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Where to go and what to see Hi All Only arrived in Sharjah about 4 weeks ago and just tryingto find my feet. Any advice on places to go for an evening out in Dubai would be most welcome! ...
Warning! dont drink otherwise it could be you :D RobbyG wrote:Lame topic
(Lam) is the Dutch word for being totally Wasteddd ;)
robbyg just woke up :D ...
How do I tell my employees they’ve become redundant? Well you also have to bear in mind, that for many people this will be the end of their lives in Dubai! Do they have loans, mortgages etc etc, some might be forced to skip the country, others might tr ...
Dragon Horoscope AMAZINGLY ACCURATE Whatever you do, don't cheat! TAKE 3 MINUTES TRY THIS - IT WILL FREAK YOU OUT. NO CHEATING !!!! THIS GAME HAS A FUNNY / CREEPY OUTCOM ...
Sacking Bag Update [color=blue]Lets start a new thread since the last one went off track.[/color]
Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC) laid off 108 employees on Thursday as a result of the global economic downturn, th ...
Auctions xty wrote:there are lots of a-holes buyers at (which unfortunately the only auction site in UAE).
not operating any more? ...
Can someone tell me what this means? Does it say "In God I Trust"? img48 (DOT) imageshack (DOT) us/img48/4928/img00016v(DOT)jpg please help... ...
More Desert Action ! with pics ofcourse. very nice pix, i'd really love to join you guys sometimes :) ...
Google buying Twitter Google buying Twitter, now a days the hot news. No doubt Twitter hit the net and may the Google buy it in future. I think so it would happen, because Giant want to remains always Giant.... :D ...
Holy Crap the S*** is going to hit the fan - UK Version We all know the problems labours face in UAE but does that mean UAE is alone? Yes human rights are being abused in UAE (a developing country) but what about those countries like UK( developed country ...


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Where to get the best exchange rates..... I work for a specialist currency broker here in dubai. We organise the international transfers for majority of the expat community. Being a Broker and transacting high volumes daily give us the ab ...
India to launch cow urine as new soft drink -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Does your Pepsi lack pep? Is your Coke not the real thing? India's Hindu nationalist movement apparently has the an ...
Is Misery called Life's posts unreadable? Or is it just me? ...
Transport service for Pool Tables? I found a good deal on a pool table, but of cause you miss out on the service of home delivery and setup when buying second hand. Did anyone bought a second hand pool table and whom did you engage ...
Help..! Firewood ...
PCB Design Service ...
Why engineers won't help you get paid in Dubai 26 March, 2009 By Paul Taylor is a partner in HBJ Gateley Wareing in Dubai Dubai’s construction market has suffered significant slowdown in recent weeks and months, with suspension and cancellat ...
Massive Picture thread. Yes mostly desert pics Welll since you guys enjoyed the recent pic threads I thought I'd post what ever I have previously uploaded. Enjoy !
Farm in Hatta Mountains
New Merc Convertible
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Why is it hard to find good friends here? Am I the only one or has anyone else found it really hard to make good friends here? I have been here for 5 whole years and I do not have one single true friend. Almost all the people I know like to ...
Minimum taxi charge - AED10 So the good news is that if the meter is OVER 10AED, the 10AED minimum does apply. LOL. I have to wonder if it were the taxi drivers who complained, or the owners of the taxi companies. ...
Dubai Companies Raise $2.84 Billion to Refinance Debt By Arif Sharif and Haris Anwar April 5 (Bloomberg) -- The Dubai Electricity & Water Authority, the state-owned utility, and the Dubai Civil Aviation Authority raised $2.84 billion in syndicate ...
Government of Dubai completes Ijara syndication of $635m The Government of Dubai today announced the successful completion of the syndication of a $600m Ijara financing facility.
This facility will be used to partly refinance an existing Dubai Civi ...
Custom made jigsaw puzzle! ...
