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Latest post on 16 October 2014 - 20:20
Sorry to hear about your experience Jupiter, hope you are ok. Have you tried going in to the RTA/Al Barsha, and speaking to someone? You'll probably have to go to various people before finding the right person but that's probably the best place to start?
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Latest post on 16 October 2014 - 20:17
When was that Molly? Long ago or recently? I went in April time and they said it would be Winter before they got more.
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Latest post on 16 October 2014 - 20:13
20 old arabic doors in satwa/badia/jafaliya 20 different spices in the spice souk 20 people doing something you don't see every day (a man pushing a cart beside the creek, a man unloading things from a dhow by hand etc) 20 different views of Burj Khalifa (from 20 different spots around the city) What an awesome project!
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Latest post on 15 October 2014 - 20:35
it was nearly 600AED! . :\: :\: :\:
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Latest post on 15 October 2014 - 20:30
lol @ thread title. Fiends. There used to be lots of fiends on EW. Now it's quite dull. :(
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Latest post on 15 October 2014 - 20:20
. As much as I respect people and their faith, regardless of whether I agree with it or not, and I will listen if someone wants to tell me about it (as I am happy to talk about my faith if someone asks) I will not participate in something that my faith forbids. Whether it's a religious holiday or anything else. I can show respect in many other ways. I'm glad then that we live in a tolerant country, where Local people say Merry Christmas to you at the petrol station on Christmas Day :) and that we have a government who respects that there are different religions and helps us to celebrate them. It would be much harder for a lot of us to live somewhere like KSA where everything would have to go on behind closed doors. Cherpie - your DH seems to have changed materially since last year then? Has something happened or do you think he has some sort of depression?
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Latest post on 15 October 2014 - 20:05
But isn't this all part of the great thing about living here? Being able to say "I don't practise your religion. I don't even fully understand it, or what you are celebrating. But I'm going to learn a little bit about it, let our children tell us what they have learned at school about it, eat a little bit of the food eaten at this time, get involved in what's going on around town and be generally open, understanding and respectful towards what you believe". A visitor we had last week was most impressed when he learned that the land for St Mary's church and the Hindu temple in Bur Dubai had been donated by the Government.
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Latest post on 15 October 2014 - 17:25
How are you doing Mamacat??
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Latest post on 15 October 2014 - 16:05
Does it have to be England? Loch Lomond or Perthshire. :)
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Latest post on 15 October 2014 - 16:02
What is it she needs to sign & why? It could surely be done here, attested at court and stamped by the embassy of her home country. As an aside, I'd be particularly careful and on the look out for suspicious behaviour if i were you!
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Latest post on 15 October 2014 - 15:55
A lot of the time the barrier to companies hiring part time workers is that the workers don't want to have to stick to the other requirements of the company, i.e. only 25 days holiday per year etc. let's face it, it's mostly Mums who want part time hours to fit round school hours, but the problem then is that they also want to be away all Summer, and other holidays. So unless the company is happy with that (and mostly they wouldn't be, unless it's an educational establishment) this then means they may as well hire a full time worker.
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Latest post on 15 October 2014 - 15:49
Wanted to come on and say what about Ski Dubai on Xmas morning, snow and hot chocolate, Santa would be there too. But this thread has now taken a different tangent! Good luck Cherpie, all the best.
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Latest post on 15 October 2014 - 05:45
Will he let you take them away, Cherpie? The last thing you want is him using this against you later down the line & possibly painting it as something else (ie attempted kidnapping etc). If you do decide to have Christmas here, I'm sure EW will rally round and have a special Cherpie day!
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Latest post on 15 October 2014 - 05:11
Maybe nobody can stay up that late when you have to be up before dawn!! :( I think FB has killed EW, along with quite a few prolific posters (Spongemonkey etc) moving on and leaving us There also doesn't seem to be as much maid drama to liven things up.
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Latest post on 14 October 2014 - 20:10
My post about collecting xmas things for her was also deleted, presumably by mistake??? Unless there is something wrong with xmas? The plot thickens!!!!!!!!!! There IS something wrong with Xmas, it's him I'm telling you!! He appears at this time of year!
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Latest post on 14 October 2014 - 20:07
There's also some other things you could do without DH, the Carol Singing night at Irish Village is really fab and the Christmas Market at the Madinat is lovely, also the Pantos at Madinat Theatre & Ductac. All things you can do with the children.
