Just add love… 5 inexpensive ideas for Valentine’s Day

The most romantic day of the year is almost here and pressure is mounting to get that perfect gift or plan the ideal date. While your man probably puts less importance on Valentine’s Day than you do (if he remembers it at all), you still wouldn’t want to come up empty-handed should he surprise you with the apple (or handbag/jewellery) of your eye.

Want something other than the ordinary for Valentine’s Day this year without breaking into your retirement fund? Visit EW for five Valentine’s Day ideas that will go easy on your credit card while winning you big points with your loved one.

Social Media Abbreviations

More and more of us, become more and more adept with, more and more social media options all the time!  The increase in speed of communication has been nothing short of a revolution over the past couple of decades.  Do people even write letters anymore?! The fax machine I relied on so heavily, whizzing news back home to family when I first moved to Dubai 13 years ago, is now obsolete.  And I’m now in danger of a repetitive strain injury from my Blackberry affliction; rarely out of sight.  Responding to emails or sms; it’s all immediate – dexterous thumbs a-blur. Facebook, first embraced by the young, quickly followed by the rest of the world, was never about perfectly grammatical phraseology. English teachers despair... (but keep their FB pages updates). The forum phenomena grew at the same time and those who regular post pick up shorthand tips which leave casual observers a little abused as to what they’re talking about.  But maybe that’s part of the appeal; to stand apart as the knowing ‘in crowd’.  At this point I’m tempted to invent RMETTC (roll my eyes to the ceiling). The popularity of Twitter, with its 140 character limit, has led to even greater use of TLAs (three letter acronyms) and abbreviations.  And if you’re doing all this in a second language, as many are, it must be all the more confusing.  Here are a few common, and less common, ones that you may have seen in use and didn’t like to ask. We’d still recommend you use sparingly if you want to be understood. And yes we know there are rude ones too but that would be TMI...

See the list of abbreviations

Dubai visit visa

If you are confused about you need to do to get visa's organised for visiting friends and family then have a look at our latest How to on Dubai visit visas.

Clear details on who gets a visa on arrival and who needs to get on before departing for their holiday!

Shopping in Dubai

Dubai is renowned for it's shopping experience, huge annual shopping festivals and glitzy malls. 

EW decided to put together a list of all Dubai's malls to make it that much easier to know where is the best place to shop for what!

Buying a car in Dubai can be a great or terrible experience, we’ve been in Dubai many years and seen and heard both ends of the spectrum. For what it’s worth here are some of our experiences and those we have heard from others

How to get your Alchohol License in Dubai

One of the things we miss from home is being able to pop into the local off-license to pick up your favourite beverage.  In Dubai there are places like MMI but they require a license before you can purchase.  ExpatWoman has made this process easier with our "How to get your Alchohol License in Dubai"
So stop dragging your feet it's so easy...

Sudoku is here!

If you are as addicted to the game of sudoku as the ExpatWoman team is, then you will be happy with our new daily interactive sudoku game.  Play it and send in your best time to see how your fair against the rest of EW!!!!