GENERAL_DISARRAY: thanks buddy! i appreciate your practical update from a day-to-day reality perspective. although i have travelled to middle-east on short visits but never worked there. i have also heard about some of horror stories from expats in GCC (esp. from Asians). i always wondered if it is actually the situation or just a false propaganda. probably, you as a westerner might be getting a preferential treatment but being an Indian, obviously I can't expect the same...(hey! i do not have an inferiority complex..;)! but...let's face the reality which exists there!!! appreciate your honest feedback.