble and make little stops everywhere. Take your time it worth it. You can sleep in really nice "chambre d'hôtes" for one night, it is a nice way to meet people and to learn about the city.
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Latest post on 20 May 2012 - 07:55
I wonder why everybody says that we have to accept the viewings before the end of the lease. If it is not written in the contract, you don't have to do it. We had the similar problem. For one month i tried to organized visits, but real estate agents were calling us all the time, ringing at the door, requesting visits on week-end and we also had visitors coming on their own at 9 PM. We wrote an email to our land lord and explained him the situation and also the fact that most of the time my husband was away and i was alone in the house with kids. That things can be stollen (it happened to someone i know). He very shortly wrote back to say that he totally understands the situation and he will wait until the end to start viewings.
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Latest post on 18 May 2012 - 10:17
Look here for hairdressers in Paris. You can choose from budget to pricey to English spoken. http://www.qype.co.uk/fr101-paris/categories/26-hairdressers-in-paris ETA: As for staying there with young kids, I would say 3-4 days is good. edited by Alismum on 17/05/2012 For hair dresser you can pick up any Dessange, they are quite good.
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Latest post on 18 May 2012 - 10:13
Thx Alis But its ok for my kid is 4 years old ? Is it right what i heard thats LV more less than Dubai ? All the brands, LV, Dior, are more expensive in the UAE for bags and shoes.
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Latest post on 02 May 2012 - 19:46
Thanks Bretuil. Do you have Shanze's number by any chance? + 971 50 873 6218
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Latest post on 02 May 2012 - 17:29
Shanze Soorty from Espace real estate is nice and professional. The house i am renting in the Meadows is actually on sale, this is how i met her.
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Latest post on 19 April 2012 - 13:31
Thank you for your reply. Let's hope that the house will be sold soon.
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Latest post on 12 April 2012 - 15:28
@australiajudy: thanks for the info, will have a look on their website. @breteuil: puis je vous demander quelle est le sujet que vous etudiez? combien de temps cela vous prend-t-il par jour? Merci!! Je suis en 3ème année de psychologie. Cette année est particulièrement chargée et la plupart d'entre nous la faisons sur 2 ans. Selon les informations données sur le site de la faculté il faut compter 20 heures par semaine en 3ème année et plus en période de révisions. En ce qui me concerne pour les 2 premières années 20 heures par semaine en travaillant régulièrement était faisable mais cette année ce n'est pas assez. Si vous voulez plus d'infos je peux vous répondre par mail.
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Latest post on 12 April 2012 - 12:01
Hello Eden, If you want to get a degree with a french university you can check the website IEDParis 8. We are actually 6 students in Dubai studying on line. You have to be really motivated because it is quite though sometimes to work without a frame and also to be a little bit isolated from the others. The Alliance Française welcome us twice a year for our final examinations. The level of the university is really good and teachers come from all over the word.
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Latest post on 10 April 2012 - 12:52
ChateauOnline - Site vente de vins en ligne. Achat Bordeaux ... www.chateauonline.fr/ You can contact them, they have great selection of wine.
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Latest post on 10 April 2012 - 07:43
I heard of a villa near Park n'Shop that will be vacated in early July, lease being broken - happy to pass on details. Avoid Hayley at all costs, she cost one of our people a pile of money last summer (she was with another company then), she has a problem telling the truth and will say anything to get a deal. I even have her number saved in my phone as AVOID.....! Hello Cornie Pixie. Thank you for your proposal. How can i get in touch with you ? Email me - family marriott at g mail dot com (all lower case and no spaces) Thank you. I will send you an email.
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Latest post on 09 April 2012 - 20:11
I heard of a villa near Park n'Shop that will be vacated in early July, lease being broken - happy to pass on details. Avoid Hayley at all costs, she cost one of our people a pile of money last summer (she was with another company then), she has a problem telling the truth and will say anything to get a deal. I even have her number saved in my phone as AVOID.....! Hello Cornie Pixie. Thank you for your proposal. How can i get in touch with you ?
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Latest post on 09 April 2012 - 20:06
hey breteuil, We have made a decision to leave our house in Jumeirah 2, would you be interested to have a look? Sure ! Thanks We are looking for a 5/6 bedrooms villa, pool and garden. Let me know how i can get in touch with you or when i can send you my phone/email.
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Latest post on 09 April 2012 - 20:03
Hello I have learned today that our house is now on sale. Anyway our Dewa bill were so incredibly high that i would not have recommended anyone to rent the house..Good luck ! Breteuil, can totally understand what a nightmare it was to find a suitable home in the Meadows. We are in Meadows now, but have been looking around the last 2 months trying to get a handle on the probability of finding something decent in Meadows around June/July if we don't stay in this villa. Personally, based on what I've seen and the conversations I've had with agents, I wouldn't place a bet on our side! Can I ask where abouts in Meadows you are and how many bedrooms your villa has? Good luck finding somewhere you love. A home should be something you look forward to returning to. The rest of this city can be so harsh...
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Latest post on 09 April 2012 - 12:20
Thank you for these informations. We have made the decision to leave our house in the Meadows and i now have to start looking for a new one..
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Latest post on 26 March 2012 - 16:37
If you live in the springs and want to run outside you can run in the meadows. If you run around each lake starting at meadows5 until montgomery golf club it is approximativly 17 kilometers.
