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Latest post on 06 January 2011 - 15:44
LOL! Ginnee's original thread now has over 7000 views! :)
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Latest post on 06 January 2011 - 15:37
What's your point? It seems like a nice place and a good achievement to me. <em>edited by Sanddy_Dogg on 06/01/2011</em>
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Latest post on 06 January 2011 - 15:23
i must have missed that episode cos i still got no idea who "Power to the People" (pmsl) might be...but i keep thinking of Robert Lindsay as Wolfie lolol Spoken by Nana Moon? lmaoo noo she called him Foxy !!! Oh LOL! So she did!
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Latest post on 06 January 2011 - 14:29
i must have missed that episode cos i still got no idea who "Power to the People" (pmsl) might be...but i keep thinking of Robert Lindsay as Wolfie lolol Spoken by Nana Moon?
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Latest post on 06 January 2011 - 12:00
I prefer beer. I'd also like to know when's the best time to have one a night [url=http://tinyurl.com/34r8n8m'>link[/url'> Seriously though, I'd save my glass for after dinner. I would look forward to it and savour it more.
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Latest post on 06 January 2011 - 09:09
what rubbish. the thread was full of helpful advice and concern for the missing woman. "Power to the people"? Sounds like a man wrote it to me. Probably someone p***ed off with his wife who constantly b*tches about their maid.
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Latest post on 06 January 2011 - 08:26
A bit insipid. I've seen better efforts to b*tch about this site :)
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Latest post on 06 January 2011 - 07:06
Do they burn up completely or is there something left once they've burnt out?
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Latest post on 05 January 2011 - 17:49
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/theuae/2011/January/theuae_January107.xml&section=theuae
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Latest post on 05 January 2011 - 15:27
Thanks for that :)
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Latest post on 05 January 2011 - 15:18
Can it be made in dirhams or does it have to be OMR? Thanks.
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Latest post on 05 January 2011 - 12:55
Sorry to divert back to the accident, but I've read reports on the Al Tayer accident in 3 different national newspapers and all three give a different road on which the accident occurred. It doesn't say too much about the quality and accuracy of news reporting in the country.
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Latest post on 05 January 2011 - 12:12
Can't you just show up at the consulate and obtain document to your DD? Why can't you say the girl have no father, then you are the sole parent? sorry to say that, but I guess the father is not keen on taking care of his DD and he just twisting your arm... so can't you go that way? How would explain that the child has no father?
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Latest post on 05 January 2011 - 06:28
Same here. I'm so sorry you've drawn a blank every way you've turned, I can only imagine your frustration. I really do hope you can find someone who can help you get what you need. Hopefully unnecessary, but I would wonder if your husband is planning to try and come back and gain custody of your DD. He seems to have set everything up to hold all of her legal documentation and it seems that he's left you in a position where it's difficult to even prove she's your child. Please be careful, and I wish you both the very best of luck, I wish I could do something to help.
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Latest post on 04 January 2011 - 20:13
You should also be able to get a copy of her birth certificate, and then hopefully a replacement passport. i would have thought whoever issued her visa initially would have record of it so would be able to put another in her new passport (fingers crossed!) Good luck.
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Latest post on 04 January 2011 - 19:09
There are many new Canadians who have no intention or desire to live in Canada long term. I work with one (and have worked with others who have no intention of living anywhere else but Canada). Someone referred to the former as Canadianese. They have met the terms and conditions of the Canadian government to get a Canadian passport. I would like the Canadian government, as do many other countries, require immigrants to renounce their "citizenship" with their birth country and take on the Canadian passport only. The person I work with has no intention of returning to Canada and will live in a 3rd world country until and unless (witness Beirut in 2005) they feel they "need" to go to Canada at the expense of the Canadian regular citizen. Before anyone asks. I spend 2 - 3 months in Canada (vacation time) per year and have no desire to live anywhere else permanently (I live in the GCC and earn $$$ like 99.99% of all of the expats here togo back to my HOME country and retire and spend $$ and pay taxes). The person I specifically refer to has no desire or intention of doing that, his idiotic email messages reflect it "greetings from God's country Kerala" and his real estate investments there (and divestments in Canada) confirm it. He is not shy about using the Canadian immigration system - and that's what burns most Canadians, you want to come you want to stay you want to contribute, welcome!! Otherwise, make your own country work. In many instances you have a democracy (in this particular case the largest in the world) - USE IT. *applauds*
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Latest post on 04 January 2011 - 17:36
I guess it's covered by this: [i'>Events If you would like to promote a group or event, we generally will be happy to offer our support but through the listings and What's On sections of the site, not through the board. Please email details to [email protected]. The office is open Sunday - Thursday, 9.00 - 5.00.[/i'>
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Latest post on 04 January 2011 - 16:53
Hopefully regular mail won't be a problem. I guess it depends on the screening process of the carrier in the US. Mine was shipped internally in the UK to my Shop & Shop address but it was Aramex who refused to carry it from the UK to the UAE due to a liquid being inside. My fault for not checking Aramex/Shop & Ship rules in ages.
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Latest post on 04 January 2011 - 16:01
I wouldn't use Shop & Ship. I just had a parcel refused because of a liquid in it.
