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Latest post on 12 July 2012 - 07:32
i recently contacted al hamra re buying a property and asked various questions, one of which is the annual maintenance fee - they quoted 10/- aed per square foot, doés anyone know if that is correct. this means on a town house with sq footage of 2770 sq ft. you are paying 27,000 dirhams a year. surly this cant be correct, does anyone know if this is so as, thats way over the top..
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Latest post on 09 July 2012 - 18:37
wasnt quite sure how to describe it, it looks like a baked cake but it is raw and no cooking is involved. a raw carrot cake. with a topping made of cashew nut which is made to resemble a cream topping - it is - oatmeal, hazelnuts, dates, carrots, vanilla, cinnamon, cardamom, (raisins). all cut and then blended in a food processor. adding raisins in at the end. put in a pie dish and pat down level and leave to stand in fridge. cream - chop cashews very finely in hand blender, add orange juice and honey. stir till thick and creamy. just before serving top with the cashew cream garnish with orange zest. delicious. its from a book called the art of raw food. <em>edited by fairwater on 09/07/2012</em>
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Latest post on 09 July 2012 - 18:10
i love bobbi brown as her make suits all colour skins which is fantastic and i know i can pick almost anything and it will suit my skin tone, i have yet to be disappointed and the make up goes on with such ease, i do like the loose powder too. i just cant get on with the mineral make ups as they seem a lot harder to apply properly. i like to slap it on and go :)
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Latest post on 09 July 2012 - 17:08
raining in garhoud
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Latest post on 09 July 2012 - 17:07
romance i like pink bubbly - dont mind which but yellow tail is lovely and also moet pink. for a cheers any chilled cold white.
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Latest post on 09 July 2012 - 17:04
i use no. 7 the serum and day cream, eye cream and it works perfectly for me and it has 15 factor too. no spots etc. if you can stretch the pennies then i would recommend elemis - i use there marine cream at nights its wonderful - other wise i just stick to no.7 day cream for night time and i use elemis cream cleanser and toner daily. when i want to wash my face i use soap and glory from boots, the fab hot cloth cleanser it comes with a muslin cloth, its just like liz earles cleanse and polish.
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Latest post on 09 July 2012 - 16:52
it does say on the vouchers that they are not valid with any other offers unless specified, so presume that means you cant us both the vino and the meal vouchers at the same time. we used to be able to use them about 2 years ago but now they refer to the voucher and say cant use both.
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Latest post on 09 July 2012 - 16:47
wow the sky is black in garhoud and the clouds are black and look ominous.
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Latest post on 06 July 2012 - 21:08
i always go to dubai london clinic festival centre branch.
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Latest post on 06 July 2012 - 09:47
Lean95 doesnt have different flavors: check out the website http://lean95.com/ this is available in dubai mall organic shop and is the best rpoduct and most healthy on the market today.
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Latest post on 06 July 2012 - 09:44
I have the cinnamon one and I have to add some vanilla powder to it and hold my nose and just down it in one go. These comments are from my son who him and his wife and many people he knows who take lean95: Just a question, are you taking the Lean95 from the organic shop in Dubai mall? As there isnt any different flavors? The all natural vegan drink from wellness brothers, there is only one flavor. It is green in clolour costs 250AED. Well worth the money. It all depends on how much you care for your health. Is your health the most important thing in your life? Do you want to prevent heart problems high blood pressure diabetes etc? Lean95 is a great drink. It has only 95 cals per drink and is full of natural products that keep you full for longer. It has spirulina, maca powder, cocoa, and much more. The drink its self can replace 1 or 2 meals a day depending on your goals. And has to be drank with at least 500mls of water. You will never lose weight if you have an unhealthy diet around this drink. And you have to do exercise. There is no quick fix diet to lose weight. Pre-prepare meals for the day the night before. Take them with you to work or whereever you go. Inbetween your 3 main healthy meals snack on a handfull of almonds. Minimize fruit to 1-2 a day and take Lean95 as a meal replacement for one of your meals. Finally drink at least 2litres of water a day minimum; along with exercising 3-4 days a week as a minimum. Lean95 taste fine, make it with homemade almond milk(easy to make) or cold green tea or homemade lemon water. Your body will love the goodness in side this drink. Most important: be consistant/ eat healthy/ be active(burn more calories than you put in) Have a great day and good luck with all your weight loss.
