Thank you for checking out this unboxing video and a few things to just go over real quick Hopefully the lighting is decent enough got a brand new microphone that I'm using so hopefully the audio sounds even better right now Don't know a hundred percent. This is actually the first time I'm using it for anything like this The other thing as we know Based on the title of this. This is the April BAM box. It's the original BAM box Not the horror one although my horror one will be coming relatively soon I believe because I got an email for that for shipping BAM boxes getting caught up at the moment They said that they've been working really hard since the move to get caught up on their shipping not just for these regular boxes But also for the expansion packs that they've had for sale and stuff like that So one thing that I've noticed with their new location in Texas. Their shipping is Less timely even though it's first-class mail It's and it's always been It's taking longer from when it leaves the facility to get to me in Maryland from Texas to Maryland Then it took from it get to get from Arizona to Maryland You would think that that wouldn't be the case because it's Shorter distance, but as has been explained by Adam MacArthur the CEO and head of BAM box The postal the postal office Location that's near them has been overwhelmed They weren't actually ready for for what they were doing not the fault of BAM box because they actually had told them well ahead of time Hey, we're coming we're gonna have all these things be shipping. They're like, okay. We'll be ready. They weren't ready though so I Don't know But that that's the only drawback. I see at the moment Maybe they'll get it together the postal service that is and be able to start getting these boxes out faster but I'm finding that So when it when they were in Arizona it took around Usually like maybe three days from when I got my email saying it was shipped to when it actually showed up at my house and Now it's been taking Like five to six days. So it's a pretty significant increase. It's almost it's basically like doubled The amount of time that it's taking in transit.  Maybe not everyone's experiencing that but whatever The other thing I need to say is this will probably be one of the first few videos going up, which I'm thankful for Thank you BAM box. They're put sending out the boxes in small batches to try and make sure that It can like manage a little bit of the issue with their local postal service. So I Got lucky on that BAM box. If anyone at BAM box checks us out, please let Anna MacArthur No, please keep me in the first batch of people for every single box. I would really appreciate that so I can get video up fast But you know, whatever Tissue paper obviously two pieces for my cat. She's gonna be excited First item. Oh, I don't feel any sort of like replica. Oh, there is one. I do feel like one replica in here Okay, so let's go ahead and check that out. It's a dice It's like a chain Dice chain I'm not able to figure out what this is from but I think it looks like like some like gold dice Well, let me take the tape off of it for The plastic off of the actual dice So you can see it better, but It looks like it's one of those ones that you kind of like hang up on your rear view mirror in the car That's what it looks like. I don't know why there's tape on this Kind of weird to me. I mean, I guess it protects it from something Okay, so now you can see like So I'm not able to figure out chain out of the way That I'm on the top So that's all of them and then you see you could just like hang it So I'm assuming that's what it is. It's just like rear view mirror thing. Oh, which is cool. That's fine They've not I don't to the best of my knowledge. They haven't done anything like that So that's thinking outside of the box. No pun intended and that's cool I'm gonna do the pin next which I'm always excited about Is this is this I have a feeling Okay, right it says BTTF on the back which I believe is standing for back to the future So I'm assuming that this is supposed to be Michael J. Fox aka Marty McFly for back to the future It kind of looks like him Not really though So not the best Design like the last Original box that I got we had the the Peter Venkman one from Ghostbusters. It looked like almost dead like Bill Murray this one Doesn't so much look like Michael J. Fox a little bit though. It's not Don't get me wrong. I don't hate this. I don't think it's terrible It's just it takes a little bit looking at it and if you don't have, you know that BTTF right there to tip you off. You might be sitting here guessing for a while So I don't think this is no, there's no number on the back So this isn't like one of the limited edition ones or anything. Which is fine. Oh My gosh, I wonder if limited edition do they have like a DeLorean pin? Oh, dude, if they had a DeLorean pin I'm sad I missed out on that Which I'm not gonna know so people maybe you can Look at me more videos unfortunately because I don't think they're back to doing like the regular spoiler sheets yet, so alright the next thing is Okay, this is the art print by Logan Pack if people remember in the last one We got the first it'll be the first three and these are like an infinity war three prints And when you put them together they make like one thing. So the first one was cool This one is actually I even cooler in my opinion I think I like this one more than the first one. I got number 221 out of 2,000. This is you can tell is The Guardians of the Galaxy crew It's hard to it's kind of hard to see but yandu is back here like kind of faded which I like that He's faded because spoiler guardians to you guys Rocket, Groot, Drax, Gamora, Star Lord, Mantis, Nebula Yeah, looks good. Looks really good And I think the the one last time was all like the Avengers in there, and then I have the Guardians I wonder what the third one's gonna be I know if I sit down and like look at them together and think about it I'll be like, okay. I know what characters