Just Moved to Dubai
Apr 1st 2010, 12:00 pm
#16
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Re: Just Moved to Dubai
Regarding your dog, I would definitely bring him out here. Loads of people have dogs and it is easy to look after them. When it gets really hot you just walk them early in the morning and after it gets dark in the evening.
Another website which may help you is expatwoman dot com
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Another website which may help you is expatwoman dot com
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Apr 1st 2010, 2:13 pm
#17
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Re: Just Moved to Dubai
Regarding your dog, I would definitely bring him out here. Loads of people have dogs and it is easy to look after them. When it gets really hot you just walk them early in the morning and after it gets dark in the evening.
Another website which may help you is expatwoman dot comb
Another website which may help you is expatwoman dot com
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Apr 1st 2010, 2:40 pm
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Re: Just Moved to Dubai
Regarding your dog, I would definitely bring him out here. Loads of people have dogs and it is easy to look after them. When it gets really hot you just walk them early in the morning and after it gets dark in the evening.
Another website which may help you is expatwoman dot comb
Another website which may help you is expatwoman dot com
b
Apr 1st 2010, 3:07 pm
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Re: Just Moved to Dubai
Thanks for letting me know about the dog. It would break my wifes heart if we had to leave him behind. Right - now to find a bar where I can get something better than the non-alcohlic beer I have been drinking for the past few days. Found an international hotel with an American bar and also an English one. Jugding from last night I don't think I'll find either an American or an Englishman in either of those bars. But I guess it's better than sitting in all night dwiddling my thumbs and it is the start of the weekend.
Apr 1st 2010, 4:04 pm
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Re: Just Moved to Dubai
At the moment, I am in a hotel in Hor Al Anz East nr. Abu Hail Shopping Mall and The Dubai Police HQ and will be here until end of April and then will move to a villa in Mirdif. The bars in Ramada Continental are OK I guess but the entertainment doesn't start till after 10pm so I am going to head back out again a little later.
Apr 2nd 2010, 3:34 am
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Re: Just Moved to Dubai
Regarding your passport, my husbands company also insist on keeping his - no passport, no job, like it or lump it. It's east to get it back whenever we need it though, just as long as be cuts off his arm and leaves that instead! We have friends in mirdif and they love it.
Apr 2nd 2010, 7:30 am
#22
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Re: Just Moved to Dubai
Hey - welcome to Dubai. My HR guy told me the cycle is generally:
- 0-3 mths : frustrating but you are giving it a go and you like it
- 3-6 mths : starting to like it
- 6-9 mths : starts to piss you off
- 9-12 mths : you hate it
12-24 mths : starts to feel normal and you don't want to go home
for me that cycle was pretty much spot on. I've been here about 30mths now and don't fancy going back now. Quite like the place, millions of faults but so has the UK. it's different. Do remember you can be hoofed out at anytime though.
As for the dogs... You are right there are not may dogs here - locals and many of the asian expats hate them. I also think it's too hot for dogs here although others will disagree.
- 0-3 mths : frustrating but you are giving it a go and you like it
- 3-6 mths : starting to like it
- 6-9 mths : starts to piss you off
- 9-12 mths : you hate it
12-24 mths : starts to feel normal and you don't want to go home
for me that cycle was pretty much spot on. I've been here about 30mths now and don't fancy going back now. Quite like the place, millions of faults but so has the UK. it's different. Do remember you can be hoofed out at anytime though.
As for the dogs... You are right there are not may dogs here - locals and many of the asian expats hate them. I also think it's too hot for dogs here although others will disagree.
I'ts a muslim country, the laws and procedures baffle you but you need to get a small, core group of good mates who you can see and let steam off with. Enjoy the good things of Dubai, places to eat, drink - the beaches etc.
It can be frustrating and hard but in time you'll learn to love it.
Apr 2nd 2010, 7:30 am
#23
why ayeeeee man!
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Re: Just Moved to Dubai
Regarding your passport, my husbands company also insist on keeping his - no passport, no job, like it or lump it. It's east to get it back whenever we need it though, just as long as be cuts off his arm and leaves that instead! We have friends in mirdif and they love it.
Apr 4th 2010, 10:42 am
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Re: Just Moved to Dubai
Roadking- your post had me cracking up, I needed a good laugh so thank you!
