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Latest post on 27 October 2011 - 09:56
where are you going from/to at 7.30 every morning when my teen sees you near Al Reem 3 ??? sorry, but he mentioned it today as it isn't sort of near anywhere and he's curious lol... are you joking?
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Latest post on 26 October 2011 - 16:00
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Latest post on 26 October 2011 - 15:58
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Latest post on 25 October 2011 - 16:02
Buying from Brit Balti was a big mistake, royal kebab is lovely!
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Latest post on 25 October 2011 - 12:11
We usually get take away from them in international city, and they are fab! This weekend we tried [b'>brit balti[/b'>. BIG MISTAKE. I never knew that British Indian food is soooooooo different from acutal indian food! I can't believe they are still in business. We paid 167dhs for 2 portion of butter chicken (which by the way should have been called sugar chicken) 4 naan and a porion of tandoori chicken. Never again. <em>edited by Irooni on 25/10/2011</em>
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Latest post on 18 October 2011 - 21:26
How long can you keep fresh fish in the fridge before freezing it?
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Latest post on 18 October 2011 - 19:48
I am so annoyed with keeping money in the bank, but hubby feels this nothing is to be trusted right now. I don't agree.
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Latest post on 17 October 2011 - 22:50
Apple (Pie)!
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Latest post on 17 October 2011 - 22:06
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Latest post on 17 October 2011 - 22:03
Whole green apples
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Latest post on 13 October 2011 - 15:40
Number 1 is my favo[i'>u[/i'>rite!
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Latest post on 13 October 2011 - 15:37
LOVE IT!!!! It just ****[i'>AWESOME[/i'>****(if you know what I mean!);)
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Latest post on 12 October 2011 - 20:28
I always remember a simple thing my Mum once said to me when I was really down. Things will always look better in the morning. My Gran always said this too but first it was. Lets have a cuppa love, it will help clear your head. What wonderful memories this brings back. Nothing like a cuppa, to make thing better.:)
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Latest post on 12 October 2011 - 19:28
Consumer rights is very new in Dubai. You can involve all the authorities you want and you won't get your money back for faulty coffee maker or expired product that was sold at a supermarket, let alone 100s of thousands dirhams spent on schooling!
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Latest post on 12 October 2011 - 19:23
We have a proverb that says, a dark cold night always has a light morning. Khatoon's real name means dawns in persian. So I said the proverb, followed by,you are almost there, cause you are dawn.:) hope that makes sense! <em>edited by Irooni on 12/10/2011</em>
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Latest post on 12 October 2011 - 19:21
How about for the last few academic years? There is also the consumer protection law from 2006 in Dubai that stipulates refund or replacement of services in event of wrong advertisements etc. You must be joking!
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Latest post on 12 October 2011 - 19:12
Ladies, I am going to share a couple of persian words with khatoon, hope you don't mind. Aziz, shabaayeh sard o siah, sobheh sepidi ham daareh. Shoma keh khodet sahari....pas dameh dameshi!:)
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Latest post on 12 October 2011 - 19:06
Their rights are to be loved and cared for to the best ability of the carer, provided food and water and a roof over their heads. That's what i thought. Only my list has education in it as well. I will write ands are ny thoughts with you in more depth later. For now, please please keep them coming. I would love to hear from the mums on the other side of the fence well.
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Latest post on 12 October 2011 - 19:03
My god Aleta, I am speechless!
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Latest post on 12 October 2011 - 19:01
Of different ethnicities.
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Latest post on 12 October 2011 - 18:48
As mentioned before by other posters, the ones who find this question offensive, are the ones who have assimilated, or are [i'>trying[/i'> to assimilate. The ones who come from a multiethnic background, well that's just a mouthful to explain, I am sure they are not offended by it. <em>edited by Irooni on 12/10/2011</em>
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Latest post on 12 October 2011 - 17:38
SM. I understand. Iranians started leaving Iran by the thousands after the revolution and the war, that happened only 8 months later. Before the revolution, many Iranians went to countries like Germany, France, Switzerland, England and the US to pursue a further education; but they almost always came back. Iran had over 2500 years of monarchy, we never had a republic......Oh..... I can't say much more without asking for trouble. But the bottom line is that the ones who left may be happy to have freedom and peace again, but they would have happily stayed in Iran if the government didn't fall into the hands of the Mullahs. So yes, in your words, they left but didn't want to. edited by Irooni on 12/10/2011 That is what I thought - that many feel as if they cannot be in their home country because of that event. I don't think that the word "refugee" has any negative connotations. So, is the story of our life:)
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Latest post on 12 October 2011 - 16:50
My children have the right to listen and obey me. Everything else is a privilege! No, seriously!:) <em>edited by Irooni on 12/10/2011</em>
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Latest post on 12 October 2011 - 16:36
What are the prices like? Are in the couple of 10s like parasol?
