Dear Abu Dhabi Week,
Yesterday, I needed to send a package. UPS told me they have an office on Old Airport Road and gave me Al Wahda Mall as a cross-street reference. I checked an article I had saved and noted that Old Airport Road was also 4th Street. I went up 4th Street towards the Corniche and drove for about an hour between 13th Street and 9th Street but could not find the office. I called UPS again and they directed me to pass Al Wahda Mall coming from 4th Street to turn left on to “Old Airport Road” – which was 2nd Street. And there I found the UPS office.
After a closer look at the map I was using, it too said that 2nd Street was Old Airport Road. It listed 4th Street as “New Airport Road”. I then checked the Explorer Abu Dhabi book (2008 Edition); on some maps it lists 2nd Street as Airport Road but other maps in the same book call 2nd Street “Old Airport Road”.
Perhaps you can check this out?
Marilyn Pena
Editor: This caused much head-scratching and hilarity in the office, but the consensus is that 2nd Street is Airport Road (or New Airport Road, because it sort-of goes to the new airport) and 4th Street is Muroor Road Old Airport Road (because it runs past the old – aka original – airport, now called Bateen airport).
Dear Abu Dhabi Week,
I read your magazine every week and find the information it provides really helpful. I wonder if your readers could help me? I am researching and hope to write a book about Living and Working in the Middle East and wonder if some of your readers would like to contribute their experiences to it. I was thinking of a short piece, a biography of about 250 words (a page) which would include what they did before they came to the Middle East, their reasons for coming here, what their experience has been like (positives/negatives), advice they would give to others and whether they intend to stay or go onto something else. They can change names, details, remain anonymous and give themselves a "nom de plume" if they so wish.
Many thanks for your help.
Pat Hannon
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Dear Abu Dhabi Week,
I read with interest your letter recently about self-teaching options to learn Arabic.
Check out a new Arabic course by Berlitz called 'Earworms'. It is a musical brain trainer that anchors words and phrases into your long-term memory using melodies and rhythmic repetitions of Arabic and the English translation. Volume 1 deals with typical situations at the hotel, taxi, restaurant, numbers, days, time, directions, polite phrases etc and Vol 2 about yourself, past, present, future and general conversation.
Other languages are available and you can listen to the demo CD in store. Alternatively check it out online at
www.earwormslearning.com
My background is Psychology so I know the theory behind the system works and accelerates learning with this
memory technique.
Oh and it’s worth listening to just to hear the gorgeous-sounding guy on the CD!
Amelia Fresson
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