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Latest post on 21 January 2016 - 16:06
You know what? You just survived that school! If they are taking his shyness aginst him; then you don't need that school. The heck with them, just find another suitable school and forget about them, any school shouldn't really do that in the first place, they are using this assessment tool in wrong way, even special needs can't be turned away from any school, and they proof they aren't that much proffissional either. Keep looking for the best placement for your child, that will make him thrive... Trust me you don't need to even consider that school. Good luck and hug your wee man
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Latest post on 21 January 2016 - 15:57
That poster is really pushing things around.... It become flavoured ones.... ??
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Latest post on 21 January 2016 - 15:45
Or maybe everybody sitting on their hands not wanting to type a thing.... Lol I'm waiting for the feather light thread to have the full attention.... * got the popcorn ready beside me*
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Latest post on 21 January 2016 - 15:42
? wait for it.....
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Latest post on 21 January 2016 - 10:32
I love my maid, she is very trustworthy, takes great care of my kid, she is very clean and polite. Long story short, ever since my kid started nursery and she is left alone almost all day, I could tell she became a bit irritated than usual and in the past two weeks I feel she has been slagging in her job a bit. Then all of a sudden she came to me one morning and told me that she will not renew her contract this year and that is her final decision. When I asked her about the reason, she told me the stupidest story ever (Family fight and they know where she works and so she wants to move to another employer IN DUBAI so that they cant find her as she doesn't wanna be bothered by them cuz they know where she works!). I am extremely confused. I have been nothing but so generous with this woman, treated her like an absolute family member, gave her frequent bonuses, bought her generous gifts, paid vacations whenever we travel (which is a lot), I have only one child and the house is relatively small so its not that the job is this overly tiring for her. I had a talk with her yesterday and told her that she shouldnt leave for this reason and that she should leave only if she is unhappy or similar (where she said that she is VERY happy). I def sense something fishy but really worried about going through the cycle of getting a new maid...etc especially that I work for long hours and my husband is barely here. Any advises? Let her go? Negotiate with her to stay? If she is adamant that she wants to leave then you have no choice but to put her on a plane and let her go. Her story sounds very fishy and you may never get the bottom of it. You could try and talk to her again however if he mind is made up then sadly there isn't anything you can do as she is entitled to leave. If she does finish up with you I would make sure she gets on the plane and doesn't hang around Dubai trying to find another role I agree. I think her story was crafted so she has a blessing from me to find another employer in Dubai/UAE after her contract is done, which I shut down immediately. While I know letting her go is the right thing to do, I am also dreading searching for a new one especially with my very demanding job. :-( I also think she will def resist getting on a plane after I cancel her visa. I think her plan is to stay and work for someone else so I am also worried about this whole phase of cancellation/her trying to persuade me to keep her in Dubai...etc. Any useful advises? She is a live out. Now you showed her that you won't let her find another job, you have no choice but put her on a plane asap. To be honest: she already found another job, as all maids tell each other to make thier work bad and slack off thier duty- so the employers let them go!!- The family feuds are a very stupid excuse for the real reason: she have another job waiting... To be honest; I hate such shabby excuses like that! The lies and all this really irritate me. Again that you not me, if you are happy to let her" find " a new job let her do, but don't give her more than the month as per dnrd... Or you can always get her on a plane to her home country....
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Latest post on 14 January 2016 - 18:14
Absolutely right! I followed the deal of the iphon 6 for both time, couldn't even once get hold of any delivery! Ok first time was high volume - end of work day and schools.. I get it- but the second time was very quite time!! And I can see on the app there is 8 cars around my place just before the time of the offer, once the offer is on, not a single car available!!! For consecutive 2 hrs!!! Once the time clicked the end of the offer I can see there are 5 cars around my place!!! Like what the heck!!
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Latest post on 14 January 2016 - 18:08
I used to have a crush on him.. ??