are missing. So All right, so next Assuming this is the autograph Okay, oh Okay. Oh, that's cool Okay, so this autograph is for Super Troopers 2 Which I haven't seen yet. I like the first Super Troopers like I mean I keep meaning to see it I will see Super Troopers 2 and on related to the last the art print I did see Infinity War no spoilers about it. I did like it I didn't like love it love it love it as much as a lot of people do but I did quite like it So anyway, this is Super Troopers 2 and this print is cool. I like I like it This is signed by Eric Stolhansky who plays rabbits and Super Troopers 2 As you can see people who are Super Troopers fans will enjoy that It's cool, man, that's cool. I really like that print. That's a cool autograph Cool. I like it. I like a lot that might actually be it. Oh, man. They do have the Their old-school spoiler sheet in here. Awesome. So I can go over that. That's it now people may be saying Where's the other prep replica? Well, they did a poll and those are one of the things I love about Bambox Adam MacArthur is always thinking ahead thinking how can we change things with Bambox? How can we improve and make things better? So you put out a poll to the Bambox community Which there is a page on Facebook specifically for that So if you people want to join it go look for it. I think it's just Bambox community page But um, he said would people be cool with only getting one prop replica if it was higher quality Instead of getting two that are were a little still cool, but a little less quality So I think the when I voted on it It was like 20 people said they wanted two prop replicas and like 320 some said they wanted one prop replica that was higher quality. I'm cool with that That's my thing. You know, I haven't been big on the prop replicas So if there's just one higher quality one, I'm good with that So in the chance that I don't really like it instead of having two prop replicas I don't like I only have one so it's taking up less space. So Plus like higher quality is always better. Oh, so let me go over this the Eric Stolhansky sign print There were two separate types of prints and there was a hat Like a trooper's hat that you could have gotten signed. That's that's a cool idea. So you can see right there I'm sorry if the lighting is not the best. That's one. I got this one's really cool, too because that that actually looks like it's the The poster for the movie and then the hat that's cool. I like that The print the art print the variant which was out of 500 was just black and white You know, they do that all the time. I'm actually glad that I got the color for that reason I don't need the variant for them. Okay Han Solo's Lucky Dice From the Millennium Falcon. Okay, that's what this what the prop replica is That's cool because solo is gonna be coming out very timely And like I said, it's quality like they're heavy. You could you could go ahead and just hang those from your rear view mirror That's a good idea. Um Then they have the limited edition pin The two limited edition pins there was no DeLorean man You guys should have done a DeLorean actually in the future Why don't you just do a DeLorean pin and make that not one of the special pins? Everyone should get that one. People would love it. I'm just saying so the one that I got Marty McFly There's Doc Brown, which is out of 250 and out of 99 is Biff that Biff looks Biff looks like a mix between Biff and sloth from the Goonies right there But that's cool. Um, I think the Doc Brown one's my favorite because the goggles take another look at it the goggles cool and then they were doing a giveaway for a signed Print of Thanos with the infinity gauntlet full with the stones Josh Brolin That's awesome. If anyone got that Fuh freakin nominal one thing I will say this is not a spoiler about infinity war Josh Brolin did an amazing job and Writing wise they did a very good job with Thanos as a character. That's all I'm gonna say And just so people know a little little bit for the next box maize og box is going to have a signed item from Spoiler Deadpool 2 That's gonna be cool. I like that. I like how timely they are with bunch of this stuff Like the super troopers to one super timely the Han Solo prop replica super timely They're gonna be doing the Deadpool 2 super timely, you know, they do a really good job at that stuff The infinity war super timely also like everything's timely and nerdy and cool. So I like this box. This box is nice Nothing really bad to say about it That's good very solid band box doing a great job as Usual I'm always excited to get it and I'm even more excited for when my horror box shows up because horror is my thing Actually, this is I'm putting it up the day it is. This is a Saturday this morning I was drinking coffee eating my breakfast and watching demons to yes that old horror film by Dario, Argento and I love it. Just love it. But anyway, everyone. Thank you for checking this out If you want to make some sort of comments down there, we can talk about things get a little nerdy Whatever you want to talk about Help me out with some subscribe some likes whatever if you're feeling generous I do appreciate that stuff and until next time keep it brutal


