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Having flown back into Abu Dhabi at 6:40am on Sunday I was going to head straight to work. It looked like it had been wet and I discovered how much when I got back to my apartment. There was water downstairs in the entrance, on my landing, in my hall and in my bedroom. It’s a bloody …….Continue reading A Lost Ark? Since I got back from China last Sunday I have had a pretty vicious sore throat. This was not helped by the really bad dust storm on Thursday either. It did however make some of my early morning conversations quite entertaining as I was as husky as a husky dog eating husks (or should that be …….Continue reading All Drugged Up Fog…. it is an interesting weather phenomena! Fortunately for me driving to work is a very short affair. This morning with a slight chill to the air I jumped into my car for the five minute drive to work. It was not long until I came over the brow of the expressway when I hit the fog. There …….Continue reading May the Force be with You! or Driving in Fog UAE Style. Tuesday was spent sorting out the car insurance and signing paperwork. Several copies, numerous signatures & copies of ID later, I was in receipt of the insurance. I duly took this to the Dodge showroom as it was nearby. Later in the day I was told I could finally go and collect the loan forms or as they call …….Continue reading Charging Ahead! A week ago last Saturday the 22nd I had my test drive in a Dodge Charger R/T. I’d been logically been putting it off until I’d got my UAE driving licence and besides Saturday was a quieter day for me. Anyhow the showroom did not do test drives on Fridays. I eventually got to the show room …….Continue reading Show Me The Money! The cost of living in the UAE, is quite interesting – after all there is no vat/gst on purchases. So for those curious types here are some price comparisons. Very loosely there are 6AED to 1GBP or 3.4AED to 1AUD. If you look at the table below you’ll see that 9l of water cost 1.08 GBP or …….Continue reading The Cost of Living in the UAE It’s 6pm Sunday. After a short while you get used to it being the first day of the week. I digress slightly. I’d been looking forward to having Friday off work, as I’d been feeling sick most of the week. Being sick in a new country is difficult at the best of times – but generally easier …….Continue reading All Drugged Up. So today is Monday, some two days since I arrived back from our trip to China. I am still feeling a bit rough and am not sure if it is to do with fatigue, having caught the flu or something I ate. Having the window open in my office to warm it up is getting …….Continue reading Hazy Days I moved into my new place last night. For 100,000AED it’s not bad value. Even better was the bargain price I paid for all the furniture (bed, fridge, washing machine, sofa, satellite tuner, two flat screen tv’s, dinning table, lounge seats & coffee table). What I’ll do with two tv’s is even beyond me though. …….Continue reading Home Sweet Home I got my passport back today with my residency visa. Not a bad turn around as it only took a week from the time of the medical to getting it back. That is an impressive turn around here. Some of the tales that were being told were of up to six week turnarounds. The PRO or …….Continue reading Fantastic news! |
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