Hi All,
This is a quick update on what's been happening recently in my life in the UAE. Just one of the odd things that happens to me on an almost daily basis.
I work at a place called the Armed Forces Officers Club twice a week at the moment, teaching a bunch of young ladies from the Emirates College, who are training to be English Teachers.
In order to get to the Armed Forces place I need to take a taxi. It takes about 30 minutes and is quite difficult to find. This wouldn't usually be a problem, however, some of the people that drive cabs here suffer from rather dubious English ability (admittedly my Arabic isn't great).
I got in a cab the other day and I asked to go to the Armed Forces Club and the guy responded with what sounded like 'nnnngggg'. I tried again to confirm that he knew where it was, and he replied again with a variation on the above(nnggggghhhgghhh). I assumed that, that meant he knew where he was going. I managed to get there in one piece in any case.
I should mention that like most important locations in the UAE it's all marble, and absolutely massive, maybe 3 football pitches in length and 1 in height. It has about 30 different conference rooms available for hire and an attached hotel. It was probably built in the 1980's sometime, but still looks stunning. I'd love to be able to take some photos but it's a military place, so that's probably a no-no.
Until next time...
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