Dubai vs. Australia

TasBurrfoot

<blockquote rel="Envy"><blockquote rel="TasBurrfoot"><blockquote rel="Envy"><blockquote rel="RoseG">Hi,

Just wondering if anyone here was able to reside for a long time in Dubai before migrating to Oz? Half-hearted na kasi tumuloy sa Australia kasi di daw namin kikitain Yung pera na kinikita n nmin dto sa Dubai because of the tax. Aside from that, cost of living in any state in Oz is more expensive compared to Dubai. One good thing in Dubai are all-year round sales which I don't think Oz can offer. There's no citizenship in Dubai but you take home your salary to yourself.

How can you compare Dubai to Australia?

</blockquote>

all year round sales? does it matter? i respectfully disagree.</blockquote>

materialistic perception... 😉</blockquote>

Kahit araw araw may sales dito sa Australia, wala rin naman akong pambili 😃

Pero inaabangan ko nman yung mid year stocktake sale, boxing day sale, end of season sale.

tapos meron din lay by dito, so Dubai sales? nah.. im good here

</blockquote>

One thing I have learn living here in Australia is to not be too materialistic... People are chill here unlike Singaporeans and Filipinos.

As long as what you have is decent - di sila masyado very particular sa tatak.

wizardofOz

<blockquote rel="TasBurrfoot"><blockquote rel="Envy"><blockquote rel="TasBurrfoot"><blockquote rel="Envy"><blockquote rel="RoseG">Hi,

How can you compare Dubai to Australia?

</blockquote>

all year round sales? does it matter? i respectfully disagree.</blockquote>

materialistic perception... 😉</blockquote>

Kahit araw araw may sales dito sa Australia, wala rin naman akong pambili 😃

Pero inaabangan ko nman yung mid year stocktake sale, boxing day sale, end of season sale.

tapos meron din lay by dito, so Dubai sales? nah.. im good here

</blockquote>

One thing I have learn living here in Australia is to not be too materialistic... People are chill here unlike Singaporeans and Filipinos.

As long as what you have is decent - di sila masyado very particular sa tatak.</blockquote>

Wow that's good to know, parang dito rin sa Thailand ganyan, basta kahit nakasimpleng damit at naka-tsinelas lang ang tao basta maayos, they will not look down on you...

Unlike sa Pinas, kadalasan hahamakin ka kapag luma na mga suot mo..

Kapag bago sapatos mo, cellphone or naka-kotse ka.. Big Time ka na LOL 😛

supertoblerone

<blockquote rel="wizardofOz"><blockquote rel="TasBurrfoot"><blockquote rel="Envy"><blockquote rel="TasBurrfoot"><blockquote rel="Envy"><blockquote rel="RoseG">Hi,

How can you compare Dubai to Australia?

</blockquote>

all year round sales? does it matter? i respectfully disagree.</blockquote>

materialistic perception... 😉</blockquote>

Kahit araw araw may sales dito sa Australia, wala rin naman akong pambili 😃

Pero inaabangan ko nman yung mid year stocktake sale, boxing day sale, end of season sale.

tapos meron din lay by dito, so Dubai sales? nah.. im good here

</blockquote>

One thing I have learn living here in Australia is to not be too materialistic... People are chill here unlike Singaporeans and Filipinos.

As long as what you have is decent - di sila masyado very particular sa tatak.</blockquote>

Wow that's good to know, parang dito rin sa Thailand ganyan, basta kahit nakasimpleng damit at naka-tsinelas lang ang tao basta maayos, they will not look down on you...

Unlike sa Pinas, kadalasan hahamakin ka kapag luma na mga suot mo..

Kapag bago sapatos mo, cellphone or naka-kotse ka.. Big Time ka na LOL 😛</blockquote>

Wow ha! Atas!

wizardofOz

<blockquote rel="supertoblerone"><blockquote rel="wizardofOz"><blockquote rel="TasBurrfoot"><blockquote rel="Envy"><blockquote rel="TasBurrfoot"><blockquote rel="Envy"><blockquote rel="RoseG">Hi,

How can you compare Dubai to Australia?

</blockquote>

all year round sales? does it matter? i respectfully disagree.</blockquote>

materialistic perception... 😉</blockquote>

Kahit araw araw may sales dito sa Australia, wala rin naman akong pambili 😃

Pero inaabangan ko nman yung mid year stocktake sale, boxing day sale, end of season sale.

tapos meron din lay by dito, so Dubai sales? nah.. im good here

</blockquote>

One thing I have learn living here in Australia is to not be too materialistic... People are chill here unlike Singaporeans and Filipinos.

As long as what you have is decent - di sila masyado very particular sa tatak.</blockquote>

Wow that's good to know, parang dito rin sa Thailand ganyan, basta kahit nakasimpleng damit at naka-tsinelas lang ang tao basta maayos, they will not look down on you...

