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Hi,I have been spending time in the dubai pet groups lately.

You koknw what I found?

It seems amazing how many people here are feeding, trapping, neutering and rehoming community cats on their own dime. No org, no credit and just doing it because they can't walk through a hungry cat in 45 degree crazy heat.

I keep seeing posts at 2am like "found this little baby outside a mall, who can foster tonight" and within an hour ten strangers offer help. In a city everyone calls cold and transactional, this little corner is the complete opposite.

Anyway just wanted to say it out loud. if you are one of them, I wonder what made you start? respect for all you guys! :)

School uniforms for my girls have gotten ridiculously expensive when bought directly from school or the outsourced store.

Last year I got uniforms from LCT uniforms and saved a little. But this year they don't offer uniforms for these schools. Would anyone have an alternate recommendation for school uniforms? Schools - Al Diyafah High School and Dubai Scholars.

We are changing the ACs in our villa and would really appreciate your advice

1. Carrier or O General?
2. GI ducts or Pre-insulated phenolic ducts? Previous ducts had mold growing, especially in areas where the duct surface was not smooth
3. If GI ducts, whats the best type of internal sound insulation material? Previous ducts had rockwool sound insulation that all fell apart and were blowing harmful particles everywhere
4. If GI ducts, whats the best type of external thermal insulation?

These are ducted split ACs (with outdoor unit on the roof and indoor FCU in the ceiling, so no central chilled water system if it’s relevant).

Appreciate your advice on the above and any other suggestions!!!

I checked out tod.tv, it seems quite pricey 😅 was wondering if there are any better alternatives to watch football here? Mainly PL/La Liga/UCL

I’m currently having the worst experience with GIG Healthcare and I’m feeling so let down and hopeless. (I have a medical background from another country and aren’t practising so it’s even more frustrating than this is happening here).

For reference - I am on a policy as my husbands dependent and since we wanted to start trying for a kid - I went to get a routine gynac test done.

She found somethings on the USG which explains why we have been having problems conceiving the past few months and she advised certain hormonal lab tests. She also told me to visit an endocrinologist for a further opinion.

This was 5 days ago.

Today I visited the endocrinologist and he was a bit appalled that the insurance is still rejecting and resending the request back with mundane queries. So he left a supporting statement to aid the process.

Over the afternoon I’ve kept calling the insurance to speed things up and they finally tell me that “our group of consultant doctors at GIG have said that this is a pre-existing condition that you haven’t declared when you got the insurance policy this year and hence it won’t be covered”

Man - HOW CAN I DECLARE IT IF I WAS NEVER DIAGNOSED!!! (For reference - the condition under investigation is PCOS and the tests are ordered to diagnose it lol. So it still isn’t diagnosed).

(Basically they took one small element of my past medical history that I told the doctor about my symptoms and counted that symptom as evidence that the condition existed and was diagnosed before I got the policy).

HOW CONVENIENT. So basically I’m supposed to have declared every headache. Every irregular menses. Every weight gain. Every toe banging the edge of my bed ?? LMAO. If it hasn’t been diagnosed, if I’ve never been on any treatment, if I’ve never had recurring symptoms, if it’s never been a health concern until now - why should it have been declared ?

I told the agent that this is strange because you can’t expect me to declare something that I was never diagnosed with and never aware of. And he goes like “then how did you have the symptom in 2024” “why didn’t your doctor declare that you visited a physician in 2024 and was told you are fine”

After a lot of push and pull he finally said that he will “escalate it and the insurance team of doctors will look at it again and the hospital docs will have to update the medical history”

Another agent said that “you will have to make a health declaration with you insurance broker”

The tests cost nearly 10,000AED My husbands company is paying 35000AED a year for this insurance policy and we both have a 50,000AED coverage. But so much back and forth just to be covered. And it’s not like we can’t afford it - it’s more like why should we when it’s supposed to be such a “good” insurance !

A very broken system and they look for every loop hole to not have to cover what they should. Ridiculous.

If anyone has dealt with something like this and has fought it successfully, please feel free to dm me. Than you !

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Hey everyone,

I need to vent a bit and see if others have experienced this. I’ve been working in sales here in the UAE for the past year and a half, and before that, I spent time dealing with various admin and corporate processes.

From day one until now, I’ve noticed a persistent trend with certain front-office, customer service, and admin support desks, and honestly, I am exhausted. Across multiple companies and touchpoints, I consistently encounter the same rigid, uncommunicative behavior: lack of a proper greeting, cold or indifferent replies, and an overall attitude that feels like you're an inconvenience just for asking a basic work-related question.

It doesn't seem to matter what company or sector it is—some administrative desks operate with zero warmth, poor communication, and a complete lack of basic professional courtesy when you need assistance closing a deal or sorting out paperwork.

