Mari kita buat IC UAE

Sekarang nih, semua pendatang halal kat UAE nih (foreign workers/ expatriates dan kaum2 yg sewaktu dgnnya) kena ada a smart card ID...

Biasalah kan, undang2 kat UAE nih, depa kasi hantam kromo saja. So ari tuh, depa buat announcement that all foreigners yg keghojer kat UAE nih kena ada that new ID card before the end of the year 2008… maka kelam kabut lah semua warga asing kat sini nak pi buat ID card…

Depa2 kat “ateh” tu bukan tau apa, jadik bila depa buat announcement cam tuh, abis lah kelam kabut opis Emirates ID authorities dgn segala jenih manusia yg kelam kabut pegi buat kad…. Mana cukup capacity? Camna nak process sampai ribu2 manusia sekali gus…? internet site EIDA pun langsung mcm tak berfungsi… apply buat appointment sekarang, tahun depan baru dpt slot, boley…? Haha…

Maka oleh kerana nak cover malu agaknya (agaknyalah kan.. I oso dunno …), maka tempoh utk buat ID card nih telah dilanjutkan sampai ke hujung tahun 2009...

Sebagai seorang yg bertanggungjawab maka, teman pun pergi ler membuat ID card nih last wknd…. Disebabkan khabarnya, centre2 kat Dubai nih selalu penuh, kononnya, maka teman pun siap bulan plan baguih2 punya supaya tak perlu queue lelama kat EIDA centre tuh

Mula2 pegi ke EIDA centre kat Rashidiya… kat website dia kata this centre is open on Sat from 8am to 2pm… sampai2 tepat jam 8am… punyalah hepi tak terkata sebab there was nobody else at that centre… Nampak gaya mcm boley selesai in half an hour… nak masuk pintu EIDA centre tuh, tengok2 kunci… err… how comes…? Check punya check, nobody was there… hmmm, pelik bin aneh… maka phonelah EIDA call centre… to my surprise, that centre is not open on Sat… Kanenaaa…..!!! abih tuh, kalo tak bukak awat depa kata bukak kat website….? Sebijik mcm Mesia, hahahaha…!!!

Nasib baik ada back up plan… naik kete balik, terus ke “pekan” Al Dhaid, about 1 hour drive out of Sharjah city centre… (mcm Ipoh ke Kuala Kangso ler pulak…).. sampai2 terus masuk centre tuh, terus ambik tiket, tok tek tok tek tok tek… 45mn done…!! Tak kecoh2 mcm kat Dubai kena dtg awai2 queue panjang2….

So, utk sesapa yg nak tahu… Al Dhaid is on the way to Fujeirah/Khorfakkan… before Friday market. At the first roundabout kat pekan tuh, fllw direction “Government Buildings”, 1.5km onwards, you will find this bldg on your right. EIDA centre is located on the 1st floor of the Sharjah Chamber of Commerce & Industry bldng. Sebelah this Chamber of Commerce bldng is the Municipality bldg…. bayo AED320 (AED300 utk 3 tahun validity, AED20 for dlvry service), then 2 weeks later, they will send your card to you… abih cerita…!!

Tak payah kecoh2, tak payah terburu2 kat EIDA centre kat Karama atau pun kat Barsha tuh…!! (or even to the one at Rashidiya…).

Abissshhhhhh….!! :)

Jalan2 cari rumah...

me have to find a new apartment before 19th July 2009... that's less than 15 days away... looking for a place in Dubai, tak mau duduk kat Sharjah lagi dah... (bukan tak kenang budi, tapi tak sanggup mengharung traffic jam tiap2 hari...)

tetapi masih belum jumpa apartment yang sesuai di hati... hmm... start to panick a bit... next wknd will be the last wknd to look for an apartment... the following wknd, kena "chalo" oledi from the current apartment... errr....

masa2 beginilah terfikir, bukan ker senang kalo aku ada rumah tetap kat sini... tak payah berpindah randah... (mcm masa mula2 dtg keghojer kat KL dulu2...).

at the same time, terkenang teman kat apartment teman kat KL nun.... hmmm... rindu...!! (ahals...!!), dan penuh dgn kenangan... semoga kawan yg stay kat situ sekarang, akan menjaga apartment tuh dgn baiknya...!!

kalo takkk...!! aku sepeku baguih2 punya nanti....!! hahaha....!!

Yemenia Airways plane crashes in sea off Comoros; 153 on board

Agencies
Last updated: June 30, 2009, 13:07


Moroni: An Airbus A310-300 from Yemen with 153 people on board crashed into choppy seas as it tried to land in bad weather on the Indian Ocean archipelago of Comoros on Tuesday, officials said.

Two French military planes and a French ship left the Indian Ocean islands of Mayotte and Reunion to search for the Yemenia aircraft that was carrying nationals from France and Comoros.

