My UAE...

Hi Guys,

At last, something better than the videos.

I think some “VIP of mine” saw MY CLIP… she was telling me about me having some Men’s Talk.

Then I realize. Haha..

Whatever, I guess this is a part of me that people in my school don’t know about.

Ok… this is not my topic.

After listening to Alonso talk abt his trip, maybe I should give some of you a glimpse of my UAE.

First and foremost, UAE is safe. I believe it is even safer than some South East Asia countries that we go to. But then I live in Sharjah, which tends to be more conservative. Initially when I was leaving Singapore, my family was like telling me not to travel alone, not to go out at night and etc etc… But after living here for a month or so, I seriously think it cannot be safer. And the important thing is you don’t see police car patrolling around.

Secondly, MOST OF the people living here are really friendly. Thanks to all the “terrorist” talks… I guess people create a stereotype of them even before they know them. But there is 1 thing you should taken note of; the friendly people are not the natives and you have to be friendly towards them too.

Thirdly, Cars here are really cheap. Oil is cheap. Electronics are cheap. The rest tend to be a bit more expansive.

Since the cars are cheap, the traffic is shit. The only thing that I don’t think I will do is to drive here. I suck at it. Furthermore, sometimes will you feel that like the taxi driver is some F1 racer, traveling at 120km/h and cutting into people’s lane without signaling.

I feel I have also made a lot of friends here. The office boys in my office, the laundry man at the shop, the Indian waiter making the shewama, the hotel bellboy, the hotel receptionist, the hotel security guard, my colleagues, the hotel driver and the list goes on… (Note: None of them are natives yet.)

Fourthly, I also had a nice birthday surprise here. It was quite funny and it was really nice. THE BEST THING WAS I GOT A BIG BOX OF CHOCOLATES by the brand Patchi. It’s some Godiva kind of chocolates.

I have also learned how to read the Arabic numbers from 0 to 9. Haha… and also I have been watching Dragonball in Arabic. After living here for a month, you learn to appreciate Arabic. (As if….)

Another thing was that you know people get woken up by chicken in the morning. You get woken up by prayers at 4am every morning here. Haha…

Lastly, I am so gonna try the neighborhood barber here. Apparently, people here recognize me by the hair. Hopefully I get a good haircut here. I heard some of them dun understand English. Good luck to me!

Mendi, I think you should come here to work. Office boy earn like AEZ4k (About S$1.5k) after a year. Haha… Just imagine what the rest earns. I heard reception earns AEZ20k, recent grad earn AEZ18K.

That’s all.

Anyway GMH, I absolutely have no idea what to get here. If you all want anything, tell me.

AND I am thinking of is to buy the EURO2008 soccer ball (the replica 1). What u think of it?

Blackburn
Still having fun here and trying to save more money!