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Latest post on 14 January 2016 - 18:06
To be honest, the contract is flowed, binding without clues! All I can see its forcing parents to be literally slaved to schools, and schools have Devine powers over the parents!!! Have anyone noticed that in case of conflicts between school and parents, KHDA is literally washing their hands off, and wants both parties to sort out themselves away from KHDA... Did anyone really read these contracts? Did any read the "fine prints" of the contracts? Please do read them again, and discover how these contracts aren't an answer more than a brush off to any complain from any party filed to KHDA
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Latest post on 11 January 2016 - 13:11
Lily you get it from the pharmacy. Life pharmacy have it. Move and clean under your white goods in the kitchen and sprinkle a thin talc like layer on the floor under them. I also do the edges of my cupboards. If you already have cockroaches, sprinkle a layer on the kitchen floor as well for two or three days and anywhere they have been. Takes about a week or two to get rid completely. Always works for me, I get roaches once in a while but after using this method there's never been an infestation. [u'>Cockroach Elimination - Boric Acid[/u'> http://www2.ca.uky.edu/entomology/entfacts/ef614.asp [i'>For best results, the powder should be applied in a very thin layer barely visible to the naked eye. Piles or heavy accumulations will be avoided by foraging cockroaches much as we would avoid walking through a snow drift. To apply a fine layer, shake the container and puff a small quantity of the powder into the target area. Manufacturers of boric acid often fill their containers too full of powder -- by using a container which is no more than two-thirds full, an airspace is created at the top which allows the dust to be puffed more easily (A few pennies or pebbles placed inside the container helps prevent the powder from caking). The trick is to give the container a shake, then puff a very light dusting of the powder into the area you wish to treat.[/i'> Second that! I used to call pest control and they always find their way back! Now after this method they don't come back, pets will steer clear from the even amount of boric acid powder and sugar mixed with water and dunken cotton balls in it, left these soked cotton balls near the places ants and roches frequent and they never come back, as the acid dries out these pests and they always come back to take the dead ones back to the nest, as they feed on the dead ones too! And leave the dead ones to the new hatch, so they don't come back! Once I've done that, never encounter them any more, some times I have the newbe coming from outside my home, and they find these cotton balls and feed on them, and they don't come back! Lol Once I discovered this method, I am care free from them, and never had to vacate my home for a day so the fumes of pesticides products can work while I'm out of my home. HTH
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Latest post on 10 January 2016 - 11:00
As sababy said and I add from my side: file a complain with DM. All the best
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Latest post on 10 January 2016 - 10:48
I would suggest that you all file a complaint with DM, as I know this is not allowed. Friends I knew complained about a mosque as DM stipulated the amplifier can't go above 80 decibel. Complains did work and they turned down the speaker... Since then no more noise. I suggest you do these formal Complaines, if you speak to the restaurant manager it'll get worse, they might amble the volume up... These places once DM come into the picture they tune down their actions HTH
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Latest post on 31 December 2015 - 03:18
Where is this school located?
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Latest post on 31 December 2015 - 03:16
If you are US citizen, you should know that whatever job you have over here, you won't be able to open a saving account in UAE bank, as you'll be paying us tax wherever you work... Just heads up if you are considering living and working here.
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Latest post on 09 December 2015 - 01:46
If it's customer service agent position, then it's a shift patterns job, as for days off, you won't have fixed days off. Salary could be between 3 to 4 k Government health insurance, shared company accomodation, one ticket per year to your home country, after 3 years you can change it to anywhere in the world, plus employees discounted tickets. And you apply ONLY via the website. No cutting corners and no, there is no desk that receive CV's, and no, no one would take your cv to give it to his wasta! Ang this job needs a high school drop out/ high school graduates as minmum education level. HTH and all the best
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Latest post on 09 December 2015 - 00:46
I have been dealing with a translation office in the past, not sure they are still in business, they are in 2nd of December street, the name of the office is DOSB- Dana Office "service &a Legal translation Bureau Tel 050 5233 421 Not sure about other languages beside Arabic and English, as I used them for legal marriage and birth certificate translation from English into Arabic. Plus school reports they did, as I remember it was 50 dirhams per certificate. HTH
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Latest post on 06 November 2015 - 16:21
Hi there, I am considering homeschooling my children too, as I can't find the proper school yet, as now we have confirmation of when we'll be coming back to Dubai- which is January 2016- and been all over the forum for school reviews, where we will be based and that affects which schools we could go to, again availability of places and lastly the hike in school fees. Keeping all in mind, I've got mixed reviews about K12, as the international one have so many parents have complained varied from hedden assignments, website keeps booting you out while doing an assisment results in re doing it all again, over working the parents... etc... Now reading this thread made me feel the Dubai branch is way different than the international one, and I'm awaiting a reply from them via email- fingers crossed!- Now is this the only place offer homeschooling in here? And parents who are with them, how do you feel with workload with homeschooling? Does it take long to enroll the children in? As we will be leaving the school we are in - another ME country- and will be coming over here? I know I said too much, but I'm a first timer and a little bit nervous about the whole thing, appreciate your advices. Thanks in advance.
