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Latest post on 13 January 2015 - 11:24
[b'>"If you have a well paid job you can afford to use driver service to pick your kids up from school, parent does drop off, maid looks after children for 3 hrs in afternoon till patent gets home. Parent then supervises homework and reading."[/b'> You are supposing that a well paid job is an option open to all! But many don't have one that pays for the luxury like you to employ a driver, a maid and a tutor, and telling them to go get a better paid job is like Queen Antoinette telling people who could not find bread "to just eat cake"! But that is her point. You should not think of the western expat life concept as an entitlement. Learn to accept that if you do not have a high ranking, well paid job, there's a good chance you cannot have these things. And simply be happy ith what you do have. edited by EmmaRitz on 13/01/2015 High ranking and well paid are relative terms. As is the term 'career woman' which has been referred to many times. What does that mean? What is 'well paid'? What is 'expat lifestyle'? I don't believe that having an investment at home means I am part of the 'expat lifestyle'? It was an investment when I lived at home too? How does that change matters? The point is that the cost of living is rising - we are allowed to lament that. We are allowed to think it's sad that things cost so much, and people have to work so hard to maintain a *relative* standard of living. That is allowed.
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Latest post on 13 January 2015 - 09:35
If you want to save good money whilst in Dubai, watch your outgoings, and have two incomes - and not a non existent TA salary, get a well paid second job. For child care use your maid and use your evenings / weekends wisely for homework and reading support. So many western women come over here and just stop working - you wouldn't do that in your home country, unless very wealthy, so why on earth would you do it here and still expect to save. Fine not to work and and put your priorities elsewhere but don't complain about lack of savings and life getting more expensive. Majority of countries in 'developed' societies rely on two wages coming in for people to attain the material life they want and save for the level of comfort they want in old age. Ladies - step up, re start your career with some proper personal and monetary ambition. Oh - this makes me cranky. I am stepping up. I am raising my child. I am sacrificing my own professional ambitions to do what I feel is best for our family. There are financial consequences for this, and there are huge advantages for my daughter - as I see it. In my home country, I would be considered a 'well paid professional'. Here, they'll place people in my job who are prepared to work for peanuts. No thanks. I also consider myself fortunate to be in a position to stay at home. Takes a brave woman to judge those who stay home, and equally, those who don't. Why can't women just go easy on one another. Every individual makes THE BEST decision they can for their family according to their priorities and goals. Just leave people be.
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Latest post on 12 January 2015 - 18:28
Hi trini, I am an Australian high school teacher. 15 year old English (Grade 10 for us) is my specialty. If you're online just reply and I'll leave my email for you. Cheers.
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Latest post on 12 January 2015 - 11:24
We don't get paid in the UAE. 'Our salary' (hahahaha - my husband's!) gets paid into a bank account in our home country. So we always have to think carefully about how much to transfer here to live off. We don't 'save' per se. We put all our money into our debt at home, and transfer lump sums here for spending and expenses. So I suppose for us, we just keep an eye on how long our latest transfer lasts.... depends on so many variables, visitors, festive season, etc. Being a grown up is tricky business isn't it!
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Latest post on 08 January 2015 - 13:41
There would be people on this forum who haven't - I'd bet. I'm not surprised they haven't commented to that end. Honestly, the numbers of people who are choosing not to is rising, alarmingly.
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Latest post on 08 January 2015 - 13:38
I was enjoying - stepped away for a while and missed the end..... Nice to see some lively debate on here for a change.
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Latest post on 08 January 2015 - 10:47
The Rubella vaccine, produced by Merck & Company was taken from an aborted baby during the 1964 rubella epidemic when some mothers were advised to have abortions, rather than risk their child being born with Congenital Rubella Syndrome. It was from the 27th baby aborted and immediately dissected that the active rubella virus was finally found. It was commonly referred to as RA27/3, where R=Rubella, A=Abortus, 27=27th fetus, 3=third tissue culture explant. The abortionist collaborated with the Wistar Institute to collect the aborted babies in order to isolate the virus. The vaccine virus was then cultivated in the lung tissue of another aborted female baby, approximately 3 months gestation. Yep - no doubt about it. This is a stark reality. It's also confronting. The virus that was cultivated, has been used to develop the vaccine. Those abortions were legal. And the families would have consented to the study. They have also saved hundreds of thousands of lives. Brave pioneers. A little more to it than the original statement you dumped at the beginning of the thread.
