Lho shopping kan juga bisa di mal mal di Indonesia, yang gak kalah lengkapnya. Tapi kalo lagi di Dubai ya shopping di Dubai lahhh. Masak tunggu pulang dulu ke Pasar tanah Abang ha ha ha
Salam Danardono --- In [email protected], lulu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > jadi kalo sudah senang shopping gitu .. > udah lupa ama cinta produk indonesia ?? > > salam hangat > /Lu2 > > > RM Danardono HADINOTO <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Saya juga getol shopping kalau sedang business trip ke Dubai.. > > Salam shopping > > Danardono > > --- In [email protected], lulu <lu2_mm@> wrote: > > > > tapi walaupun begitu adanya ... > > UAE adalah salah satu negara paling di minati oleh para pahlawan > devisa kita ... > > > > salam hangat selalu > > /Lu2 ( yang kebetulan juga tinggal di dubai ) > > > > > > mediacare <mediacare@> wrote: > > Dipromosikan dengan gencar, Dubai adalah kawasan paling > gemerlap dan paling maju di Timur Tengah. Tapi kenyataannya? Sekilas > saya baca, ternyata lebih enak tinggal di Jakarta dan Bali......:)) > > > > The Top 20 Reasons Not to Move to Dubai (in no particular order!) > > > > By Tia O'Neill > > > > Living in Dubai is not wonderful and glamorous, as many would have > you > > believe. Forget about what you've read, seen, and heard; those > shiny > > buildings and manmade islands are all just smoke and mirrors. > There are so > > many things wrong with this place that I have decided to compile a > list, a > > must read if you are considering a potential move to Dubai. > > > > 1. There is no standard address system making mail-to-the door > delivery > > impossible. In fact, it makes anything nearly impossible. The taxi > driver, > > here for only two days, and having learned English from old > Beatles albums > > has no clue where your house is. He won't tell you that of course, > he'll > > just keep calling and saying, "Okay, okay. Yeah, yeah." When you > purchase > > something that requires delivery they do not have an address line, > but a box > > where you are expected to draw a map. Not able to draw a map? > Explain like > > this: I live on the street after the airport road, but before the > > roundabout. Go past the mosque and make a U-turn. > > > > 2. The government blocks all web sites that it deems "offensive" > to the > > "religious, moral, and cultural values" of the UAE. That's hard to > swallow > > for a freedom loving American, but I get it. I do not understand, > however, > > why all VOIP access and related web sites are blocked. I guess the > > government also takes offense to people inexpensively contacting > their > > families back home. You're welcome to call using the analog > service provided > > by the government-owned telephone monopoly, but it will cost you a > whole lot > > more. So much so, in fact, your frequency of calls will be greatly > > diminished if you can afford them at all. The government says VOIP > is > > blocked for security reasons, yet even the residents of communist > China and > > North Korea have access to these inexpensive calls. > > > > 3. It is really hot outside. Not Florida in July hot; Hot as if > you were > > locked in a car in Florida in July with sufficient humidity to > make it feel > > as though you are drowning. Hot as in 120 degrees with nearly 100% > humidity. > > Do not look to the wind for relief. This is the equivalent of > pointing a > > hairdryer on full blast directly at your face. Pour fine moon dust- > like sand > > over your head as you do this and you get the picture. > > > > 4. There are too few trees, plants, and grass â≠or living > things aside from > > us crazy humans, for that matter. Ever see a bird pant? I have. In > my > > opinion, human beings were not meant to live in such a place. If > we were, > > there would be sufficient water and shade. The only greenery > around are the > > roadside gardens planted by the government, who waters the hell > out of them > > in the middle of the day. Thanks a lot! Didn't you say we should > cut down on > > our water consumption because you are unable to keep up with the > demand? I > > have an idea: let's all move someplace where it's not 120 degrees > outside. > > > > 5. This country prides itself so much on its glitz and glamour > that it put a > > picture of its 7-star hotel on the license plate. Yet, the public > toilets in > > the king-of-bling Gold Souk district are holes in the ground with > no toilet > > paper or soap. Hoses to rinse your nether regions, however, are > provided. > > This results in a mass of water on the floor that you must stand > in to pee. > > Try squatting without touching anything and keeping your pants > from touching > > anything either. Oh yeah. It's 120 degrees in there too. > > > > 6. This country encourages businesses to hire people from other > poor > > countries to come here and work. They have them sign contracts > that