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Latest post on 30 October 2015 - 18:36
To be fair to him I think he really was good but not having an easy time with the powers that be, administration etc. Maybe in all good conscience his position became untenable. I know it's not great to leave but I guess we never really know what's going on for people. Speaking of leaving, there are couple of resignations already! The principal had his kids in NAS, and this is bizarre, why would he leave while having his kids in NAS? And funny how the executive director left her last school in north west London " mysteriously" and the school declined to comment why she left sooner before her actual scheduled leave? I used the word mysteriously as it had reported by couple of news papers already, with reason of her departure was" professional reasons" as per the reports.
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Latest post on 29 September 2015 - 13:46
Thanks NewbieD Much appreciate your response to be honest, I can fully understand your points. Then Hartland is a good choice after all Many thanks :cool:
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Latest post on 29 September 2015 - 11:15
I know I'm reviving somehow old thread, but wondering if you have kids at Hartland? I'm considering coming back to Dubai and looking for a decent school to enrol my kids in, based on your high appreciation for Hartland school that's why I'm asking, beside I have an acquaintance that not that impressed with the school due to school bus hiccups, long hours, and her DD having a daily issue with with her teacher and now she is fed up with the school. I'm asking you as I don't know the ins and outs of this acqintance and I don't want to have only her point of view based on 10 min convo on Facebook So, any advise? Views? Thanks in advance
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Latest post on 20 August 2015 - 01:00
Spinneys too sell them, exactly 2 days ago seen them in personal care section.
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Latest post on 14 July 2015 - 14:41
You can set up a Facebook page or group and advertise whatever you are selling, posting photos and expected prices, then go to different groups and advertise about your group, even you can advertise it on expat women classifieds, this way you control the posts, have track of sold and unsold items or stuff, and minimise the strangers coming into your house - as a big chunk of strangers into your house- and once your are done you can close down this group or page... HTH
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Latest post on 13 July 2015 - 22:04
Oopsidaisy, I get it, you don't like me, and it's fine, because this is your problem not mine. Keeping or deleting the post is totally up to me, posters agreed or disagreed is totally up to them to, I was asking about something and got responses, I agree with these responses or not, again this up to me too. If you really don't like any of my posts; simply ignore them, I didn't ask for your opinion! Again thanks for all ladies disagreed with me or even slightly agreed, except you oopsidaisy.
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Latest post on 13 July 2015 - 14:37
It's hot out here, I leave water for birds and cats, keep changing them twice a day.
