Have sore throat, fever, cold, breathing trouble etc? Don’t panic!
Go to the nearest hospital, get an influenza screening done. The most common is a nasal swab test. You will get the result in 4 hrs.
If test is positive, you have a minor chance of getting any of the strains under the influenza A from H1N1 [...]
Filed under: Life in Dubai on September 15th, 2009 | No Comments »
Interesting conversation with a scammer!
Call from # +971503631421
Me: Hello
Scammer(in Hindi, with thick Pakistani accent): Hello, I am calling from Etisalat. You have just won a million Dirhams in lottery. We will need your bank details. After disconnecting this phone, please call back and give us the bank details.
Me(in Hindi): So you want me to call [...]
Filed under: Life in Dubai on August 24th, 2009 | No Comments »
Like everybody else in Dubai, I am so eagerly waiting for the launch.
Public transport is something, I have always missed in Dubai. An advantage and disadvantage of living in Dubai is to have a car is not a luxury.
Parking problems are something that goes with the above.
With the metro construction every where, its all the [...]
Filed under: Life in Dubai on August 11th, 2009 | No Comments »
Started with stong winds from Thursday, 26th from noon. There was heavy downpour and some parts even saw hail stones. I am in no way complaining, as everybody enjoyed the sudden pour of rain.
Rain complicated the $6m race as well. Unlike the track 11 years ago was retrofitted for better drainage. Well Armed, a 6-year-old [...]
Filed under: Life in Dubai on March 29th, 2009 | No Comments »
The creek in Dubai, a natural sea-water inlet which cuts through the centre of the city, is the historic focal point of life in Dubai. Centuries-old trading traditions are still alive here. The creek’s initial inlet into mainland Dubai is along the Deira Corniche and Al Ras areas of eastern Dubai and along the Al [...]
Filed under: Life in Dubai on March 28th, 2009 | No Comments »