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Latest post on 22 March 2014 - 20:17
I bought the last few from Italy or Spain, online. various websites.
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Latest post on 22 March 2014 - 20:14
Seeing the sunshine made me happy. Like every day! Seeing my blooming desert roses made me happy. The touch of the cold side of the pillow when I turned over in the morning made me happy. I decided years ago to make an effort to notice the everyday beauty. Happiness is a mindset.
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Latest post on 22 March 2014 - 19:59
A few years ago - when I last checked- Dubai Municipality / Ministry of Tourism had strict regulations in place forbidding any animals to be accepted in any hotels or serviced apartments. This may have changed, but if not, then there will be none.
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Latest post on 22 March 2014 - 19:55
Bentoya Kitchen on SZR near to Dusit
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Latest post on 16 March 2014 - 02:08
Amazon.com IKEA may also have them May I ask why the plastic ones would not do?
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Latest post on 16 March 2014 - 02:03
Do you think it would be worth to ask your husband? I am sure he can ask their hr or just other cabin crew about salaries and housing. If he does not already know.
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Latest post on 13 March 2014 - 20:01
I tip the agency maid randomly, about every 2-3 weeks, in between 20 and 60 aed. I do not want her to expect it every time.
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Latest post on 08 March 2014 - 12:03
I have been using Helpers for ages, went through many girls and they were all very good, some were truly fantastic. Never a complain, really.
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Latest post on 08 March 2014 - 12:00
If the last salary is less than 7000 hence they cannot deduct, you will need to pay extra for them. They may let you work until you can pay back. Or may just call the police. But if they even gave advance on your coming salary, that means they are nice people, so surely they will give you some time to be able to repay. Probably they won't release your passport until this is done though. Maybe you should wait with resignation to get some money together. Enjoy your new job. Hopefully it will last longer!
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Latest post on 07 March 2014 - 21:49
I got some guys with a shampoo-vacuum industrial machine doing it very professionally and quickly for our previous place. It was just a random advertisement from gulf news.
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Latest post on 07 March 2014 - 21:24
I have that sometimes with iPhone/iPad, if I reset the wireless networks from settings and add the network again, it works well.
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Latest post on 07 March 2014 - 21:19
If you signed it and there is no contradiction with the labour contract, it is valid. If you signed. The training is not necessarily a sit down formal class, it could be a day-to-day on the job learning, that for sure you got. Your colleagues and boss spent extra time to explain things to you and respond your questions, their time is money. You may have made some mistakes here and there, and was slow at first, that also costs money to the company. It is also not very professional neither fair to leave a job after a few months unless it is a real disappointment. Also may not reflect well on your cv, that you change your mind that often. It is frustrating to the employer that certain staff is leaving if a few hundred dirhams more is offered elsewhere, after they spent all this time with patiently guiding you in the job. And believe me, there are girls who are switching for just a few hundred, not considering anything else. I get your point but if I want to leave and it's legal, then I will leave. Is there anything in uae law that says companies can't take training fees? I think the company is trying to pull back the visa charge but calling it a different name. It is legal to make you pay for training fee if you leave before an agreed time. Not just here, internationally. Even big companies. Like emirates pilots pay a fortune if they leave early after being trained by emirates. Same for nail technicians. Any jobs.
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Latest post on 07 March 2014 - 21:15
Life pharmacies are 24 hours and do home delivery any time.
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Latest post on 07 March 2014 - 21:09
I'm on an unlimited contract. I've got one year to go before my contract ends ??? Unlimited contract does not end. It is unlimited.
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Latest post on 07 March 2014 - 21:07
If you signed it and there is no contradiction with the labour contract, it is valid. If you signed. The training is not necessarily a sit down formal class, it could be a day-to-day on the job learning, that for sure you got. Your colleagues and boss spent extra time to explain things to you and respond your questions, their time is money. You may have made some mistakes here and there, and was slow at first, that also costs money to the company. It is also not very professional neither fair to leave a job after a few months unless it is a real disappointment. Also may not reflect well on your cv, that you change your mind that often. It is frustrating to the employer that certain staff is leaving if a few hundred dirhams more is offered elsewhere, after they spent all this time with patiently guiding you in the job. And believe me, there are girls who are switching for just a few hundred, not considering anything else.
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Latest post on 05 March 2014 - 08:19
A few -yes. But so many?
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Latest post on 05 March 2014 - 08:15
They should have given you a list of clinics in their network. Email them, they will send it. The insurance company or the insurance broker. Or the hr admin of your employer.
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Latest post on 04 March 2014 - 23:25
This still puzzles me - if it is not legal to sponsor someone who does not work for you, how is it possible that people are doing it? Do not they know the law of the UAE?