Unlike sa Pinas, kadalasan hahamakin ka kapag luma na mga suot mo..

Kapag bago sapatos mo, cellphone or naka-kotse ka.. Big Time ka na LOL 😛</blockquote>

Wow ha! Atas!

</blockquote>

Kapag naka Nokia 3210 ka dati sa Pinas, para ka nang si Iñaki ng TGIS 😛

Envy

<blockquote rel="wizardofOz"><blockquote rel="supertoblerone"><blockquote rel="wizardofOz"><blockquote rel="TasBurrfoot"><blockquote rel="Envy"><blockquote rel="TasBurrfoot"><blockquote rel="Envy"><blockquote rel="RoseG">Hi,

How can you compare Dubai to Australia?

</blockquote>

all year round sales? does it matter? i respectfully disagree.</blockquote>

materialistic perception... 😉</blockquote>

Kahit araw araw may sales dito sa Australia, wala rin naman akong pambili 😃

Pero inaabangan ko nman yung mid year stocktake sale, boxing day sale, end of season sale.

tapos meron din lay by dito, so Dubai sales? nah.. im good here

</blockquote>

One thing I have learn living here in Australia is to not be too materialistic... People are chill here unlike Singaporeans and Filipinos.

As long as what you have is decent - di sila masyado very particular sa tatak.</blockquote>

Wow that's good to know, parang dito rin sa Thailand ganyan, basta kahit nakasimpleng damit at naka-tsinelas lang ang tao basta maayos, they will not look down on you...

Unlike sa Pinas, kadalasan hahamakin ka kapag luma na mga suot mo..

Kapag bago sapatos mo, cellphone or naka-kotse ka.. Big Time ka na LOL 😛</blockquote>

Wow ha! Atas!

</blockquote>

Kapag naka Nokia 3210 ka dati sa Pinas, para ka nang si Iñaki ng TGIS 😛</blockquote>

Bossing, napag hahalata ang kapanahunan nyo ah.

wizardofOz

<blockquote rel="Envy"><blockquote rel="wizardofOz"><blockquote rel="supertoblerone"><blockquote rel="wizardofOz"><blockquote rel="TasBurrfoot"><blockquote rel="Envy"><blockquote rel="TasBurrfoot"><blockquote rel="Envy"><blockquote rel="RoseG">Hi,

How can you compare Dubai to Australia?

</blockquote>

all year round sales? does it matter? i respectfully disagree.</blockquote>

materialistic perception... 😉</blockquote>

Kahit araw araw may sales dito sa Australia, wala rin naman akong pambili 😃

Pero inaabangan ko nman yung mid year stocktake sale, boxing day sale, end of season sale.

tapos meron din lay by dito, so Dubai sales? nah.. im good here

</blockquote>

One thing I have learn living here in Australia is to not be too materialistic... People are chill here unlike Singaporeans and Filipinos.

As long as what you have is decent - di sila masyado very particular sa tatak.</blockquote>

Wow that's good to know, parang dito rin sa Thailand ganyan, basta kahit nakasimpleng damit at naka-tsinelas lang ang tao basta maayos, they will not look down on you...

Unlike sa Pinas, kadalasan hahamakin ka kapag luma na mga suot mo..

Kapag bago sapatos mo, cellphone or naka-kotse ka.. Big Time ka na LOL 😛</blockquote>

Wow ha! Atas!

</blockquote>

Kapag naka Nokia 3210 ka dati sa Pinas, para ka nang si Iñaki ng TGIS 😛</blockquote>

Bossing, napag hahalata ang kapanahunan nyo ah.</blockquote>

Oo naman, Batang 90s ata ako 😛

Di ko naman na inabot yung "That's"

Pero walang koneksyon yun sa Dubai vs. Australia kaya O.T. na ko lagot

Envy

<blockquote rel="wizardofOz"><blockquote rel="Envy"><blockquote rel="wizardofOz"><blockquote rel="supertoblerone"><blockquote rel="wizardofOz"><blockquote rel="TasBurrfoot"><blockquote rel="Envy"><blockquote rel="TasBurrfoot"><blockquote rel="Envy"><blockquote rel="RoseG">Hi,

How can you compare Dubai to Australia?

</blockquote>

all year round sales? does it matter? i respectfully disagree.</blockquote>

materialistic perception... 😉</blockquote>

Kahit araw araw may sales dito sa Australia, wala rin naman akong pambili 😃

Pero inaabangan ko nman yung mid year stocktake sale, boxing day sale, end of season sale.

tapos meron din lay by dito, so Dubai sales? nah.. im good here

</blockquote>

One thing I have learn living here in Australia is to not be too materialistic... People are chill here unlike Singaporeans and Filipinos.