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Latest post on 07 January 2015 - 21:32
The world is a sad place these days. This is, as said above, a grave attack on freedom of speech, democracy and those brave journalists.
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Latest post on 07 January 2015 - 21:30
I am passionate about this topic, however by far the most frustrating thing is I don't know if it's possible to change the point of view of an anti-vaxer? They are equally passionate, (even if they are ill-informed). I'll keep beating my drum....
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Latest post on 07 January 2015 - 19:20
Yep - great feature!
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Latest post on 07 January 2015 - 15:56
Terror alert at its highest. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-30710883
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Latest post on 07 January 2015 - 07:43
HTH - hope that helps
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Latest post on 06 January 2015 - 22:05
I miss Kmart/Big W/Target full stop! Weetbix - yes. I can't bring myself to call them 'weet-a-bix'. I have a very special contact here who gets me red rock and twisties ;) But now I'm craving vita wheats..... <em>edited by Stix on 06/01/2015</em>
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Latest post on 06 January 2015 - 21:52
Is it simply that more statistics are being done? Are there more diagnoses these days, whereas in our era, there was no autism spectrum, per say? I'd say yes - that's exactly the answer.
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Latest post on 06 January 2015 - 21:09
Here is some thoughts from an immunologist on the debate......*warning* it contains strong language. http://www.mamamia.com.au/news/anti-vaccination-advocate-takedown/ Mamamia has been full of anti-vacc stories today - that's where I got the inspiration for the post! Tallybalt - in Australia some day care centres won't offer places for kids that aren't fully vaccinated. That's the first place I'd be sending my little people! I also get frustrated by the 'vaccinations don't always work' argument. Yes, I know that factually it's a true statement. However, you can't report on the number of times you haven't contracted polio/tetanus/TB/measles etc now can you??
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Latest post on 06 January 2015 - 16:20
When I was in hospital after having DD I asked EVERY doctor who came into my room, what their thoughts were. No nonsense, no debate, just do it. Sorry - but I do agree that whatever point of view you want to support, you'll find support for it on the internet. But basing your opinions on 'celebrity mums' 'heaps of stories' or defunct, disproven studies written by deregistered doctors is bs.
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Latest post on 06 January 2015 - 11:38
I. I have three close friends in Australia who had sons within the same 5 year period as I did. ALL have ASD. Four people giving birth in the same area around the same period to boys with ASD is not a 'normal' occurrence. And this is the argument Jenny McCartney makes against immunization, that it is creating something that is causing or acting as ASD in children. I personally, having spent hour and hours studying all of this stuff, feel that there is far more to it than that. I think there will be far more contributing factors than simple immunization and that we are many years away from finding out what they are and many of the people they need to study (mothers, fathers, grandparents) will be deceased by the time they get a step further. So rather than searching for a cause (immunization), they need to focus on a cure. I'm glad you're doing your own research - but I think there are too many people listening to Jenny McCarthy - who is no expert. Plus plenty of studies have dismissed the original claim that links ASD to immunisations. I don't think four boys with ASD in a five year period is unusual at all though. It is a spectrum disorder, and many many more people are being diagnosed as we know so much more about it now. Many adults would probably fit on the spectrum somewhere but have never been assessed. I've often wondered about my boss....;) I'm a teacher and it wouldn't be unusual to have 3-4 kids diagnosed somewhere on the spectrum in each class. It's also more common in boys, but I digress.
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Latest post on 06 January 2015 - 11:18
Def a controversial topic but I think you should do what you think is right for you and your family. edited by twin_butterfly on 06/01/2015 You're absolutely right - unfortunately immunisation is a little bit like a team sport. If everyone is on board, it's more effective.