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Latest post on 12 October 2011 - 14:20
[i'>[quote'> Sorry but that raises the question - then why on earth are they living there / bringing their kids up there if they would consider it blasphemous to be from there??[/i'>[b'>[/b'> Almost all Iranians respect their apodted countries, and hold it dear. They just don't claim to be British or Canadian or American, cause they are only tax paying, hopefully law abiding citizens. I can speak for myself and my immediate family. We are all thankful to Canada and the government, for viewing us as equals to Canadians who have been born and bred in Canada for many generations. But the fact is that the general mainstream Canadian population will never see us as Canadian, Canadian! To begin with our looks are always a dead giveaway! Other european canadians, like English-Canadian, Italian-Canadian, Irish-Canadian, are always considered more Canadian than us because they are the same racially and physically. This has been my experience during my years in Canada. I hope I am not offending anyone. I will always hold Canada dear and most probably it will be our home again after hubby retires. edited by Irooni on 12/10/2011 <em>edited by Irooni on 12/10/2011</em>
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Latest post on 12 October 2011 - 14:09
SM. I understand. Iranians started leaving Iran by the thousands after the revolution and the war, that happened only 8 months later. Before the revolution, many Iranians went to countries like Germany, France, Switzerland, England and the US to pursue a further education; but they almost always came back. Iran had over 2500 years of monarchy, we never had a republic......Oh..... I can't say much more without asking for trouble. But the bottom line is that the ones who left may be happy to have freedom and peace again, but they would have happily stayed in Iran if the government didn't fall into the hands of the Mullahs. So yes, in your words, they left but didn't want to. <em>edited by Irooni on 12/10/2011</em>
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Latest post on 12 October 2011 - 13:13
Where on the west coast?
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Latest post on 12 October 2011 - 12:37
Arch, this is wrong when applied to Iranians, they have national pride inbuilt, no matter if they are 10 generations down the line, they will never say they are from somewhere else, even if they have lived there for 40 years or so... edited by Alismum on 12/10/2011 So a person born to Iranian immigrants in the US will say they are Iranians and not Americans when they grow up and are asked "where are you from" ? edited by Arch on 12/10/2011 Most probably yes. In Canada and the US, its very usual to hear the hyphenated Iranian-American, Iranian-Canadian, Indian-Canadian, Chinese-Canadian.... and so on..... I can speak for the Iranians. The reason they will say "from Iran", is because the majority of Iranians are quite "in touch" with their culture and heritage. It doesn't matter where they are born and where they live. They speak persian, have persian names, listen and dance to iranian music, eat iranian food, celebrate the iranian new year, follow iranian politics and almost always have some family back in Iran. And that makes them Iranian. Is that because they feel they are refugees from their homeland? SM, I don't know if you are deliberately trying to offend by that comment. If you are, I must say I am not offended. Maybe many still do feel like refugees, I don't know. I was never a refugee, although are hometown was war struck. My father migrated to Canada as an entrepreneur. If one feeling connected to their roots and heritage despite being born and growing up in another country, make them a refugee; then I guess most iranians in the West are refugees. <em>edited by Irooni on 12/10/2011</em>
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Latest post on 12 October 2011 - 12:30
asking where a person is from is harmless and most ppl are proud to say.. but insisting on knowing where my parents are from is just creepy and invasive. For example I am Chinese 'on the outside', but have never lived there and cant speak the language... . Thus, I do not regard myself as Chinese ... when asked, I am from the country where I was born and grew up, and the culture I know and live by, and which i am very proud of. It would be wrong of me to say Im Chinese, cuz im not :) I feel the same way! I've always had a hard time answering this question. I was born and raised in New York but because I am asian, people here seem to have a hard time understanding when I tell them I am American. I get responses like " you don't look American" or "no, where are you really from?". I usually have to explain further that my parents are from China. Then I get responses like "oh -- your English is very good" :\: I don't understand how your parents who conceived you and gave birth to you have no say in who you are and where you are from. When your parents are chinese and you are born and raised in the US, and you have the looks to prove it, then saying you are Chinese American just makes so much more sense. But then again that's just me, each to their own as they say.
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Latest post on 12 October 2011 - 12:27
Arch, this is wrong when applied to Iranians, they have national pride inbuilt, no matter if they are 10 generations down the line, they will never say they are from somewhere else, even if they have lived there for 40 years or so... edited by Alismum on 12/10/2011 So a person born to Iranian immigrants in the US will say they are Iranians and not Americans when they grow up and are asked "where are you from" ? edited by Arch on 12/10/2011 Most probably yes. In Canada and the US, its very usual to hear the hyphenated Iranian-American, Iranian-Canadian, Indian-Canadian, Chinese-Canadian.... and so on..... I can speak for the Iranians. The reason they will say "from Iran", is because the majority of Iranians are quite "in touch" with their culture and heritage. It doesn't matter where they are born and where they live. They speak persian, have persian names, listen and dance to iranian music, eat iranian food, celebrate the iranian new year, follow iranian politics and almost always have some family back in Iran. And that makes them Iranian.