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Latest post on 13 July 2015 - 14:28
Thank you all for your replies. You might thought I'm over reacting, but what happened over the years might be the reasons why I thought so. His ex is just being difficult specially this is the last year she gets the child support, so she is trying hard to send every email harassing him or me, demanding so many things that isn't in the agreement of the child support, plus when we were living in the same city, she used to call at night after she drank and make prank calls to me or my DH, despite she is already married, even there were one time she followed me while we were at a public place, until one time she just stated it clear to DH she doesn't want us in her city. Now it's 6 years after all this craziness, and her husband picking up the acts.... Thank you all for your inputs, and I was sensitive back then and did cry, but now I went throw linked in and got their agreement that states it's not a social site, it's a proffissional site to network and exchange experiences and finding jobs, as his last email stated that he created his account to check out a customer, I got response they are reviewing and investigating his account. Thanks ladies
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Latest post on 25 June 2015 - 21:27
If you are working, and constantly on the phone with your husband or boyfriend, would your boss be happy about it? If the answer is no, then why should you accept this from your employee? A good rule of thumb; you don't bring personal problems or situations to your workplace, and if it was me, I don't care if the maid knows my likes and dislikes, she is irresponsible person to give her a job that needs her to focus - any job to be honest - and this shows you how immature this maid you want to offer her a job just to bring her own problems and dumb it on you! You hire a maid to make your life easy, so you don't have to think about cleaning and laundry, but if cleaning your house and doing the laundry comes with this, then agency maids will do well with you. My advice: let this maid go, let her grow up then she can think for herself what she should do, run after a man or run after her job
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Latest post on 25 June 2015 - 21:10
Yesterday, befor Iftar time, very clean, crisp white clothed Pakistani man knocked on our door, DH answered the door and the Pakistani man started telling DH a sob story about he is the imam of the next door mosque, his wife passed away leaving 3 children with him, and his employer - he said the charity that operates the mosque- gave him 3k to repatriate his dead wife, but he needs another 3k to pay for the death certificate of his wife and pay the cargo for his dead wife, he asked us to give him this cash as he is travelling tomorrow - now it should be tonight - to pay the cash.... Being stupid enough we asked him to leave his contact number and his name, first of all I called the police to ask if they can give me information about how much it cost to pay for obtaining the death certificate, the police told me that office open only morning times! Which is not what the alleged grieving man said that he will be at the station by 8 pm to obtain the certificate! Then went to the mosque he said he is the imam of, and met the imam himself and told me he is the appointed imam by the authority of Islamic affairs and there are no person with this name or nationality works in this mosque! Any way I called the hotline for reporting beggars 800 243 and left a message with his name, number and the story.... To my surprise, the dude come back to our home! Called the police 999 and they took his info... Ladies beware, this is the new scam, dead wife needed to be taken home to be buried, and when you ask the right questions the dude will start crying to stop you asking the questions and start comforting him.... He looks very clean that even his footwear is brand new, wears glasses and a head thingy maybe to camouflage his appearance, with clean crisp neatly ironed Pakistani clothes.... How do I know he is Pakistani? He said he is Pakistani and showed us a Pakistani ID Thank you for reading
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Latest post on 24 February 2015 - 00:20
If it's not in the lease, then you can do what you want. Full stop. The lease tell it all. Read the fine prints, and please see if you are paying for the facilities or not.
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Latest post on 24 February 2015 - 00:15
Yes GB you are right about judgemental remarks, but if you look back on the thread many responses here are subsequent to a post by MF that inferred she considered it demeaning for a woman to do her own housework. [i'>".......not to mention the bad example I'd be setting for my girls by doing that kind of work"[/i'> That remark was in itself judgemental. In my own opinion; the only demeaning thing is demeaning others for being different than you... I did not disagree with your opinion, was merely referring to the root cause of the replies. And if you read mine you will see it was not at all demeaning, rather advisory and respectful. Ops! I was just just affirming your point of view.... I haven't been here in a while and mybe I need to brush off the rust off my finger tips while typing lol
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Latest post on 23 February 2015 - 23:09
Yes GB you are right about judgemental remarks, but if you look back on the thread many responses here are subsequent to a post by MF that inferred she considered it demeaning for a woman to do her own housework. [i'>".......not to mention the bad example I'd be setting for my girls by doing that kind of work"[/i'> That remark was in itself judgemental. In my own opinion; the only demeaning thing is demeaning others for being different than you...
