Newbies....Introduce yourselves to the ME crowd
Oct 2nd 2008, 11:14 am
#136
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Re: Newbies....Introduce yourselves to the ME crowd
OK time for my introduction.
My name is Bryn and I have been living in Riyadh for 3 months. I am from Australia but more recently London and Harrogate.
I work in fashion retail at the moment and I'm really very, very good at pub quizzes. So who's flying me to Dubai?
Wife and daughter on the way at the end of the month.....inshallah.
My name is Bryn and I have been living in Riyadh for 3 months. I am from Australia but more recently London and Harrogate.
I work in fashion retail at the moment and I'm really very, very good at pub quizzes. So who's flying me to Dubai?
Wife and daughter on the way at the end of the month.....inshallah.
Oct 2nd 2008, 8:29 pm
#137
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Re: Newbies....Introduce yourselves to the ME crowd
Geez, not one hello, but more importantly not one hand gone up for a pint on the tenth.
Well, on the tenth there will be a red headed bloke in Abu Dhabi heroes/pirates/Sheraton pub(name forgotten already) - your challenge is to find him!!!!
Rene Descartes - 'I drink, therefore I am'
Well, on the tenth there will be a red headed bloke in Abu Dhabi heroes/pirates/Sheraton pub(name forgotten already) - your challenge is to find him!!!!
Rene Descartes - 'I drink, therefore I am'
Oct 2nd 2008, 8:38 pm
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Re: Newbies....Introduce yourselves to the ME crowd
I think its the mention of 'Aberdeen' that makes people cautious.........
Not everyone wants a night out paying for someone else's drinks or standing with their back to the wall all nite for that matter..................
Not everyone wants a night out paying for someone else's drinks or standing with their back to the wall all nite for that matter..................
Oct 2nd 2008, 8:53 pm
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Re: Newbies....Introduce yourselves to the ME crowd
Sounds really altruistic but I put it down to alcoholism personally.
Anyway, there (really) is a big difference between Aberdeen (copper-wire-from-a-penny and 50p-with-a-spanner jokes aside) and Aberdeenshire.
Your comments indicate more about your childhood than mine I think ....
Oct 2nd 2008, 8:55 pm
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Re: Newbies....Introduce yourselves to the ME crowd
OK time for my introduction.
My name is Bryn and I have been living in Riyadh for 3 months. I am from Australia but more recently London and Harrogate.
I work in fashion retail at the moment and I'm really very, very good at pub quizzes. So who's flying me to Dubai?
Wife and daughter on the way at the end of the month.....inshallah.
My name is Bryn and I have been living in Riyadh for 3 months. I am from Australia but more recently London and Harrogate.
I work in fashion retail at the moment and I'm really very, very good at pub quizzes. So who's flying me to Dubai?
Wife and daughter on the way at the end of the month.....inshallah.
Hmm, don't know if that overstepped the mark or even if anyone will get it ...
Oct 2nd 2008, 9:00 pm
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Re: Newbies....Introduce yourselves to the ME crowd
Ooooh Eva, that's harsh!!! Funny thing is I've never met anyone who won't swear the Scotsman/woman is the most generous in the bar and will sell the shirt off his/her back to buy the next pint.
Sounds really altruistic but I put it down to alcoholism personally.
Anyway, there (really) is a big difference between Aberdeen (copper-wire-from-a-penny and 50p-with-a-spanner jokes aside) and Aberdeenshire.
Your comments indicate more about your childhood than mine I think ....
Sounds really altruistic but I put it down to alcoholism personally.
Anyway, there (really) is a big difference between Aberdeen (copper-wire-from-a-penny and 50p-with-a-spanner jokes aside) and Aberdeenshire.
Your comments indicate more about your childhood than mine I think ....
Just trying to make you feel welcome since no one picked up on your initial post.It was Ramadan.........
Oct 2nd 2008, 9:16 pm
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Re: Newbies....Introduce yourselves to the ME crowd
Good point - Ramadan, which makes the locals difficult to get hold of or do business with ... followed by Eid - a holiday which brings business from dead slow to stop for a week. I know I'm moaning but it's damned frustrating when your boss doesn't understand they go as slow now as we do over Christmas.
What do expats do during this slow down - take holidays and escape or ...?
Oct 2nd 2008, 9:19 pm
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Oct 2nd 2008, 9:22 pm
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Re: Newbies....Introduce yourselves to the ME crowd
[QUOTE=Granderson;6840176]Mufi mushkala (or similar)!
Good point - Ramadan, which makes the locals difficult to get hold of or do business with ... followed by Eid - a holiday which brings business from dead slow to stop for a week. I know I'm moaning but it's damned frustrating when your boss doesn't understand they go as slow now as we do over Christmas.
What do expats do during this slow down - take holidays and escape or ...?
Same same no?
Some arrive in Ruwais -think its the Empty Quarter save for Jebel Danat
Good point - Ramadan, which makes the locals difficult to get hold of or do business with ... followed by Eid - a holiday which brings business from dead slow to stop for a week. I know I'm moaning but it's damned frustrating when your boss doesn't understand they go as slow now as we do over Christmas.
What do expats do during this slow down - take holidays and escape or ...?
Same same no?