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Latest post on 14 October 2014 - 20:01
<hoping I didn't actually delete it by mistake and poor dear Mod is getting blame> Anyway, Cherpie, maybe it would be nice for you to go to an EW coffee morn, meet some new friends and [i'>then [/i'>all go for an outing to Santa/Wafi together - it would give you a nice Xmas feeling and you could see the wafi markets etc for some shopping.
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Latest post on 14 October 2014 - 18:01
Maybe it was *him* - the christmas mod. he's back!!
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Latest post on 14 October 2014 - 17:48
[i'>Arranging a meetup not organised through EW events.[/i'> IT'S SANTA!!!!!!!!! lol.
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Latest post on 14 October 2014 - 17:32
Why has my post suggesting that Cherpie could go to Santa at Wafi been deleted??? For goodness sake!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Latest post on 14 October 2014 - 17:22
yaaaay thank you! If this helps, I have just shown it to my Dad who would definitely have been able to fix it. It needs either the "solanoid" ?! rewiring or rewinding the argh forget what he said - magnet?! something. It's not the motor he says, it's the solanoid.
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Latest post on 14 October 2014 - 17:20
hahah! TB would not burn Round II of dinner preparations while sitting reading EW. :D
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Latest post on 14 October 2014 - 17:17
Gosh that sounds really complicated. :( hope you get some results soon.
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Latest post on 14 October 2014 - 16:49
I subscribe to the theory that 'hot is hot'. Is there much of a difference between 41 and 43? Once it's hot; it's hot. Yep I agree. You just get used to being indoors over the summer, or adapting your lifestyle to do summer type things like beach at night instead of daytime. It doesn't really matter once it is over 40, it's too hot to do anything!
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Latest post on 14 October 2014 - 16:47
Coming out of MH and turning left and going through Nad Al Sheba: Repton - 10 minutes Gems The Villa - 15 minutes Gems WSO - as the crow flies 15m but you will get caught up in traffic on junction avoid if possible Coming out of MH and turning right Safa School - 10 minutes Gems Al Khail - 10-15m Gems World Al Barsha 15-20m Any of the Jumeirah schools (JPS/Horizon/Star) - as crow flies 15-20m but subject to traffic lights/junctions which add on time Safa/Kings @ Ranches will be 20m+
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Latest post on 14 October 2014 - 16:23
I've got the transformer, it had to come from Switzerland. It's not the transformer that is the problem, it is the motor inside the original bell. And this i[i'>s[/i'> home. And I am not selling it!! Thanks! But, next! It needs someone who likes pottering with electrical things. It's the ideal job for someone's dad!!! :D
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Latest post on 14 October 2014 - 16:21
Skyhigh, have you checked on skyscrapercity.com to hook up with other people in the same position? Can I ask, did you take legal action because it wasn't being completed in line with the original dates? If the building was progressing (albeit slowly) then I think this is different to a project which was not completed. All projects from that era was around 4 years behind schedule and most investors had to just wait.
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Latest post on 14 October 2014 - 16:12
Did that last night. :\:
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Latest post on 14 October 2014 - 16:08
It also appears that it is Thursday, on a Tuesday. I wish it were a parallel universe, in the other universe I would NOT have come home to a slow cooker which has dinner burned and stuck to the bottom of it, the house would NOT be smelling like an incinerator and I would not have to think up something else to cook for dinner, with no ingredients. *sigh*
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Latest post on 14 October 2014 - 15:55
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Latest post on 14 October 2014 - 15:53
Anon there's nothing wrong with asking questions you don't know the answer to. PS the answer to your question is give it to DH to do. :D
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Latest post on 14 October 2014 - 15:43
The new Safa school will be the furthest from everywhere you've mentioned - you'd be much better trying the original Safa which would be only 5-10 minutes away. Most schools do have buses, yes. Walking is not really an option in Dubai, unfortunately!
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Latest post on 13 October 2014 - 16:51
I've been buying all my meat from PnS - it looks so much better and is SO much cheaper. Really need to find a cheap, organic grass fed, free as a bird - egg supplier! As I am living on SO many eggs! Polly the eggs at Greenheart are good, they are organic, free range and vegetarian, (probably not quite grass fed though!!). They are also really small compared to shop bought eggs, which I think is a good sign!
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Latest post on 13 October 2014 - 06:19
Jerry Parks at Taylor Wessing is great (but also probably expensive), there's a lady lawyer in DIFC who takes on free cases sometimes (sorry no time but google). Also in Dubai they have on the Dubai Land Dept website cases of developers who have cancelled projects and the process of what will happen to the funds, not sure if it's the same in AD - were your funds in Escrow?