Quickbird, welcome. I also had never been an expat before and you may think everyone is joking here but it is actually pretty much bang on, I couldn't leave here for the first 3 months as I knew I would never come back if I did, ( I can recall being on skype to a friend at home balling my eyes out, telling them I hate it here and I just wanted to come home, I'd never fe;t so lonely in my entire life), in the 3-6 months I did go home for a few days and came back- was then incredibly depressed to be back( but also realised life at home doesn't change much, still felt really lonely though), I'm now in month 7 and am thinking its ok ( said somewhat gingerly, I've made some good friends even though less than I thought I would, still have violent pangs of home sickness but have people I can turn to when i feel low)- I have two weeks holiday coming up and am going home for but at the moment am pretty sure I'll be coming back. However, if I didn't have to be here financially I wouldn't be here. But everyone kept telling me the first 6 months are really hard, and now they tell me the first year is really hard, and other people have told me its taken them 2 years to settle in. Anyway I'm sure you'll love it!
Regarding passport my company took mine, however the first business trip I went on I kept it and they seem to have given up asking for it back!
Kittycat
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Quickbird, welcome. I also had never been an expat before and you may think everyone is joking here but it is actually pretty much bang on, I couldn't leave here for the first 3 months as I knew I would never come back if I did, ( I can recall being on skype to a friend at home balling my eyes out, telling them I hate it here and I just wanted to come home, I'd never fe;t so lonely in my entire life), in the 3-6 months I did go home for a few days and came back- was then incredibly depressed to be back( but also realised life at home doesn't change much, still felt really lonely though), I'm now in month 7 and am thinking its ok ( said somewhat gingerly, I've made some good friends even though less than I thought I would, still have violent pangs of home sickness but have people I can turn to when i feel low)- I have two weeks holiday coming up and am going home for but at the moment am pretty sure I'll be coming back. However, if I didn't have to be here financially I wouldn't be here. But everyone kept telling me the first 6 months are really hard, and now they tell me the first year is really hard, and other people have told me its taken them 2 years to settle in. Anyway I'm sure you'll love it!
Regarding passport my company took mine, however the first business trip I went on I kept it and they seem to have given up asking for it back!
Kittycat
x
Apr 4th 2010, 11:48 am
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Re: Just Moved to Dubai
Roadking- your post had me cracking up, I needed a good laugh so thank you!
Quickbird, welcome. I also had never been an expat before and you may think everyone is joking here but it is actually pretty much bang on, I couldn't leave here for the first 3 months as I knew I would never come back if I did, ( I can recall being on skype to a friend at home balling my eyes out, telling them I hate it here and I just wanted to come home, I'd never fe;t so lonely in my entire life), in the 3-6 months I did go home for a few days and came back- was then incredibly depressed to be back( but also realised life at home doesn't change much, still felt really lonely though), I'm now in month 7 and am thinking its ok ( said somewhat gingerly, I've made some good friends even though less than I thought I would, still have violent pangs of home sickness but have people I can turn to when i feel low)- I have two weeks holiday coming up and am going home for but at the moment am pretty sure I'll be coming back. However, if I didn't have to be here financially I wouldn't be here. But everyone kept telling me the first 6 months are really hard, and now they tell me the first year is really hard, and other people have told me its taken them 2 years to settle in. Anyway I'm sure you'll love it!
Regarding passport my company took mine, however the first business trip I went on I kept it and they seem to have given up asking for it back!
Kittycat
x
Quickbird, welcome. I also had never been an expat before and you may think everyone is joking here but it is actually pretty much bang on, I couldn't leave here for the first 3 months as I knew I would never come back if I did, ( I can recall being on skype to a friend at home balling my eyes out, telling them I hate it here and I just wanted to come home, I'd never fe;t so lonely in my entire life), in the 3-6 months I did go home for a few days and came back- was then incredibly depressed to be back( but also realised life at home doesn't change much, still felt really lonely though), I'm now in month 7 and am thinking its ok ( said somewhat gingerly, I've made some good friends even though less than I thought I would, still have violent pangs of home sickness but have people I can turn to when i feel low)- I have two weeks holiday coming up and am going home for but at the moment am pretty sure I'll be coming back. However, if I didn't have to be here financially I wouldn't be here. But everyone kept telling me the first 6 months are really hard, and now they tell me the first year is really hard, and other people have told me its taken them 2 years to settle in. Anyway I'm sure you'll love it!
Regarding passport my company took mine, however the first business trip I went on I kept it and they seem to have given up asking for it back!
Kittycat
x
Wow, so you haven't hit the 1 year "I hate it stage yet"!
Apr 4th 2010, 1:01 pm
#29
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Re: Just Moved to Dubai
Millhouse, I still have that yet to come! However I do do a monthly countdown- only 29 months left woohoo! Head down and think of the money is my gameplan and if I can have a bit of fun on the way then great if not, at least I'll be debt free and have money in the bank when I go home.