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Latest post on 23 February 2015 - 22:22
We all have regrets of all sorts, but standing at this point of time, looking backward, feeling dismay of what you assume lost; will only make you resentful toward the present and the future. Chuck off the prochor and move forward, you only making yourself sad and won't accept the new ones along your way, you won't even think that you would like any other house you view! Put it as a lesson learnt, next time - not only a house - when you see a real and genuine opportunity; take it! Have a wonderful time in house hunting
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Latest post on 23 February 2015 - 22:13
Did make me wonder when another forum was a newly pregnant mother to be putting hiring a maid as one of their top things to do on their maternity list?! So what? With no family support I do think it's quite important with some help. I came to Dubai with a baby and was not used to the maid scenario. Hubby wanted me to get a maid, but I refused for the first few months and I was totally knackered most of the time. My husband worked more than full time so was no help. I spent a lot of time crying with my baby. Based on the ratings, I would love to put in my five cent; When women will stop judging other based on they hire a maid or not, or they stay at home or have a career? Or having children or not? When women will really stop procecuting other for just being different? Is it a crime to not liking to fold the infinity laundry? Is it a crime to want to be a stay at home mum and not wanting to fold the endless loundry? Is it a crime to hire help just to be able to have time for herself? I don't think so! So why women put down other women for just wanting different things that you don't ? Or it's just pure nastiness puring over the keyboard and hiding behind a username?
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Latest post on 23 February 2015 - 22:01
No judgments, not much to add, but if I were in your shoes, I would take a home test which you can buy at any pharmacy. That way you don't have a "time-stamp," or any record of a positive pregnancy test on your medical file at a GP and proceed from there. Precisely! And do it the first thing after waking up in the morning. This way you get a right result. Get the twin pack, to double check for 2 days.
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Latest post on 11 November 2014 - 17:19
Maybe she didn't take it down, maybe she blocked you so you can snoop!!!! They like pictures too much, don't think she will take it down But can she block me if I was not her friend in the first place? :thinking: She can block you even if you are not a friend!!! you'll be surprised if she have already at least another 2 or 3 accounts, I'm serious and not joking! you can run a search on her name in different search engine - not google only - and you'll be surprised of what you can come up with! The fact she staged this suggestive photo, posting it publicly - not friends - shows she is fishing for attention either men attention or women !! which indicates she have secret life you are not aware off, I hear some will say its her private life she can do what she wants/ she is an adult and can do what she want in her free time..... I can only say remember where exactly we live, and no; no body is free to do what they please, specially when it clash with your private life, the maid live in your home, so she is your responsibility...... I have local neighbour live 3 houses away from me, the man is a big shot layer over here, their maid got pregnant as she was fooling around with the driver, what happened? they just send both each to his and her respective country, no salary, nothing at all, and been told to be happy to escape jail over here, with a one year ban to break the contract!!! as a lawyer he knows very well whom will be in police station jail for the first 3 days, the employer himself, then once investigations start, it may or may not prove him innocent, since I knew this from this big lawyer, and the fact he - as employer - responsible for every act his house help do, i follow this lead since then. OP open your eyes, your maid is fishing for something illegal.
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Latest post on 09 November 2014 - 13:04
Hi KCee, I had one made recently at Park 'n' Shop for my daughter's birthday and I found it quite disappointing. The photo they printed on top didn't look good (too grainy, poor colors- and it was one from their book of photos so you'd think they would have mastered those) the decoration on the edge of the cake was hard like cement and totally inedible and the cake itself was like a chocolate sponge cake, vary hard to identify any filling and pretty tasteless other than the overwhelming taste of sugar. I got another cake a few days later from Sugaholic that was fantastic but I know they're a lot more expensive and perhaps you wouldn't want to go down that path. Another idea a friend went with is that she bought a basic chocolate cake from Spinneys and then decorated it herself with figurines and candy; it looked great and tasted much better than the one we had from Park 'n Shop. I second Big Blue, although i didn't order a cake from there, but tried their own backed cupcakes and sliced cakes - gatou- it was almost pure sugar and added other stuff to make it look like cakes and cupcake, the sponge cake was hard rock that I took it back to them and told them it was a method teeth mass destruction ! I dared any one can finish a slice of it and after all they offered a refund after a big scene!!! Never buy anything from their bake stand!
