FUN FACTS
it's been almost a week since i first arrived in uae... there are some things which turned out to be EXACTLY what i thought they would be but there are other things which are not quite what i anticipated them to be (to say the least)
i don't really have a lot of time to gather and arrange my thoughts properly... i'm a bit tired and i need to retire quite early today (since i have to leave home at 6.15 tomorrow) but i thought that i should just update my blog a bit. so i'm just gonna do everything in point form. so here goes...
- i have not seen a single camel since i came here
- it is so fun to be able to live 2 minute's walk away from your office (there are residential apartments tucked between the office buildings but they're not that expensive like the high-end aprtments in klcc.. so you pay very little premium to live in the city)
- it is also fun to have a nice office - my company has its own tower and it's facing a huge lake. it's quite picturesque. and the office has this very canggih electricity conserving thingy that the lights will only be on if there's someone in the area. cool!! (obviously - pak arab semua ni have too much money). oh - and i have laether chairs and rosewood table for my workstation (double cool!)
- it is NOT fun when they still don't have a computer for you (neither lap top nor desktop)... and you don't know when you're finally getting it (yes currently i have to SHARE a laptop with my colleague)
- it is also NOT fun that that their KFC tastes like crap, that they don't have milo 3-in-1 (the normal one sucks and cost a bomb) they only have tomato sauce at fast food joints and tabasco (nasib baik i brought my life thai chilli sauce)
- it is DEFINITELY not fun that you can't access myspace or pic-link (don't even try the ones with the g-word)
- it doesn't help that some of the arab men here are cute (ARGGHHH) and dresses like g** boys (even though i think they're not)
- it's not so much fun that the water you use at home feels weird (it's a bit sticky)
- it is also a hard fact to swallow that they don't have ikan keli here....
- everytime you get in a car... you pray that you will have a safe journey. i thought malaysian drivers are bad... but the ppl here give the word reckless a whole new definition.
- taxi drivers here rarely speak english but they still want to carry a conversation in urdu with you even though you have made it explicitly clear to them that you don't speak it
- i still have problems deciding which way to look when i cross the road because of the left-hand driving
- handphones here are CHEAP (uh-oh... are orders coming in already? ;P)
- i can find marrybrown here.... here
that's enough fascinating facts for a day i think. it's 11 pm and i need to go back to sleep... take care everyone!
i don't really have a lot of time to gather and arrange my thoughts properly... i'm a bit tired and i need to retire quite early today (since i have to leave home at 6.15 tomorrow) but i thought that i should just update my blog a bit. so i'm just gonna do everything in point form. so here goes...
- i have not seen a single camel since i came here
- it is so fun to be able to live 2 minute's walk away from your office (there are residential apartments tucked between the office buildings but they're not that expensive like the high-end aprtments in klcc.. so you pay very little premium to live in the city)
- it is also fun to have a nice office - my company has its own tower and it's facing a huge lake. it's quite picturesque. and the office has this very canggih electricity conserving thingy that the lights will only be on if there's someone in the area. cool!! (obviously - pak arab semua ni have too much money). oh - and i have laether chairs and rosewood table for my workstation (double cool!)
- it is NOT fun when they still don't have a computer for you (neither lap top nor desktop)... and you don't know when you're finally getting it (yes currently i have to SHARE a laptop with my colleague)
- it is also NOT fun that that their KFC tastes like crap, that they don't have milo 3-in-1 (the normal one sucks and cost a bomb) they only have tomato sauce at fast food joints and tabasco (nasib baik i brought my life thai chilli sauce)
- it is DEFINITELY not fun that you can't access myspace or pic-link (don't even try the ones with the g-word)
- it doesn't help that some of the arab men here are cute (ARGGHHH) and dresses like g** boys (even though i think they're not)
- it's not so much fun that the water you use at home feels weird (it's a bit sticky)
- it is also a hard fact to swallow that they don't have ikan keli here....
- everytime you get in a car... you pray that you will have a safe journey. i thought malaysian drivers are bad... but the ppl here give the word reckless a whole new definition.
- taxi drivers here rarely speak english but they still want to carry a conversation in urdu with you even though you have made it explicitly clear to them that you don't speak it
- i still have problems deciding which way to look when i cross the road because of the left-hand driving
- handphones here are CHEAP (uh-oh... are orders coming in already? ;P)
- i can find marrybrown here.... here
that's enough fascinating facts for a day i think. it's 11 pm and i need to go back to sleep... take care everyone!
posted by aiskrem_potong at
10:29 PM
9 Comments:
Dear friend,
My 1,000,000,000s apologies for not being able to make it to the airport the other day. We only left JB at 11pm and it was too late when we arrived in KL. (We = My friends + me) And it wasn't my car so I can't be pushing them to leave early, can I? Of course when I mentioned to you that I should be at the airport around 10pm or 11pm it was based on the plan they had earlier that day. Again, my thousand apologies... Hope I could meet up with you in Dubai. All the best in your work!
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Anonymous, at February 06, 2006 5:35 AM
Hello Bro..
Glad to hear that you are doing fine there (hehehe fine ke?) anyway, can i be the first one to order the HP from you.hahahaha..
about myspace and all the G.. site, for sure la u cannot get into it. they are not that open aren't they?!
Apapun, all the best to you n insyaallah kita jumpa dibumi UAE nanti.
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Anonymous, at February 06, 2006 12:18 PM
Marrybrown!! :O WHy!
Paul
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savante, at February 06, 2006 7:56 PM
Good to read that you are slugging it out in the UAE. Life is a challenge. Besides, look at the green-backs flowing in at the end of the month.... hee hee
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Mr RM, at February 07, 2006 4:34 AM
how about DVD/VCD Players, tak cheap mcm handphones kah? hehehe...
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Anonymous, at February 07, 2006 5:32 AM
la la la. new experiences huh!
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Aku, at February 07, 2006 10:24 AM
Glad to know you've arrived safely in Dubai.
Ooh, don't get me started on hot HAIRY arab guys. *drools*
And to think they have so much money, they would have it in them to invest in a more advance IT infrastructure ??!
How CHEAP are the handphones ??! Spill it !!
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akihisa, at February 07, 2006 11:49 AM
i think there was a ding-ding-ding sound that went off in my brain when i read the word cheap and handphone in the same sentence.
spill it, how much?! what model?! are you willing to become an unofficial distributor?!
*ala2 mcm org gile pon ade aku nie*
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Anonymous, at February 09, 2006 12:18 PM
synchro: it's ok bro... no worries. hope to see you here!!
azlee: thanks bro.. yup insyallah.. kalu u dtg sini i tak payah belikan hp untuk u... hehehe
savante: yup.. no kidding .. marrybrown.. standing tall between kfc, mcd, pizza hut and hardees here ... that's something isn't it? :) btw.. hope u're having lots of fun in thailand!!!
kitjar:thanks mate! but i have to say they're not really 'flowing' la... don't get the wrong impression!
silentreader: i think quite cheap jugak kot.. any particular model u r interested in? u and your dvd player... ;P
sekatil: yup... looks like it!
akihisa: ah... so you go for the hairy ones eh? ... ;P. about the hp's - i'm no expert - but letme give u an example. they're selling the nokia n70 at around rm 1780. that's quite cheap right?
asmadi: wah... didn't know those 2 words, when out together in the same sentence could have such an effect on a human being... heheh. anyway refer to my msg above. if u have a specific model in mind let me know.. kalau free i'll go and look for the price for you... tapi ada la upahnya kan.... muahahahah
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aiskrem_potong, at February 11, 2006 11:08 PM
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