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Latest post on 06 January 2015 - 11:09
Carambar, will check out Woolies next week when I stock up on Violet Crumbles! Will keep you updated. What else do you stock up on when at home ladies? I find I'm missing the ease of OXO cubes, the sanitisation of Canesten Laundry Rinse, ETA BBQ sauce, rusks for babies, good huggies baby wipes that go in the dispenser, lucas' paw paw ointment .... anything else?? I find all the visitors bring tim tams and vegemite. **OH, thanks soooo much..... (ps they are in every shop here!! ;)
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Latest post on 06 January 2015 - 10:49
It's part of the schedule for infants here, yes. I think you can only get it at government clinics though.
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Latest post on 06 January 2015 - 10:41
I've vaccinated DD but I've read far too many stories from parents about their normal babies who reacted badly to vaccines and ended up with lifelong disabilities. [b'>I also personally know many people who had ben vaccinated but still got the disease (Measles, Chicken Pox) so vaccines are not always effective anyways[/b'>. This is a topic many parents feel strongly about so you might get some really heated arguments here! This is very true - but does that mean people believe it's worth exposing their children to far more serious diseases? Also, if more people vaccinated, fewer people would get it. Sourskittleashnut - you've read the stories, but still decided to vaccinate. I guess I want to understand the people who are willing to actually not go through with it.
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Latest post on 05 January 2015 - 21:20
Pretty sure they're just one price, wherever you go. Shopping around won't make a difference.
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Latest post on 05 January 2015 - 21:18
http://saintmarysdubai.org/baptism-seminar Just as an FYI - if you're after the Catholic Church - it's a baptism.
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Latest post on 05 January 2015 - 21:15
My experience was in 2009 and it was rubbish - but, as said above, it may have improved.
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Latest post on 05 January 2015 - 20:10
I agree with ladymary. You haven't given it long enough. For the first 18 months after we first moved home, every time I saw an Emirates commercial I got a little bit teary - not to mention a re-run of a Dubai construction documentary. It passes. Now, five years later we're back. It's funny how things work out
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Latest post on 04 January 2015 - 21:07
Don't feel guilty - you've done the right thing. You aren't responsible for taking on his hurt and upset. You've had enough of your own at his hands already!
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Latest post on 04 January 2015 - 21:02
Yep
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Latest post on 04 January 2015 - 15:33
Another thread has just been started about Baby #2. Might be worth a read. I too was worried about "taking away" from my first. Then a friend said "but think about what you would be giving them".
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Latest post on 04 January 2015 - 15:32
For me it's this quote: "At the end of your life, all you have, all that IS important is family. And just because things might be hard for a little bit, just because I might get bleeding ni$$les, be exhausted, not get sleep for another 5 years, you get this whole PERSON that is another part of your family. That’s worth anything right?" From Australian blogger BabyMac. She summarises my feelings beautifully. A whole extra person to love and be a part of your family!
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Latest post on 04 January 2015 - 15:13
We are starting to think about whether 2015 will mean baby number two for us too! One thing I do know, is that my first pregnancy, like yours, was rough! I had an elective C section in the end. I am prepared to endure a rough pregnancy and another C section in order to add to our beautiful family. We agonised over the first, so I understand all the ideas that are swimming around in your head. I too, had issues with employment etc, that I wanted sorted out before we had baby number one. But surely now, with one child already, you can see that really, they come first. All the other stuff doesn't matter. I thought it was a big deal before I had our first, but now I can see that all that stuff does sort itself out. At the end of the day: is your fear greater than your desire to have another baby? Probably not ;) Will it be difficult? Probably. Will it be difficult from a financial point of view? Probably. Will your childcare/work juggle be tricky? Probably. But you know all that already! Mums are pretty amazing don't you know? You'll be fine.
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Latest post on 31 December 2014 - 18:34
Alismum - thank you. I'll certainly be taking your research to the RTA when I (inevitably) have to call them again. If you're interested in placing a call the RTA number is 800 9090 and the EMAAR number is 800 36227. I am interested in pestering EMAAR so they go to the RTA. Further to all of that - yes, it seems to be in response to the idiot who ran into the tram. Let's focus, not on the fact that he hit a tram, but that he obviously ignored some other road rule in order for that to happen. People ignore the road rules every day in Dubai with no consequences! And finally - the light sequences are adding to the issue, traffic unable to travel north and south on the same green light. When there are no left turns allowed, I can't see why this is still an issue? <em>edited by Stix on 31/12/2014</em>
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Latest post on 31 December 2014 - 16:10
I'll definitely keep calling until someone listens! I just wondered if there was some long standing agreement in the Marina between EMAAR and the RTA that I was unaware of?