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Latest post on 19 October 2014 - 15:37
Wow! if the class have 25 students and each bring along the 250 dhs, they would have 6250 dhs!!! Why would a class mum gather that big amount of money for (kitty)!!!! still this is very uncomfortable amount of money to be given to a child class, even when I was flatting didn't pay that much toward our apartment groceries!!! In my own opinion, I won't pay any at all, I pay the school fees, and every other activity, in birthdays I bake cupcakes, in the end of school year I make bags full of pencils and stickers that help for the next academic year, and up to me if I can buy a gift to the teachers or not, if I don't have funds for it, a nice thank you card hand made by me - or my child with me - and give it to the teachers....I remember there were time class mum requested us to contribute to gold plated pandora bracelet and toys to be in for the teachers of the class, I declined stating I don't spend that much on me, why should I spend it at all?!! OP, don't feel pressured to pay even a dirham against your will.
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Latest post on 18 October 2014 - 21:58
hello ladies We have just found out that we will be given an accommodation in Meydan heights. I was wondering if anyone of you lives there or near and tell me about te area please. It is a very newly developing area and I can't seem to find much online.. Any insight would be welcome.. This will be a great area when it is finished. There are 2 adjacent developments of villas going in there next to these Emirates townhouses which are nothing to do with EK. They will have retail facilities when finished in a couple of years time. It is also very close to town (10 mins to Dubai Mall) whilst still having a secluded feel. You don't live there aren't you? Last year I did drive there, the only road leads to it is one lane each direction, and there is high voltage electricity power line along the road, which covers the Maydan Hights from the townhouse side. As I'm aware - I could be stand corrected - they finished 520 units and will continue the target 3500 units in total - with only one swimming pool serving this big amount of residents - got no idea how this could be?! - and the target is having high end retailers over there!!!! Again I did read so many bad reviews about how these townhouses called villas are small and no privacy at all, or the bad a/c that been installed over there, or the fact that every time you need water in your tap you need to go and switch on the water electric pumb..... But the most scary of them all is the high voltage power lines! This is the really a bomb waiting to tick! The fact of living near these cables resulted in so many resurches that concluded that families with young children with or have elderly members have developed lochymia(spl?) this is my own fear - that's my own opinion - and no one really is looking at this scary fact at all. I might have an outdated info regard the rest, but I'm sure the cables will stay there.
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Latest post on 16 October 2014 - 11:25
Alright then! Finally got a reply, however the person in question sent the email from his private email, which not even under his name at all!!! he sent it from his mobile phone at 3 am! Is that professional at all?!!! In my own opinion it's not, thats why I replied back requesting confirmation of that email identity. I am really at the end of my wits with this school and the staff over there, they are number one time waster, and really I don't like the whole situation at all. ETA: it all started a month ago, I did apply leave for my kids as we are travelling as we didn't get to travel in summer due DH work commitments, any way, sent the email to respective persons, got a reply for one and not yet the other...any way as a member of staff told me if I didn't hear from them it means it's all alright, went on the trip and come back and continued school normally, only sunday this week, I found a teacher of one of my kids giving me a print out of my original email request and someone hand writing on the end of it - not even a good readable hand writing - something goes on like this leave is not approved and my kid is concede red absent without authorisation, no date just a signature by the end! after a day looking forward whom write this, finally discovered the mystery person, after leaving 3 messages to contact me or call me - with no returning back those messages - went myself and finally seen that person, I asked him why I haven't been notified a month earlier? he was a drama queen, telling shabby excuses of being busy and can not send emails to over 2K student ?!!! the conversation become very low, as he was patronising me, telling me off, and he will never ever authorise any kind of leave as he know the great benefits of kids attending school! then attempting to kick me out of his office by telling me he have a meeting - by the way all the staff over there have meetings all the time ! - so I left. for a whole week I'm trying to seek anyone to talk or reason with them, nothing! then had to go myself to KHDA to make a complain, only then they entertained me once, and then no one talks about it, again no one reply on emails or even pick up phones - the school phones - and now I have finally a reply from anonymous hotmail email sent from a smart phone at 3 AM and no one wants to confirm the identity? Is this professional at all? Please don't quote me! thanks <em>edited by Gorobattie on 16/10/2014</em>
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Latest post on 16 October 2014 - 11:20
I thought you were living in Cairo now.... I was! But now back here until the next assignment, God only knows where will be next!
