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Forum: Middle East
Dec 13th 2009, 5:29 am
Replies: 43
Views: 4,229
Posted By mrskpd

Re: Do you get UAE public holidays off?

I work for a semi government company. We get all government public holidays, sometimes more ie last year the company gave us around 14 days off over EID and National Day although it wasn't officially...
Forum: The Sand Pit
Nov 19th 2009, 5:09 am
Replies: 55
Views: 4,604
Posted By mrskpd

Re: Eid Holiday

http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/theuae/2009/November/theuae_November608.xml&section=theuae

here's this from Khaleej. So yes, looks like only the Thursday 26th Nov and...
Forum: The Sand Pit
Nov 18th 2009, 1:12 pm
Replies: 55
Views: 4,604
Posted By mrskpd

Re: Eid Holiday

Anyone know anything further about holidays for public and private sector?
I have friends at DIFC who got a formal confirmation today that they have the Thursday and Sunday off, back on Monday.
...
Forum: The Sand Pit
Nov 4th 2009, 3:32 am
Replies: 22
Views: 1,975
Posted By mrskpd

Re: Leaving your loved ones.

My husband and I have been together five years and been living together since practically day one. We moved out to Dubai a year ago as I was offered a job to good to refuse. Unfortunately he was...
Forum: Middle East
Aug 7th 2009, 6:20 am
Replies: 18
Views: 1,902
Posted By mrskpd

Re: Hi.Can anyone recommend a reasonable hotel for a Dubai stopover please?

Check out the Al Manzil hotel in the Downtown Burj Dubai area. They have great rates at the moment, around 395 AED per night. It is walking distance to the Dubai Mall, the Burj Dubai, the dancing...
Forum: Middle East
Aug 6th 2009, 11:56 am
Replies: 40
Views: 4,124
Posted By mrskpd

Re: Dubai - Do we or don't we?

My 2 cents worth - I agree with all those saying girl stay put while boyfriend moves out to test the waters. Dubai is not to everyone's taste and things are very uncertain here for a lot of people....
Forum: Middle East
Jun 10th 2009, 10:07 am
Replies: 38
Views: 3,787
Posted By mrskpd

Re: Do you see the light, yet?

I doubt that locals would be transported in on 24 seat coaches and would stand around gaping with long lense cameras, so pretty safe to assume they are tourists. When you live there it is prety easy...
Forum: Middle East
Jun 10th 2009, 9:57 am
Replies: 38
Views: 3,787
Posted By mrskpd

Re: Do you see the light, yet?

I think just the fact that the tourists are there in the hordes that they are is a positive sign. :)

I don't really keep tabs of what people are buying, but I have noticed that lots of the...
Forum: Middle East
Jun 10th 2009, 9:50 am
Replies: 38
Views: 3,787
Posted By mrskpd

Re: Do you see the light, yet?

Here are a few things I have observed in the last few weeks

Rental prices, for the past few months, have been steadily dropping. We have been looking around for several months just to know our...
Forum: ME Job Discussions
May 31st 2009, 7:50 am
Replies: 4
Views: 826
Posted By mrskpd

Re: Husband on wifes visa?

My husband is under my sponsorship. The main document that you need is a certified copy of your marriage certificate to prove all is legal. Make sure you bring a certified copy, if your company asks...
Forum: Middle East
May 13th 2009, 12:19 pm
Replies: 44
Views: 2,808
Posted By mrskpd

Re: Banking and a daft girlie question (sorry)

My employer had some sort of agreement with HSBC meaning that as long as my employer gave me a 'salary certificate' and proof that they had applied for my visa, I could open an account. So I went...
Forum: Middle East
May 13th 2009, 6:31 am
Replies: 23
Views: 1,172
Posted By mrskpd

Re: Renegotiating Rents

If you don't have any luck, console yourself knowing that you are probably paying 80k less than what your neighbours on the other side who signed up in August last year are paying :thumbup:
Forum: Middle East
May 13th 2009, 6:16 am
Replies: 23
Views: 1,172
Posted By mrskpd