You are the diaper to pee. What? I'm being serious. Ew! This is Goodmoma Squad and welcome back to our channel. I have to make this intro kind of quick. Me and Bill are right now getting ready for bed. I told him that the cat's food needs to be refilled because we have an automatic feeder and that usually takes me about like 10 minutes. So I have a couple of minutes to spare. As you guys read by today's title, I am going to be wearing a diaper to bed. Look at my cat's already got into it. I got the XL Big Kid Diapers.  Ever since I was a baby, the doctors always told my mom that I would outgrow it. I don't even remember what it was called, but I had something wrong with the bladder. It got better obviously, but it's like not where it needs to be. Like I pee if I drink too much water, I'll be peeing. And in the middle of the night, I'll have to pee so bad. And my excuse to want to wear the diaper is that I'm going to want to now have to get up in the middle of the night three times the night and I can just pee my diaper. I don't know why the thought of me in a diaper is just so funny. I mean, it makes sense.   I could pretty much just pee the bed and not have to get up and fricking go pee. Let's open these bad boys up. I'm not seeing what these look like yet. Whoa. Whoa. Wow. These really are diapers. Okay. So I have like these white shorts on and I honestly just put the white shorts over this and then I'm just going to like probably get into bed and I'm going to waver and to like cuddle me. He's obviously going to feel this diaper. Like it's, it's in your face.  So I'm going to put this bad boy on. This just feels warm. The diaper. Wow. Actually, I might do this. I might just wear a diaper to bed and pee the bed. Honestly, this is, this is a great investment. So let's put this on. You can definitely tell I have a diaper on. Like you can feel it. I am so excited to get his reaction. If you guys are not on team Mariah's team yet, I've been coming back with some pretty fire videos this 2024. First it was my glue prank and now it's this diaper prank. Like, come on, let's go back in the room. Let's set the camera. I'm hoping he's in the bathroom so I can set the camera up somewhere in the bedroom. Also me and Bill typically like lay in the bed for like an hour just like on our phones or we're like watch our TV. So I know I'll have time before we turn the lights off to film this video. Let's freaking go. It's another minute. Huh? I'm just gonna wash my face in a minute. Okay. I'm lazy. I don't feel like doing that right now. Okay. Why don't you do it the way you are now? Because you're gonna be going to bed anyway. We're not going to bed. Wait, babe, we're not. I'm not gonna go to bed right this second. Okay. Yeah, I see, but they already know you're gonna be freaking out. Yeah, I know. You two leaving Aletta? Yeah, it's a vibe. I'm carol.  I don't know. I beat her every time. She can't win. Get her the covers. Why? It's kinda hot. Oh my gosh. What? My legs are so sore from the gym, bro. Where are yours? Yeah. I'm carol me, get her the covers. What was it? Huh? Get her the covers. I'm just gonna go on. Missed you. Missed you.  I miss you. You didn't play me yet, bro. Well, I'm playing, I don't know, sorry. Sunday. Sunday. Oh, it's cold actually. Turn the heat on. Turn the heat on. Huh? Play me, bro. I did play you. You're playing? Okay. I did, I just played you. What are you wearing? What? What do you got?  What do you mean? Why do you got padding on your butt? What do you mean? What is that? It's, why are you being weird? Is that your underwear? Yeah, it's just bigger. What? What is that? Oh, look. What is that? Why is it so fluffy?  Okay. Is that a, are you wearing a diaper for real? Is that a diaper? Yes it is. Why is it first of all pink? Okay, hear me out.  Hold on, hear me out. I have a bladder size of a peanut. You wouldn't know. You know I have a bladder size of a peanut, correct? Okay. I'm intrigued. You know I do, okay? So I'm sick and tired. You know I get up like three to four times a night to go pee. Stop, I'm trying to have a serious conversation. What, do you think you're going to have an accident? No, just listen. You're going to pee yourself so you're scared? No, just listen. I'm going to have you so you don't look in my diaper. Have you peed yourself? No, I haven't peed myself yet. Then why do you need a diaper? Mariah, Marie. I'm trying to get to it. 25, what do you mean? Listen, let me speak please. I am sick and tired of waking up and going to the bathroom and there's moments where I got to pee so bad my body won't physically let me get out of bed. So instead, listen, I instead of having to get up and go to the bathroom, I can just pee in my diaper. Okay, so I was eight years old and I didn't wear a diaper. You just hang in there. That's different. Your body can't like hold in your fluids. This, you're choosing. I can just pee in the bed and not to get up. I can pee multiple times. Ew, you are not. Okay, then I'm sleeping in the guest room. No. You are. So help me God, if I wake up to the sound of a waterfall in the sheets. I'm not going to hear it. I'm going to hear. No, you're not. Okay, do you hear a baby peeing in the diaper? No. You're not a baby. It doesn't matter. You hold this much fluid in a pair of a baby. And I'm in a diaper. It's absorbed. You are not peeing in your. I'm an extra large.   No, you can't control me. You are not wearing a diaper to bed. I'm not judging you because if you have it, if there was something wrong. No, listen, you are choosing. This is your choice.  Well, you might as well just start wearing it out in public. No, you might as well start wearing it in public. Why don't you use a bathroom anymore? You're upsetting me. Why doesn't everyone just use diapers? You're upsetting me. Why don't I just stand right here and pee in my pants? You're not supporting me. You don't even let me speak. You've been speaking this whole time. No, I haven't said that.  You have no room to talk. Listen, listen. But you are taking the choice to deliberately pick your pants. Yes. I am choosing to wear a diaper because first of all, you know what? If this was a, no, don't even say that. I'm not saying anything.  I just want to get a diaper so I could pee in my diaper. I'd be like, go for it, Phil. If that is what's going to make you feel better at night, like, support me. I'm about to be your wife. Support me and be like, wow, babe. I know what I love you. And that's, if that's what you want to do, then do it. One, you do not have a bladder problem. I do have a bladder problem. Two, you know I have a bladder problem. If you get up to pee a lot. If you get up to pee a lot. Get used to it because when I turn 80, I'm probably going to have to wear diapers. That means your prostate, that means your urinary tract is good. If you're peeing a lot, your body flushes stuff out faster. I just have a small bladder. I can't hold it. That's not a problem. That's not a problem. You're just more prone to go in the bathroom. I'm trying not to get practice, so if I am getting older and I have to wear a diaper. Who's saying I'm not in the diaper?  