Good News for All Private Sector Employees in the UAE Good news :D
Quote:The Finance Minister of UAE has approved a rule which comes into effect on 01.04.2009 and it states that all privately held companies need to give a minimum salary increment ...
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Signs of Recession It's totally unfair to penalise the children, it's not their fault! Plus the school fees are ridiculous at the best of times! ...
Freezing of bank accounts Did you guys hear about the recent case of a bank account belonging to a radio presenter being frozen twice within a week? What is the law here? I fI have lost my job will the account be frozen ...
UAE Banks ease Mortgages .. Guess what.. Two major international banks have decided to boost the property market in UAE by opening the liquidity tap. Both HSBC and Barclays are now giving atleast 70% finance on property... I ...
6 Months ban So heres the new deal. A person gets his contract terminated because of the "Credit Crunch" etc. The Labour Office impose an automatic 6 months employment ban. The person gets a &q ...
Outstanding and unsatisfactory schools in Dubai named Quote:Dubai: The first ever quality evaluation report of Dubai schools is now open to public.
Four schools have been rated as outstanding while six others were marked unsatisfactory.
Duba ...
Laundries in Dubai Marina: which options? ...
Whew...just back from Duabi :? I just returned afer a week in Dubai and what a trip. My mom has taken up a job in Dubai as a regional director for an advertising firm and moved there on a whim (I think she is planning to move ...
Sheikh Mo in Russia What do you think his real motives are? ...
The Weather in Dubai Gooday everyone,How are you all? Im interested in knowing what sort of daytime temperatures you get in Dubai in Summer? I reckon Adelaide can give you a run for your money with the last burst of hea ...
Finding True Value(s) - Finalized Improved it a bit. Please give your opinion in the poll on my weblog. Just for starterz...
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A break from Dubaiforums ...
April fools day - What is your plans Hi, what are you thinking about it. Any plan are you going to prepare for the day to make a bit fun in office, with relatives, or in your house... :D ...
Marnie Pearce desertdudeshj wrote: dolly wrote:Yet under draconian Sharia Law,
I think you need to rephrase this sentence, do you have any idea what sharia law is other than what The Sunday Mirror tells you ...
behavior of cab drivers A very bad encounter with a cab driver is what prompted me to write this post. I am going for my classes in the afternoon and the place of this institute is so far, and daily my commuting is a big pr ...
Summer bachelors, early alert.... I opened my Yahoo Messenger this morning and what popup ad was I confronted with? :
Blardy hell, so Dubai....
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Taxi Driver Shakedown OK, here's a new one. Since the government has put life back into the drinking law it seems that taxi drivers and hotel limo drivers are shaking down passengers. Here's what I read on another for ...
Does anyone in UAE know what GIVE WAY means? ...
Tumbling house prices - to buy or not to buy? With prices coming down on property in Dubai would you consider buying property here this year? With prices forecasted to to drop further this summer do you think it would be wise to buy a property? ...
Any investors care to comment? UAE. The British government is being asked to help UK investors in Dubai who fear losing millions of dollars in the Emirate's property market.
A group of investors based in the UK have sent a ...
NOC ...
DUBAI GOING BUST ON BBC NEWS I have just seen the midnight news on BBC TV in the UK. One of the main items stated was that "DUBAI IS GOING BUST!!" Huw Edwards said that there were reports from reliable sources ...
sharjah driving licence !!! Wasta Could anyone get me the driving licence in shj. Currently doing Katcha test , i want to skip all tests and get the licence. No BS ...
French Bulldog ...
Dubai world Islands.. becomes a war zone Dubai finally found a way to utilize the abandoned useless islands...
turning the islands into a giant paintball war-zone field :lol: :lol: :lol:
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AED 5000 for talking on the phone!!!! WTH hey guys, I received this on my email and I want to ask did any newspaper officially publish this??