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Latest post on 23 March 2012 - 14:39
We have made the decision to put our french son in an IB school in Dubai when he was 10 years old. He is now fluent in english but he is loosing his french, so he has to take lessons twice a week to keep up with his mother's tong language (grammar). The main problem will be to find a french school who will accept him in France, when you will come back To keep up with IB in France is also difficult, IB schools are not numerous, very expensive and it is quite difficult to get in. Most of the IB schools in France only start IB in the last two years of high school. I really think that it is easy to switch from English to French when the child is under 8/9 years old but more difficult after. I was in a french school, moved to the states at the age of 13 in the american system and went back to the french system after a few years. It was not very tough this way. Much harder to go from the IB/American to the super academic french system.
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Latest post on 07 March 2012 - 14:48
Hi, If he plays tennis, he might find some other teens to play with. At Emirates Golf Club, you might find a tennis group for him.
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Latest post on 27 February 2012 - 13:47
The movie has received the oscar, best movie, best actor, best music etc..i saw it in Dubai, we were almost the only one in the cinema. Jean dujardin is a really funny guy and a great actor.
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Latest post on 27 February 2012 - 12:26
Bravo Jean Dujardin !
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Latest post on 22 February 2012 - 16:28
Give a call at the german neuroscience center in Health Care city, they have highly qualified psychiatrists.
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Latest post on 22 February 2012 - 09:02
Thank you very much, i will give her a call.
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Latest post on 21 February 2012 - 17:44
Hello, We are now leaving in the Meadows and would like to move to Jumeirah/Umm Suqueim in June/July. Can anyone recommend us a reliable real estate agent. It was a night mare to find our house and a good agent who could understand what we are looking for would be really appreciated ! TIA
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Latest post on 09 February 2012 - 17:25
Dubai seems to be the perfect place to leave in for a lot of people, but a lot has to do with where you come from. I am not use to a life where i spend so much time in a car, where the only things to do have to be in relation with sports, food and clothes. Life here is not real for me and even if we pay huge taxes in France, even if people are on strike all the time, if it rains a lot, if the traffic is pretty bad, if i have no maid full time, i miss that life. My kids will be bilingual when we will come back and probably more opened minded that when we arrived these are the really positive aspects. The other one is that being in Dubai gives you the opportunity to travel everywhere and to save money, which is already a lot.
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Latest post on 09 February 2012 - 08:36
Does anyone have experience of this language school? Can you recommend? Particularly looking at summer classes for a teen with intermediate level French. They are really good, to get in touch with them it will be probably easier to give them a call.
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Latest post on 02 February 2012 - 15:06
Goof food, nice atmosphere, i like it, even if it is quite expensive.
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Latest post on 02 February 2012 - 08:00
Our situation was slightly different. We started with a new maid who was on a visit visa, at the same time my husband had to change his own visa. Meanwhile the visit visa of our new maid had expired. I was quite worried too because she stayed at our house 25 days after the expiration of her visit visa, but finally it is resolved. She will fly to Oman tomorrow and we will have to pay for the fine (which i quite expensive after 25 days..). Good luck.
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Latest post on 01 February 2012 - 21:16
The same thing has happened to us with our new maid from Sri Lanka, she had her visa 25 days after the expiration of her visa. The fine is 200 on the first day and 100 everyday. quote=Claire08'>Hi my DH has just changed job so we have cancelled our old residency and are waiting for a new one to start, we all have to be processed first before we can re-sponsor our maid. Our visas were cancelled on 5th Jan and my DH visa is nearly processed, how long can my Sri Lankan maid stay in the country for, can we just pay a fine while we wait to process her visa or will we have to send her home?? I'm getting very nervous as her 30 days is up soon. I hope someone can help me ? Thanks
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Latest post on 17 January 2012 - 13:08
I notice a few remarks from fellow EW,who have made comments about their younger years. We are women or were girls who are much more mature in our teenage years.You cannot compare boys and girls at the same age. Not sure if you have teenage boys but they are NOT responsible enough to make their own decisions! As I have 3 boys, well 2 are men now, they definitely need to have boundaries set in place early If we want our kids to become mature we can not always over protect them and at 16 they can start to be responsible a little bit. My daughter is in her last year of high school, she will be on her own next year to start medical school in a different country, mummy and daddy will not be there to tell her that she has to go to bed. Being a teenager is between the end of the childhood and the start of the adult's world. We can not control everything as if they were 5 years old, which does not mean that there is no boundaries at all.
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Latest post on 17 January 2012 - 12:08
When was 16 i use to read in my bed until 1 am, now they have FB, BBM, they watch film on the computer etc.. My 16 years old has to be in her room at 10, i do not check anymore at what time she goes to sleep. But, on week-end i wake her up at 10, to run or to play tennis and it is fine with her.
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Latest post on 16 January 2012 - 10:59
I agree with tout sweet paris, the location is really nice but you should look for a more professional website, with much more offers. Do you know where you will work ? this might be a good start..
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Latest post on 14 January 2012 - 11:29
You can send an email to catherinelegoff.mdb@orange.fr She has an agency which is really good and might be able to help you in your research. She is the person who is actually renting my furnished flat while i am in Dubai.
 
 
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