Fly,fly away
"I've fled the country. Please go to my flat and take what you want from there." Well, I imagine that's what this friend of a friend said some months back, to his friends out here and his relatives, when he quietly tiptoed out of the country with only the clothes he and his family were wearing, too scared to face the next day. And they(the people whom he informed) made a beeline for the flat, and took everything- the music system, the TV, the kitchen utensils, the curtains...you name it- leaving the flat as bare as Mother Hubbard's cupboard. When I asked my friend what had happened, he said ' The guy was just another of those Shaikh-chillis, who want to get rich quicker than they are supposed to. He had a nice-paying job, but,he wanted to make 1/2 a million dirhams within a few months, and so he went into a couple of businesses,which went bust and he went bankrupt, owing money left, right and centre. Perhaps he'll arrange the money from India and then pla...