<p>In the ten years I lived in SA; I never went to Riyadh once. only Tabuk, Jeddah, Meca, Madina and Duba. :D</p>
<p>Duba?--where's that in saudi?</p>
<p>Wow you've been here 10 years and not been to Riyadh or Dammam? </p>
<p>The laws are..well, let's just say weird--at least for someone who cannot envisage such a place. And the juxtapositions that I posted above--I find them kinda amusing. But for many of my friends, the laws are enough for them to label this place a "hell hole". </p>
<p>Anyways, now about dubai..are there like a lot of Indians and subcontinent ppl there..what % of the population is actually locals?</p>
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<p>yes.. There a lot of South Asians there primarily because of UAE's age old trade relations with India.... Fifty years ago, the currency used in UAE ( formerly known as trucial states ) was the Indian rupee..</p>
<p>About 20-30% of the population are locals while the rest are expatriates.</p>
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<p>somewhere by the red sea. A few hours by car from Tabuk I think.
I like Saudi Arabia more than my current location anyway.</p>
<p>bump.
bumpity.
bump.</p>
<p>since i have nothing to say, i'll just bump.</p>
<p>bump.</p>
<p>hahaha I have nothing to say either! BUMP</p>
<p>Wonderful, it's like the Arab League. Exactly like the Arab League.</p>
<p>We alllll have absolutely nothing to say and aren't afraid to say it.</p>
<p>I'm 3 days into a 2 week holiday. Anyone else?</p>
<p>bump....i'm bored out of my mind!</p>
<p>Well I'm as busy as hell. I have midterm exams and a bunch of papers to write other than the many activities I do!</p>
<p>I'm sooooo booored.
does boredom kill? I hope it does. I have nothnig to do. NOTHING!</p>
<p>so we were at Global Village in Dubai yestersday. Other than the mind-boggling paralyzingly slow smelly traffic, the day went pretty well. It was okay till it started raining a bit. It wasn't much - just imagine someone spitting on you from the second floor - then, out of nowhere, it started raining like crazy. The rain was ankle deep in some places (which is pretty good considering that we were in the middle of the desert). And it HURT! The rain was painfull!
The electricity went out in the whole place. It was pitch back. But they restored it within a few minutes with the back-up generators.
It was sad to see the Syrian Pavilion fall apart. The gate collapsed like paper.</p>
<p>THE END.</p>
<p>Ah!</p>
<p>Global Village Woes. You know, I can wirte a book on that. :)</p>
<p>on the village or the rain?</p>
<p>Perhaps on the woes? :D</p>
<p>Wow that sucks. I'm sad that your day ended like that. I miss rain being important enough that it's a day's main story. lol</p>
<p>Hey superwizard, ur from Stanford?...Nice...which yr?....Howz the environment there??(I know that nature is already bestowing things there)..Any other information u consider necessary for us to know, plz do so.....
Also, How was ur ''first'' day like???</p>
<p>it wouldn't have been had I done anything else that day. I spent the whole day doing nothing. I stayed on CC and did nothing. That incident was the highlight of my day.</p>
<p>and it was actually fun. It was nice to watch the people run around in circles looking for a place to hide.</p>