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Latest post on 20 March 2011 - 16:02
And what about Arab League...they asked same thing from UN.In fact if I'm not wrong they asked first and agreed on no fly zone.
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Latest post on 20 March 2011 - 15:56
Operation Oddyssey Dawn....now that HAD to be decided by the US! What a ridiculous name We are pretty good at these stupid naming schemes...It's like the war generals are 9 year olds on a playground. Absurd. If this is what was chosen, can you imagine what silly names got rejected? edited by gleekfamily on 20/03/2011 It appears u know little how military operates and why names like these are used.But ready to ridicule service man and women. One of the most "boring" reasons is accounting.Rest u can ask Mr.Google.
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Latest post on 20 March 2011 - 10:26
umm - is it me, or does it just appear that the US & UK only bother with oppressive / tyrant regimes that are in countries with copious amounts of oil........They don't seem to bothered with Tibet or Burma..... or am i just being a little cynical? USA was bothered in Balkans. After EU countries couldn't be bothered for 5 long years. After Dutch UN soldiers left thier post in Srebrenica. And after Serbs started to massacre Albanians in Kosovo. So not , they are not only bothered when oli is in question. I'm personaly grateful to American nation for stoping the war in Balkans.
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Latest post on 20 March 2011 - 10:21
Sorry but, its important to point out that the US is held responsible for everything that happens in this world. If they had stepped in ahead of time in any of the issues in the middle east, they would be scrutinized for wanting to take over these countries (as usual). The US is doing the right thing this time by letting the rest of the world decide and participate equally. We are damned if we do and damned if we dont. Please people make up your mind. thumbs up!
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Latest post on 19 March 2011 - 11:46
Eatm has shops in Dubai Mall and Mirdif City Centar, for those two i know for sure... here is the website see what they have.. http://www.etam.co.uk/ french web site has more ..http://www.etam.com/lingerie.html also check Calvin Klein <em>edited by Goose on 19/03/2011</em>
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Latest post on 18 March 2011 - 17:54
I was 19 at that time and one of those being trampled upon. One kindly lady picked me up and dragged me down the stairs of the bus to safety. What I'm trying to say is that none of us can know what we will do until it happens. x I can tell you from 5 y war experience...there will be ppl sticking together to help each other survive/leave, and there will be ppl making profit from it all, and those who will run and leave everyone behind, particularly maids, labourers. In fact we have already saw it here, as soon as the world crisis hit, all those camps full of labourers abandoned, without water, electricity or food.No money to go back home.
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Latest post on 18 March 2011 - 12:04
Nails say a lot, so do shoes...male or female... What does this even means...to you?:\:
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Latest post on 18 March 2011 - 12:04
IMHO I would be more concerned with whether she does a good job and not what her nails look like, not everybody spends all their time at beauty salons. same same.
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Latest post on 16 March 2011 - 17:43
don't know if it helps...but saw "indigo" chunks at the store(sells spices and frankincense) in bastakiya last weekend.
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Latest post on 16 March 2011 - 17:41
Oh no, Trader Joe's quite cheap. Whole Foods is expensive (Whole Foods Whole Paycheck). I would love to have a TJ here. Trader Joe's is really expensive in the USA, so can you imagine how much it'd be here? edited by AnonDubai on 16/03/2011 really, my daughter(she is in usa) and me have been comparing prices back and forth...and some of the stuff is way cheaper at the wholefoods, and not to mention that organic stuff was cheaper than regular stuff sold here.Particularly fruit.
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Latest post on 15 March 2011 - 10:24
this is also good article.. http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2011/03/13/japans-nuclear-crisis-lessons-for-the-us/putting-the-problem-in-perspective
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Latest post on 14 March 2011 - 20:03
always had image of you as tall slim strawberry blond with freckles...wearing forest green mittens and woolly hat...something to do with Canadian in your nick.. Mountie? lol funny ..eh:)
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Latest post on 14 March 2011 - 19:05
thanks SW!
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Latest post on 14 March 2011 - 18:42
We've got friends coming from Greece for Greek Easter, and it is traditional to set up a spit in your garden to roast your lamb or kid, preferably over vine branches, for the Easter Sunday meal. This is the only time I have known Greek men to cook :) If you don't have a spit in your garden, the tradition is to take the meat and potatoes to the baker's before going to the Saturday midnight Easter service and pick it up in the morning for lunch (well, it is in our family, anyway!) :) Doubt if we'll manage that, somehow :) ohhh stop it now...making me drool:) i miss lamb on the spit..hot juicy meat..
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Latest post on 14 March 2011 - 18:40
roast..:) btw. i would like to know where can u get roasted lamb on the spit?! Most of the supermarkets can get you a whole lamb, not sure if they can provide the spit though! thank you SW ...was just wondering if anyone knows of rotisserie of sort(we have those back home u just provide the animal) as my oven is not that big... where would the supermarket normally get the animal(local animal market)?
