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Address to Impress | the exploratrix
https://exploratrix.wordpress.com/2013/07/01/address-to-impress
One of the most confronting things about moving to Dubai – and there was stiff competition – was the lack of a proper postal addressing system. If you order takeaway, you give your building name and apartment number and general vicinity – then you describe your location using a prominent landmark or two, “opposite HSBC” or “after the butterfly roundabout”. But can you imagine trying to squeeze this information into the change of address form from your bank back home? The Municipality project will create ...
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How Rotana made our blacklist | the exploratrix
https://exploratrix.wordpress.com/2014/07/04/how-rotana-made-our-blacklist
How Rotana made our blacklist. I’m 36 weeks pregnant so this two-night stay at The Cove Rotana in Ras Al Khaimah on their Ramadan special rates was booked to be our last dedicated weekend together as a couple. We were very excited. She called reservations to check our booking (despite us having all details on our printout that we put in front of her) and many minutes later she said she’d give us a villa. We thanked her. Free internet included, but not without a fight. We loaded ourselves into the golf ca...
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Glad I’m not a comedian’s wife | the exploratrix
https://exploratrix.wordpress.com/2013/06/21/glad-im-not-a-comedians-wife
Glad I’m not a comedian’s wife. As funny as my fiance is, I’m really glad I’m not marrying a comic because their wives cop it, big time. It’s mind-numbingly normal here to hear the one about about the wife’s nagging or her waning sexual interest (think about cause and effect here, funny men). Last night however, we heard about the brunt Stade’s long-suffering wife of 17 years is forced to bear: anal rape, in graphic fluid detail. Charlie Baker seems to have missed his calling as a jazz singer. Some o...