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Latest post on 14 October 2014 - 16:19
The Ideal solution is to look it up online, like ebay or so, and order the voltage transformer, as over here you won't find whom will be able to fix it, or the nest time you are travelling home, take it with you and again : it need you to research from where you can find the reliable tech/ antique tech that will fix it - not taking it and sell it on antique road show! I hope this could make sense.
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Latest post on 14 October 2014 - 16:13
Thank you Stix, I did look them all up, and just wanted to have more info if anything defer from what I found out, again it match what I was re searching in the last couple of days. let's see what will happen, as one of them really treats women badly and I am his centre of this hatred, because I don't accept intimidation from his side, despite its all his mistake and won't acknowledge his own. Once again thanks Stix
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Latest post on 14 October 2014 - 15:44
I'm trying to figure out whom is whom, plus one of these titles is being a total D*chBag! I'm already with contact with all of them, none of them favours emails, and KHDA is already with me ( or that what they are doing so far).....lets see what will happen. So What about the rest excluding the principal ? <em>edited by Gorobattie on 14/10/2014</em>
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Latest post on 14 October 2014 - 15:34
If you know what is or the responsibility of these positions, I will appreciate it very much: Deputy Manager KG Coordinator Dean of Students Deputy Head of Junior School Head of Junior School Principal Another thing: do you think a school should have all these posts? if so, whom have authority over whom? Thanks.
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Latest post on 06 September 2014 - 12:05
Thank you Sam7! I did buy boric acid in powdered form and used it to kill the ants!!! It worked! The recipe is: have equal amount of sugar and boric acid powder mix them then add water just to make the mix dissolve, mix well and add cotton balls leave them to be absorbed and have these cotton balls in places where ants frequent or near the nest, the ants will eat the mix like crazy! By next day you won't find a single ant wondering! the mix is safe for pets but not sure about babies! and finally my war against ants finished! :D
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Latest post on 28 July 2014 - 02:51
Anybody know where please? And I don't know how it look like, so any info or advice would be appreciated. Thanks in advance
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Latest post on 25 July 2014 - 01:54
OP, you are not supposed to submit to anybody assumption or thoughts overhere, you don't have to explain your self or what you mean, simply it's your house so it's your rules! If you feel that your employee is not representing good image of where she work - the trashy hooker dressing up - then I suggest you terminate her and send her home, if she is taking you for a ride and being a drama queen and sobbing if you tried to tell her about something she fell short in her work, well that should tell you exactly what she is all about!! If dressing up like this not a problem with you; very well let her do what she want, but be careful, as she will keep taking rights and privileges she is not entitled to from you and against your well, and this prove her who really run your house: it's her! If I have a DD I won't allow her dress up like what you described, and h@ll yes I would be checking out her social accounts and I would be spitting fire if my little girl is posting photos like that! I wouldn't post something like that, and h@ll yes I wouldn't let any friend or a relative post things like that or dress like that, even if they are visiting me not in my watch to dress up like a street walker!! So, allowing my employee/ helper/ nanny/ maid, who lives under my roof, taking care of my house in my abcens and babysit my children to post an images like these about herself or dress up like that! Simply what if someone we know seen her like a street walker dress up; what they would say or think about our home? What if this maid treys to hook up with any of my family friends?! What they would think about my house? Just think about these ideas and what ifs..... I know someone who entertained her maids bfs, and finally the last bf did ask the husband if he agree on letting him see the maid!!! As he is courting her!!!! Which didn't end up well after that. Talking about code of conduct; I know someone who was on leave without leaving Dubai, he was out with another friends - mix of men and women - they got drunk, and it was time for everybody to go home, except this dude, who wanted to go with a certain lady up to her place, she refused him and just got to the left, the dude couldn't understand no for an answer, did start a fight with the bldg security, the fact the building security was part of the work place and the building is rented by the work itself, after all the hussle, he was fired from his work, as the reason was he couldn't respect the law to abstain, as he was muslim, the fact he misbehaved badly and couldn't respect his position even he was on leave, and coused unnececesary big sight!!! Yes they didn't call the police, but he lost his job and was sent back to his home in less than 2 weeks after that night! To sum it all, sooner or later this maid will couse trouble, and she must go.
