Condition of House in Al Barsha, Dubai, UAE, as of August 11, 2010

It has been 9 days since we moved into this villa. There were two of those days that there was no electricity or water due to serious electrical problems. Some of the issues still exist others have been fixed and some have improved greatly. It has been a hit and miss as to when these service people will arrive, but I am not complaining some of them did arrive and they repaired as much as they could with their meager means.

 The Electrician had a screwdriver and a old light fixture with a bulb and multiple loose wires to check the electrical current. Just a kid whom I was sure was going to get electrocuted at any minute. He never gave up. His persistence never faltered and in the end he did find the problem. He alone was unable to fix it but he did identify where the problem was coming from.

 There are five gentlemen digging our pool. They each have a regular garden variety shovel. They come everyday shortly after sun up, and work until sun down, except on Friday which is their day of worship, and only day off.  They dig from the minute they get here until they leave.  Lunch break is maybe 15 minutes and an hour nap in the middle of the day when the heat is intolerable. They remind me of the field hands who worked on my mother´s farm in the 50´s. 

Welcome to Dubai,

Inshallah till tomorrow