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Sent: Tue 11/23/2010 6:23:05 PM
Subject: Report # 144: Religious police

Hallo ya all!

My real estate agent told me that the landlord only wants to bring in Europeans. Why would that be a good thing??? Why would I want my neighbors to be some bottom-of-the-barrel Brits who drinks, arc rowdy, and brings home hookers? How do you glorify that?

I spent 1.5 hours screaming at the monopoly cable / internet / phone company for no connectivity. Then I realized that a cable had fallen out of the cable box... 0oopsie... Since I don't believe in admitting to defeat I yelled they better send me a technician soon to fix the problem...!

UAE also had its first hail for this season.

Due to safety reasons, some speed limits within Abu Dhabi will be INCREASED from 60 km / hr to 80 km / hr. This will make the roads safer because some people actually keep the speeding limits and this makes it dangerous! Only in the UAE...

An acquaintance of mine who is VIP flight attendant (only flies private) was in Saudi and was caught by the Mutawas, the religious police, for talking to a guy! A Saudi man came up to her in the mall and asked for the time. That was enough.

The Mutawas had him standing up against the wall for an hour. My acquaintance was let go of after a long time, but only because she had a visa from the highest level of the royal family. She said it was very scary drama. If the Saudi police takes one, they can put one in jail and throw away the key. Who will ever find you?

I'm so disturbed right now.

I think I've fallen into the career which utilizes my skills the best and I do what I do best: entertain. I entertain our faculty candidates. However, I do not give them the best picture of Abu Dhabi: "when you move here you will be fat and bald. You will also age before your time because the skin dries up and you become an alcoholic due to depression."

When my boss asks me why we have problems attracting faculty I give my innocent puppy face...

Stay well.