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Thursday November 20, 2008 20:00

All Positive Energy needs is Direction

Posted by utp as Life in the UAE, The Observer, Thoughts

So it was a day when Pakistan was facing West Indies in the final ODI of the series held at Abu Dhabi (read Abu Dubai by the pakhtoon taxi drivers...). Also, the Lahore Baadshahs were facing the Hyderabad Heroes in the rebel version of IPL, ICL. Guess...

Sunday October 19, 2008 19:44

A typical ironic situation in UAE

Posted by utp as Life in the UAE

If you have heard of UAE which you would have probably, you couldnt have done without hearing the miseries of traffic. In the absence of a useful transport system, most people who work here travel by cars. Since Dubai is so expensive to live most people...

Monday October 13, 2008 23:20

Celebrity Branded Real Estate in UAE

Posted by utp as Life in the UAE, The Other Side

With the financial turmoil and recession effecting everyone from rich to poor, it is amazing to see how everybody manages to bring out the survival instinct out from within and somehow manages to make the now much more difficult extra buck that was...

Monday June 2, 2008 12:59

Dubai – More Expensive to Visit / Live

Posted by utp as Life in the UAE

Just heard the news that the Dubai Visit Visa costs have been raised starting 1st June'08. There is a short visit (1 month) visa costing 500AED as compared to 110 I think earlier and a long term visit costing 1000AED. This is crazy... Obviously, they...

Saturday March 15, 2008 12:43

Who buys a Yellow Shirt?

Posted by utp as Life in the UAE

This is not for people who actually like YELLOW as a SHIRT Colour. I do have 1 yellow shirt which I never bought. In fact I would never buy a Yellow Shirt. I got it from...now I dont even remember. It must have been a gift. I think the only way a...

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