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Latest post on 29 September 2013 - 11:48
I think you will find other campers out by Fossil Rock, but expect it to be busy over Eid. If you are looking for beach then people say to just drive along the coast roads in Fujairah and you find places... But absolutely no experience I'm afraid .
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Latest post on 29 September 2013 - 11:31
Only 86 more days to go, hohoho!
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Latest post on 29 September 2013 - 11:29
We are in a similar spot.... But purchased a tent, beds etc about 18 months ago ! Just on the look out for somebody to hold our hands.... Can't be that difficult surely..... But I can imagine there are alot of things a newbie would take for granted :-) Not sure aout rental....In the Family Entertainer Bedouin Oasis do a 2 for 1 camping trip, but not used them so cant comment. Also if you are looking at going over Eid you couldnt use vouchers anyway. We got some lights from Decathlon along with a tent, blow ups, sleeping bags, table etc. As for a loo, guess you find a bush and take a shovel! Adventure HQ in times square sell camping toilets not sure exactly how you rid the waste though... Hope you have fun..
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Latest post on 28 September 2013 - 18:00
I was advised by KHDA that the school needed to make the application for exemption. We had a psyche report advising that it would be beneficial for our dd to be authorised exemption. Do you have any supporting documents from a clinical point?
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Latest post on 27 September 2013 - 17:38
Hope you have had a great day :-)
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Latest post on 27 September 2013 - 15:01
I would try Horseworld first, then Emirata https://www.facebook.com/pages/Horseworld-UAE/113847315341612?fref=ts they are closed on Fridays. or https://www.facebook.com/groups/493408060725943/ <em>edited by emlsnre on 27/09/2013</em>
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Latest post on 27 September 2013 - 14:50
Depends what you are looking for.... Decathlon, Horseworld at the Heritage place near Meydan, Emirata next to Shangrila on SZR..
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Latest post on 27 September 2013 - 14:38
I am not sure there is a specialist here so much, people who do some tests.... We used Advanced Hearing and Balance Centre. The CAPD test took 40 mins. Having researched we knew that comprehensive testing takes 3 to 4 hours. However, they were very good and there were flags raised. This led us to having a proper assessment at Great Ormond Street in London over the summer. I think SheGo has used somebody else, trying to recall but think it may have been somebody at Medcare, will let her know you have posted. We also saw somebody at American Hospital but they referred us to the AHBC. Happy to chat if you leave your contact.
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Latest post on 27 September 2013 - 14:25
Just the way it goes I guess, our first 2 years weren't as bad but still I would say a fairly even split, but the ratio for us changed a lot last year.
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Latest post on 27 September 2013 - 13:06
I must admit that I ahven't really thought about it too hard but I always just assumed that clubbing attire was pretty normal for the school run in a lot of schools. This thread suggests otherwise, anyone got any idea why it's so popular at my children's school? And I thought the maids did the walking to and from school gates there!! Maybe you are targeting the wrong audience!! Lol Your kids obviously don't go there and clearly feeding into the rumour mill. FYI, yes there are some maid dropping kids off but the vast majority are mums and dads. All luck of the draw, I could count on one hand the parents I actaully met from last years class, the rest were all maids or drivers :-(
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Latest post on 26 September 2013 - 19:49
Can I have a P please Bob? :-)
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Latest post on 26 September 2013 - 17:31
Off topic sorry OP, but has there already been a switch in Headmasters at Foremarke? From... to ? I thought it was a Mr P but see now it is Mr A who used to be the Head of Primary at R...
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Latest post on 26 September 2013 - 16:25
Off topic sorry OP, but has there already been a switch in Headmasters at Foremarke?
