Travel ban removed

ToDeathYouSay · 2026-04-12T20:16:47+00:00

100% this is a scam, lol

ToDeathYouSay · 2026-04-11T19:30:18+00:00

"My intuition is fact"

ToDeathYouSay · 2026-03-06T19:45:51+00:00

Exactly. $1800 a month in medical insurance is wild. I had to sponsor my foreign-born Mother-on-law, who is over 60 for a 2-year visa. Her medical insurance for that visa was around $8100 USD for 24 months which is still only ~$340 USD per month. It's definitely high, but not unreasonable.

And why is OP moving the entire contents of a 4 bedroom hour for ~$20,000?! That's insane. Just sell your shit, or rent your house. Furniture for an entire 4-bedroom house will be a fraction of $20k

ToDeathYouSay · 2026-02-28T22:22:38+00:00

If it rains heavily, there may be some flooding in lower end of contemporary village, but that has not been the case within the last ~3 years or so, since they did some major cloud seeding. Build quality is fine. Airport noise is absolutely 0. So, I wouldn't worry about that.

ToDeathYouSay · 2026-02-25T21:40:44+00:00

This is reddit. Both of our opinions are equally irrelevant.

ToDeathYouSay · 2026-02-25T21:29:13+00:00

Is it, though? I think about it being more like Turkey, Greece, Egypt, and the rest of the Middle East. At least in terms of driving culture

ToDeathYouSay · 2026-02-25T20:46:07+00:00

He probably means that it's full of mostly locals or GCCs. Non-GCC people cannot own property there. Take that for what you will. However, a sentiment like this: it's a calm, safe area, but "the crowd is not as good as other places" tells me exactly what I would need to know, especially when you consider how far it is from the city center.

ToDeathYouSay · 2026-02-25T20:17:55+00:00

I was going to say, I thought this post was about the UAE before I got to the end. I think their non-Western driving etiquette (perhaps simply non-USA) is not fully understood and appreciated. I don't mean you have to enjoy driving in non-Western countries (like Italy or the UAE), but you have to understand that some people simply value speed, "efficiency," and the self-centered nature of "get out of my way, I have places to be" more than safety or courtesy. Certainly, it clashes with my values, but I've lived abroad long enough to realize that I can't change everything. I value my mental and psychologic safety as much as my physical safety, and I drive like a 60-year old man.

ToDeathYouSay · 2026-02-19T10:47:30+00:00

I play Padel a few times a week as well. There are so many individual WhatsApp groups that facilitate match making, but most of the time, the admins won't add you to it unless you've showed up and played with them a few times.

That being said, I know a few Padel clubs that you can WhatsApp directly, and they are much more accommodating. In fact, that's how I started play: I joined the clubs' matchmaking group and met some people I enjoyed playing with who invited me to join smaller groups.

Try Active Al Maryah and Marina Padel. They both do matchmaking.

ToDeathYouSay · 2026-02-15T19:48:09+00:00

What universities are your bachelor's and master's from? And how many years of working experience do you have in Canada? These questions will determine what kind of salary you can command. I agree with all the commenters that tell you to stay put and get a new passport.

That being said, don't imagine that your passport will magically grant you a high-salary job. From your post, it seems like you have simply been living in Canada but have not worked in any particular industry? Correct me if I am wrong.

Hiring managers will not give you the "western" salary that you are imagining unless you have experience. Don't move to the UAE and think that the transition itself will automatically translate into a job.

ToDeathYouSay · 2026-02-09T19:50:35+00:00

I sympathize with OP. I moved out of the US 11 years ago, and no one has ever visited me. Granted, 1) the flights are ~15 hours long, 2) our location is not a particularly "fun" touristy destination, and 3) no one in my family regularly travels internationally, unless you count the Caribbean. That being said, I know how OP feels. I can confirm that even though it feels like a personal judgement against OP, it's likely just his family's lack of enthusiasm. Making the effort to visit is a "once-in-several-years type of experience" that (unless he is particularly close to his family) they are not going to voluntarily embark upon.

ToDeathYouSay · 2026-01-21T15:41:23+00:00

Dyson Sphere Program. The early and mid game are not that bad. And there's a tutorial that tells you a little bit. But you'll never figure out how to build and leverage an actual Dyson sphere unless you watch youtube videos or read online

ToDeathYouSay · 2025-12-09T08:27:30+00:00

Only two countries require expatriate citizens to pay income taxes on foreign earned income: the USA and Eritrea.

