shakh your bootie

Be interested to know how other Brit Asians find the experience of living in Dubai?? I get very tired of trying to explain to non-europeans that you can be both brown & british at the same time - they just keep asking "yes, but where are you REALLY from"...

That said, it is kinda nice to be the ethnic majority for a change!

IndieG

Welcome Desi..........


So where are you REALLY from

I'm from India really - Kashmir

shakh your bootie

Whoah - Indie Girl from Kashmir???! With a penchant for dancing around hill-sides in wet saris a la bolly-wood stylee??

My dad's folks hail from Lucknow, my mother's from Dublin...

That would make me a paddy-stani.....

mmm...

oi kiddah mundai kuriow

yes im afraid at the end of it, becoz we are brown they cant except your origin until you tell em where ur parents came from. And then they say aah yes i can believe that. my case is that i was born in east london and my dad in pakistan lahore.

one particular individual, said oi bhainchaud too oh merah parosee.

neways welcome 2 the site, i find it vey useful when u want some straight answers or just a chat.

fazzo

hey! ooooh, look at me! im new too! ive been here a few months and love some things and not others.. i guess its the same everywhere you go..

regarding the brit/brown thing, i encounter that all the time. ive kind of grown used to it and find myself giving up trying and a few times i tell them what they wanna hear boy does that confuses them.. "but sir, your accent doesnt sound pakistani?"... theres just no winning...

IndieG

So you guys are the Brit equivalent of ABCDs!

MJC

ASBOs perhaps.....

IndieG

Nope, that's you MJC..........

fazzo

you calling me a coconut :<

mmm...

Please educate me. What do you mean by ABCDs. Yes l am a bit of a slow one.

fazzo

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America..._Confused_Desi

dont you just love wikipedia

MJC

No

Gotta love Wiki

mmm...

oh

so its an american thing, hence me not coming across it b4.

genuine

hey all,

i just read your posts, haha!

it's funny how they want to put you in a category before they feel comfortable with you!

quick question: is it difficult to find a job here if you're a graduate with approx. 6months experience and a brown brit (degree: BSc. Information Systems with Business Management).

Thanks all.

shakh your bootie

My advice if you're looking for a job is to knock on lots of doors - don't just rely on advertised jobs and the agencies! The British Business group is quite good for contacts, you should also target companies in your industry (DIC would be a good place to start if your are into IT)- I found that fellow-brits were quite ready to take my CV and circulate it.