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Latest post on 14 March 2011 - 18:26
roast..:) btw. i would like to know where can u get roasted lamb on the spit?!
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Latest post on 14 March 2011 - 18:24
It IS funny! I never, ever imagine what anyone looks like on here. Now I feel weird! always had image of you as tall slim strawberry blond with freckles...wearing forest green mittens and woolly hat...something to do with Canadian in your nick..
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Latest post on 13 March 2011 - 20:03
The fact that Japan is now facing a nuclear radiation leak threat (even if it remains a threat and doesnt escalate to a full-blown crisis) is enough to put weight to the argument of whether such a facility should have ever been operated, no matter the safety features, in a country with the earthquake history that it has. ok...what is your idea/suggestion of viable, relatively cheap technology that will power Japan.Or world... btw. i believe nuclear energy is the best thing and cleanest thing we have so far...and have no problem with it...i suppose many will be moving then, as UAE signed agreement last year to build one here(nuclear plant). <em>edited by Goose on 13/03/2011</em>
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Latest post on 13 March 2011 - 19:18
good link to learn about the plant and how it works.. http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/RS_Battle_to_stabilise_earthquake_reactors_1203111.html
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Latest post on 13 March 2011 - 19:17
Also, it would probably be better to follow Japanese national TV news with regular updates, then what some journos around the world are writing(and some stuff is absolutely bordering total and utter ignorance) and are trying to make a buck by panicking ppl(apparently there were photos of fire in the refinery attached to nuclear plant containment news) http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/13_27.html
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Latest post on 13 March 2011 - 19:11
The fall out will destroy (not only environmentally but economically) many of Japan's neighbours that are of some of the poorest countries in the world. Who will buy, say Filipino bananas if they have radiation rained on them. Chernobyl nearly whipped out welsh lamb farmers..... Sorry but totally irresponsible of Japan to have nuclear reactors.... why on earth wasn't America going ape over these? when they seem to be itching to go to war over Iran's attempt to get nuclear power? Seriously some skewed politics going on. U do understand that Ukranian plant and the one in the Japan have nothing in common...ie. they are completely different design. What happened in Ukraine and how was that plant operated and build(and type alone) is completly diffrent story.
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Latest post on 07 March 2011 - 13:54
Not so bad, it does take some organizing, activities for kids and stuff...but not that bad...its quiet.
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Latest post on 07 March 2011 - 13:51
no comment.
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Latest post on 07 March 2011 - 13:43
Been to quite a few lingerie shops here and nothing. Been to Debenhams and they only have this thick tummy tucking band thats attached to it, I don't want that. I just want a simple nude coloured half slip that you can get in most womens clothing shops in the UK. Help! If I can't get it here, my last resort is to order it from the UK. which I'll have to wait for. :( Etam.
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Latest post on 07 March 2011 - 13:39
seriously, kids buffet...
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Latest post on 07 March 2011 - 13:38
seems someone found another way to make money.
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Latest post on 07 March 2011 - 13:14
definitely perfumes, oils, incense, frankincense(sourced from the region)...as i believe there is whole niche market for those products which is growing. That is what i would try.Even Sephora is selling oil perfumes. What do others think?
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Latest post on 11 February 2011 - 20:05
and he is gone!!!!!!WOW...power to the ppl.:)
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Latest post on 11 February 2011 - 17:50
Yay...... Mubarak has left Cairo..... Not sure where to but as protesters marched on the Presidential palace he flew out of cairo....... which news channel?
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Latest post on 26 January 2011 - 19:39
i do vividly remember when i was around age of 11-12-13 I read book called.. "[b'>We Children from the Zoo Station[/b'>"...if u want to show kids what happens when using drugs...it was the "hot" book that had every kid talking about back then...
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Latest post on 26 January 2011 - 19:34
My parents never did, but even if they tried I would find the way to get the book I wanted...at the age of 12 I was pretty much reading books normally found in the "normal" library, apart from the children's section(pretty much read everything in the kid section I had interest in, small library in the province).
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Latest post on 24 January 2011 - 09:24
Thanks Goose, I just had a look, it looks like the kind of place that would charge me a fortune to do one of those psychometric tests then tell me I should be a vet, or a dentist! lol! Maybe I'll call them! Anyone else with any ideas? probably:), but it was the only one i could remember. on the other note...mb start thinking about what you always wanted to do...as that is what i see my self doing.