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EW OLDHAND
Latest post on 24 July 2014 - 13:23
Can you even get married in the Grand Mosque? And is she Muslim? lol No! She had an 'inter-faith' marriage apparently - I highly doubt this. Plus her 'husband' she drags about as her business partner. (he's egyptian). edited by FairyDust on 24/07/2014 Well... I had a quick look at her Pinterest page, it's all vague and nothing is real!! She posted earlier that she have a wedding dress and posted a model of it that the wedding will take place on 25 of January 2014, but she got married on 14th of fen?! Another thing; she and this dude are all the time alone in the alleged wedding photos, and she is dressed in a green satine dress! It could be just a casual dinner or in that case: a drink photos just taken in a function befor it start!!!! Then previously saying nancy ajram - a Lebanese singer that get paid not less than 100 k US dollars in weddings - to be singing in their reception!!!! The fact she is getting married to him with his very bad English sounds a bit dodgy! He is supposed to be her manager with near to nothing in communicating in English, and she doesn't speak Arabic - or she does?! - and no, she can't get married in that grand mousque at all, you get married in the shariah dept in courts over here, if she kept her faith and choose not to convert to Islam, she must obtain a permit from the British consulate that she is not married or she is divorced, plus as per shariah law, any woman - Muslim or not - must have a male relative will be her spokesman in her marriage.... And she was all along alone, only her and him!!! I really can't believe how she managed to pull off all that time to be ambassadors / diplomat/ spokesperson or any effin position she give herself with no formal company, and it's only her and this dude?!!!!!!
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Latest post on 24 July 2014 - 11:41
I really don't understand why she is still out?! I know for sure she have million evidence of her frudes, and everyone escapes her plans should make an official complain, sadly no one really care and they said oh thank god I didn't fall for her lies! And move on!!!! I really salute the news reporter for all his trouble and digging out this woman !
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Latest post on 24 July 2014 - 11:00
Thank you for your advices, I believe I didn't explain myself correctly, still got the sound advices ? My hair dryer is the one that have the attached brush so it help me straight up my hair, and the curler I do use it to keep my hair straight!!! I bought both in UAE, so both will have high voltage than the US one voltage, I will buy the voltage converter to try my best, if any of them zapped out.. Well I have to find next target or jcpenny near our hotel then! I really don't want to but them over there, but if it happen... They will stay behind in the hotel, we don't travel that much often. Thanks again for your advices ☺️ <em>edited by Gorobattie on 24/07/2014</em>
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Latest post on 23 July 2014 - 23:36
Actually the curfew starts at 7 pm! And the age is not 14, it's any under the age of 21! You can always arrive early with your family, no one will stop you! Done it million times, and sure no parent will serve their babies, children or teens beer or wine! <em>edited by Gorobattie on 23/07/2014</em>
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Latest post on 15 July 2014 - 16:59
I know, this will be boring! I am staying the summer over here, but found a wonderful page that is doing a 52 weeks of decluttering and organising! they post every week - now its week 28 - about what to do in every week, how to organise every thing, its amazing how they go to every thing even your daily handbag!!!! I started using all the checklists and methods over there, and believe it or not, I couldn't be a happy bunny more! I feel quiet and restored calmness back to my life, I believe all these stuff are just herding negative energy!! I know.... its boring what I had just post! Can you share the website? Sounds interesting:) The page URL is http://www.household-management-101.com/
 
 
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