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Latest post on 11 June 2014 - 16:06
The book shop in ACE in Festival City has second hand books.
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Latest post on 11 June 2014 - 09:14
I handed them into the pharmacy at Welcare and they asked if they were for destruction and were happy to take them,
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Latest post on 11 June 2014 - 08:36
Have you got a copy of the plan? The one we have from our landlord very clearly states 3 bed + maids room.
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Latest post on 11 June 2014 - 08:34
You need to select Deira as the main area and then then in the drop down box 'area' Mirdif will appear.
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Latest post on 10 June 2014 - 14:47
I shop and ship then from Amazon in the UK. Bought loads of Lego and Playmobil last year and even with shipping costs it was less than 50% of buying it here.
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Latest post on 08 June 2014 - 09:05
Here is the contact information from their website. My DH went and they were very helpful. Email Id: [email protected] Phone: +971 4 2825112, 800 832473783 Fax: +971 4 2824094
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Latest post on 05 June 2014 - 15:23
Sorry, I was thinking of the sheets you use between burgers and stuff to keep them separate in the freezer. I have bought paper you print on and then iron onto t-shirts etc. from Tchibo.
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Latest post on 05 June 2014 - 08:50
Lakeland in MCC has it.
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Latest post on 04 June 2014 - 12:51
I ordered two peppermint iced teas at Starbucks, but stressed that they should not put syrup in them. A couple of minutes later collected my iced teas, laced with syrup. When I asked why he's put syrup in them despite my asking that he now, he replied, 'I know maam but tea without syrup is not good'. FFx I went to a coffee/cake bakery and asked for an americano but with less water (i like a strong black coffee but not expresso) and no milk. I am served a milky cappuccino, I tell the waiter I asked for an americano, his reply was yes, I know but you are British and you like milky coffee! I had to explain that I am not British and even if i was, I want what I ordered. Never been back.
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Latest post on 03 June 2014 - 16:45
Cafe Nero in MCC, fabulous coffee.
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Latest post on 03 June 2014 - 16:43
We have a joint account and our LL (professional LL has lots of properties) asked who had signed the cheques and and when I said I had, he asked that DH rewrite and sign them as the bank is more likely to return a cheque (for signature anomalies) written by the secondary account holder than the primary. Very frustrating.
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Latest post on 26 May 2014 - 11:51
i know you would prefer government jobs due to their hours but my DH works for the government and there is no guarantee he is out by 2.30pm. I would say days he gets out by 4pm are few and far between. They also start at 7.30am so not good for schools starting times. School fees in his section of government do not pay schools fees until a certain level. Other government departments might be different but I don't want you going in thinking if will all be perfect if you get a government job. He got the job because he knew someone working there and more importantly, they needed his skill set.
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Latest post on 21 May 2014 - 14:54
Pottery Barn Kids usually has a porcelain tea set for children.
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Latest post on 20 May 2014 - 13:51
He might be trying to tell you he is giving 90 days notice that it will go up and he will inform you of the exact amount on the day depending on what the rent calculator says. Our commercial landlord said this so I called RERA and they said the exact amount has to be stated or no increase on the 90 day notice. They said it is the same for commercial and residential.
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Latest post on 18 May 2014 - 13:54
www.geantonline.ae they will deliver to all locations edited by HorizonMum2 on 18/05/2014 Except for the Al Garhoud/Mirdif/Deira etc. side. Would love to use the service and would even pay a delivery fee.
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Latest post on 18 May 2014 - 13:47
Dr. Njideka Nto at Arabian Ranches. Amazing female doctor. She always has time to talk to you, doesn't give medicine if its not needed and if it, only prescribes what is necessary. 04 453 4020
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Latest post on 15 May 2014 - 16:46
Very simple in Dubai, I went to a Tasjeel testing place and gave them my registration number and AED 50 and I was given a new card. I then found the original 5 minutes later in the car in the place I had looked many times. Grrr
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Latest post on 15 May 2014 - 08:25
Thanks Ladybirdsarethebest I will give them another chance and top up that way or switch to Early Bird. We like their water and the fact the water bottles aren't reused (and they do say they recycle them) and they don't leak either, but they have been very unreliable with deliveries over the past year, and when I call the call center to inquire there is always a new rule or change of software or sthg happening/great excuse. I have so nearly switched over the last year as well. It seems to be much better now, they just assume I need 2 bottles every week and I call them every fortnight for them to deliver fruit juice at the same time now.