As long as what you have is decent - di sila masyado very particular sa tatak.</blockquote>

Wow that's good to know, parang dito rin sa Thailand ganyan, basta kahit nakasimpleng damit at naka-tsinelas lang ang tao basta maayos, they will not look down on you...

Unlike sa Pinas, kadalasan hahamakin ka kapag luma na mga suot mo..

Kapag bago sapatos mo, cellphone or naka-kotse ka.. Big Time ka na LOL 😛</blockquote>

Wow ha! Atas!

</blockquote>

Kapag naka Nokia 3210 ka dati sa Pinas, para ka nang si Iñaki ng TGIS 😛</blockquote>

Bossing, napag hahalata ang kapanahunan nyo ah.</blockquote>

Oo naman, Batang 90s ata ako 😛

Di ko naman na inabot yung "That's"

Pero walang koneksyon yun sa Dubai vs. Australia kaya O.T. na ko lagot</blockquote>

Balik tayo sa Dubai topic.

Culture wise parang ang laki ng gap if you are coming from Philippines.

Yung food at entertainment na lang eh, kahit medyo nag iimprove na ang middle east iba pa rin sa Australia.

and from memory, may censorship ang internet access sa UAE diba? (like religious sites and entertainment sites)

paifcarlo

I was in the UAE for 4 years (2006 to 2010). I lived and Dubai and Sharjah, pre- Dubai Metro. Honestly speaking I didn't like it much there - well except for the tax free salary. Feeling ko I always had to look over my shoulders - dunno why pero ganun eh.

I moved here in Sydney and I felt at home. Yes, I earn 2x I earn in Dubai but I take home less. Haha. Ang inisip ko noon, UAE is good but long term, it isn't. So, eto Sydney na ako.

@Envy

When I was there wala censorship - if you know where to go. LOL. I downloaded a lot of pirated stuff when I was there. Sa Australia ako napadalan ng sulat through TPG - I downloaded a few CSI Las Vegas hahaha.

Btw, yung time line naten almost the same. Except 2010 ako sa Australia. I got my PR here too, March 2014.

Envy

@paifcarlo

destiny tawag dyan 😃

pareho tayo ng path , medyo nauna lang ako sayo ng konti.

halos 8 yrs ako sa Deira Dubai at sa Abu Dhabi, iba yung feeling na parang lagi kang 'homesick'. parang nasa ibang mundo ka. Bibili ka ng alak, itatago mo pa, bibili ka ng baboy dadayo ka pa, tapos yung R*m@dan period ok nman kasi less work and time pero parang nakaka alienate ng kultura.

kaya nung napadpad ako dito sa dako ng mundong ito, parang comfortable ako. tama ka, i felt that same way too , at home.

regarding sa sahod, medyo may background naman tayo sa business at economics kaya hindi ko tinitingnan yung total salary kundi ang mahalaga saken yung buying power or kumbaga yung value ng pera mo. and malayong malayo ang Dubai sa Australia.

paifcarlo

@Envy <blockquote rel="Envy">@paifcarlo

destiny tawag dyan 😃

</blockquote>

lol. I lived just infront of Bur Juman back of Avenue (i googled yesterday and the place is still there lol). I miss Dubai a bit. Dubai Festival City was where my first job was.

Di ako dumadayo for pork, Karama has a lot of pork places lol. I hated the summer when I was till in construction. Construction was shifting, I was on 2am to 2pm rotation lol.

all charged to experience!

wanderer

Yes! Dubai has a lot to offer, luxurious life, cars, high paying salary, but never felt at home for the last 5 years. Given that this place is a debt trap, banks are so generous in offering loans , once you lose your job, you'll most likely end up in jail.

So I am starting my journey to Aussie ;😉, first choice was Canada but the cold weather is sooo depressing.

wizardofOz

Mawalang-galang na nga po.. Ano po ba ang ibig nyong sabihin when you say "luxurious" ang pamumuhay sa Dubai?

Luxurious po ba yung pamumuhay nyo mismo, or luxurious lang yung paligid nyo dahil sa mayaman ang dubai

Madami kasi akong kilala dyan na sinasabing luxurious sila mamuhay, pero wala naman silang sariling apartment at magkakasama lang sila sa iisang unit.

Iba po kasi ang definition ng "luxurious" sa "comfortable".. para lang macompare natin talaga vs. sa Oz..

Envy

<blockquote rel="wanderer">Yes! Dubai has a lot to offer, luxurious life, cars, high paying salary, but never felt at home for the last 5 years. Given that this place is a debt trap, banks are so generous in offering loans , once you lose your job, you'll most likely end up in jail.