An official from the Yemeni state carrier said the plane had 142 passengers, including three infants, and 11 crew on board. It was flying from Sanaa to Moroni, the capital of the main island of the Comoros archipelago.

"The flight was expected at 2230 GMT. Before landing the control tower lost communication with the crew," said Hadji Ali, the director of Moroni international airport.

"The weather conditions were unfavourable with strong winds," he added.


read more here

perrghhhh....!! gua dah naik flight Yemenia nih beberapa kali dah... gi jumpa customer kat Yemen, gi balik Mesia (return...)... and quite a number of Malaysians in Dubai often use this airline to go back KL... murah beb...! tapi sekarang nih, I wonder berapa ramai yang akan ambik flight nih utk balik KL... tak sanggguuuuupppp....!! hehe

Water rip-off

This jewel-encrusted brand of mineral water will be available soon in Dubai at a cost of a bottle. That's enough money to provide a child in Africa with safe, clean water for life. Doesn't that leave a bitter taste in the mouth?

Water rip-off
World News 06.29.09


A billion people do not have access to it.

And a staggering 1.4 million children die every year because when they do, it kills them.

And now, you can buy it in Dubai, for the princely sum of dhs250 a bottle.

That is the price of a bottle of drinking water unveiled last night at Harvey Nichols when Bling H20 - a crystal-encrusted bottle of water - made its debut in the emirate.

From August, ‘ultra-luxury’ versions of this pricey thirst quencher will be available for sale at the store, with bottles retailing at dhs180 and dhs250 a pop.

The same amount of money would supply a child in Africa with water for life.

Harvey Nichols also has two limited edition Bling H2O bottles to sell - each one embellished with 10,000 Swarovski crystals and yours for a mere dhs15,000.

According to goodplanet.org, 5,000 people die every day because of dirty drinking water, while 1.1 billion people in developing countries currently have no, or inadequate, access to clean drinking water.

read more here


spot on...!!
ini adik beradik VOSS water...
what do you think...?

Daaahhhh separuh tahun...!

celik tutup, celik tutup, celik tutup.... dah 1 Julai 2009... dah separuh tahun... hmmm, what have I achieved so far this year...? hmmm.... big question mark... but never mind... still have 6 months to play catch up even though I am not so sure that I can... Nevertheless, am looking at the glass half full... manalah tahu, ntah2 bulan July, August nih, gua strike gold...!! dapat order baguih2 punya cukup utk cover satu tahun punya target... kan, kan, kan....? haha...!

ok, immediate important/semi-important event 2nd half of 2009 :

• bulan Julai nih gua kena pindah rumah baru... moving to Dubai itself from Sharjah... tq Sharjah, but I really cannot tahan the traffic jam going to work & coming back... so tq Sharjah... Dubai, here I come...

• bulan Julai nih jugak (hopefully after I move), Alex Firdaus insyaAllah akan dtg... gi jumpa customers dia laaa...

• awal bulan Ogos, insyaAllah Haizam dtg ziarah sehari dua

• then hujung Ogos, posa...!! yeah...!!

• then Sep, gua balik cuti raya...!! yeah...!!! balik guna tiket tahunan balik kampung, so balik naik Emirates of course...!! hehe... flight dah book dah... sampai KL 4 days before raya, balik Dubai... errr, 2 minggu lepaih tuh... hehe... raya sakan...! dah plan gi cuti2 Mesia sekali... Langkawi jer...

• lepas tuh... what happen huh...? hmm... dunno yet... we'll see... the plan is confirmed until awal October sajork....

itulah sajaaaa.... looking forward to bulan posa & raya...!!

joke bodoh kat opis : Momo was jealous to see that my holiday application has been approved... so he said that he would apply for some days off as well... 1 week before raya... to spend time doing good deeds, "repent", and ask for God's forgiveness during the last few days of Ramadan...

somebody answered,... "why? why like that? what, you think God wanna forgive you one huh...? your case huh, sure go to hell one you know...!! no hesitation, no turning back....!! confirm one...!!!"... kuang, kuang, kuang....!!!

mulutttt...! memang got no insurance...!! hahaha...

Dedikasi khusus utk Pinky....!!

Yang ini queue taxi biasa kat Dubai airport Terminal 3

Yang ini pulak, queue extra spesial khusus utk kaum Ibu sahaja... (dan keluarga...). kalo semua passenger lelaki, cannot take this taxi, kalo mix, OK, kalo mak2 dan anak2 lagi OK...!! Company nih sure si Pinky tuh punya la kut... semua pink jer...!!

dia punya drebar pun pakai baju & tudung warna pink jugak...!!

Err... Pink ape huh bahasa melayu...? oh ya... merah jambuuuuuu....!! :D

A bit busy...

have been a bit busy lately....

kelam kabut one after another...

as a result, the blog has been a bit left unattended...

sabar naaaa... nanti cheq mai balik ceghita macam2 adaa...!!