I'm sure as hell, if I can't change my own diaper, I can't change your diaper. Who's trying to give me practice? Can you just come back to bed? You're not peeing in your pants. Yes, I am peeing in your pants. You're not peeing in your pants. You're not peeing in a diaper. You are not. Yes, I am.  And I don't care if I'm 25. I want to wear a diaper. I bought the diapers for a reason. You wear your diaper. I want to actually see if you actually love it. Because you know what you're going to do? You're going to wake up in the middle of the night and you go, ah.  Rather, get up to change your diaper, rather than get up to go to the bathroom in the first place. You know changing a diaper takes 10 times longer than sitting here. I could just pull it down. But on a toilet. I could just pull the diaper down and throw it away. Oh my God, Mariah, Marie, you did not just say that. Yes, I could pull the diaper down. We're done talking about this. Play me a man call because we're done talking about it. Can I say something? No. Oh, can I actually tell you something? What do you want to say now? 24 years of you and me. What do you want to say now? I can see that. And I am just on fire. Good for you. Team Mariah. You'll be wet in your pants. Team Mariah. What are you? Are you joking right now? No, I'm not joking. I'm being so for real. Team Mariah, Bill. I was telling the Marvel Squad, listen, I have been telling the Marvel Squad that I am not only coming back with unique and different pranks. You're coming back with the original same pranks. I'm coming back with some funny epic ones. Bro, you've had me on time. I don't understand why you would wear a diaper. That's fine if you want to wear a diaper. I don't want to wear a diaper. But I'm going to say, I love you. So I'm going to say when that's a little weird. No, I know. Okay, but I do have a bladder problem. And that would help so much if I could just wear a diaper. But these things are really uncomfortable. And I just want to rip it off right now. I thought you were about to say, so I might try it or something.  I, all I got to say is I'm starting off 2024 with the bang. There is no other beating me in this. Like I am already the queen of pranks this year. And whether he believes it or not, I really am the best. All right, you guys, we're going to end the video right here. I'm going to go to bed in victory W and Bill's going to go with an L. Okay, I'm about to beat you and then call him. She's about to take an L right now.  She's about to take an L right now. I hate when men do that. I let her win.  I wasn't trying. That's the best thing. All right, we're in the video here. We love you guys so much. And we'll see you in the next video. But until then, peace. Love you guys.


Item No. SCP-105 Object Class Safe Special Containment Procedures SCP-105 is implanted with a tracking device and is currently housed at Site-17. SCP-105 is currently allowed Class III Restricted Socialization Privileges with Approved Site Personnel, granted based on continued good behavior and cooperation with Foundation personnel. SCP-105's personal camera, designated SCP-105-B, is to remain in a locked safe deposit box at Site-19's high-value item storage facility. Standard positive action defenses, explosive chemical, biological, and mimetic are to be in place at all times, according to the Standard Operating Procedure. At no point are SCP-105 and SCP-105-B or any other cameras to be allowed to come into contact without approval of the current managing researcher. Description SCP-105, formerly known as Iris Thompson, is a female human in European descent. This indicates that SCP-105 was born in ████, making her ████ years old as a time of acquisition. She has blonde hair and blue eyes at the time of this article is 1.54m in height and 50kg in weight. She does not appear to have any out-of-the-ordinary physical characteristics and appears to be, for all intents and purposes, a normal human being in good health. SCP-105-B is a Polaroid One Step 600 camera manufactured in 1982. SCP-105-B does not appear to have any out-of-the-ordinary physical characteristics and appears to be, for all intents and purposes, a normal Polaroid camera, operating normally for all persons aside from SCP-105. When SCP-105 holds a photograph taken by SCP-105-B, the photograph changes from a still image to that of a real-time image of the location in question. SCP-105 is also able to reach through the photograph and manipulate objects within reach of the original point at which the photograph was taken. Persons witnessing this manipulation report seeing a disembodied female hand determined to be that of SCP-105 reaching out from an invisible portal and carrying out the actions indicated. SCP-105-B and the photographs taken by said camera have no unusual properties when used by any other person. SCP-105 is demonstrated limited ability to manipulate objects through other photographs, but it can only achieve fine control using photographs taken through SCP-105-B. So far, SCP-105 has only been able to significantly advance her ability by using photographs taken by SCP-105-B. Appendance 1 Circumstances of Acquisition SCP-105 was brought to the Foundation's attention shortly after the murder of her boyfriend. SCP-105 claimed to have been on the phone with the victim at the time of his murder, prompting her to hurry to his side. However, telephone records did not correspond to her story, making her suspect in the murder. SCP-105 informed her lawyer that she had in fact witnessed the murder through a photograph she had taken with her boyfriend several days prior. The attorney in question disregards the story and recommended that the subject plead