Updates On The Big Move

The big move is almost here. I finally have an actual date for it and that's the 22nd, Friday, which is only about 4 days from today.

I will be staying in a studio apartment when I arrive there with a family member until I find a place of my own. I don't want to bother them much so the search has to be done quickly.


Like I said in a previous post, I am doing all my search through the internet and since my last post, I found a couple of more websites which I will make a post tomorrow.

An important thing that I learned during my house hunt is that accommodation ads don't last for too long. If an ad is more than a day old, it will most likely be taken and so, you gotta be quick and lucky.
You see, my case is really bad here because my search is done from Oman and I am scheduled to come a few days later. I want to do it from here so that I can spend as little time as possible at the house of that family member but at the same time, almost all that I find will be completely useless by then.
I am taking the chance and hopefully I will get something by the time I get there.

Another thing, as I was surfing my university's website, I found that they scheduled some field trips for new international students during the orientation week. The places that they will be visiting are amazing and this will give me a head start on the stuff that I will be Blogging about here. I will make a post during the next few days of the places that we will be visiting so stay tuned for that.

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Adding to the Agenda: A Part-Time Job

I still did not move to Dubai and I absolutely can not wait. I thought I would leave by last week but some change in plans led me to stay longer and I am not too happy about it.
Since I did not leave yet, I am going to add one more huge thing to my to-do agenda once I arrive in Dubai


I already mentioned that I am looking for accommodation and that will be in the top of the list once my foot lands on UAE soil. After I do so and hopefully start college, I will be looking for a part-time job.

Yes, this is my other big thing to do. I am looking for a well paying part-time job. After calculating my living expenses and how much my parents will be giving me, I found that it will only be enough to keep me alive (hardly). And let me tell you, I rather die than live in that condition.

I always thought of working during my college years but now it is serious. I need the money and thus, need the job. The problem is, I don't know what kind of job I would be qualified for and what kind of job pays well. With my little knowledge of Dubai, I figure a good pay for a part-time job should be no less than 3000 Dirhams, am I right? In Muscat, if you don't have a degree, that's what a well payed full-time Omani employee would get. But then again, that's Muscat and this is Dubai.

So now, not only that I will be living the life of a student in Dubai, I will also be living the life of a working individual in Dubai and that's good news for people who want to learn from this Blog because I cover pretty much every aspect.

I would like to know what kind of jobs can a student get in Dubai and what kind of salary should this student expect to get. Advice is very welcomed from anyone and everyone.

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