So I am starting my journey to Aussie ;😉, first choice was Canada but the cold weather is sooo depressing. </blockquote>

@wizardofOZ

gusto ko rin malaman to kasi maganda nman kita ko dun pero hindi luxurious ang buhay ko.

nag stay ako sa isang room sa isang 4 bedroom flat. common kitchen at tv area. share din sa toilet at bathroom. i cant afford to buy a car (ayoko rin mag invest) pero everyday afford ko nman mag taxi.

wanderer

Don't get me wrong I am not living a luxurious life 😃

I am not even speaking for pinoys alone. Alam naman natin na being pinoy here means you are earning less than the standard, unless you have something very special, good amount of experience, and have earned their total respect. And take note, standard salaries here are much much higher compared to most first world countries, that is why westerners come here to work their ass out even just for a short term and go back to their home country to pay their house mortgages.

What i'm saying is, people come here because of the luxurious life this country is offering, but this is only for those who can afford. I can't elaborate further as I haven't that much experience, but I know some pinoys here experienced luxurious kind of living even just for a moment, nothing wrong with that, it's their life.

And that is the whole point, as an expat, everything here is temporary.

piglet24

luxurious and comfortable lifestyle is magkaiba nga...but most pinoy na medyo matagal na dito can have a taste of a luxurious lifestyle...like travelling to nearby countries kahit short period lang lalo na pag holidays...luxurious lifestyle like mag staycation sa mga hotels and enjoy the benefits of a tourist like buffet meals and bar hopping...luxurious lifestyle like buying expensive stuff...mostly ng "luxurious" na yan is fleeting. after nun kayod kalabaw ka ulit. comfortable namn is when you have your own unit na tinitirhan na walang kashare..but not in a high rise building..like sa mga villa lang....comfortable is you can have your own car pero hindi fully paid but on loan. Pinoys can experience both here in UAE, pero kung mala-celebrity na lifestyle wala pa akong nakitang pinoy who lived that way here. .. everything here is clearly something you want to experience ang downside lang is wala namn kasiguraduhan ang stay mo dito. no work no place to go but home.

Gft_SG

I never worked in Dubai but me and my wife worked in Singapore. I worked in oil and gas and nasa construction management naman si misis. Big pay, savings and career...yes we had it...but why move to Australia. ito lang rason namin....you can never call dubai/singapore your home. You will never have the same right as the locals because you are a foreign worker. That country accepted you only for temporary basis.... Actually in Singapore may chance ka pa maging citizen, pero kahit citizen kana doon, hindi pa rin integrated ang pinoy sa mga local. Did i miss the savings, shopping, fine dine, expensive watches and bags, overseas trips???????? Nope. How can i if I dont have to share a flat, work life balance, freedom to speak my mind and an accepting community...End of the day for me, what matters most is the quality of life I live.

TasBurrfoot

<blockquote rel="Gft_SG">I never worked in Dubai but me and my wife worked in Singapore. I worked in oil and gas and nasa construction management naman si misis. Big pay, savings and career...yes we had it...but why move to Australia. ito lang rason namin....you can never call dubai/singapore your home. You will never have the same right as the locals because you are a foreign worker. That country accepted you only for temporary basis.... Actually in Singapore may chance ka pa maging citizen, pero kahit citizen kana doon, hindi pa rin integrated ang pinoy sa mga local. Did i miss the savings, shopping, fine dine, expensive watches and bags, overseas trips???????? Nope. How can i if I dont have to share a flat, work life balance, freedom to speak my mind and an accepting community...End of the day for me, what matters most is the quality of life I live.

</blockquote>

Ako I miss the food and travel if based in Singapore... 🙂

But just like you, it has been a good life here in Melbourne! OT na but where are you guys living here boss @Gft_SG

Gft_SG

@TasBurrfoot pikit mata na ako pag nagbabayad sa papparich para lang makakain ng singapore food.... by aussie standard mura na sya, pero d ko mapigil mag compare ng presyo pag nagbabayad na.. ahahaha... parang ang mahal lunukin ng chicken rice na 10 dollars and presyo. ahahha

dito kami malvern ngayon pero moving to cranbourne east sa october. kayo saan dito?

TasBurrfoot

@Gft_SG - Wonga Park boss.... 🙂

palducente

If you define comfortable living as waving an LV/Prada bag while in the mall only to go home on a shared room in an apartment then I think Dubai is the place for you...

A monthly rent for a 2BR apartment here in Dubai is AED6500 which is roughly AUD2200 which I think is comparable to the rental rates their in AU. If you have kids then a decent school here would cost you around AED 12-15K a year (AUD 5K) and that is just primary school which goes higher every year...

Dubai is not a cheap city to live in at all. Its just that some people here would compromise living conditions to appear as flashy or luxurious outside...

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