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Latest post on 12 October 2011 - 12:17
I too don't understand why people are offended. I always say where my roots are from and where I grew up, without hesitation. It just allows people to understand me a little bit more and gets the conversation going[b'>. I often find that people who migrated to Canada, USA or UK (from the east, including Arab countries) are the ones to say "I am from Canada/USA/UK[/b'>[u'>[/u'>" and they get offended when I ask but where are you originally from. They insist they are from those countries, until I ask where there parents are from. Usually I just shut up, but when an Arab (I am Arab) tells me and insists he is from Canada, I have to ask him "well how is it that you look Arab and speak Arabic?" - then he will tell me oh my parents are from xyz. It's always an interesting story. These days, specially those living or born in Dubai, people have roots in one or two (or even more) countries, passports from maybe 2 other countries, born and living in yet another country. The family is a melting pot on its own. From both sides of my family, including first cousins, we have 11 different passports/nationalities! So true! LIKE
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Latest post on 12 October 2011 - 00:26
My daughter had her braces done here.if I had to do it again, i wouldn't go anywhere else.
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Latest post on 11 October 2011 - 21:21
I don't think there is anything wrong about this question. People ask this question just to start the conversation. I agree. The people who find this question offensive are usually the ones who have adopted a culture other than the one they are born into. ( NOT ALWAYS THOUGH) so don't get offended if you r not one of them
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Latest post on 11 October 2011 - 21:18
To me where you are from, is where your roots, your blood and veins is from. Which is usually where your parents are from. Where your parents are from effects your upbringing, which in the end of the day makes the you the person you are. edited by Irooni on 11/10/2011 Hmmmm.....nope...don't fit that mould. That's just me! Each to their own.
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Latest post on 11 October 2011 - 21:17
That's where the half half story starts;)
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Latest post on 11 October 2011 - 21:13
To me where you are from, is where your roots, your blood and veins is from. Which is usually where your parents are from. Where your parents are from effects your upbringing, which in the end of the day makes the you the person you are. <em>edited by Irooni on 11/10/2011</em>
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Latest post on 11 October 2011 - 20:59
My parents are from Country A I was born in Country B Home to me is Country C I carry a passport from Country D So when people ask me where I am from, I ask them to verify the question. ETA: my sisters have passports from Countries E & F edited by IAMVP on 11/10/2011 Really?
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Latest post on 11 October 2011 - 11:55
There is a shop in DFC, on the ground floor. Can't remember the name.
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Latest post on 11 October 2011 - 11:51
Bump for anyone juicing!
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Latest post on 11 October 2011 - 11:50
Bump
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Latest post on 11 October 2011 - 11:30
Do you feel better now? It was a good point well made :) :) haha
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Latest post on 11 October 2011 - 11:21
Seriously, what is wrong with me?:\: no really,i am not trying to be nasty!:)
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Latest post on 11 October 2011 - 11:13
Oh and by the by.... I am not Arab, just saying!:)
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Latest post on 11 October 2011 - 11:12
The people are [b'>ARABS[/b'> the [i'>language[/i'> is ARABIC! The people are [u'>[i'>[i'>not[/i'>[/i'>[/u'> ARABIC! Oh......got that off my chest! Apologies, everyone, but I really had to say it! edited by Irooni on 11/10/2011 <em>edited by Irooni on 11/10/2011</em>
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Latest post on 11 October 2011 - 11:02
Lolacat, I have a close friend whose children attend Fettes. She did extensive research before she chose the school. Her children are very happy there, it sounds like an amazing school. I think she mentioned its one of the best in the UK and ranks very high. Good luck.
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Latest post on 10 October 2011 - 22:01
Bump! Belladipsa where r u?
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Latest post on 10 October 2011 - 21:42
Just go with the flow, take it easy, I think it's too early to tell anything
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Latest post on 10 October 2011 - 21:32
Just be yourself, get to know each other, the rest will just happen! This s the case where ever he is from, wherever you are from!
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Latest post on 10 October 2011 - 19:19
Oh cymraes, hugs x I forgot to add how much I miss a proper Autumn!
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Latest post on 10 October 2011 - 18:15
Part time work Breathable weather in the morning Morning mist Greenery Cold weather Rain Snow Good customr service Easy conversations on the phone with companies Cleaning products like tilex and cl Last but definitely not least WAL-MART where are you from??? i REALLY miss wal mart too :) I used to live I North Vancouver district. One of the most beautiful places on earth! Mountains, green fields, woods and oceanwalks, all within 10 mins driving minutes from each other! Have a look http://www.google.ca/search?q=north+vancouver+district&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&client=safari&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&biw=1024&bih=660
 
 
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