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Latest post on 04 March 2014 - 23:17
I am about to buy 5 new tyres in the next few days. If you need my old ones let me know, so I do not leave them there. Mojey150 at gmail.
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Latest post on 28 February 2014 - 09:15
It is legal. Agree with basil on every point, except labour card fees are closer to 2000, but may be depending on case. Anyways, that's paid by the company.
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Latest post on 28 February 2014 - 09:11
Also if you have iPhone you can use the free app called Waze, it is an awesome good gps.
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Latest post on 28 February 2014 - 00:15
What's the procedure? TIA No registration or payment procedure is very simple http://dnrd.ae/en/Services/Pages/Smartgate.aspx The link you have shared does not seem to explain how to register. It only tells how registered users can use it. Am I missing something?
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Latest post on 25 February 2014 - 23:09
my current employer is pretty awesome in terms of giving me a 25% increase right after they found out about my divorce In case you have a colleague at work in similar position, equally hard worker as you, who now earns 20% less than you just because she is not divorced.... Can you imagine how badly she feels? How unjust and demotivating this is towards her?
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Latest post on 25 February 2014 - 21:06
I believe every electronics shop like sharaf dg etc would have the boxed version. Also the computer shops in computer plaza bur dubai. I would even try virgin megastore if closeby. I have actually seen it the other day at airport duty free laptop section.
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Latest post on 25 February 2014 - 21:06
I believe every electronics shop like sharaf dg etc would have the boxed version. Also the computer shops in computer plaza bur dubai. I would even try virgin megastore if closeby. I have actually seen it the other day at airport duty free laptop section.
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Latest post on 25 February 2014 - 20:59
Computer plaza in bur dubai.
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Latest post on 25 February 2014 - 20:27
What are employers thinking? Employers think that the salary they pay should be proportional to the knowledge, efficiency and performance of the person. They do not think that they should reward an employee more just because she decided to have children, compared to an other who does not. Having a children will not make the first one perform either better or worse ( actually, sometimes will be worse....), hence she will not produce more, hence nothing justifies spending more on her. This is the competition you face: there are similarly capable candidates who do not have children and happy to live in a one bedroom only. The employer will think that it is better business for them to select these candidates. This is what employers are thinking. And what I think is that no one forces you to live here. If your home country provides you better savings, or any other country does, and if that is primary importance to you, there are many flights every day... <em>edited by dentro on 25/02/2014</em>
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Latest post on 23 February 2014 - 02:19
I have just renewed my registration. You need: - new insurance - money for fines and fees - old registration card - your car in good condition - nothing else For insurance you need: - phone call to old insurer - credit card number - email address <em>edited by dentro on 23/02/2014</em>
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Latest post on 23 February 2014 - 02:14
It will be 800-1200. If you can wait, then better if you visit the hairdresser in your home country, you will not find full head long hair highlights and cut here for 400.
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Latest post on 17 February 2014 - 00:01
6.5 years In a hotel apartment, wow. May I ask what keeps you there? What advantage could it have for such a long term?
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Latest post on 16 February 2014 - 23:51
Any wood will do, with smooth enough surface. Ask advice in ace.
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Latest post on 16 February 2014 - 23:48
This idea is bad on so many levels... Reflective fabric... Does not exist.... Lightweight fabric.... Take 828 meters length of anything, won't be lightweight.... Supported by the mast.... Cannot... It is not engineered for this extra weight Support seems to be a large circular frame, large enough to fit the tower base in it.... Such a large structure is... Very heavy.... How can they call this person a "think tank"? What defines a "think tank"? OMG....
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Latest post on 16 February 2014 - 23:41
I believe any standard latches, metal or plastic, would do. Or even a chain from the wall, similar to that of on entrance doors in some other countries.
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Latest post on 16 February 2014 - 23:34
I have no school aged kids hence no experience with this, but I read your posts horrified - schools these days tell parents what to feed their children and fine them if not? I believe this would be really bad. It is giving up freedom and not only submitting our children to some kind of unconditional full obedience training that schools these days offer behind their prison-safe doors and fences, but even letting schools dictate what to feed them. I had a few years when I was a child when I had some ... These days you would call it disorder... Those days it was just "too picky with food". My parents tried their best. Sandwiches, fruits, veggies, yoghurt, cheese, milk, fruit juice.... Talking to me, nicely, harshly, every way. I brought back home everything, almost untouched. I opened them, but always felt a strange smell or strange taste, that I could not stand to eat. I could not eat anything but chocobiscuits. No joke. For about 2 years, I refused to eat anything at school but chocobiscuits. I ate proper breakfast and dinner at home, so my parents were not very concerned, and it eventually passed and I turned out to be a normal sized kid with normal brain activity. I am just so glad that the school did not try to tell my parents that they were bad in parenting and penalize them for giving me chocobuiscuits for two years or to take away my beloved chocobiscuits and force me to eat "healthy way". ( once the teacher tried, I was crying hysterically all day. I still remember, big drama.).