Re: Renegotiating Rents

It will depend on your landlords situation - he probably has a mortgage to pay and if you've paid in one cheque chances are he has spent the money. The only way you would be able to renegotiate this...
Forum: Middle East
May 13th 2009, 6:10 am
Replies: 23
Views: 1,172
Posted By mrskpd

Re: Renegotiating Rents

We have recently successfully done this. We signed a 12 month contract in December, payable with 2 cheques and we only handed over the first cheque. We had a clause in our contract stating that we...
Forum: Middle East
May 6th 2009, 9:23 am
Replies: 39
Views: 2,734
Posted By mrskpd

Re: Newbie (terrified)

We brought our two dogs over in February, it was really easy. We used an Australian company who partnered with the British Vet Clinic, they arranged everything. Agree entirely that it is best to be...
Forum: Middle East
May 4th 2009, 7:05 am
Replies: 22
Views: 2,276
Posted By mrskpd

Re: Newbie, Please don't shoot me down in flames.

Sounds like a decent package. I am in Dubai not AD but here are two examples of friends in AD. One lives in a fairly basic one bed flat right in the heart of the city, it is a room carved out of a...
Forum: ME Job Discussions
Apr 28th 2009, 8:26 am
Replies: 29
Views: 2,197
Posted By mrskpd

Re: Holidays and other benefits

I get 26 working days, weekend not included......plus public holidays which are generally annouced around 7pm the night before
Forum: Middle East
Apr 22nd 2009, 5:24 am
Replies: 18
Views: 1,233
Posted By mrskpd

Re: Mussandam options

Thanks for all your help guys. We have now booked a trip, going with the option to leave from Khasab harbour and drive ourselves up there, meaning we will do a boarder crossing. Looks like it should...
Forum: Middle East
Apr 19th 2009, 12:33 pm
Replies: 18
Views: 1,233
Posted By mrskpd

Re: Mussandam options

Thanks for the advice......do you know which tour operator you went through? We have a few options but always good to have a few more!

Thanks
Forum: Middle East
Apr 19th 2009, 10:11 am
Replies: 18
Views: 1,233
Posted By mrskpd

Re: Mussandam options

The boat sails around the Mussandam pennisular, that is the aim with all 3 options
Forum: Middle East
Apr 19th 2009, 9:21 am
Replies: 18
Views: 1,233
Posted By mrskpd

Mussandam options

hi all

Planning a boat trip to Mussandam and have a few options to choose from.
1. Boat leaves from Khasab (the harbour in Mussandam)
2. Boat leaves from Ras Al Khaimah
3. Boat leaves from...
Forum: ME Job Discussions
Mar 14th 2009, 6:50 am
Replies: 41
Views: 4,453
Posted By mrskpd

Re: is this a good job offer

Not if you have a break lease clause in your contract, which we do. 2 months notice is all we are required to give and if you only hand over the cheques at the start of each month they have nothing...
Forum: ME Job Discussions
Mar 11th 2009, 8:39 am
Replies: 41
Views: 4,453
Posted By mrskpd

Re: is this a good job offer

By 'things' i largely mean rent, which when we first signed up to move here was going to take the majority of our income (given that my company doens't pay rent on our behalf). Between then and now...
Forum: ME Job Discussions
Mar 11th 2009, 6:50 am
Replies: 41
Views: 4,453
Posted By mrskpd

Re: is this a good job offer

I think this package is more than adequate, if you are careful, and the upside of the downturn is that things here are becoming a lot cheaper than they were a few months ago We have only been here a...
Forum: Middle East
Feb 12th 2009, 8:07 pm
Replies: 14
Views: 1,336
Posted By mrskpd

Re: Moving to Oman

oh and re the cycling and running. Oman (you are looking at Muscat?) is pretty laid back and quite and from memory it is fairly pedetrian friendly, unlike the UAE which is a night mare. Your main...
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