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Latest post on 25 September 2013 - 20:49
The body in its natural form is nothing to be ashamed of..... and if you are of the mindset that wearing sheer clothes so that underwear is visible (if it is being worn) is ok then that is great, but I am fairly certain that the majority of people would not find this appropriate in a school environment. If a woman wears no bra and a low cut top that lets all swing free if she leans over, again great.... But not in a school environment. I am sure the boys at school and possibly some staff will really appreciate it, but IMO it is not appropriate. Maybe I have just lead a very sheltered life :-) Personally I dont have a problem with gym stuff, but understand that for some seeing naked midriff and alot of skin may offend... Sorry i just keep thinking of Bridget Jones and her big knickers and the joke about men.......lol Its interesting to see the varying views.... I wonder if we are from the same country/region/upbringing...?
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Latest post on 25 September 2013 - 20:42
First the (belated) uproar over Robin Thicke and now this. Will EW next demand civilized road manners on SZR at rush hour? Thats just crazy :-)
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Latest post on 25 September 2013 - 20:40
The body in its natural form is nothing to be ashamed of..... and if you are of the mindset that wearing sheer clothes so that underwear is visible (if it is being worn) is ok then that is great, but I am fairly certain that the majority of people would not find this appropriate in a school environment. If a woman wears no bra and a low cut top that lets all swing free if she leans over, again great.... But not in a school environment. I am sure the boys at school and possibly some staff will really appreciate it, but IMO it is not appropriate. Maybe I have just lead a very sheltered life :-) Personally I dont have a problem with gym stuff, but understand that for some seeing naked midriff and alot of skin may offend...
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Latest post on 25 September 2013 - 20:16
Yes Daza, you and Irooni are talking about the same school. Same one as the 8" breakdancing lady :-).
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Latest post on 25 September 2013 - 20:09
Yes there are plenty of fixed ones too.... Wobbly or fixed either is great, but I don't understand why some people feel it OK to have them exposed so fully in front of children, save it for the club! Maybe it is just the novelty of being able to wear such skimpy clothing as the weather is warmer than their home countries.
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Latest post on 25 September 2013 - 19:59
I don't think it is about what women should or shouldn't do.... I am not muslim, or a man.... But I don't want to see big wobbly boobs out on full display with skirts/shorts that show what you have had for lunch (sorry)! Let alone my child to see it, it is not OK. It is about having some self respect and a little respect for those around us. In the same way I wouldn't want my child to be around adults who have a potty mouth.... The school we were at asked for parents to dress respectfully, this was largely due not to those who wear vest tops or skirts just on the knee but because of those as Daza said got lost on their way to Nasimi..... It is not appropriate.
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Latest post on 25 September 2013 - 16:30
@Simpleasabc you are not alone.... I think it is only appropriate that parents are asked to dress respectfully whilst in the presence of children, i.e no boobs or *ss hanging out..... and respectful to the culture by covering our shoulder and knees, I have no problem with this. Thankfully I am subjected to the scene as Irooni mentioned any longer :-) In the presence of adults also Emlsnre. I don't want to be subjected to it thank you very much I am quite concerned about the amount of teenage girls I see here ( With Mum) wearing the briefest of shorts. There was a young girl in T&T last week and she bent down revealing far too much. Save it for Maluf No quite right, but watching some women breakdance their way through the car park in their 8" stilettos still makes me cry :-) OMG really Yes really, well they may be have 7".... I haven't laughed so much in ages and she did make me cry... Bless. Have you seen that clip of the woman trying to walk in a car park on You Tube I think.... She knows people are watching her, not so sure she realised they were filming.... I wish I had captured it, it was so much funnier.... But there I am sure she felt great. ETA. http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=25igIkVZLDg&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D25igIkVZLDg But add to the fact that the car park was uneven it was much worse... <em>edited by emlsnre on 25/09/2013</em>
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Latest post on 25 September 2013 - 16:02
@Simpleasabc you are not alone.... I think it is only appropriate that parents are asked to dress respectfully whilst in the presence of children, i.e no boobs or *ss hanging out..... and respectful to the culture by covering our shoulder and knees, I have no problem with this. Thankfully I am subjected to the scene as Irooni mentioned any longer :-) In the presence of adults also Emlsnre. I don't want to be subjected to it thank you very much I am quite concerned about the amount of teenage girls I see here ( With Mum) wearing the briefest of shorts. There was a young girl in T&T last week and she bent down revealing far too much. Save it for Maluf No quite right, but watching some women breakdance their way through the car park in their 8" stilettos still makes me cry :-)
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Latest post on 25 September 2013 - 15:47
@Simpleasabc you are not alone.... I think it is only appropriate that parents are asked to dress respectfully whilst in the presence of children, i.e no boobs or *ss hanging out..... and respectful to the culture by covering our shoulder and knees, I have no problem with this. Thankfully I am NOT subjected to the scene as Irooni mentioned any longer :-) <em>edited by emlsnre on 25/09/2013</em>
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Latest post on 24 September 2013 - 19:54
So long as you have proof that payment is available to him and you have written proof of telling him such just ignore him. The contract will automatically renew and if he wants the money he can go to RC and explain to them and they will tell him he is wrong and he has a choice then to either get real or he can log the case.
