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franziska
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 Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2008 6:28 pm Post subject: The heat- 45C? |
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| Ok- how bad is it? How often do foreignors (especially northerners) say..I am outta here -can't stand this heat a second longer! The heat is my biggest concern moving to the ME - are malls, schools etc. freezing because of the airconditioning? Thanks |
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mishmumkin
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| Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2008 7:09 pm Post subject: |
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| The malls, schools, and businesses are usually too cold. It's best to carry a sweater or jacket to wear inside the classroom. I don't know anyone who's ever left because of the heat, but some endure better than others. I think you'll find that you aclimate rather quickly. 45 sounds hot, but when you return home 15C will be downright chilly. |
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like2answer
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Gauguin
Joined: 28 Aug 2005
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Location: At the Cutting Edge
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| Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2008 7:20 am Post subject: Reasons for Leaving |
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We had a Canadian dude flee from DMC a few years back citing the heat as his major problem. I big 'tubby' guy, IT buff, read books without pictures. He was awarded the 'Teacher of the Year' then did a runner. Much egg on face for his department head. Much fighting over his 'Teacher of the Year' car parking space. More recently we had a guy break the 'Shortest Stay' record, He lasted 2 weeks. Ya gotta laugh!
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tmac-100
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| Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2008 5:19 pm Post subject: Leaving.. |
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Yes, Gaugin is correct. Recently a fellow left after just a couple of weeks. His daughter was in the hospital with medication problems and his mother almost died in an Australian hospital, so he decided to pull the pin and help his wife sort things out with his daughter. His mother apparently recovered.
The poor fellow was lamenting how much of a financial disaster his forced return had become. Remember there are all sorts of up-front expenses that become transparent with the 30000 AED given upon arrival at the HCT system. However if you leave before the 3 years are up you pay a pro-rated amount back. After 2 weeks he had to pay it all back - then of course he had to sell his furniture (newly purchased) at about 50% of what he paid for it a couple of weeks earlier.
Last year a woman left for family reasons at the same college Gaugin and I work at. Once she sorted out her affairs she moved to teach in Japan..
Sh*t happens and we often do NOT expect it, BUt we sometimes have to deal with it by leaving the UAE  |
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Stephen Jones
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| More recently we had a guy break the 'Shortest Stay' record, He lasted 2 weeks. |
The record in Saudi is a guy who arrived on Saturday night and announced he was leaving on Sunday after lunch.
The make-or-break apparently was when he asked what pub we were all meeting up at that night and found we weren't, and there wasn't one.
He then wrote a letter to the Royal Commission demanding they reimbursed his expenses because I had misled him by not telling him Jubail was different from Bahrain.
When I taught at KIES in Kuwait back in the nineties, we had somebody who arrived at four in the morning and left at nine. He stayed in the country as he had another job lined up anyway. |
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johnslat
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Back in the early 80s, we had a guy and his family at the Jeddah IPA who lasted three days.
It wasn't the heat; it was a case of instant xenophobia, I think. |
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seven seas
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The heat?!
That's gotta be the lamest excuse for leaving EVER!!! |
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mishmumkin
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| (My friend once told me we all come the UAE - or any country really - with two buckets. One is for money. One is for sh*t. People leave when one of the buckets get full. I hope to leave when the money bucket is full.) |
That's a perfect metaphor. |
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seven seas
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| fantastic!!! |
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lall
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| Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2008 8:03 pm Post subject: MM |
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| (My friend once told me we all come the UAE - or any country really - with two buckets. One is for money. One is for sh*t. People leave when one of the buckets get full. I hope to leave when the money bucket is full.) |
That's a perfect metaphor. |
Dear MM,
"liketoanswer" has put it put it perfectly. You beat me to the response that I had lined up.
Regards,
Lall.
Postscript: That quote doesn't seem like it was originally English. May I know (if it isn't) to which language it belongs to?
We have many sayings in our myriad Indian languages, each colourful than the other. Unfortunately, the nuances of many would get lost in transalation.
This one was smack-on-the-nose. |
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like2answer
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veiledsentiments
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It is one of those sayings that has been around the Gulf forever. I think it is originally English, but I would assume that every language has something similar.
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