Month: September 2012
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Money
In making the decision to come to the UAE we took a look at the cost of living as compared to Canada. For the most part the UAE looks less expensive to live. The things that appear to be more expensive: alcohol, sports club memberships and rent don’t really apply to us. We don’t drink […]
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The birds
There are lots of different birds here. Some have long legs like the Crab Plover. And some have funny tails like the Bridled Tern. Some are big like a Flamingo. We think the blue feather at the bottom of this page is from an Indian Roller. The picture of the bird with the crazy long […]
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Soccer… or Football
Hi friends and family. Oh and hi aunty Robyn. I want to tell you that they call soccer football in the UAE. My dad signed me up to play football. There are 2 ginormous soccer fields where we live. The grass is made of rubber and the dirt is like black plastic seeds. There is […]
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Living at the American University of Sharjah
At least once a day I have a moment of… lucidity, realism, awareness… where I focus on the fact that I have moved my family to the other side of the planet. There is plenty of home transplanted here but this is still the Middle East and a culture quite foreign to me. The weekends […]
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Shopping
So we moved into our “fully furnished” townhouse and I instantly had an itch. Our walls and floors are bare and where are my photos? They’re in a box, in the attic on my parents property in Northern British Columbia. I need to go shopping and put something on these walls! The goal is to […]
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Just Keep Swimming
It is really hot here in the UAE! The heat never quits. It feels like you can cook chicken outside. So I like to go swimming all the time. There is a pool just down the road from us. It has a slide that is really fun. The slide is really steep and has water […]
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Our New House
Our new house is totally awesome. We have 5 bathrooms! My dad hates the staircase because it is super long! Luckily, I have my own bedroom:). Right after I took the video below the shipping company came with the rest of our stuff. Now my room has way more stuff in it. It’s really fun […]
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The first 2 days!
If you read my dad’s post, you will remember that we left Canada on a grand adventure! It’s really neat here. When my parents, siblings and I arrived we thought it was unbelievably hot! Turns out it was just the hottest day of the summer, so now it’s not as hot as I thought it […]
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Getting Here from There
A few short months ago I was offered a job with the American University of Sharjah. AUS is located in the United Arab Emirates. Sharjah is the northern most of the emirates in the UAE. The campus itself is approximately a 20-minute drive north of Dubai. We accepted the offer and are now on a […]
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