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Latest post on 23 September 2013 - 15:14
Sevenseconds please don't be too quick to think this, that or the other, far too many children are over diagnosed IMHO with all these sorts of issues when if fact they are just being children. The teacher can have a profound effect on the way a child performs and behaves in class. I have seen this over the years with my own children and dread each new year as to who we get, many teachers are very very average or at best dull. They plod through the curriculum and couldn't inspire a lettuce leaf let alone a bright 6 year old. Rather than having a problem it sounds from what you describe that your child may well be very bright (often confused by those who don't appreciate) and to be honest could just be bored stiff and not willing to conform to the monotonous boredom and slow pace of school. Great for her, this should be enhanced not squashed. I would be looking at having her iq tested and finding a school that appreciates and nurtures her rather than keeping in one that will destroy her. if you can look at foremarke school, the classes are very small and academically she will be challenged. I agree. My son has had notes passed from one year to the next and the new brilliant teacher couldn't believe it was the same child they were referring to. A lot of teachers like to pigeon hole kids and when they can't they call in the parents. Sometimes it can just be that the teacher needs to tweak his/her classroom management skills. Sit the child closer, maintain eye contact etc. sometimes you get a wishy washy teacher and they are useless and your child doesn't respond, just like adults! Eye Q omega fish oil supplements are fine and we gave them to our kids for a couple of years. There is nothing dangerous about them. Try and see Bakti at Dubai community health centre. I think Bakti is also now at The Developing Child Centre..
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Latest post on 23 September 2013 - 12:40
Surely you must be able to find something for that budget..... Starting to get really worried....
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Latest post on 23 September 2013 - 11:27
I completely agree with Lolacat. We have had very similar problems, our dd excelled out of school but was significantly different at school. Her self esteem was very low, several professionals advised us to look at her learning environment. We have finally been able to move schools and she is like a different child, happy, loving learning and smiling again! It is still early days into the term, maybe your dd just needs a little longer to settle. Maybe have a relook after half term.
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Latest post on 23 September 2013 - 10:06
Who suspects ADD/ADHD? You and the teacher, just you orjust the teacher?
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Latest post on 23 September 2013 - 06:17
Have a look at Andy Dalziell, he isn't based here but visits every 6 weeks.
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Latest post on 22 September 2013 - 12:02
Whats the beach like there?
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Latest post on 19 September 2013 - 20:03
They are in the same building as West Zone Supermarket Karama, they are called Mankool Clinic. I drive down through Oud Metha and turn left into Zabeel Road, you see the Fire Station on your right and then the supermarket. You can drive around the back and there is underground parking.
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Latest post on 19 September 2013 - 19:43
Me too and I really am a pathetic wreck!
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Latest post on 19 September 2013 - 19:02
All been getting their knickers in order, ready for Mr Jones tonight...lol.
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Latest post on 19 September 2013 - 18:41
Dr Rana Batterjee at American Hospital was very nice and thorough, she wasn't able to do the required tests for us but put us in contact with Sarah Darwish at the Advanced Hearing and Balance Centre. Again, she was very good.