are a > > decade long and then take their passports. Even though taking > passports is > > supposedly illegal, the government knows it happens and does > nothing to > > enforce the law. These poor people are promised a certain pay, but > the > > companies neglect to tell them they will be deducting their cost > of living > > from their paychecks, leaving them virtually penniless ââ ‰ > that is, if they > > choose to pay them. Companies hold back paychecks for months at a > time. When the workers strike as a result, they are jailed. > Protesting is illegal, you > > see (apparently this law IS enforced). > > > > These people will never make enough to buy a ticket home and even > if they > > do, they do not have their passports. They live crammed in > portables with > > tons of others, in highly unsanitary conditions. The kicker: they > are > > building hotels that cost more to stay in for one night than they > will make > > in an entire year. Things are so bad that a number of laborers are > willing > > to throw themselves in front of cars because their death would > bring their > > family affluence in the form of diya, blood money paid to the > victim's > > family as mandated by the government. > > > > 7. Things are not cheaper here. I'm sick of people saying that. I > read the > > letters to the editor page of the paper and people say to those > who complain > > about the cost of living rising here, "Well, it's cheaper than > your home > > country or you wouldn't be here." The only thing cheaper here is > labor. Yes, > > you can have a maid - but a bag of washed lettuce will cost you > almost $10. > > > > 8. There are traffic cameras everywhere. I consider this cheating. > Where are > > the damn cops? I drove around this city for weeks before I ever > even saw a > > cop. Trust me, they need traffic cops here. People drive like > idiots. It's > > perfectly okay to turn left from the far right lane, but speeding > even just > > a couple of kilometers over will get you fined. These cameras are > placed > > strategically as you come down hills, or just as the speed limit > changes. > > Before you know it BAM! Fined. Forget to pay the bill and your car > will be > > impounded.. > > > > 9. The clothing some of these women wear makes no sense to me. I > understand > > that as part of your religion you are required to dress in a > particular way, > > but a black robe over your jeans and turtleneck and cover your > head when it > > is 120 degrees outside? In the gym some women wear five layers of > > clothing-sweatpants and t-shits over sweaters with headscarves. > Yet the > > men's clothing makes absolute sense: white, airy, and nothing > underneath but > > their skivvies. > > > > 10. People stare at you. I am sick of being stared at. I'm stared > at by men > > who have never seen a fair-skinned blue-eyed woman before, or who > have and > > think we are all prostitutes so it's okay to stare. They stare at > me when I > > am fully covered or with my husband, and even follow me around. > It's beyond > > creepy and has brought me to tears on more than one occasion. The > staring is > > not limited to men, either. I'm stared at angrily by female > prostitutes who > > think I am running in on their territory by having a few drinks > with my > > husband at the bar. > > > > 11. Prostitutes? Oh hell yes, there are prostitutes. Tons of them. > So, let > > me get this straight, I can't look at a naked picture of a person > on the > > Internet in the privacy of my home, but it is okay to go out in > public and > > buy a few for the night? > > > > 12. Alcohol can only be sold in hotels and a handful of private > clubs. A > > person must own a liquor license to consume in the privacy of > their own > > home. To obtain a liquor license you must get signed approval from > your > > boss, prove a certain level of salary that determines how much you > are > > allowed to buy, and then submit several mug shots (aka passport > photos) for > > approval. Pay the fee and the additional 30% tax on every purchase > and you > > may drink at home. Then again, you can just pick up a few bottles > in the > > airport duty free on your way in to the country, but two is the > max. Why not > > just drive out to Ajman where it's a free-for-all and load up the > SUV? It's > > easy enough, but crossing the Emirates with alcohol is illegal - > > particularly in the dry emirate of Sharjah, which just happens to > lie > > between Dubai and Ajman. Go figure. > > > > 13. Not only do you have to get your boss's approval to obtain a > liquor > > license, but you must also get the company's approval to rent > property, have > > a telephone, or get satellite TV. > > > > 14. Back to the craziness on the roads: If I see one more kid > standing up > > and waving to me out the back window while flying down the road at > 160 > > kph whatever happened to seatbelts? > > > > 15. When is