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Latest post on 15 May 2014 - 08:21
There was a thread about this recently as well. Spinney's sell the Waitrose brand of slimline tonic in cans. It is really nice, I think a pack of 6 is around 11 dirhams. M&S sometimes have their version in as well.
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Latest post on 15 May 2014 - 08:21
Here is the link: http://www.expatwoman.com/forum/topic222528-slimline-tonic.aspx
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Latest post on 14 May 2014 - 16:29
If its the same company as I think, I have been paying this way for last month. I ran out of credit and they delivered, zero'd out my account and when I topped up the following week the amount due was deducted. You don't have to pay the amounts they suggest (AED 150 or AED 400) its just with those amounts you get 'free' money on your i-cash account.
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Latest post on 14 May 2014 - 11:44
I use My Name Tags (www.mynametags.com), they are not expensive and really good.
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Latest post on 13 May 2014 - 08:29
Our PRO told us that even if an employee had a ban, if we employ them on a contract of AED 12,000 or more the ban will be lifted.
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Latest post on 13 May 2014 - 08:23
If it was with a reputable company they will come back for free. We have just had ours done and we did have a few days of dead ones appearing but they are all gone. Did they lift the drain hole covers and spray inside? <em>edited by Ladybirdsarethebest on 13/05/2014</em>
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Latest post on 08 May 2014 - 15:37
and empower / and enoc / and adnoc / and the hotels and and and ..... and ..... the problem is that school is the most costly as it's such a large sum for us to pick up - 2% is a substantial add on. If I take Grade 7 @ one of the schools... school fee is approx. 60,000.... there are 200 students - annual revenue for grade 7 is 12 Million. They will collect an additional 240,000 AED in admin fees from Grade 7 alone if we assume that every body pays with credit card. Multiply that by 7 for each grade offered in the school - and the total collected for admin fees is 1.7 Million AED. Are they for real...... But the schools are not keeping (all) this money, the banks charge up to 2% for the merchants/schools to offer this service. I agree they shouldn't pass it on but all that will happen is that the schools/petrol stations etc. refuse to take cards at all. For years you couldn't use cards at petrol stations, its only in the last couple of years they have started accepting them again.
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Latest post on 08 May 2014 - 15:32
I wonder if this means DEWA will stop charging 2% on bill payments made by credit card too. Not holding my breath on that one! Do they? Yes, They did the last time I used a credit card to pay my bill. I've just always paid by CC via my phone and never been charged extra. Strange!! I paid in person and it was written on the wall over the payment counter that there is a 2% fee for CC payments, maybe over the phone is different. I think if you pay online there is no charge. <em>edited by Ladybirdsarethebest on 08/05/2014</em>
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Latest post on 08 May 2014 - 15:30
Ours is a small compound with only 6 villas, we pay AED 100,000 for 3 beds, very small garden but a shared pool (our priority over a garden). Others nearby are AED 185,000 for 4 beds but a big garden and pool. We are near the small Spinneys/Emirates British Nursery,. Very little aircraft sound. You are best driving around, we found ours by accident. The landlord has several compounds and the sign had been put on the wrong compound. Ours wasn't on Dubizzle or any other website.
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Latest post on 08 May 2014 - 09:49
Depends on what time you are trying to get out of Mirdif, at 7.15 its busy as you are out with all the school traffic but its not that difficult. It will (hopefully) improve once all the road widening has finished. We have always been in compounds, been in Mirdif for 12 years and wouldn't live anywhere else.
