Another month flew by and we're now into November. The month got off to a good start with the election of Barack Obama. I'm cautiously optimistic that he can make headway with issues in the Middle East. Unfortunately the UAE's major snafu with national ID cards has worsened. We naively thought that using the Post Office would save us time. It did not. Two weeks later and the bureaucrats don't know where are forms are. Hurry up and wait we've been told. The media has become very critical of the registration process as it affects about half a million skilled expats here. The Dec. 31 deadline looms....I've posted some stories about it below. So we decided to cancel plans to travel to Morocco as it's too risky to be gone for half the month of December.
My work has rearranged its bus routes so despite the pick up time being the same (6:45 am) my stop is now the first. The good thing is I can get my own seat. The bad news is that the ride to work takes almost one hour. We cover about half of the city now with picking up people. But I sleep most of the way to work. I prefer working later in the day so I'm able to take the 8:15 am bus three times a week. It doesn't take as long to get to work which is good. So between working later and working out twice a week I get home every day at 6:15 pm.
We're going back to our usual spot on the Corniche public beach on Saturday as it's been three weeks since we were last there. We'd both like to take Christmas Day off and spend the day there. We can bring our new portable iPod speaker and play Christmas music on the beach! The weather has cooled off and I've walked a few times outside at night. Unfortunately it's still too humid to open the windows.
One voice to cut through confusion
Bank access could depend on ID card
Identity card chaos makes deadline an impossibility
ID card registration strain
UAE tops league of wasteful countries
Measuring the family footprint
Mega-mall opens with high hopes
Taxi call centre opens in Abu Dhabi
Ban on old cars to improve air quality significantly
Increasing number converting to Islam
Date changed for Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
The frustration of being a bidoon
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