the weekend again? Let me get this straight: the > weekend used to > > be Thursday and Friday, but no one took off all of Thursday, just > a half day > > really. Now the government says Friday and Saturday are the > weekend, but > > some people only take off Friday, others still take a half day on > Thursday, > > but some might just take a half day on Saturday instead. Anyway > you slice > > it, Sundays are workdays and little business can be accomplished > Thursday > > through Saturday. > > > > 16. There are few satellite television operators:. The movie > channels play > > movies that are old and outdated. Many of them went straight to > video back > > in the States. Every sitcom that failed in the US has been > purchased and is > > played here. Old episodes of Knight Rider are advertised like it > is the > > coolest thing since sliced bread. The TV commercials are repeated > so often > > that I am determined NOT to buy anything I see advertised on > television here > > just for thee principle of it. When I say repeated often, I mean > every > > commercial break - sometimes more than once. > > > > 17. The roads are horribly designed. Driving ten minutes out of > the way to > > make a U-turn is not uncommon. People are not able to give > directions most > > of the time (remember reason #1), and the maps are little help > because most > > have few road names on them, if any. Where is interchange four? > You just > > have to hope you got on the freeway in the right place and start > counting > > because they are not numbered. Miss it and you'll likely end up on > the other > > side of town before you are able to turn around and go back. > > > > 18. Taxi drivers are dangerous and smell. Taxi drivers work very > hard here > > to earn a living because travel by taxi is still relatively > inexpensive, > > even though the cost of living is not (see reason #7). Because of > this you > > may have a driver who has had little sleep or the opportunity to > shower for > > several days. Many of these drivers have just as much difficulty > finding > > their way around as you do, but add to this a third-world country > driving > > style and extreme exhaustion and, well, remember to buckle up for > safety. > > > > 19. Speeding is an Emirati sport and Emirates Road is just an > extension of > > the Dubai Autodrome. I know I keep mentioning the roads, but > really, much of > > this city's issues are encompassed by the erratic and irrational > behavior > > displayed on its streets. Visions of flashing lights on even > flashier, > > limo-tinted SUVs haunt me as I merge on to the highway. Local > nationals are > > somehow able to get the sun-protecting dark window tint denied to > us lowly > > expats and use it to hide their faces as they tailgate you > incessantly at > > unbelievably high speeds, their lights flickering on and off and > horn > > blaring repeatedly. It doesn't matter that you can't get over, or > if doing > > so would be particularly dangerous, they will run you off the road > to get in > > front of you. Don't even think about giving someone the finger; > the offense > > could land you in jail. Tailgating is, unbelievably, legal. > > > > 20. Dubai is far from environmentally friendly. Ever wonder how > much damage > > those manmade islands are doing to the delicate ocean ecosystem? > Coral > > reefs, sea grasses, and oyster beds that were once part of > protected marine > > lands lie choked under a barrage of dredged up sea sand. Consider > the waste > > that occurs from erecting buildings on top of these sand monsters > and from > > the people that occupy them coupled with the lack of an effective > recycling > > program and you have an environmental disaster on your hands. Add > to this > > more gas guzzling SUVs than fuel-efficient cars on the road and > the need for > > 24-hour powerful air-conditioning and its evident that the > environment is > > not high on the priority list of the UAE. > > > > So while I'm sure there are benefits to living in Dubai, tax > breaks, > > multi-cultural environments, and beautiful buildings aside, > reconsider your > > plans to move here if any of the above mentioned reasons strikes a > chord > > within you. Dubai is a city caught in an identity crisis. > Struggling > > somewhere between its desire to be a playground for the rich and > its > > adherence to traditional Islamic roots, rests a city that lacks > sufficient > > infrastructure to support its delusions of grandeur. Visit if you > must, but > > leave quickly before you are sucked into its calamitous void. > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > > Bergabunglah dengan orang-orang yang berwawasan, di bidang Anda di > Yahoo! Answers > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > Bergabunglah dengan orang-orang yang berwawasan, di bidang Anda di Yahoo! Answers > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >