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Latest post on 24 January 2011 - 09:21
For those having their dig at it being an 'Arab' syndrome, how rude and racist of you. How dare you say that Arabs are spoiled or the like for having several maids/nannies given that these 'Arabs' and 'locals' are contributing significantly to the economies of these peoples countries because whether it would be the job you would do or not it is still an income for these people to send home. while I see how u could get offended...This issue of "maid culture" and "kids being raised by maids" has been raised and discussed by far more public figures in this country(nationals), rather then just and only expat women living here(with more or less PC comments about it). like in this article...but there are more "controversial" ones then this one. http://gulfnews.com/opinions/columnists/parents-bear-the-primary-responsibility-for-children-1.85836
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Latest post on 24 January 2011 - 09:10
here it is... http://www.hridubai.com/ I'm increasingly thinking of changing my direction as well, as the little ones are growing up...i would like to get another degree and start fresh... but I do have few years a head of me. <em>edited by Goose on 24/01/2011</em>
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Latest post on 24 January 2011 - 09:08
There is an institute in Dubai that can help you with that(testing and advising).I was listening to radio show week or so ago...let me find the name...
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Latest post on 23 January 2011 - 11:57
Just to add, in case you didn't know, that you can get arrested/fined in certain European airports for carrying a fake designer handbag. Is it worth the risk? I think that is just Paris? Italy is red hot on stopping people at the border, especially road crossings, people doing day trips into France to buy replicas and then they get them confiscated at the border. Italy is protecting their designers or so they say it wouldn't surprise me that the border police confiscate them and then resell back to the market traders.:\: P.S. This is not giving an opinion on the rights or wrongs of replica goods - just stating some facts. BTW beware of scam/internet replica company this is the real site www.hollisterco.com this is the fake http://www.hollisterukshop.com/ I know of many who have bought goods from the fake site thinking it was the real one and are now trying to get their money back through credit card insurance etc. edited by Dally on 23/01/2011 i gave up on repeating this info here on EW....it seems it falls on deaf ears...mb when they get stopped at the border crossing it will ring a bell.
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Latest post on 23 January 2011 - 11:55
You are supporting child/slave labour by shopping at some full priced stores too! Exactly. Every single one of us living in this country, toting 'real' handbags or not, is profiting from slave labour. Who do you think built your villa, does your maintenance, cleans the malls, sweeps the roads etc., It is pretty hard to stand on your ethics here and follow them through in all aspects of your life, when people are being exploited right under our noses. so what you are saying, one more "wrong" is ok...
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Latest post on 23 January 2011 - 11:55
Hassan will now be sitting in Bur Dubai Jail! yep...
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Latest post on 22 January 2011 - 21:20
i moved there too, just before Christmas...:)
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Latest post on 22 January 2011 - 18:39
And here i was thinking to write down, how heartfelt thank you and a card expressing gratitude would be enough... wrong again.or naive.
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Latest post on 21 January 2011 - 22:28
I love it too :)..i would like to see it to go on for at least a week...probably no such luck...:(
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Latest post on 20 January 2011 - 13:34
i only know one way:) and it is long the way down the road, get on the overpass bridge and down back to Dubai direction...
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Latest post on 20 January 2011 - 13:27
Np Simpleasebc, here is the map http://www.dubaioutletmall.com/DubaiOutletMallDirections.pdf ...u can't really miss it, it has a huge white dome on top, it is visible approaching from the road...coming from Dubai direction, it will be on your right side, right after the last interchange(u pass underneath, going straight)
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Latest post on 20 January 2011 - 13:04
on al ain road.
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Latest post on 20 January 2011 - 12:56
is that still going on?:\:
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Latest post on 20 January 2011 - 12:22
for basic, but wide shoes you can go to Payless shoes at Mirdif City Centar.Shoes are marked with W....all the ladies shoes they have in "normal" size they sell in "wide" too.And price is good. This is thier web site.. http://www.payless.com/store/ mb u could order from states, after u find your right size here in Dubai store.Mind you, their choice is limited, comparing to the website.I did find couple nice snadals there.And easy slip on tennis shoes for my DS. <em>edited by Goose on 20/01/2011</em>
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Latest post on 19 January 2011 - 08:59
Afternoon, DD of 3 yrs still drinks milk and if am lucky she will have coco pops in the morning..Most of the time she refuses cereal or bit of cheese on toast ... drives me nuts and I feel like a bad mother sending her DD to nursery and not ate nothing but drinks milk only! Every morning is a struggle to get her to eat advice plzzzzz :( my older one had that period, i went to her doc, and he basically said if she is healthy she is fine. However for a period of time she would only drink milk...a had to really struggle and pass some food, it was vicious circle where i would end up giving milk rather then having her run around hungry. He asked me to try and cut some milk out and see if she asks for other foods...sometimes it is enough just to leave some food around(fruits and cheese) for them to start to nibble..and things improved with time... its just those things little ones got trough..
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Latest post on 19 January 2011 - 08:53
lately, he is 22 months... banana and yogurt(whole cup of yogurt and whole banana:\: ) oatmeal with fresh grated apple and cinnamon scrambled eggs and bacon cereal mandarins and labneh with Arabic bread he starts his day with cup of full fat milk.
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Latest post on 19 January 2011 - 08:47
sounds like they caught something contagious, poor things.
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Latest post on 17 January 2011 - 16:31
What prices are we talking about here?Thx
 
 
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