guilty. Subject refused to do so and subsequently told her story in court, offering to demonstrate her ability. This led to Foundation contact. Subject was immediately contained by the Foundation. Foundation personnel retreated SCP-105-B from SCP-105's home, replacing it with an identical model, and returned it to her. SCP-105's parents were informed that she was killed during the botched escape of another patient while both were in custody of the ██████ psychiatric care facility. Appendance 2 Exert from Interview Log 105-08-4428 dated ██████ Doctor Please give a brief personal introduction including date and place of birth and your name. SCP-105 Okay. My name is Iris Thompson. I was born in Phoenix, Arizona on May 12th. ██████ Good. First question. When did you become aware of your abilities? I'm not sure, but I think I was either 10 or 11. I remember because I was looking at a picture of the ocean and I noticed that the waves began moving. How did your parents respond when you told them? They just said I had an overactive imagination. When did you discover that you were able to manipulate objects through a photograph? It first happened when I was 11, 12 maybe? My family took a trip to the Grand Canyon. I looked through the photo album after we got home and brushed my hand against one by accident. When I did, I pushed a rock over the edge, falling into the canyon. I could actually hear it clatter on the way down. Go on. I became fascinated with photography after that. Since the time I didn't work with photographs I took when my parents got me a Polaroid One Step 600 camera, I've been begging for them to get it since Christmas. SCP-105 starts smiling. After I got the camera, the photos got easier to interact with. This is the camera we refer to as 105-B, your personal camera. Yes, sir. How many photos can you focus on at one time? I've gotten up to 10 at once with my personal camera, but I'm sure I could do more eventually. What is your impression of your time with the Foundation so far? SCP-105 remains silent. Please do answer. We don't take offense to these things. It's sort of like, new prison, new warden, but I know it's better than what could have happened to me. You've been very cooperative during your time here. I'm a pretty well behaved sort of person. I also like doing the experiments. Some of those things with photographs I would never have thought of. Do you know why I'm asking you these questions, Iris? No, sir. We've been setting up a special program. If it goes through, you'll be occasionally allowed to leave the site and move about on the outside world. I'll be asking you to return on our few favors. Are you interested? Addendum 3 History of Service with Mobile Task Force Omega-7 SCP-105 was the second humanoid SCP recruited to Mobile Task Force Omega-7 under the Pandora's Box Initiative. Unlike Team Able, associated with SCP-076-2, which was assigned to strike and capture operations, Team Iris had the primary mission of reconnaissance and intelligence gathering. Team Iris carried out over 20 missions in cooperation with the Bokeh Mission. These missions were carried out swiftly and without incident. The first disciplinary incident involving SCP-105 involved an escalation of Team Iris missions from reconnaissance to wetwork.  See Interview Log 105-21-6543 During these events, SCP-105 became emotionally distressed and attempted to deceive Foundation personnel into believing that her anomalous traits had disappeared. Submitted a report recommending that SCP-105 be reclassified and neutralized, undergo amnestic treatment and be released to the public with regular monitoring. This recommendation was denied. Following this, Dr. ████████ aided SCP-105 in a containment breach aiming to escape Foundation custody. This breach was unsuccessful and SCP-105 was recontained. See Incident X-45-17 An investigation afterwards determined that Dr. ████████ had intentionally encouraged SCP-105 to claim loss of anomalous abilities. SCP-105 redemonstrated her anomalous abilities in exchange for restoration of limited privileges. Following the end of the Pandora's Box Initiative, all mobile task force Omega-17s were disbanded, and SCP-105 was returned to Site-17. Because of the security risks she represents and lack of current utility, SCP-105 is presently not allowed access to SCP-105-B. All further information regarding Mobile Task Force Omega-7 is sealed by order of the Records and Information Security Administration. Director ██████ Records and Information Security Administration


Hey guys, welcome to my channel! I'm now on Blue Waters Island and I'm on my way to Midsantris, one of my favorite places here. They serve delicious food and from the terrace you have an incredible view of the tallest Paris wheel in the world in Dubai. As you know, on my channel I interview Dubai experts from different countries and with different backgrounds. British community is one of the biggest in Dubai. So today I'm going to interview a Dubai expert who moved here from the UK and he's working here as a teacher. So let's find out about his experience. Hi Thomas, nice to meet you. Thank you for coming today. Could you please introduce yourself? Hi, thank you very much for having me. Yes, I'm Thomas and I'm a teacher here in Dubai and I've been here for a couple of years now. What did you do before you came to Dubai and why did you decide to come here? So before I came here to Dubai I was a teacher and I had taught in the UK for a couple of years. Now to completely be honest with you, I taught in the UK and I would follow a couple of people including yourself on YouTube and Instagram and the UK is quite grey and gloomy especially during the winter months and during those winter months I would finish work when it was dark, start work when it was dark and I would be a little bit frustrated that people like yourself were having so much fun in the sun. So I sort of thought why can't I do that and I decided to apply and eventually got a job over here to move here. So I got the