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Latest post on 08 May 2014 - 09:45
Don''t know about Uber, we use Careem a lot. If you book it via the App then you get live tracking as to where your driver is. You get a text message when he is outside. You get a thank you message and confirmation of the cost afterwards. We always use a credit card. You do have to register before hand but its not long or hard.
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Latest post on 06 May 2014 - 16:12
It depends on how much cake you want and how much decoration. I don't make cakes professionally but do enjoy making and decorating. I recently did my DDs birthday cake, it was an eye opener as to the cost of making and decorating a cake. It was 2 tiers. the bottom one 8" and the top one 5". It probably cost me the best part of AED 250 for ingredients as I made my own marshmallow fondant and used proper vanilla pods. It took a couple of hours of them being in the oven (baked separately as they were different sizes), butter icing (and I didn't put a liberal amount in) and then fondant. It took me a lot of hours to make the fondant, roll it out, cover the cake and then make decorations to decorate it. After making it AED 700 doesn't sound bad. <em>edited by Ladybirdsarethebest on 06/05/2014</em>
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Latest post on 05 May 2014 - 14:00
My DD used to see Dr. Punjani at Welcare Hospital in Al Garhoud. He is a visiting pediatric urologist so call and ask to speak to Dr. Malpani's nurse and she will advise when he is back in town. He is really nice and so gentle with children.
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Latest post on 05 May 2014 - 12:30
I agree with others, my Kindle has saved me a fortune. especially when I buy Amazon's daily special. I had the original Kindle and how have the Paperwhite, it is lovely and DH doesn't complain about the light.
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Latest post on 05 May 2014 - 12:21
That sounds awful, nothing like upsetting their future clients! Why not try one of the mobile hairdressers, i use Hazel (search for her name on here and her mobile number comes up) or some people recommend Maureen. They will have time (Hazel does) to sit with your daughter and you to discuss what you want and how they can make her hair lovely again.
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Latest post on 05 May 2014 - 09:08
I use National Pest Control, not the cheapest but I find I only have to spray every 12 - 18 months. Excellent customer service as well. http://www.natpest.com/ or 04 324 3260
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Latest post on 04 May 2014 - 08:27
Have you tried the Waitrose Essential sugar free tonic? It comes in cans, 6 for about AED 11. It is very nice. Edited to say, I buy mine in Spinney's in Mirdif <em>edited by Ladybirdsarethebest on 04/05/2014</em>
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Latest post on 29 April 2014 - 08:01
Hi, I am in Mirdif and my maid knows of a few people looking as their families are heading back to their home countries. If you are interested, post on here and I will ask my maid.
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Latest post on 27 April 2014 - 16:34
The machine is fine, I even got Dolce Gusto onto it and they replaced the capsules.. It was only 2 times from C4 as I hate the shop and only went when I couldn't find the capsules anywhere else. Now I just keep lots of stock and have minimum stock levels.
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Latest post on 27 April 2014 - 15:12
It is very frustrating, we can only ever find them in ACE or C4. Each and every time I have bought them in C4 half the capsules don't pierce on the bottom so end up chucking them so I refuse to buy them there. You can get them online from Dolce Gusto so I might try this way. They also have flavours I haven't seen elsewhere.
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Latest post on 23 April 2014 - 12:23
You could call Careem, we use them a lot for nights out but we recently received an email offering school pick up and drop offs. I have deleted the email so cannot give you more details. Careem.com
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Latest post on 23 April 2014 - 12:19
My healthy one, fresh strawberries crushed onto bread. My unhealthy one, Dutch dark chocolate sprinkles and Dutch peanut butter on the same sandwich.
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Latest post on 22 April 2014 - 13:20
The head teacher at Emirates British Nursery at Motor City is amazing. She was at the branch in Mirdif until the MC branch was opened. She loves her job and is always looking at ways to keep the children interested and learning. My DD loved the branch in Mirdif. I don't know anything about Building Blocks so cannot comment on them.
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Latest post on 22 April 2014 - 13:16
Try calling them, when I spoke to them to rearrange my DH's appointment it wasn't a problem.
