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You know you live too long in Dubai when...

Last activity 19 September 2010 by lovely Abu Dhabi

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Mila_777

It's just for a fun, but pelase, contribute:)

You know you live/have lived in Dubai too long when...




-You know some phrases in Tagalog, Hindi, Urdu, and/or Arabic.

You have a maid/know some people with maids.

Your dentist's office is in some villa in Jumeirah.

You've eaten in the bathroom at the mall during Ramadan.:)

A thunderstorm makes front page news.

You've gotten lost in Madinat Jumeirah.

You have Mall of the Emirates memorized and have Dubai Mall almost memorized.

You can get cheap Indian food anywhere.

You don't know how to pump gas.

80 degrees Fahrenheit is cool.

70 degrees Fahrenheit is chilly.

You spend Halloween night at the Lakes/Meadows/Springs.

People who aren't from Dubai always ask if you've been in the Burj Al Arab.

You get groceries from Spinney's and Choithram's.

Shawarmas are fast food.

You can't imagine life without A/C.

it will be continued:)

joylok

when people ask you if u have met Dawood Ibrahim :)

when people wonder if we roam on camals and not in cadilacs :D

when people think we stay in deserts and not in Burj Dubai :P

joylok

when u prefer indoors to outdoors..

joylok

when you dance like no one's going to put it on YouTube.

When Sunday is not the end of the world, but you can see it from here

When u visit burj dubai and then wonder if Mount Everest is just Nature's way of reducing the world's population of stupid rich people

When u r having oily food here - Objects in mirror are fatter than they appear

when u loose hair -    I wear my hair departed on both sides.

when u woinder about ur whereabouts - The wheel was man's greatest invention until he sat behind it and reached here

When you can really use your help -

Finally, People are extremely open minded when you agree with them

joylok

When the bank says this is my Final Notice. And u feel fantastic that they're not going to bother me anymore!

when don't like to repeat gossip but, really, what else can you do with it?

when u r commuting between sharjah and dubai u r multitasking: Driving and napping.

when my doctor thinks I'm paranoid. He didn't say it, but I knew that's what he was thinking

lovely Abu Dhabi

You live too long in Dubai...when you don't want to recognize that the name is Burj Khalifa ;-)

(fast jumping back to the Abu Dhabi forum)

lovely Abu Dhabi

:lol::D:lol::D:lol::cool:

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