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Latest post on 13 October 2014 - 06:15
If the vaccinations are available in the uK, get them done there, firstly because some are only available here in Government clinics and can be difficult to obtain; secondly because if there is a lag between receiving the vaccination and it being effective you'd be better doing it sooner; and thirdly because taking time off work to go and get them done here and potentially driving from one end of the city to Karama (where the Govt ones are done) will be unnecessary hassle if you can get them done there.
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Latest post on 13 October 2014 - 05:49
Why don't you send a link to the Burj Khalifa tickets and say which day / time do you want as they are priced differently. Once booked you can also send the email booking confirmation, this way it is clear you have paid. Or just send her the link and get her to book/pay for it herself!! &lt;hardened Grabby-Visitor survivor&gt; (most visitors are lovely and welcome but you do get the odd few who just think it's a free holiday from all aspects, expect to be waited on hand and foot and are just cheeky). <em>edited by Tattie Bogle on 13/10/2014</em>
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Latest post on 13 October 2014 - 05:46
Yes! https://www.itp.net/tickets/
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Latest post on 12 October 2014 - 17:16
-The beach which is at Creek Park, overlooking the Creek towards the Dubai Creek Golf Club -Mamzar beach with the palm trees on the beach -the little alleyways in Bur dubai near the Hindu temple which you can hardly squeeze through -Arabian Tea House cafe in Bastakiya -lovely tall trees in Safa Park (hope they are still there :( ) agree with Polly, Park Hyatt is a lovely hotel.
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Latest post on 12 October 2014 - 16:51
Another huge thumbs up for Careem, their customer service is brilliant. I also like that they operate in Qatar, Bahrain, & KSA and that it's just as easy to organise in those countries too.
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Latest post on 12 October 2014 - 16:45
Oh pleeeeeeeeeeease keep the trees on the beach :( :(
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Latest post on 12 October 2014 - 16:38
Yes, and you may find these articles interesting. http://www.thenational.ae/sport/football/uae-pro-league-clubs-goal-is-to-draw-expatriates-and-women-spectators http://www.thenational.ae/news/uae-news/proud-uae-female-football-fans-blaze-trail-for-emirati-women We've got our tickets too. Exciting!
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Latest post on 10 October 2014 - 18:05
Ours was over before it started!
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Latest post on 10 October 2014 - 11:27
Aha thank you. I wonder if there is any left ;)
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Latest post on 10 October 2014 - 10:20
If all else fails you will get them in the small multipacks. Waitrose probably does an own-brand version.
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Latest post on 10 October 2014 - 10:18
60/30/10 is the usual split. Btw the gratuity calculation below is fractioned again if you resign.... Does it make difference to the amount calculated for the gratuity if the employee resigned from employment? An employee employed under a contract for unlimited period who resigned after a continuous service of not less than a year and not more than three years is entitled to one third of the end of service gratuity provided above. If the period of continuous service was more than three years and less than five years he is entitled to two thirds of the gratuity. If his continuous service was more than five years, he shall be entitled to the full gratuity. If an employee who is employed under a contract of limited period, resigned with his free will before the end of the contract, he shall not be entitled to the end of service gratuity unless his continuous service exceeds five years.
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Latest post on 10 October 2014 - 10:15
Has anyone seen this lately? Sometimes found in the pork section, sometimes not. I haven't seen it for a few months now. Either the quorn one or any other brand, thanks.
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Latest post on 09 October 2014 - 19:06
If this has never been mentioned in any sort of contract or signed by you, there's absolutely no way he could ask you to pay it now. Service charges to a developer are not a government or municipality fee.
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Latest post on 09 October 2014 - 18:50
Licorice, is this the first you have known that the service fees have been unpaid? Most developers would have started to impose restrictions on unpaid bills for three years - this could include rubbish collection restrictions, access to swimming pools/car park barrier passes etc. It is quite unusual (not unheard of though) for a LL to ask the T to pay service fees, but it should be specifically detailed with requirements on when to pay etc, as they are usually quarterly paid in advance.
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Latest post on 09 October 2014 - 18:44
It would be better to do this legally (for the same cost) and have a maid from an agency for this, lots of agencies will have availability and will work Fridays.
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Latest post on 09 October 2014 - 17:27
Dr Waseem is a Paediatric Gastroenterologist at NorthWest clinic on Al Wasl Rd.
 
 
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