OWF in Dubai

There are more than 180,000 Filipinos residing in the UAE and the population is rapidly increasing every year, with only few has intention in going back home. Some Pinoys who came in the late 70s have established businesses, some brought in their families and relatives while some have children who studied and set up family here. Some even have three generations here.

Despite of the difficulties of getting visas and also expensive accommodations, Filipinos still find this country a good place to earn good income and consider the country as an ideal place to raise their family -- a concept that is inevitable considering the unstable economic and political situation in the Philippines.

If you have good stories to tell about your experiences here in Dubai, you can share it here.

The Adventures of "Coconuter"

The Simple Life of "Coconuter", David Poarch.

David Poarch is a freelance writer/blogger and a web designer. The first time I communicate ( thru email ) with him was last June 2006. And that time he was just starting to find and explore his life in the Philippines. I read his first article about his journey to the Philippines and how he love to live and stay there for the rest of his life.

Well, I dont need to tell his whole story here. You can visit his blog at coconuter.

Meanwhile you can watch his video :

The Coconuter David Poarch at Nagmamahal, Kapamily

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Dubai Escapade

They said Dubai is more Las Vegas than Arabian Knights. Instead of building casinos to encourage tourism, Dubai is a city in the desert where they built satellite business parks and offered incentives to the first businesses to open branches. These brought in more businesses and employees and unbelievable prosperity to an area that doesn't have any oil reserves or income. For instance, Digital city (just one of the many complexes) is home to all the major technology companies including Cisco, Microsoft etc.

Dubai Views
On the drive to the Eastern suburbs, you have never seen so many skyscrapers under construction, the whole skyline filled with cranes and partly completed buildings with beautiful lines and different aspects.
During the hot midday hours we explored the malls to escape the heat. Las Vegas has been outdone. One mall has just opened with an indoor ski resort. There are two ski slopes, a bunny hill, a ski school area, a toboggan and a tubing hill, plus a short luge. All this is visible from the massive windows in the mall. The shops are all exclusive designer stores, the sort of shop, if you have to ask the price, you shouldn't have entered.

Snowing in the Mall
We discovered another mall yesterday on the way to Abu Dhabi. It made the L.V. Aladdin look like a strip mall. Its theme was an old Asian Trader's route and each major intersection/center court was themes after a place he had visited. For instance, in the Chinese center court there was a Chinese Junk about 150 feet long. That was the entertainment section which was complete with an Imax theater.
In these malls, I was surprised not to see designer dressed shoppers, in fact the most elegant people were the black clad women, their long black coats subtly embroidered with black and gold and showing beautiful skirts peeking out from underneath as they walked.
Of course, my pet peeve was very much in evidence. Settled in armchairs outside of Starbucks were many white clad Arab men talking on cell phones or working on laptops and their wives and children eating at McDonalds or KFC in the food halls.

Unfinished Skyline
A beautiful memory was going to the coast in the evening, sitting on the break wall enjoying the cool breezes and watching the sunset. You could easily have imagined you were on a CA beach. There were groups of people sitting and talking and many kite surfers making the most of the evening breezes.