job and I'm moving to Dubai. Amazing. How did you find a job here? So initially to find a job I was a little bit confused on where to look. There is a website called TES and test.com has a range of different jobs all around the world but specifically for Dubai. I also looked on other websites such as Guardian in the UK and there's a range of different websites available to just try and search. And what was your first impression when you arrived? Wow, if that makes sense. Yeah my first impression of Dubai was just how incredible this place was and I initially came here on holiday just to see whether I enjoyed the place just to see if it was for me and I was absolutely blown away by just how many things there are to do here. I wanted to try and do everything during that holiday but then I decided I couldn't fit everything in. I'm just going to have to come back and live here. So just wow would be the word. And what challenges did you face at the beginning? So when I first moved here I was a little bit challenged by accommodation. Initially my accommodation wasn't fully sorted for me. I didn't have staff accommodation and my MSID took a little bit of time to come through. It was a bit of a delay and because I didn't have my MSID I was unable to get a long-term rent and I wasn't quite sure on the process of getting accommodation so initially I stopped in a hotel for quite a while and that cost quite a lot. So that was some of the first challenges and initially I didn't really know lots of people but eventually the longer I've been here I've started to grow contacts and it's been a lot better to try and know new people. If you compare your life in the EU to the life in the UK what are the main differences? So I'd say the UAE versus the UK my life is quite different. I think one of the biggest differences is the constant sun so I find myself going to the beach to the pool here and of course in the UK other than for a few days per year that doesn't really happen. Now I quite enjoy just being able to go out during the weekend and just enjoy my time and not have to worry about the rain so that's a big difference and of course just being able to go and enjoy myself and have a little bit more free time around my neighborhood JLT is fantastic too. In what way are Dubai schools different from the schools in the UK? So the schools are different here in the UAE in a range of different ways. When I first arrived here I was struck by how vast and immense the facilities are here in the different schools in the UAE so because there are foundation stages, nursery, primary, secondary and sometimes colleges built within the schools there are so many different facilities available so things like swimming pools, you've got sports halls, you've got woodwork rooms, science labs, music rooms, there's some fantastic facilities available. In addition the schools here have a slight tweak in curriculum regarding even though you're teaching using a UK curriculum you still have some tweaks so you will teach MEC so moral education and social studies as well which is integrated into the English curriculum. For me as a teacher life is different in schools because they start a little bit earlier so because school finishes earlier it starts earlier I find myself getting up earlier at around 5am which is quite early and it's something I've never really gotten used to but it's one of the other differences with schools here is I find the technology so going back to that facilities they have a range of different technology available within these schools so within my school there is Chromebooks and the children have Chromebooks available to use and that's really developed me as a teacher understanding how technology works and then allowing children to use that and I remember when I was in school we were like reading books and writing but now kids use iPads and laptops so is it easy for you to handle this new type of education absolutely it was an initial challenge of understanding what devices they were using and not only understanding them myself but also teaching the children you know six seven year old children trying to understand those things and it can be a little bit challenging sometimes but the children are sometimes teaching me things and when it comes to reading and writing all those things do still happen in schools too but there are a lot more things that happen behind a screen now and you said that your school didn't provide accommodation for you but in general do you know schools provide accommodation for teachers they do they do now to be completely honest with you my school did offer accommodation allowance which allowed me to then eventually choose my own place many different schools though offer staff accommodation in a location which might be closer to the school or slightly further away which requires a drive it was just in my case I had the allowance which now is fantastic but at the starting point was a little bit challenging how much is the salary teachers getting Dubai so that one's always a slightly challenging question to answer and the reason I say that is because you might have no experience in teaching and be a newly qualified teacher and you're talking around eight to nine thousand during per month all the way up to more experienced teachers looking at your sort of 12 to 14 thousand during a month that's excluding accommodation allowance so that's also something you need to consider I would also advise making sure that you think about your medical insurance because that's also quite very into a range different schools too what do you like best about living in Dubai I really enjoy just the the vast quantities of things to do I really enjoy just getting up in the morning on the weekends and in the evenings and just going for a bike ride around by marina as I said before I live in jlt and I'm really fortunate to live there and I just enjoy going on bike rides and also just being able to go and explore some of the sunny areas it's all sunny it's places like jbr