Newbies....Introduce yourselves to the ME crowd
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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?![Wink](https://britishexpats.com/forum/images/smilies/wink.gif)
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?
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Wife and daughter on the way at the end of the month.....inshallah.
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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'
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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..................
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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 ....
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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?![Wink](https://britishexpats.com/forum/images/smilies/wink.gif)
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?
![Wink](https://britishexpats.com/forum/images/smilies/wink.gif)
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 ...
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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.........
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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 ...?
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[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
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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!
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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!![Smile](https://britishexpats.com/forum/images/smilies/smile.gif)
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!
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