rolling

even though United Arab Emirates (Emiriyah Arab Bersatu)
has a federal ministries, federal law and such..
has a president as the head of the country
has a cabinet of ministers that runs the government
each states... has their own ruler.. their own Sheikh..

for example...
each states' police force.. is different
each states' law... supersedes the federal law..
in most cases

for instance...
road accidents in Abu Dhabi and Dubai

kalau di Dubai..
kalau ada kemalangan antara 2 kereta..
empunya kereta tersebut..
boleh mengubah kenderaan masing-masing ke tepi jalan..
sambil tunggu polis datang utk ambik report..
or boleh gi terus ke balai polis.. buat report
kalau empunya kenderaan tak ubah kenderaan..
dan mengganggu trafik.. dia boleh kena saman untuk itu..

kalau di Abu Dhabi..
kalau ada kemalangan antara 2 kereta..
empunya kereta tersebut..
TIDAK boleh mengubah kenderaan ke tepi jalan..
sambil tunggu polis datang utk ambik report..
dan tak boleh terus ke balai polis buat report..
kalau empunya kenderaan mengubah kenderaan..
report yang akan dibuat/diambil... akan INVALID..

mind-boggling??

independence from UK.. in 1971..
(not a commonwealth state though)

there is
no political parties..
no election

UAE... especially Dubai..
is the centre of attraction for tourists/people
from the Gulf Cooperation Countries (GCC)

because..
IT IS THE ONLY COUNTRY...
THAT IS VERY DIFFERENT FROM THE REST OF THE GCC...
vis-a-vis.. Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait..
and especially Saudi Arabia..

in short... as i had mentioned before..
di Dubai.. MACAM MACAM ADA... MACAM MACAM BOLEH..
i mean it...

before i forget...
traffic jam in Dubai... macam KL..
parking system in Dubai.. good..
traffic jam in Abu Dhabi.. macam.. KB or KT..
parking system in ABu Dhabi.. hmm..
bayangkan Pasar Malam Kampung Baru.. at all the time..

they are yet to have LRT/MRT.. by 2009..
Dubai has taxi and bus.. as public transportation..
Abu Dhabi has only taxi.. as public transport..