and going along kite beach I find really relaxing and it's something that I definitely wouldn't have been able to do in the UK what are your favorite places in Dubai so I would say Dubai marina all of the Emirates for some reason I just I always ended up there for some reason and I would also enjoy going and walking around birch park down by Dubai mall too kite beach is fantastic in the morning as well and it's somewhere I regularly go to and what you dislike about living in Dubai so I always find this one challenging to answer because there are so many amazing things here in Dubai I think one of the biggest differences for me is the lack of the color green now you'll see green behind it but what I mean by that is obviously in the UK there's lots of nature available I'm able to walk around whether it's a park or woods forest and I kind of miss that at times especially the the sense that you get from walking around those areas and of course living here in Dubai I also miss my family as well and that's one of the challenges that you have when you move here initially you know like as you said you moved to Dubai you didn't know anyone is it easy to connect with people from the UK here it's quite straightforward yes I have met a range of people obviously being a teacher I work in a British school so I'm able to meet and talk to a range of different British teachers and that was great to start initially meeting people and also meeting people from other schools too what advice would you give to those who are planning to come to Dubai from the UK I would say just do it would be my first bit of advice but I would also say to make sure that you do your research when you're looking at different schools make sure you find a school that is suitable for you because schools really vary over here so to research you can go onto portals such as KHDA and that allows you to find a range of different schools I would also say when you're looking for jobs start earlier so around October time right the way through to April time to start to look for those jobs and that's generally the window that schools start to employ people when you're applying for jobs also think about what you can bring to other schools rather than what the schools can bring to you because there's lots of different people applying to jobs so it's quite easy for them to become overwhelmed without applications so just look for basically what it is that you can bring to the school to try and develop their maybe extracurricular activities and things like that and if you compare the cost of living in the UK and the cost of living in Dubai just approximately I've in my head I've got this calculation of one and a half to two times the cost of living in the UK so I would say the UAE is sort of one and a half to two times the amount of of living so if you think about the cost of a milk in the UK it would be around a pound or so whereas here it would be two pound so it's that kind of double but the salary is also higher here right exactly yes so that's the benefit and of course it's tax-free as well which helps oh yeah if you were to describe your experience as an expert in Dubai in three words what would that be I would say amazing varied and rewarding and the last question for today if you had to start over again what would you do differently so I thought about this question lots in my head you often reflect on your time here in Dubai and one of the things that I thought I needed to do differently was that initial experience of accommodation I was unaware that you could do monthly rentals at hotels and I would just go back and tell myself you can rent somewhere for a month rather than spend lots of money on a per night basis stopping in hotels because that is expensive okay thank you very much Thomas for this useful information thank you guys for watching Thomas has an amazing youtube channel there is a lot of useful information about life in Dubai about teaching in Dubai I will leave the link in the description below so check it out and if 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okay Christmas and expectations you're welcome. I was thinking the other day that you know expectations often are like this wonderful movie in our heads and in this movie we have cast the actors we have written the script and the plot and it's all just so perfect it's a blockbuster actually in the making and then when we get to the Christmas event and occasion and we family and friends the actors don't show up for work and if they do show up for work they don't show it when we said they should in our movie and they don't say the lines we've put in their mouths in the way that we've determined in our movie that they should and you know these stealth expectations that's what they are are the worst kind because though they are stealth expectations we still hold people accountable for them which is the definition of setting ourselves up for disappointment and upset and confrontation even so my advice for you at Christmas is dial down the expectations get rid of the blockbuster movie in your head I get a cheaper version and you might have a better outcome because to expect less is to finish up being pleasantly surprised isn't it to expect too much is to finish up inevitably managing disappointments and discouragements we are not responsible for the movie in your head and others aren't for a movie in your head so maybe get rid of the movie get a reality check remember that I hope you have a better experience at Christmas love you guys talk to you soon cheers


A level three predatory offender has changed addresses in Bemidji. The Department of Correction says that as of today, 28-year-old Tadashi David Anderson will be living in the 100 block of Rocco Street southeast in Bemidji. Anderson has served his sentence imposed on him by a court of law and was released in June of 2017. Anderson's offenses included engaging in sexual contact with a 14-year-old female victim on numerous occasions. We had met online and then in person.


