Posted on November 27, 2008 by albertblackburn
With the property crash around corner, the Dubai Property Developer have started to try their hand at Let to Buy Schemes, in principle it is an excellent scheme to assist first time buyers onto the property ladder.
Today I paid a visit to Emaar, one of the largest developers in the UAE, to check out their [...]
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Posted on November 26, 2008 by albertblackburn
With Ramadan well and truely behind us for another year. Our resident squirrel colleague has decided to change her diets to an extremely variety of snacks and extreme amounts of coffee. The fact is that her mother is completely in the dark about this shift in diet and continues to provide 3 healthly meals 7 [...]
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Posted on November 18, 2008 by albertblackburn
We have been informed by the UAE government that all expatriates and locals must have an identity card by December 31st. Though as I am sure most expatriates living in Dubai and other Emirates will tell you that this is chaos and is never going to happen in time. The online registration form is so [...]
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Posted on November 17, 2008 by albertblackburn
This weekend I went to see Queen play in Dubai Festival City. Upon getting to Festival City I was directed to the lonely car park outside, where 12,000 people gathered to see Queen+Paul Rogers play to a mostly expat crowd. Whilst the concert started with great gusto. The middle was rather tepid with a a [...]
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