| The Dubai Nobody Tells You About Dubai is the land of the biggest, tallest, longest, widest, richest, fanciest, fastest...everything is ... in the world. If it does not grow in Dubai, they' ll make it artificially - artificial ski slopes, artificial islands, artificial oasis, coconut trees and lawns, artificial beaches, artificial economy. Indians especially love it here because of the dirham-to-rupee value. Pakistani's adore it. The Egyptians come here because there is nothing to do in Egypt. No more pyramids to build either. The Filipinos come here because they have no choice; theres nothing back home, not even dogs - they've been eaten up. The Lebanese come here to buy cars, dress to kill, wear Peter Pan shoes 10 sizes bigger than their feet, put 1 kg of gel on their heads and give everyone ball talk. They'll buy a 1980s Merc or BMW for 10k dirhams and drive the car like they're sitting in the rear passenger seat, stretching their arms all the way to the steering wheel, giving you the piercing bald eagle look. Russian girls come here for "fun". The Bangladeshis come here to serve you when you honk outside a Bakala (shop), but would not even look at you if you park and go inside to pickup yourself. Now according to the government Dubai is Tax free. Of course, that is true. You only have to pay for the visa, medical, sponsor, insurance, resident ID, Opening a bank account or even closing an account, Municipality, Sewerage, attestation of papers, translation of papers, driving license papers, lessons, Car license, testing, and .... but the salary is Tax Free. Only, there is a Pay and Park scheme with 5000 parking lots, and 500,000 cars in the city, so where the hell do you park? And you are fined for wrong parking. If you have any government related work like medicals for visa or immigration, you have 2 options - Standard and Urgent Procedure. Standard takes7 days and Urgent takes1 day. The difference is 100-odd dirhams. Everyone goes for the urgent option and the Dubai government makes money, urgently. If you switch jobs you get a work ban and to lift the ban you pay a huge penalty. In Dubai, without a car you are paralyzed (you dont even get jobs if you dont have a car). But you 'll get your license in attempts ranging from 2 to 20. Each time you fail you have paid fees for Driving Classes & Driving Tests, which are 1000-odd dirhams. Imagine the money RTA makes. Most of the expats live alone with families back home. So they spend much on phone calls. And call charges from Dubai are high. If you're walking on the road and you ask someone the time, he'll tell you 10:30, give you his card and say, I have new and second-hand watches. At a restaurant when you are leaving they'll say Here is my card, call us for home delivery. If you're below your building, you'll meet those Chinese chicks giving you their cards, saying, Call us if you want DVDs. If youre standing at a bus stop, a Dubai has amusing-looking buildings. Some have holes in them, some have giant balls on them, some look like aeroplanes, some look like sail boats, and, all of them reach into space with your window right in front of the moon. If you want to go for a picnic go to a mall. Some Malbaris go home to Kerala, get married, and then come to a Dubai Mall for their honeymoon. |
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