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Latest post on 19 September 2013 - 12:50
OK, thisis my take on it based on what we have read and the personal experience ourselves and the LL have had with the RC. Firstly the article in The National, whilst she states some of the law she does not include the wording "upon expiry of contract the LL can serve eviction" In the link for landlords it is open to interpretation. We had firstly understood this to mean that our LL could give us 90 days notice to not renew. So our lease expired in June, and in March we were expecting notice to leave in June. However, both ourselves and LL were told quite clearly that the 90 days notice meant that if the LL was not intending to renew our renewable contract he had to advise as such with 90 days. At the end of our lease he then issued a new contract along with a 12 month eviction notice stating the reason for the eviction. The above is based on first hand experience, not hearsay or newspaper articles. It is all clear as mud, hence why the best thing is to go along to speak to them with your own personal situation. I don't understand your comment on the article about serving notice on eviction. This sentence does not appear in the tenancy law, so why should it be in the article? I think you may be confusing two separate issues. One is the 90 day notice that a landlord must give if he wishes to change the terms of your contract,so to put the rent up for example, there is a 90 day notice period. Your landlord cannot ever give you 90 days notice to vacate the property. He could however give you 90 days notice that the terms of your contract will be changed on renewal, so for example, he could change your contract from renewable to non- renewable, provided he gives 90 days notice. Your experience is exactly what I would expect, but it does not prove that what I have said is incorrect, namely that the 12 month notice can be given at any time. And for the final time the notice does NOT have to be served by Notary Public All these points can be checked if you refer to Law No 33 of 2008. I know you dont understand what I am saying but don't know how else to explain it. You have quoted the Law 33, In point 2 it states that the LL can demand eviction at the EXPIRY of the contract. I think HereComesTheSun understands what I am saying and what the law is stating. I don't know how to make that point any clearer, sorry. So it is VERY clear in the tenancy law, hence why I think the article should have made note of that point. I am very clear on the 90 day rule but I think Pepito was under the impression they could give 90 days notice to get tenants out, this is not the case.
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Latest post on 19 September 2013 - 08:31
OK, thisis my take on it based on what we have read and the personal experience ourselves and the LL have had with the RC. Firstly the article in The National, whilst she states some of the law she does not include the wording "upon expiry of contract the LL can serve eviction" In the link for landlords it is open to interpretation. We had firstly understood this to mean that our LL could give us 90 days notice to not renew. So our lease expired in June, and in March we were expecting notice to leave in June. However, both ourselves and LL were told quite clearly that the 90 days notice meant that if the LL was not intending to renew our renewable contract he had to advise as such with 90 days. At the end of our lease he then issued a new contract along with a 12 month eviction notice stating the reason for the eviction. The above is based on first hand experience, not hearsay or newspaper articles. It is all clear as mud, hence why the best thing is to go along to speak to them with your own personal situation.
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Latest post on 18 September 2013 - 22:03
It does state in point 2, that LL may demand eviction upon expiry of tenancy contract. I have stated at the end of the current contract as this is what the Rent Committee advised us and our Landlord when we were in the throws of sorting it all out. We were expecting to get the notice in March but then they said he couldn't do it until the end of the current contract as we had the right to a renewable 12 month contract from the end of the current one. <em>edited by emlsnre on 18/09/2013</em>
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Latest post on 18 September 2013 - 20:56
We had a similar problem where LL was selling and buyers were asking where we were moving to. We explained we weren't going anywhere, LL's and Agents can be very sparing with the truth to buyers. Obviously we had read news articles about tenants rights, spoken to RERA and the rent committee, and also had become familiar with the law that QueenL mentions. Us too! How can buyers be so NAIVE? I know, but it is easy to believe what an Agent is telling you, they are meant to know the law. Sadly there are some very deceitful people out there, who are happy to take the money and let others deal with the fall out...
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Latest post on 18 September 2013 - 20:39
Hi, May I please add a question to this thread? If I am buying a tenanted property, but I want to leave in that property, do I have to give the current tenants 12months notice? or 90days notices? Thank you 12 months notice from the end of their current contract, unless you come to an agreeable solution, i.e compensate them for leaving early. 3 month or 90 days is the notic you are required to give for any amendments to the contract, i.e number of cheques, rent amount. Thank you Can you please tell me where you got this information from, someone told me a three months notice is legal, this is not the landlord selling, but the buyer so new landlord buying to live in the flat/villa, surely the buyer does not have to wait 12month for a tenant that was already there, so that he can move into the property he just bought?