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Latest post on 04 January 2011 - 14:51
Not quite the same, but our 4 bed plus maids (no study) ranged from 500 in January to 2000 in August. This was NOT including housing fee.
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Latest post on 03 January 2011 - 21:55
think i'd be wanting to cut more than his ties lol *snigger*
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Latest post on 03 January 2011 - 19:40
My DD went through 5 years of primary at DIA, DS did 1 year. Had no major issues with primary, thought it was fine. However, I'm glad DD didn't have to do secondary there and know a lot of people have been very unhappy with it.
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Latest post on 03 January 2011 - 15:45
Haha what is Sandy Balls ? sorry just amused me :) My maiden name :)
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Latest post on 03 January 2011 - 15:44
The kids probably won't be welcome there then :) It's a toss up between Malaysia, Thailand and Hong Kong. I'm sure DH won't want to go to any of them LOL!
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Latest post on 03 January 2011 - 15:43
RIP Pete Postlethwaite. I thought he was brilliant in Lost For Words.
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Latest post on 03 January 2011 - 14:42
I am considering Malaysia this year. Will probably also do Germany, Uk and Canada but those are family visits and don't feel like a true holiday.
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Latest post on 03 January 2011 - 13:34
I'm looking forward to the menopause, just hope I get one like Wuffles.
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Latest post on 03 January 2011 - 11:37
Pah! 'snot so bad.
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Latest post on 03 January 2011 - 11:36
What area wold you prefer?
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Latest post on 03 January 2011 - 11:24
Mwahahahahahaha!
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Latest post on 03 January 2011 - 10:43
According to BBC there will be light snow today but for Friday LHR is set to get heavy rain and temperatures between 3 and 10 C.
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Latest post on 02 January 2011 - 22:19
Don't know where you can get them in Dubai apart from Duty Free, but Chocolat is a small company run by 2 Swiss Chocolatiers in RAK and their chocolates are simply divine.
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Latest post on 02 January 2011 - 20:06
Have a safe and pleasant trip :)
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Latest post on 02 January 2011 - 19:32
It does seem as if it will be the same show as last year. We won't be going this year as we've moved and it's now too far, but I know DS would still be thrilled to see it, same show or not. My DD, who was 10 when she saw it, was more interested in Kevin E Levin ;)
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Latest post on 02 January 2011 - 16:18
I took my kids to see this last year at the Palladium. DS was completely awestruck by it and even I thought it was very well done. I've never seen so many Ben 10 t-shirts under one roof.
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Latest post on 02 January 2011 - 15:10
I think the OP was more concerned that it didn't suit her 2 year old daughter.....
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Latest post on 02 January 2011 - 14:42
LOL SQ! I'll scrutinise mine a lot closer when she comes in later! You let her out? O M G She's agency. I can't be trusted to look after one myself.
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Latest post on 02 January 2011 - 14:22
LOL SQ! I'll scrutinise mine a lot closer when she comes in later!
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Latest post on 02 January 2011 - 10:57
Can you imagine if this was legal? All these girlfriends would be being told to pretend they're the housemaid so they don't get busted for living illegally together! Fun times explaining to the police [b'>why a 27 year old British woman with a degree is a cleaner...[/b'> So you don't think the line, "Well she can earn more as a cleaner here than she can in her own country" will wash then?
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Latest post on 02 January 2011 - 10:55
I think it's sensible to get a letter if you're worried. I will be getting one from DH next time I travel. I'm British, he's Canadian and I've been asked in Germany and Canada. It'll be me writing the letter or no objection anyway LOL!
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Latest post on 02 January 2011 - 09:20
I've never had a problem exiting the country, however, in a couple of countries I've been questioned and advised to get a letter from my husband giving his permission for me to travel alone with the children.
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Latest post on 02 January 2011 - 08:52
Deleted because it was irrelevant. Like much of what I have to say :) <em>edited by Sanddy_Dogg on 02/01/2011</em>
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Latest post on 02 January 2011 - 08:28
Further to Gorobattie's post, is it right that Ginnee won't be able to sponsor another maid (should she want to!) until this one is found, visa cancelled, left the country/transferred to someone else etc etc?
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Latest post on 02 January 2011 - 08:20
Can't find the MoE but there's a government building called RAK Educational Zone. It's a big long white building next to the big mosque (Shk Zayed mosque).
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Latest post on 02 January 2011 - 06:36
If you can wait a couple of hours I can find out when I do the school run.
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Latest post on 01 January 2011 - 16:06
It will depend on the finished weight of it. As a guide, one that I have is about 3cm long and quite thick. It's for a 5 letter, 2 syllable name and weighs 4g. Check the price of silver and be sure to allow some for the work. The chain will be extra. <em>edited by Sanddy_Dogg on 01/01/2011</em>
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Latest post on 01 January 2011 - 15:26
I had one made at Damas in G&D Park. I think any Damas jeweller will be able to make one.
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Latest post on 01 January 2011 - 15:16
Maybe the OP thought there's a certain protocol that may differ from a European or North American (for example) engagement party?
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Latest post on 01 January 2011 - 08:14
Happy New Year to all!
 
 
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