Posted on November 26, 2008 by flickster1
Today I am mostly feeling: hungover. the special white wine kind (you know what I mean ladies). My brain function is about as slow as a hibernating tortoise’s
Today I am absolutely loving: my husband. The lovely man drove me to work this morning to save me from sandpit-parking-hell in my hungover state
This week I am [...]
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Posted on September 28, 2008 by flickster1
So PD and I have ceased looking for a place to live. But it’s not because we have found one – oh no, it’s because we can’t.
Many people think that with the huge amount of development going on in Dubai and the Emirates that there is actually an oversupply of available property to rent. [...]
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Posted on September 17, 2008 by flickster1
So I’ve got a few more bits that I can add to my list, but there should also be a section on Things that are the same, but a bit different (see the end of this post)
It takes longer to get things done. By this I mean, day to day work – waiting for people [...]
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Posted on July 30, 2008 by flickster1
Today’s my last day at work and it’s very bittersweet. Working at BuyAssociation - nurturing it and helping it grow over the last two and a half years – has given me a lot of knowledge and experience. There have been times when I’ve hated it and times when I couldn’t imagine doing anything else. Most of [...]
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