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Latest post on 05 July 2012 - 16:50
i am drinking lean 95 and the taste is not so bad. i have mine to replace breakfast as i struggle to eat first thing in the morning, so this suits me fine. i mix mine with 500mls of cold water plus noni berry juice and a splash of cranberry - its fine. i quite like it.
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Latest post on 24 June 2012 - 13:38
i mix sugar or coarse salt with any body lotion hanging around, or to vegetable oil or olive oil or shower gel or mayonaise or honey or what evers in the fridge or shelf. u can also use coarse oats as a scrub too instead of sugar or salt. all seem to work fine u can even grind up coarsly some left over pineapple skin after peeling, that seems to do the trick too. i have also used papaya skin inside bit, rubbed all over and left on for 10 mins as an exfoliant too.
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Latest post on 24 June 2012 - 13:32
in our apt. we have all white and cream and things dont tend to get dirty that quickly - we dont have children. we do have washable and dry cleanable things so that helps.
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Latest post on 24 June 2012 - 13:28
I moved here last September and being a fair soul, who would complain if it went over 20degs in the UK I was worried! However now, I'm absolutely fine, I acclimatised pretty quickly I don't have the a/c on all the time in the house now, and if its lower than 25 I'm cold! More concerned now that I'm going to freeze when i return to the UK on Friday! i recently returned from uk, wales and i was freezing the whole time, i definitly went with the wrong ( summer ) clothes, i wished i had packed my boots, padded jacket and long sleeved things. but you may be luckier with the weather than i was. i took around 2 summers to find it okay and i never go away for the summer, i dont feel the need to. <em>edited by fairwater on 24/06/2012</em>
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Latest post on 24 June 2012 - 13:23
lose weight and become healthier. edit and publish my 2 books which i have dragged my feet over these past few years. exercise more. put into practise the secret. start to read books a bit more than i do now and watch less tv.
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Latest post on 24 June 2012 - 13:13
promod is quite good. i am a size 16 and their xlarge and size 16s fit, depending on style and material. i do find on the whole clothes are more expensive than the uk and sizing in some stores leaves a lot to be desired, next tends to be awkward sizes. new look can be alright and so can h and m. again depends on material and style for fit. dream girl are pretty awful, i wouldnt go back, they take too long to do things and the clothes are badly made. <em>edited by fairwater on 24/06/2012</em>
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Latest post on 24 June 2012 - 11:10
am sitting on sofa with junk on tv, dogs laying by my side and a horrible sore throat.
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Latest post on 24 June 2012 - 11:07
what breed of dog are they. yorkies are supposed to be notorious for toilet training. they have small bladders too and can hold themselves for so long. its a pain and ours do it if we dont put them out every half hour or hour. when we go out we shut ours in kitchen with their blankets - it seems to have done the trick. we havent replaced sofas yet, but ours too chew things even tho they have lots of toys and attention.
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Latest post on 24 June 2012 - 10:59
came to rak to stay at apartment for weekend with dogs, too hot and humid to walk them so lazed around all weekend, we did watch wales and australia at 9am at the golf club on saturday. going back to dubai later this afternoon to plenty of clothes washing and house cleaning.
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Latest post on 19 June 2012 - 08:54
holland and barrett. u can make your own easily with aroma oils and carrier oil. also try locitanne decleor molten brown
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Latest post on 18 June 2012 - 18:03
where would you place a money frog/toad, thanks.
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Latest post on 09 June 2012 - 11:27
light blue d&g clineque happy cool water <em>edited by fairwater on 09/06/2012</em>
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Latest post on 09 June 2012 - 11:26
Il Rustico (it's still called that lol) in Rydges Plaza has always been my favourite. Lovely food, great atmosphere, very laid back. It's still really lovely what about al fresco crowne plaza szroad. or the one in the j w marriott cucina, or vivaldi sheraton on the creek.
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Latest post on 09 June 2012 - 11:18
seems that after reading that they had been given licence to fly to the uk, they are not. they are only flying routes 4 half hours long. i am sooooo disappointed, i would love to have flown straight to my home town of cardiff one way from dubai and i know that my family would love the convenience of that too. shame. heard nothing re rak airways who were also granted a licence.
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Latest post on 09 June 2012 - 11:13
loreal telescopic is fantastic its got a narrow brush that is easy to control coverage.