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Latest post on 14 February 2014 - 09:05
Also, forget about taking gym cloths or swimming suits, the facilities in hotels are men only!! That goes for every hotel, even in al fasaliah...
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Latest post on 14 February 2014 - 09:03
You only need an abaya, no need to cover the head. Buy a cheap one, what's the point of spending money or time on it. You just need it to wear on the street and public places, but you will probably not go to many places especially if you are alone. Buy a "big shirt" type rather than the ones that open on the front, so you do not need to worry about wind blowing it open. Make sure the length is ok, I tripped over in mine various times, painful. If you are not used to it, it is a hassle.
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Latest post on 14 February 2014 - 08:49
There is nothing scary or intimidating. You just felt like that because you are used to hear bad stories of police in your previous country or other places and did not know how they are here. I only had very positive experience with dubai police and have been here for 10+ years. They are very helpful, just, unbiased, practical thinking. I discussed it many times with various friends and I could vote that public appreciation of dubai police is the highest amongst all countries. I even had friends who ended up detained and even they said police was treating them as well as possible.
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Latest post on 14 February 2014 - 08:28
Take it to "computer plaza" in bur dubai, at al Fahidi metro station, next to spinneys. It is full of little computer shops, a paradise.
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Latest post on 08 February 2014 - 19:48
If I really could not live without Swarovski crystals in my hair, I would try the Swarovski shop in dubai mall.
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Latest post on 31 January 2014 - 00:19
Hi Nandita. Not sure what is your problem really... You want to quit your job. Do it. You do not want other job, you want to be on husbands visa. Do it. But even if you wanted to work, your ex employer would give you NOC to lift the work ban (if any). So you can have an other job. So what is the problem? <em>edited by dentro on 31/01/2014</em>
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Latest post on 28 January 2014 - 00:08
Kavsmum, you are way too negative... I regularly deliver stuff for people, and it is a really good feeling to make them happy with such a simple thing. Celvetica, I will follow the Facebook group, hope they they list current needs there. I fly quite often ( although never Klm or air France) <em>edited by dentro on 28/01/2014</em>
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Latest post on 01 January 2014 - 22:06
Dubai, the City of Greed
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Latest post on 01 January 2014 - 22:03
Thanks oopsie for the response, I checked the website, but unfortunately my aim is not to "cook myself", but the opposite, "not to cook myself"! Hehe.
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Latest post on 28 December 2013 - 23:04
Ok, so if no agencies then I will try to advertise. Admin, can I place an ad to classifieds or is it also the "part time hence illegal" category? I would assume this must be similar as gardeners, they are also only come once or twice a week, yet not illegal, correct?
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Latest post on 23 December 2013 - 23:21
Buy pots, soil, seeds, plant them as per instructions on the sachet of the seeds, water them, wait, harvest.... Good luck.
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Latest post on 23 December 2013 - 23:16
I had several friends asking mol to help, all of them won who had fair requests (unpaid salary, unpaid gratuity). Mol is very helpful and fair.
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Latest post on 23 December 2013 - 23:10
I never tried treating migraine with hair straightening! Can you recommend a hairdresser who takes emergency calls, in case my migraine attacks again?
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Latest post on 23 December 2013 - 22:59
Their receptionists are quite ... Frustrating.... I called them about two weeks ago: - Hi, my name is dentro, can I book a massage, is it possible today at 6pm? - No, we are fully booked. - I see, when would it then be available, any days this week, around 6 pm or 7? - Mam, can you come today at 6pm? That is next availability. -ehh...uhhh...yes, I guess so. You mean today? At 6? - yes.
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Latest post on 23 December 2013 - 22:39
(who actually still uses soap these days?). Uhmmmm... I am! I have been all my life. I do not like shower gel, never liked it. My favorite soap is l'occitane verbena Shea butter soap, but also love snowcake by lush (seasonal product) or the fig soap by lush. I lost quite some weight and everyone was amazed how firm my skin is considering how saggy it should be with all that weight loss and I am not young any more! Many, including my doctor and skin therapists agree that it is probably due to the fact of using soap, hence "massaging" and exfoliating my skin harder over the years than those who use shower gel!
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Latest post on 23 December 2013 - 22:28
I would DEFINITELY do nothing and let the mail service return it to sender! Hopefully it will not arrive back before May, so she will understand that it was a silly idea. Unless you want the same story again next year! Next year you could open a paypal donation account for them!
 
 
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