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Showing posts with label sharjah. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sharjah. Show all posts

Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Ottawa to Dubai - In Dubai




I know I've been missing in action for a while now.
Just like I do every few months, I had to catch a flight to Dubai on the 17th of last month.
My parents plan on moving to Dubai for good sometime next year when our villa there is completed. At the moment though, we live in its neighboring emirate, Sharjah, because that's where my dad works.
Contrary to what most might think, I haven't been blogging because I've hardly had time to sit down and write since I've gotten here, and it's not because of my extremely lazy-to-the-point-of-being-debilitating nature.
My mom, dad, and myself have been busy going around doing all sorts of things because we just moved into our own place here in Sharjah.
Because it's a new place, and because we didn't bring a single item of furniture (as well as other household things) from our old place, it's like starting all over again.
It's a lot of fun, no doubt.
But it's also very tiring, time consuming, energy sapping, and downright frustrating at times.
We got most of our furniture custom made, according to what we had in mind for each of our rooms.
I picked out the theme and colours for my room, as well as my sister's, who is still in Ottawa, and couldn't be bothered to tell me what it was that she wanted done to her room.
Not to brag, but our rooms turned out pretty neat, so all those hours spent figuring out every little detail with the interior designers finally paid off.
I'll be back, with more details of what I've been up to here.
Till then, take care,
xOxOxO

Sunday, September 20, 2009

Beggars and Cell Phone Peddlers Try to Take Advantage of Ramadan



Sharjah police arrested 120 beggars, and 40 illegal cell phone peddlers this Ramadan season.
Begging is illegal in the UAE, and beggars often beg in residential areas, ringing doorbells and going from door to door, which can be quite a nuisance for many residents.
Ninety of the beggars were caught during the last three weeks of Ramadan, and they were all between 40 and 50 years of age.
The beggars have now been detained as they are all illegal residents, and will be shipped off to their respective countries.
Meanwhile, illegal cell phone peddlers tried to sell their ill-gotten goods not just in residential, commercial, and industrial areas, but also mosques.
Three of the cell phone dealers were also found selling pornography in residential areas.
The crackdowns were the result of a campaign carried out by the authorities to root out illegal immigrants and residents carrying out illegal activities.
It seems like the beggars were looking to take full advantage of the spirit of the season, hoping that they’d be able to make lots of money off of people’s charitable emotions during the month.
The cell phone peddlers on the other hand, didn’t spare even mosques in their pursuits for illegal gains.
Hopefully now though, they’ll take this Ramadan as a lesson in virtue, and not repeat their mistakes once they’re back in their home countries!

Source: gulfnews.com
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