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Latest post on 09 June 2012 - 11:11
DH thinks about 1300sq ft. Our kitchen is huge as well as our bedroom which also fits our office Services are excellent. The air con was blocked inn the ceiling of the kitchen the other day so when I came home water was dripping down and floor was all wet, rang them immediately and someone was there to fix it in 5 mins. always very clean and security knows everyone so very safe. If you have LO then the playground is always busy and the gym is well maintained. do you know about the villas - are any for rent or for sale, the sales office never gets back. thank you
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Latest post on 09 June 2012 - 11:04
oman is lovely, we've recently visited shangril la ( it will be a bit hot now like dubai tho. ) 2nd sharm and cyprus.
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Latest post on 09 June 2012 - 11:02
your husband needs to speak to her. the stubborness gets worse as they get older! sorry cant help you with where to look for parcels but good luck.
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Latest post on 03 June 2012 - 11:38
i read through this whole thread and its brightened my rainy day, some are so funny. i love the one - i am in a hurry, two for the hair, feet and hands, so good. all so good. my contribution seen and heard - go out to get the dogs groomed no they come to the house. who clears the trays away at the food court who recycles just chuck it down the garbage shway mam/sir i'll have my car washed at the mall lets valet park its too hot to walk you want what ironed, call the laundry straight straight what shall we do this (summer ) weekend, theres nothing to do apart from shopping <em>edited by fairwater on 03/06/2012</em>
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Latest post on 03 June 2012 - 11:16
Like whole dates, date syrup contains modest amounts of potassium, magnesium, calcium, iron, riboflavin, niacin, folate, phosphorus, pantothenic acid, and vitamin B-6. Ounce for ounce, dates contain more potassium than bananas.
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Latest post on 03 June 2012 - 11:07
i am back in the uk and you wouldnt even know there was a jubilee on, no buntings or parties organised in my neck of the woods and its raining today - typical holiday weather!
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Latest post on 24 May 2012 - 11:35
I'm so happy that my favourite one won - America got it right!!! ditto :)
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Latest post on 24 May 2012 - 11:26
one only has to see how the tabloids treat anyone in the Uk who has succeeded or become rich/ famous - they are scathing of anyone who smacks of the good stuff. That probably why the tabloids were invented there! On the other hand, in the US they seem to be much more ra-ra and patriotic if someone is an ivy-league, pearly whites hero type, and very slow to critisize their own yes i agree.
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Latest post on 24 May 2012 - 11:24
inverness is hotter than ibiza at 27oC ! i wish we had temperatures like that in the 7 years i lived in tillicoultry:) I live in Alva!! We are enjoying the temperatures this week. It was 26 in the Hillfoots yesterday. Hot enough for me. I hated the stuffy heat while in Doha when you couldn't be outside for any length of time. The downside is indeed the fact that it is difficult to cool houses built for the UK climate but lovely to see summer flowers and smell fresh cut grass. By the way, The Ochils are stunning in the sunshine! :) yes the hillfoots are glorious especially in the autumn with the colours of the trees and heather on them - so beautiful - we had a burn running through our garden and in the summer trout swiming in it and mink catching them to eat. i loved to hear the bees buzzing and the birds chiriping and freshly cut grass. but i didnt enjoy the dark long nights and winters. brrr. i have to say i prefer dubai in the summer;)
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Latest post on 24 May 2012 - 10:33
inverness is hotter than ibiza at 27oC ! i wish we had temperatures like that in the 7 years i lived in tillicoultry:)
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Latest post on 24 May 2012 - 10:02
my son moans like billy-oh about the heat in the uk and they have installed ceiling fans, he sits about in his shorts and i am in my long sleeved tshirts when i visit and i am cold at nights there when it dips below 20. they look at me as though i have gone crazy.
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Latest post on 24 May 2012 - 09:58
I dont think certain British people like people doing well. They seem to resent people who in their minds decide to move away from the UK or earn more money etc. All my friends in the UK tell me not to move back unless absolutely necessary and they said they would jump at the chance of living here. I feel the UK needs to sort it's own back garden out before it slates Dubai. couldnt agree more louisedvs
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Latest post on 24 May 2012 - 09:52
plain-jane tall poppy syndrome is a new one on me, i use the grass is always greener :)
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Latest post on 24 May 2012 - 09:49
People are just jealous! Of what exactly? sunshine all year round, tax free salaries, perceived ideas of living in grandeur ( some of us do have to work although you wouldnt think so by the way they talk ) - some people are just jealous because they are stuck in their humdrum/ in a rut lives and are too scared to take the plunge to do anything different out of the ordinary. by that i dont nes. mean moving to dubai, i mean just moving house for some is a big deal, changing careers even though they moan about how they hate their jobs, well you could go on and on. i have found this regardless of what country i have lived in and i have moved a lot, people get jealous because they think you are living an exotic life and they have just stayed stuck in the groove. by the way to the first poster, you have so much patience to have sat for so long and let him carry on - i would have told him to shut his face regardless of who he was related to.