In sales, our entire job relies on smooth coordination, fast replies, and teamwork. When the internal admin or support staff act like a brick wall, it makes an already stressful job ten times harder.

Have you guys dealt with this in your workplaces? How do you handle uncooperative internal support or admin teams without hurting professional relationships?

The main thing here is majority is same nationality. I don't want to mentiom

Looking for a nice fancy-ish restaurant for my birthday. Somewhere I can dress up , with fun vibes, good music and food.

Nothing crazy expensive though, just a place that feels nice without costing a kidney!

Please give me some good recommendations 🥰

I visit the mall multiple times a week and its sad to see that the mall I grew up with is actively dying. Good number of stores have closed down and I don't really get why. That mall is always packed and its hard to find a parking on weekdays let alone weekends. What's also confusing is most of the stores that closed always had customers too. I remember pre-covid (and you can still see it in the google images I believe), the mall was packed with good stores. Now its just a slop of stores that you've prolly never even heard of or its boxes in place of stores that have been closed. The only good thing is they're opening good restaurants and cafes tho. That mall has so much potential while being a landmark as well as hundreds of communities developing around Jebel Ali and Dubai south, and metro connection, yet stores just keep closing down. China court is basically abandoned since the cinema shut down. You just cant find malls like these anywhere anymore so I don't get why the property management (Nakheel or Dubai Residential) gave up on preserving this mall. The transition from expansion plans pre-covid to boxes in places of stores is straight up depressing. Does anyone know what's going on because I don't see any of this happening in any other malls this bad.

I run in to kids on eScooters/bikes every few days but this morning was extra special.

JLT area, 4 kids taking up both lanes of the road with one kid doing tricks and wheelies. No amount of honking could get them to move over to the slow lane.

This is going to end in tragedy one day.

On a similar note: Have an orthopedist friend who was telling me that the number of kids breaking something on eScooters has gone through the roof in the last year or so.

I’m an entrepreneur in Dubai, married with a kid and currently earning around AED 56k/month. I’ve been living in the same 2BR since 2020. Started at AED 60k/year and it’s now around AED 75k in barsha and a premium apartment building. I have an opportunity to move to a 3BR in the same building for AED 140k/year.

We’d definitely appreciate the extra space, but I’m struggling to justify almost doubling the rent for essentially one additional bedroom. I’d also have to break my current lease and potentially pay a 2-month penalty.

The bigger issue is that my business has had a considerable revenue drop recently. We’re still profitable and I can afford the higher rent, but as an entrepreneur the future never feels completely certain.
Part of me thinks: I earn well, have a family, and we should enjoy a better home if we can afford it.
The other part thinks: why take on another AED 65-70k/year of fixed expenses when the business is going through a weaker period and geographical uncertainty. Maybe just wait until my lease ends and see what deals are available then.

What would you do in my situation — upgrade now or stay put? Any thoughts would be rally helpful

Mounjaro to be exact. A google search tells me

"UAE customs regulations state that prescription medications can only be brought into the country by the actual patient named on the medical documentation" and "

Is this true? Can I not just carry a copy of the UAE prescription? It's cheaper back home and a friend wanted to save a buck.

After 6 very long years, I am finally in a place where I can start to settle my debt and clear my name. I've contacted a few lawyers that chatgpt recommended but none has gotten back to me and some only deal with companies, not individuals.

I need a lawyer to contact the two companies I am in debt with to negotiate a settlement and lift any travel bans of I even have any.

I've been living in constant anxiety and stress for the last 6 years.

Long story short, when COVID hit I lost everything and have been scraping by until a few months ago. I feel like I've picked myself up from out of a gutter and I'd really like to clear everything and start over as cleanly as I can.

Thats the question. Do you have a trusted curtain guy? I just want basic sheers, a normal blackout curtain and some roman blinds for short windows.

Please forward any trusted company numbers!

Just a few days ago, our flat building was handed over to a real estate company from direct owner. The new owner (real estate) gave us a notice yesterday to request for any maintenance fix before this month ends because by September, us, tenants will be covering for any maintenance/repair costs.

Just now, I heard from my neighbors that they received a paper from the new owner to sign saying: the contract will be terminated by the end of the month.

Is that legal?

I have a router, with an option to get unlimited SIM for extra 50 aed on my post piad plan (Du Power Plan 300), Will it work?

Otherwise, any on going offers? Got my eyes on Virigin yearly, on the long run it seems the best offer there is

Q to the old expats or locals here. I’m always going to the same malls like Dubai mall, MOE, Dubai hills or festival mall.

Is there any other mall that I didn’t heard off and has many restaurants, stores and entertainment? 😅

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