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Latest post on 22 April 2014 - 12:47
Me neither. If we have to be informed before the 90 day point of any rent increase, this just makes a mockery of the whole thing. Our LL sent us a letter saying that the rent would increae in line with the calculator. I think he was hoping it would increase by more than 10% in those 90 days. We still can't get a figure from the calculator and it's due for renewal next month !!! We had this with our commercial rent, we were told that if was no increase mentioned at the 90 day point, the LL cannot increase it. We gave him the cheques based on the amount due on the contact (he had put it up 5%), he made a small fuss then accepted it. We were also told the same applies to residential rents. <em>edited by Ladybirdsarethebest on 22/04/2014</em>
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Latest post on 14 April 2014 - 15:33
Dr. Yussouf Fallah at Welcare in Garhoud, He is a surgeon but prefers to see if it can be fixed without surgery. I will need a knee replacement at some point and he is helping me to keep that date in the distant future.
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Latest post on 10 April 2014 - 14:28
My DH bought them in ACE but they didn't have many as they were selling them as 3 for 2. Lakeland have their own version.
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Latest post on 10 April 2014 - 14:23
It's all so strange! Our school sent out an email last week saying that the principal would update us on the situation. Then an identical email was sent about 15 minutes later with that part taken out and no mention of the omitted paragraph. Since then, there has been nothing! Royal Dubai by any chance? We had the same.
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Latest post on 07 April 2014 - 08:06
Really sick of buying tampered products, its only a few dirhams product I threw in the bin, but now have to go out again for more toothpaste! ( I hear you. I learned the hard way about tampered products when I bought a pack of tampons only to discover that a quarter were missing! What the ...?! That's why I always take a pack from the back of the shelves and squeeze the box to make sure it's full. What is also worrisome is that I can't imagine some poor woman (or staff member) being that desperate that she has to steal from the box rather than just purchase the goods to sort herself out. What gets me is that back home, these boxes -- being 'sanitary products' -- would have a proper wide sticky seal on them so they couldn't be opened/touched, but out here, that doesn't seem to be the case. Annoying and ... unsettling as well. :( edited by LadyBee on 06/04/2014 Yes agree about the need for proper seals on products, tampering is rampant here. And watch out for lipsticks too, so many times I have bought lipsticks that appear sealed with a bit of sticky tape around the tube and found them used. It has happened three times in Boots and several times in Lifestyle and Beauty Bay too recently and there is no exchange on cosmetics. Now I only buy lipsticks with proper factory perforated seals. edited by Di@DXB on 06/04/2014 I have seen the assistants in the Lifestyle shop take the sticky tape off lipstick, let the customer try it and when the customer doesn't want it, put some sticky tape back on and return it to the shelf. Yuk, Yuk <em>edited by Ladybirdsarethebest on 07/04/2014</em>
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Latest post on 27 March 2014 - 16:27
If the Philipinos Sanddunes mentions really earn only 1000 dhs a month, they will never be able to return to Dubai after their annal leave. The Philippine government will not give them an exit permit from Philipines unless they have a contract stating they earn 1500 dhs minimum. From what my maid tells me, the contract says AED 1,500 but then they have AED 500 deducted for board, food and anything else so that they only get AED 1,000. They then still have to pay for their own food. MIne gets AED 1,500 but she has just started and food and phone credit is in addition. She also gets paid extra if we ask her to babysit on a Friday. It will go up a little soon as DH and I have both had salary increases.
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Latest post on 24 March 2014 - 14:21
But the morning show with Kenny and Akalia is seriously painful. It is no longer Kenny and Akalia, Akalia is doing her own shows now. Kenny has two young ladies with him now, I did hear Daisy was going to join him as well. It is a different show but I will give it a chance. Its easy listening on the way into work.
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Latest post on 24 March 2014 - 08:41
Ours went to the same place in Karama that she had the first one. She is heading there today for her 3rd and final injection.
 
 
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