Moving house

I haven't posted recently as life has been very hectic the last 2 weeks. Work has been manic, and on top of that I had to move out of my apartment as my company was not renewing the lease with the landlord. I was all set to move into a new pad on May 1st as they had guaranteed that as the move in date. The building is new, still abit of construction work going on, and no electricity, but they guaranteed that they would get generators in and we could move in on the 1st.

On the 27th they ring me and tell me, sorry you can't move in until the 25th of May. That's it - no explanations, no acknowledgement of how unreasonable the situation was - telling me 5 days before I had to move out that I had no where to stay! THey did allow me to move my furniture in thankfully, so at least I did not have to put things in storage. I was planning to stay in a hotel for a month, but miraculously 2 days before my big move, a friend called and offered her apartment as she was going to be away for 2 weeks.

So I'm still kinda homeless now, but at least I have a nice apartment to live in and am able to wash my clothes etc...

It's funny, so many people who don't live here, told me how ridiculous the situation is, that i should claim compensation etc - but that just does not exist in this country. It is what it is, and you can't do anything about it. Simple. Deal with it. Move on.

There are tons of people who bought apartments in Abu Dhabi, and a year on from the promised handover date, these poor people are still waiting, and living in the meantime in rented accommodation. Oh well...you deal with the change or you go crazy. You choose.