Author: James MacDonald
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Little Differences
Our goal to post once a week was easily broken. That probably has a good deal to do with the fact that it was really my goal and I sorta just imposed it on the family… , in a loving and kind way of course. I’ve managed to post once a week. I’ll be long-suffering…
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A Matter of Culture
I’ve been debating how to write this post. There are some definite cultural differences between here and Canada. Though what constitutes a cultural difference and what is perhaps a local or individual oddity is difficult to say. I’ve had a significant number of what I consider strange experiences interacting with people in just the last…
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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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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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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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