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Latest post on 18 May 2012 - 10:21
we like the miramar - good service usually http://miramar-al-aqah-resort-fujairah.com/index.htm?lbl=ggl-en but have also stayed at the hilton spa beach resort. okay but always so busy. we have also stayed at al hamra too http://www.alhamrafort.com/subpage.aspx?pageId=56&langId=1 have a good time where ever you decide to staycation.
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Latest post on 18 May 2012 - 09:08
can you rent a driver per month or do you have to go through same procedure as you do if hiring a maid.? thanks
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Latest post on 16 May 2012 - 10:23
you go for a run at 7 pm, come home at 8, at 11 pm you are still bright red and look like your head is about to explode! whats running
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Latest post on 16 May 2012 - 10:22
u bring the airer in to put the clothes on and then take it out. you stop taking the dogs for a walk and chuck them out into the garden instead. you send your husband out to bbq whilst you supervise from inside in the a/c the a/c is on all night in the bedroom your eye balls feel like fried eggs you read a lot instead of going out and pottering in the garden you feel too lazy to even put a swim cossie on to go into the pool - i wish i had a private pool in a private garden;)
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Latest post on 16 May 2012 - 10:17
http://www.traveldaily.co.uk/AsiaPacificNews/Detail.aspx?Section=24885 this is what i found after googling. i also cant find anything on the official flydubai/rak sites.
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Latest post on 16 May 2012 - 10:02
on the alhamra residents site theres a comment to say rights have been given re flydubai /rak flying to uk, anyone know if either are flying to cardiff.
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Latest post on 14 May 2012 - 17:52
According to a letter in the 7 days anyway. They are 27.50 in spinney's but 16.50 in another supermarket, same ones. Anyone know where? Please share! I'll buy two packs. i am sure geant are selling berries for 10aed a pack this week, according to the leaflet i glanced at this morning.
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Latest post on 14 May 2012 - 17:47
if they dont want people wearing revealing clothes then why have them in shop windows and sell them in the shops, and please dont say just to wear at home. i do agree though that the bits of thread that some people venture to the malls in you dont see in the uk even in the summer, people dont walk around tescos in see through barely there clothes - not where i come from anyway. what about men and the dress code, i for one cant stand seeing men in those up the b*m short shorts, skinny barely there vest tops with everthing hanging out - they are sitting all over the seats in the cafes and restaurants in their sweaty skin, yuk. i think the longer you live here the more you appreciate certain things arent shoved in your face, but i have only ever experienced one local lady going crazy in mirdiff city centre last year - this is in the 9 years i have lived here. ps why are the notices on the doors to malls only in english and arabic, wheres the russian etc. as well. pps why arent people informed before they travel here, once they are here they are here its a bit late then in my opinion if you've only brought your thong and bikini top for your fortnight.! edited by fairwater on 14/05/2012;) <em>edited by fairwater on 14/05/2012</em>
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Latest post on 14 May 2012 - 17:31
Oh my, you lost weight by listening to CDs?? Here is the magic everyone was looking for! Not quite (although I did also lose weight using Paul McKenna's CD's) - the hypnoband involves seeing a hypotherapist for a few visits. Mine discussed my weight history, and then adapted the first few hypno sessions to suit me, then we did the hypnoband session which involved the smells and sounds of an operating theatre during an operation. It all sounds mad, but I actually felt as if I was being operated on and could feel my stomach reducing in size as if a band had been fitted. The CD's are listened to daily to keep you focussed on it. I will go back and see the Hypnotist this summer and have the sessions again as I was impressed by it. hi did you have this done here and if so who did you go to. thanks.
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Latest post on 13 May 2012 - 09:52
are you my mother, p d eastman guess how much i love you, sam mcbratney percy the park keeper, nick butterworth dr seuss books, green ham and eggs, cat in hat, etc. funnybones, janet ahlberg cant you sleep little bear, martin waddell
 
 
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