Bedspaces and Broomsticks
If you want to live in Dubai but you're not prepared to pay at least AED 3,000 for solo-living accommodations because you want to save up or because you have other things to do with your well-earned money, then you'll have to sacrifice your much sacred space and an even more sacred privacy.
If there's one thing Filipinos love to do - it's TALK. Talk and talk and talk and talk. And when they are done talking, they like to do one other thing: talk again. (LOL!) But seriously, if you're going t be living as a "bedspacer," you're going to have lots of that.It will be even more challenging if you're an introvert because you'll never get a moment of peace.
There should be an unwritten rule about things - if you're wearing earphones or if your head is buried deep within a book, it's an automatic sign which says - DO NOT DISTURB.
But then again, if there's another thing Filipinos love to do and which they are also exceptionally good at, it's breaking rules. So I doubt that this unwritten one will gain any traction.
Of course, there are other ways to cope. Dubai is a LARGE place. It's not impossible to find your own little haven where you just read and read or just listen to music or even just "space out," be it a comfortable couch in the Burjuman Centre (or any of the countless malls for that matter); a bench in the nearby Dubai Creek; a patch of grass in an enormous park; or in some cafe not names Starbucks or Tim Horton's (fellow Filipinos tend to dominate and overpopulate these establishments so the whole concept of privacy would be void).
But if you're not much of an outside person, the best way to adjust is put a curtain on and shut it. If and when people ask a question, pretend you're sleeping or you're deeply listening to music. Evil as it may sound, this is something you must do to protect your privacy (and at times, your sanity). A shut curtain is just as good as just as good as a CLOSED door.
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