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Abu Dhabi plans to introduce road toll to reduce traffic con huhhhh :shock:
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Abu Dhabi: Authorities are planning to introduce road-toll system in Abu Dhabi to reduce the number of cars on the road.
The toll will be propositional to th ...
Serial actors, actress detained by religious police in Riyad :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: ...
Murder in JBR So my friend walked out of his apartment yesterday and was shoved into a police car. They started questioning him and brought him to the scene of a crime where a man lay dead, shot in the head, and a ...
Earth Hour.. Who switched off the lights? ...
Your Favorite Wack Pack Member Lets vote. Who is your favorite Wack Pack member? Mine used to be Hank the angry drunken Dwarf. After his death I like Beetlejuice and Big Foot. Some of your other choices are; The Underdog Lady ...
secrets to tell ...
the f2f world anyone??????? :roll: ...
Anyone need a canoe? Amazingly after all the rain, the roads around my area were not turned into lakes this year, have they managed to improve the road drainage in some areas I wonder? Usually I have a great time plou ...
LICE and NITS in hair salon 'Kay in Private' BE AWARE!!!! hi everybody , want to share with you my REPULSIVE experience from salon in Dubai marina in Harbour hotel/residence , called KAY IN PRIVATE ! I am european girl and using hair extensions (mainly g ...
[Video] one in a million shot... what are the chances of you firing a bullet and that bullet hit a wall and bounce back to hit your head!!!!!?!?!? indeed one in a million shot :shock:
this guy in the clip is a one lucky man< ...
Grace period for cancelled visa holders may be extended I was refering to the majority not the minority ...
Uncertainty surrounds Dubai Rera rental index updates Attention buyers and renters! - RERA intends to divert away from housing market transparacy! Read below... It is no longer clear whether Dubai's Real Estate Regulatory (Rera) index, the benchmar ...
The bosses can't conceal their delight
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Iraqi shoe thrower is world’s 3rd most powerful Arab ...
Emirates ID Details Guys, How many of you managed to register for Emirates ID? I am yet to do it...has it been now extended until end of 2010 ? Oh btw you can check the reg. details on ...
Another day in the desert Well another weekend spent buzzing around the dunes. Although this week the weather was fabulous and the sand compacted and we reached the highest peaks without much effort 8)
Oops. Getting t ...
procedures to get all papers done in sharjah for a newborn ...
Dubai market awaits 'sentiment-led' recovery The speed of recovery in regional property markets will be heavily reliant on improved investor sentiment, a monthly industry report has said, stating that confidence must return in order to reverse ...
Dubai using the economic downturn to reinvent itself I have heard that Dubai is using the current economic downturn to reinvent itself. Basically, tourism will target middle/upper class people mostly from India and the West. And they will try to det ...
Fault with a local worse....still worse... fault with a local and turned out to be an undercover cop or a cop without his uniform I have taken it to dubai police ... lemme see wat happens!!!! :evil: ...
in sharjah... Hi Is it legal to stay in an apartment under some one else's contract (not sharing) in sharjah? Thanks ...
Well done drivers Its raining, so I was impressed to see that most were behaving on SZR, even those in their Landruisers... keep it up.... but one last thing... TURN THOSE FLIPPIN' HAZARD LIGHTS OFF!!!!!! :x : ...
Need a break !!! Hi all, I have just spent 3 days sending resumes/cv's and applying fo jobs to a variety of employment agencies in Dubai. Soooooooo bogeye'd now and need a break. What are the chances of actually ...
[FUN] Businessman loses his grip I was watching Peter Schiff lecture an audience at the Mises Institute and I saw this tiny link that said: "Businessman has meltdown in hotel lobby". Enjoy :lol: &feature=relate ...
Flight attendant Hi everyone, This website is fantastic and very interesting, i would like to introduce myself. My name is Zara im 20 years old currently studying Tourism operations manager, live in Australia but im ...