What narcissists think of you when you finally leave? What does the narcissist think of you when you finally walk away? How does the narcissist feel when they realize you're done? When they realize you don't want to deal with them anymore? The narcissist sees you as an object and as an extension of them. They see you as something that exists to serve them and meet their needs. They see you as their property and once they have been involved with you, they see it as though that's it for life. They see it as though you cannot just move on without them as though there is no substitution or replacement for them as though there is nothing else or no one else that can take their place. They see it as though you will never be able to find someone who can do what they've done for you. You will never find someone who is at their level or standard. You will never find someone as attractive or successful as though they're just as good as it gets for you. As though you will never find anything better. You will never find anyone who is willing to do what they did for you. They think that they're the best. They think there is nothing greater than them when they first met you.  When they are seeking a target, there's almost nothing they won't do for you. They will act without hesitation because they see it as though if they do what you want, then they've got you. You're not going to go anywhere.  Narcissists understand how important first impressions are and that is why they will do whatever it takes to catch your eye, to grab your attention, to get you to notice them because they see it as though if they don't do that, you're just going to end up with someone else, someone who is more sudden and striking, someone who is more exciting and impressive. And they realize that's what they have to be to capture your attention. If you leave the narcissist, they will be expecting you to return. In their minds, you won't be able to make it without them. You won't be able to survive. They would expect you to feel very lonely without them. They would expect you to miss them. And in many cases, the narcissist wouldn't be wrong. Many victims do miss the narcissist. They do feel lonely without them because they're used to spending every second of their day with them and when that just goes away, you're going to feel like something's wrong. You're going to feel like you're missing something and the narcissist can already anticipate how you're going to feel based on their past experiences with other people because this isn't the first time that someone has left them and then felt lonely without them. This isn't the first time that someone has wanted to come back. They understand the effect they're having on people based on their past experiences. They expect you to react in the same way because they're very arrogant. They exaggerate their worth and importance. They often show an offensive attitude of superiority because they think they're better than everyone. They think there's no one like them. So when you think you can find better than them, they don't take you seriously. They think you're overestimating your qualities and abilities as though you don't deserve anything better than them. When you leave and you return to the narcissist, they don't care about you. They don't respect you.  They see you as someone who has made a very unwise decision. Someone who is very naive. Someone who lacks experience, wisdom and judgment. And they feel that you deserve to be mistreated because they already know that they're no good. They already know that they lack good intentions and that they're only going to cause nothing but harm to you. And if you can't see that, they just see you as a fool. Someone who is blindly entering a dangerous or unfavorable situation. Someone who is easy to take advantage of. Someone who deserves to be abused. Because in their minds, anyone who has any desire or interest in being around them can't be anything good. They can't be anything of value. If you were so great, you wouldn't want to be around them. You wouldn't have any interest in them. Because deep down they feel completely worthless and insignificant. They act superior and grandiose. But that's not how they really see themselves. It's just to compensate for how they really feel. So when you come around them, they're looking down on you. Because they know they're not deserving of value or appreciation. They know they're not deserving of even being around you. Which is why if you were to leave and never come back, they would see it as an insult. Because when you're not around them, that's when they realize your true value. And it reminds them that they are not deserving of true value. It triggers them to reflect on how they really feel about themselves. It triggers a narcissistic injury. Which is then followed by narcissistic rage. Because it's hurt their ego. It's crushed their fragile sense of self-esteem and self-importance. And then they see themselves as they really are. You're gone. So they can no longer project anything on to you. So it stays with them. They're forced to deal with it. They get mad because they realize that you can see who they really are. If you could see the real them. You would realize that they're not even worth anything. They're not even worth your time, energy or money. You wouldn't want to sit down and have a conversation with them. You wouldn't want to spend any time with them. You just wouldn't want to have anything to do with them.  They might try to get you back. But it's not because they care about you. It's not because they miss you. It's because they're trying to repair the damage that was done to their self-esteem and self-importance.  They're just using you to feel better about themselves. And they know what they're doing. When they're trying to lure you back in. They know that they're playing a game. They know that they're lying to you. They know that they're manipulating you. It was a game right from day one.   And because you didn't catch on, they believed that you deserved everything they did to you. It was just a game. It was just something they engaged in for amusement and fun. And it's only when you go no contact.   They see it as though you've solved the puzzle. You finally figured it out.  They just see it as though you've ruined their game. The fun is over. When the narcissist does all of these horrible things to you. And you stay loyal and committed to them. And you abide by their rules and preferences.  Because they've managed to trick you into giving them everything they don't even deserve. Because the game is just a game. It's just a puzzle. And if you can't figure it out. They think you deserve it. They think you deserve everything they're doing to you.  And if you were anything great. You wouldn't be around them. You would have figured it out a long time ago. It's like they gave you a puzzle. And you're spending all of your time trying to put the pieces together. Trying to figure things out. Well you're accommodating them. And being at their beck and call. Being responsive to their slightest request. But after so much time has gone by. You begin to realize that some of the pieces are missing. And they don't even have the missing pieces. Because this is a game that was never meant to be completed. And when you even get close to figuring it out. They will take off in you. And leave you with the unfinished puzzle. They will leave you trying to figure things out. Because they made up these rules to benefit them. It had nothing to do with you. And they pre-planned what they were going to do right from the beginning. The game was rigged right from the start. You were manipulated and controlled by deceptive and dishonest means. Everything was fixed to benefit them. You were being fair and honest. But they already had the game rigged. So you had lost before you had even begun. Because they had all the rules and regulations to benefit them. But they expect you to figure this out. Before you put in all of your time and energy. If you were fortunate enough to figure this out earlier in the game. They think you're smart. Because you didn't stick around. You chose to move on. But then they're still lurking around. Waiting for someone else to come around. Someone who will be more susceptible to them in relation. Someone who won't figure it out so quickly. Someone who will unknowingly get involved in these difficult and confusing situations. Someone who will get entangled in another one of the narcissist plans or arrangements. Because if you don't figure this out early on. They see it as though you deserve all of the mistreatment. You deserve everything you're getting from them. Because you should have been smart enough. To figure this out right from the start.