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Latest post on 31 December 2014 - 16:02
I tried that - I will just bombard social media and encourage everyone to call EMAAR. I think they will take issue with the RTA trying to pass the buck. I agree Alismum, it's tough here sometimes. Persistence pays I think.
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Latest post on 31 December 2014 - 15:34
Following this post - I got checked and had a mole removed that I have been looking at for the last 10 years! I've had it checked over and over. Finally decided I was just sick of worrying about it, so had it out. What do you know - results in today - pre malignant. 6 monthly checks from now on. THANK YOU EXPAT WOMAN!
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Latest post on 31 December 2014 - 15:10
It was a huge year for us, but thankfully, a great one. Crossing our fingers for another great one.
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Latest post on 31 December 2014 - 15:09
I have no idea what EMAAR have to do with it. We certainly called them and let them know that the RTA were flicking the problem to them. EMAAR say "not us" and RTA say the same. <em>edited by Stix on 31/12/2014</em>
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Latest post on 30 December 2014 - 10:37
I agree with you - I think it's clever. Why don't they just roll it out on all new number plates?
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Latest post on 29 December 2014 - 21:00
Where I'm from we pay big $$$ to have birthdates/names/nicknames etc. Not going to pay for the privilege of promoting the new DXB logo.
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Latest post on 28 December 2014 - 19:55
We still don't have our original contract, our aircon wasn't working on entry, it takes us weeks and weeks to get a response from them.
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Latest post on 27 December 2014 - 20:40
Hi Tru Blu Reading into your username - if you're after a slice of home you could try pearls of willsdom. She cracks me up. I also read BabyMac
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Latest post on 27 December 2014 - 20:30
The property we rent is managed with this company. Absolutely rubbish from our end too. I feel sorry for my LL.
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Latest post on 26 December 2014 - 15:27
Yes DT - I think everything you said is fair. I agree with your comments about people at coffee mornings too. Sometimes I wonder if people don't admit to posting on the forum - but they really do ;)
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Latest post on 26 December 2014 - 11:27
I don't but thanks for thinking of everyone! Very kind.
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Latest post on 26 December 2014 - 11:25
I second everything already said. I find it especially frustrating not being "allowed" to share personal details, whether it be through PM or whatever. EW's answer to "I've just moved here, does anyone want to meet up?" is always "go to a coffee morning, everyone is really lovely, your host will make you feel at home". Sorry - that has NOT been my experience. I've tried multiple times, and each time I'm reminded about why I vow not to go back. One of the greatest mates I've ever met here in Dubai was through a sordid, illicit, nasty little email share and then the sneaky delete. I understand safety concerns etc, but all you are doing is pushing people onto their community Facebook pages instead. If people don't come to the forum, they don't come to events, they don't visit the site, advertising isn't effective and then the writing is on the wall for EW unfortunately.
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Latest post on 24 December 2014 - 10:22
Yes please - keep us updated. Oxo - I love it and am surviving on visitors bringing it too :(
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Latest post on 24 December 2014 - 10:21
Download the schedule of vaccinations from the UK and speak to your doctor to ensure that once the full course has been completed, they will have full coverage. We're Australian and my LO had some vaccs here, and some at home so she was all over the place for a while but we're back on track now.
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Latest post on 22 December 2014 - 10:46
I substitute it for Feta all the time.
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Latest post on 21 December 2014 - 15:10
In a beautiful update - THIS, is Islam. https://au.news.yahoo.com/nsw/a/25832014/muslim-brides-unique-martin-place-tribute/
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Latest post on 20 December 2014 - 20:35
We have a 2012 Mazda CX9. It's got a smaller body and I enjoy driving it.
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Latest post on 18 December 2014 - 11:24
I did not enjoy planning my wedding at all. It's an administrative nightmare and I am not one of those girls who dreamed about it since I was little. THIS IS WHY!!! ;)
 
 
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