Some arrive in Ruwais -think its the Empty Quarter save for Jebel Danat
Oct 3rd 2008, 1:22 pm
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Re: Newbies....Introduce yourselves to the ME crowd
Hey
My name is Damian and i'm a 41yr old single guy just arrived in Abu Dhabi (well couple of weeks ago!). Currently staying at the Sheraton Khalidya adn from Manchester UK.
The UK (construction) consultancy I have come out here to work for seem to have left me high and dry: my colleagues don't speak and I haven't been given the slightest bit of info on Abu Dhabi or living out here in teh UAE: which is not fun given that this is my first time in teh Middle East. Fortunately I have a pal from home living in Dubai who has filled me in on a lot of stuff, but given that my colleagues seem a darn unfriendly bunch, I sorta need to meet some people if I want to get out of my hotel room! I came across your site and it seemed like a good place to start.
I'm not really a big drinker, but don't mind a social drink. I do like the odd cultural event and I hear Abu Dhabi has galleries and Classical Concerts and Opera: but I also like stuff younger folks enjoy too.
I am also seeking some info on Khalifa. My housing allowance wouldn't get anything other than a hovel in Abu Dhabi, but I have seen a new 1 bed villa conversion for 125,000 in Khalifa A. In Abu Dhabi this would be a great rent, but I do not know what constitutes a typical rent in Khalifa. Ideallly I am looking for a 2 bed flat under about 165,000.
Thanks for reading, hope to chat to you sometime!
My name is Damian and i'm a 41yr old single guy just arrived in Abu Dhabi (well couple of weeks ago!). Currently staying at the Sheraton Khalidya adn from Manchester UK.
The UK (construction) consultancy I have come out here to work for seem to have left me high and dry: my colleagues don't speak and I haven't been given the slightest bit of info on Abu Dhabi or living out here in teh UAE: which is not fun given that this is my first time in teh Middle East. Fortunately I have a pal from home living in Dubai who has filled me in on a lot of stuff, but given that my colleagues seem a darn unfriendly bunch, I sorta need to meet some people if I want to get out of my hotel room! I came across your site and it seemed like a good place to start.
I'm not really a big drinker, but don't mind a social drink. I do like the odd cultural event and I hear Abu Dhabi has galleries and Classical Concerts and Opera: but I also like stuff younger folks enjoy too.
I am also seeking some info on Khalifa. My housing allowance wouldn't get anything other than a hovel in Abu Dhabi, but I have seen a new 1 bed villa conversion for 125,000 in Khalifa A. In Abu Dhabi this would be a great rent, but I do not know what constitutes a typical rent in Khalifa. Ideallly I am looking for a 2 bed flat under about 165,000.
Thanks for reading, hope to chat to you sometime!
Oct 3rd 2008, 1:35 pm
#147
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Re: Newbies....Introduce yourselves to the ME crowd
Hey
My name is Damian and i'm a 41yr old single guy just arrived in Abu Dhabi (well couple of weeks ago!). Currently staying at the Sheraton Khalidya adn from Manchester UK.
The UK (construction) consultancy I have come out here to work for seem to have left me high and dry: my colleagues don't speak and I haven't been given the slightest bit of info on Abu Dhabi or living out here in teh UAE: which is not fun given that this is my first time in teh Middle East. Fortunately I have a pal from home living in Dubai who has filled me in on a lot of stuff, but given that my colleagues seem a darn unfriendly bunch, I sorta need to meet some people if I want to get out of my hotel room! I came across your site and it seemed like a good place to start.
I'm not really a big drinker, but don't mind a social drink. I do like the odd cultural event and I hear Abu Dhabi has galleries and Classical Concerts and Opera: but I also like stuff younger folks enjoy too.
I am also seeking some info on Khalifa. My housing allowance wouldn't get anything other than a hovel in Abu Dhabi, but I have seen a new 1 bed villa conversion for 125,000 in Khalifa A. In Abu Dhabi this would be a great rent, but I do not know what constitutes a typical rent in Khalifa. Ideallly I am looking for a 2 bed flat under about 165,000.
Thanks for reading, hope to chat to you sometime!
My name is Damian and i'm a 41yr old single guy just arrived in Abu Dhabi (well couple of weeks ago!). Currently staying at the Sheraton Khalidya adn from Manchester UK.
The UK (construction) consultancy I have come out here to work for seem to have left me high and dry: my colleagues don't speak and I haven't been given the slightest bit of info on Abu Dhabi or living out here in teh UAE: which is not fun given that this is my first time in teh Middle East. Fortunately I have a pal from home living in Dubai who has filled me in on a lot of stuff, but given that my colleagues seem a darn unfriendly bunch, I sorta need to meet some people if I want to get out of my hotel room! I came across your site and it seemed like a good place to start.
I'm not really a big drinker, but don't mind a social drink. I do like the odd cultural event and I hear Abu Dhabi has galleries and Classical Concerts and Opera: but I also like stuff younger folks enjoy too.
I am also seeking some info on Khalifa. My housing allowance wouldn't get anything other than a hovel in Abu Dhabi, but I have seen a new 1 bed villa conversion for 125,000 in Khalifa A. In Abu Dhabi this would be a great rent, but I do not know what constitutes a typical rent in Khalifa. Ideallly I am looking for a 2 bed flat under about 165,000.
Thanks for reading, hope to chat to you sometime!
MM, xx
