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miski
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| I don't know how anyone could survive on 1000 SR a month. That's $270. I would have paid about that for groceries. I thought they were the same or more than I would have paid in Canada. Taxis are cheap. It would be a minimum fare of $1.35. The trips I made usually cost around $4 to $7. The airport was $20 one way. A meal at the Turkish restaurant would be around $10. The Japanese was more like $25. And then there is the phone, internet and tv. You need to buy your drinking water (more expensive than petrol). Employing a cleaner was really cheap. I had to pay for my exit and re-entry visas and 10% of my medical bills. It's not expensive as places go but I think survival would be in the 2000 SR range. |
In Kuwait you could earn ( with good credentials and a decent school / college) at least $35,000 per year. If you had rent free accom. , banked your salary and did private tuition you could just about do it. The lowest rate for private tuition is 20kd per hour ( about $55 I think). So four of those a week and you've got yourself $800 a month. Many teachers do that and don't touch their salaries.
Food- much cheaper than in the UK anyway! Fruit and veg cheaper, bread ( pitta type) is dirt cheap and you could buy enough chickens with a few dollars to start your own meat company.......lol. A kilo of large fresh shrimp in season is only about $9 and boy are they good!
As for drinking water. Most apartments have filtered water which tastes fine, so no need to buy bottled. You can even add an extra filter to the filter lol.
Satellite is about $40 a month ( for Orbit) which is a bit on the high side for what you get- but if you get a receiver MBC2/4/action/ Dubai One are all in English and free- and if you are lucky your employer will provide you with an in class/ office internet connection.
Go for it.
re exisiting n $270 / 90KD per month, many lower paid ex pats have to and seem to manage. |
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Cleopatra
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| Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 4:18 pm Post subject: |
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There is no doubt that many can - and do - survive on 1000SR a month, or even less.
The question is why anyone would choose to do so. |
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007
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| Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 4:36 pm Post subject: |
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| The question is why anyone would choose to do so. |
Because everyone has his own lifestyle. Some choose to live in SR1000 and others choose to live in SR5000, I think, it is due to the type of lifestyle of each individual.
But the question is: Is the individual living in SR5000 happy as the one living in SR 1000 or not? |
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Cleopatra
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| Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 4:38 pm Post subject: |
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| How do you 'live in SR1000'? Is it a villa or an apartment? |
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007
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| Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 4:43 pm Post subject: |
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| How do you 'live in SR1000'? Is it a villa or an apartment? |
Neither of them, it is a Bangalow. |
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Henry_Cowell
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| Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 5:13 pm Post subject: |
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For "007":
The Ins and Outs of Prepositions: A Guidebook for ESL Students
The Preposition Book: Practice toward Mastering English Prepositions |
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007
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For "Henry Cowell":
I do not need your books if they are published in the land of uncle Sam. If not, I will think about them.
BTW, do you think anybody living in SR1000 can afford to buy the two books? |
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Henry_Cowell
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| Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 6:33 pm Post subject: |
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English Prepositions Explained
Perfect Prepositions: A Real-Life Guide to Using English Prepositions
How long will "007" go on before correcting his own preposition error?  |
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trapezius
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| Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 7:22 pm Post subject: |
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| The lowest rate for private tuition is 20kd per hour ( about $55 I think). |
Is it really 20KD/hour? I doubt it, as 20KD = $70.
It is not impossible, but I think unlikely because the rate in Saudi is SR. 150 to SR. 200 (usually SR. 175), which is $40 - $53, and I would surmise that the rates in the Gulf countries would be just about the same.
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miski
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