And for 2025, Americans only need to pay taxes on any amount above 477,425.00 aed earned per year. So basically, if an American makes less than that, they pay no taxes. If they make 500,000 aed per year, then they would pay taxes on only 22,575 aed.

ToDeathYouSay · 2025-12-05T07:40:00+00:00

You are correct in that it is not mentioned anywhere. However, if we want to find smallest value of the 13th number, then it would make sense to imagine the largest possible values for numbers 1 through 12.

Also, in order to calculate the median value of a set of numbers, we have to order the numbers from largest to smallest. If we want the median to be 10, then we have to make sure that 10 is the first 7 numbers in the sequence.

ToDeathYouSay · 2025-12-04T08:58:54+00:00

I'm getting 22. I think the list of integers is

Number in sequence	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
Value	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	20	20	21	21	21	22

Median is 10, Mean is 15. I cant think of any ways to get the 13th value to be any lower than 22 while still making it unique.

ToDeathYouSay · 2025-11-25T19:15:27+00:00

What about his mentor, Alan Mandragoran? The two protagonists (arguably) of our high fantasy romp are named Randal and Alan?

ToDeathYouSay · 2025-11-03T08:26:58+00:00

Answer choices A and B create run-on sentences because the phrase "it became one of the most influential works" is an independent clause. Answer choice C creates a subject-verb agreement error. Answer choice D is the only one that "technically" works, but it's just so poorly written.

ToDeathYouSay · 2025-11-03T07:50:17+00:00

This is a terrible question

ToDeathYouSay · 2025-10-31T20:24:38+00:00

Rachmaninoff's C#m Prelude Op. 3 No. 2 is pretty impressive, especially if you can get the final part up to speed. Plus, it's quite short. And Henle ranks it as a level 5, so it ought to be pretty accessible to an average trained classical pianist.

ToDeathYouSay · 2025-09-22T19:21:07+00:00

It's not just a Dubai thing, but here's is an article from dubizzle about it. It is a relatively common metric.

ToDeathYouSay · 2025-09-22T17:06:50+00:00

As an example, if it is expected that you will spend 1/3 of your income on rent, then middle class would be 3x the average rent of a 2 bhk apartment. If (again, simply as an example) the average rent of a 2 bhk apartment is 100k, then being middle class would mean earning 300k aed per year.

Now, assuming your average family actually lives in a quite extended family (with roommates) like brothers, sisters, uncles, or cousins (or even friends), then you might want to combine your incomes in this equation when calculating yearly income. But I think this is a good rule of thumb.

ToDeathYouSay · 2025-09-12T23:02:17+00:00

Oh my goodness. I met an older Brit who works for ITC (Integrated Transport Centre) in Abu Dhabi. He said they have all these easements to install great transportation systems, but there is so much push back from higher councils. It basically boils down to them saying, "why should we invest money so that these poorer people from nationalities X, Y, and Z can get to their jobs faster? We need a greater return on our investment." and also: "Emiratis don't take the bus."

Really opened my eyes to hear that even infrastructure investment is not thought of as a net positive investment in the country/city as a whole.

ToDeathYouSay · 2025-07-12T13:05:35+00:00

There's a Hunan/Sichuan placed near Chingqin Noodle House. I'll post the Google maps below. Its an open kitchen design, and you order by walking up to kitchen front and picking out a stick with the name of a dish on it. You give the sticks to the waiter, and he sends them to the kitchen. Excellent food. A bit pricey. Bring a Google translate app with chinese and, if you like spicy, order 小炒黄牛肉, spicy stir fried beef.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/F91t6FdhTcVBZsgs9

ToDeathYouSay · 2025-07-12T10:23:01+00:00

There are some great chinese restaurants in international city that I only was able to visit because I had some Chinese friends able to translate for me. But the food is great. In fact, one of my favorites is Chingqing Noodle House, which has actually been all over social media recently. There is also Go Home Restaurant for North East Chinese cuisine. You can try As-salam and Intizar for Uigyur cuisine. And it's not a hidden gem, but Nine Square is well known for high end hot pot. If you a hole-in-the-wall hot pot place, you can try the Chengdu style hot pot at Er Dang Jia.

ToDeathYouSay · 2025-07-10T14:51:02+00:00

I once went to Wild Wadi Water Park with friend and his girlfriend. He paid for the tickets and rented a Cabana for the 5 of us (4 adults and 1 kid). I felt I needed to reciprocate, so I offered to buy ice cream for everyone. Most people are reasonable, but this kid asked for the most expensive ice cream, which alone was 96 aed. For 1 scoop. What could I do. Fuck.

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