Dubai's property market in a nutshell. Someone sent me an email funny today which seems perfect for the times: "Six Phases of a Project" 1.Enthusiasm 2.Disillusionment 3 Panic 4 Search for the Guilty 5 Punishment of th ...
N O C URGENT Chocoholic wrote:Oi! I ain't no brother dude!
brother hahahah lol oh man. she is your british brother :D ...
South Park - Money Deposit...anddd its Gone! This is a great example how the bank works for 'your' interest. Laugh people, crown those lips upward :lol: ...
Credit Crisis for Dummies [video] The world is not full of professional money makers and JP Morgan analysts. So what do we have for the normal man (and woman ;)) !? Simple. We have a visualized compilation of the "Crisis of C ...
Speech of the Day [Never Ending Thread] ...
Fixing the economy So this is the US fixing it's economy - eliminate jobs in the US and outsource the work and pump money into India. No wonder the US is in trouble. ...
not on a school night ...
reckless driving VS middle finger Give a thumbs up. An Iranian chick told me it means middle finger in Persian. ...
Islamic mortgages I feel i've been taken to the cleaners over this - I bought a 2 bed property in dubai marina last October, only just begun construction so prob be another 2 yrs minimum before completion. I went t ...
[RedKite] Marketing Dubai topic This is your playground Red Kite. ...
Letters in Viz I am married to a Taiwanese lady, and people often ask me if she was a mail-order bride. I find this very insensitive. The Royal Mail lose around 2 million letters and parcels each year, and to sugge ...
Does anyone live in Jumeirah Islands? Does anyone live in Jumeirah Islands? It sometimes feels like I'm the only one living here.... So I though I would pop this on here for other JI's.. I found a site that is helpful for info abou ...
Coldplay were amazing Coldplay were absolutely incredible last night! The wind, the rain, the thunder and lightning didn't bother the crowd one bit and Chris Martin was constantly joking and adlibbing lyrics about it a ...
Are all Lebanese drunk? Whats it with these guys - almost everytime I go out - these are the biggest troublemakers on the road. Just went to pick up my kid and this guy shoots blindly out of an internal road, almost hit ...
Dubai World Cup - a letdown? I just heard first hand that it was drab this year. Nobody having fun just sitting around quietly in the Apron area and the Bubble Tent (no reports from the more expensive grandstands). Anyone else h ...
CityCenter future in doubt after Dubai partner sues MGM Mira The survival of the $9.1 billion CityCenter development was called into question Monday when the investment arm of the Persian Gulf state of Dubai sued MGM Mirage over concerns about the project’s vi ...
Abu Dhabi Grand Prix F1 race good news :)
I think this year we may have the chance to attend the F1-grand prix on November
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Abu Dhabi: Development projects on the Yas Island in Abu Dhabi, including the Ya ...
UAEkid in the emarites mall his majesty uaekid went to the emirates mall today... so whats with the short skirts and the thong ? it was like a wet t shirt contest (no complains here LOL) hell some are with no bras !! !! : ...
19000 UK credit card details posted on net on Google The credit card details of up to 19000 British shoppers have been published on the internet, where they could be found with a simple Google search......SAYS UK DAILY MAIL on Saturday28th March 2009. ...
New Law:You need husband consent to buy contraceptive pills Is this true?
"[Blank] Clinic have advised that due to a change in UAE federal law, there is now a requirement for a Doctor to have the consent of a spouse to prescribe contraception. The ...
New fines and confiscation for using mobiles The RTA has announced that anyone caught using their mobile phone whilst driving - without a headset - will get a 5,000 Dhs fine and their car confiscated for 15 days! Ouch! Get those headsets ...
The UAE Speedbump After seeing so many signs and warnings, after a while you don't believe that the speedbump will ever show up.... But never underestimate the power of a speedbump. Don't say they didn't warn you ...
Wasting water while it's raining Most of the water here comes from desalination plants. So there's no shortage as long as they have gas or energy for the process. But think of the energy being wasted, even if it is RO. ...