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Latest post on 18 September 2013 - 20:37
We had a similar problem where LL was selling and buyers were asking where we were moving to. We explained we weren't going anywhere, LL's and Agents can be very sparing with the truth to buyers. Obviously we had read news articles about tenants rights, spoken to RERA and the rent committee, and also had become familiar with the law that QueenL mentions.
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Latest post on 18 September 2013 - 17:22
Me too..
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Latest post on 18 September 2013 - 17:21
Hi, May I please add a question to this thread? If I am buying a tenanted property, but I want to leave in that property, do I have to give the current tenants 12months notice? or 90days notices? Thank you 12 months notice from the end of their current contract, unless you come to an agreeable solution, i.e compensate them for leaving early.
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Latest post on 18 September 2013 - 07:19
If the LL told you he wanted to sell then it was at that point you should have ensured all your ducks were lined up. You didnt have to sign a non renewable lease without the correct notice. My understanding is that the landlord told you he wants to sell and gave you a non renewable lease to sign, which you did X months ago. I don't think that X months on you can now say actually you have to give us an eviction notice. That ship has sailed and should have been done at the time you signed the lease. So either way you have 12 months notice, but because you agreed to the non renewable without the eviction notice you do not have the fall back if he doecides not to sell and rents. Maybe check the contract, does he state in there why he has changed it to a non renewable lease? If you go to the Rent Comittee let us know how you get on would be interested, but my bet is that you cannot retrospectively now demand an eviction notice. Good luck.
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Latest post on 17 September 2013 - 15:23
If they give you 90 days notice to change in contract and you agree then yes. But you don't have to agree. It is a slippery way around being able to turf you out and re rent. If you are worried aout them pulling a fast one then insist on 12 month eviction notice, at least then they will have to specify the reason. If they then state they are selling and don't you have some recourse through the courts.
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Latest post on 17 September 2013 - 12:58
I dont think you can do anything as you agreed to the non renewable contract. Had you insisted on renewing then he could have given you the 12 month eviction notice, where you are somewhat protected as LL's are required to state the reason for eviction. With a non renewable contract they are not required to hence can re rent, sell, move in etc.
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Latest post on 16 September 2013 - 07:13
I picked up a chicken at DSO, checked the date as had already been caught out before. 3 days out of date, so I got somebody to show them. He appeared to take it out back but then a minute later after I had moved on went back to the place. Not sure but looked like he put something back. It is frustrating not only because the produce is expensive but also the safety, so thanks for that link Purple. I have to say though that the Manager at DSO is very good and had he been there I think he would have been very sorry.
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Latest post on 15 September 2013 - 11:24
I would give crate training a go. I wasn't sure to start with, felt a bit mean. But my fella sleeps in there even when we are home now, it is his place. When we go out he puts himself in there automatically. We don't use it for long periods, but for school pickups, a but of shopping etc, never more than 3 hours. When we go out for a day trip or a night out I do get somebody in to dog sit... I have two dogs, the one crate trained we did as he damaged his back, so can't have the run of the house unsupervised.
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Latest post on 12 September 2013 - 13:41
http://www.expatwoman.com/forum/topic208328-international-school-review-website.aspx I posted back in June about it, I was interested whether it was worth subscribing..
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Latest post on 12 September 2013 - 13:32
Internationalschoolreview.com. But you have to pay for membership, teachers review schools they have worked in. Not what you are looking for though...
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Latest post on 12 September 2013 - 13:01
So long as your current contract does not specifically contain the words NON RENEWABLE then he has to give you 12 months notice from December, so you are OK until Dec 2014. We have been in our place 3 years and got notice this time round.
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Latest post on 11 September 2013 - 11:23
Are you calling the one ending 1662?