Currently staying in one of the company villas. The best part is that the compound has a swimming pool! My first day in the country and I get to swim! My life is already changing!
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
At Last!
At last! I finally changed my job! I changed my Company and I moved into another country! Still in the Middle East but a country where the locals are much much nicer and with a broader outlook!
Currently staying in one of the company villas. The best part is that the compound has a swimming pool! My first day in the country and I get to swim! My life is already changing!
Currently staying in one of the company villas. The best part is that the compound has a swimming pool! My first day in the country and I get to swim! My life is already changing!
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Maa Salaama Q8!
My bags are packed and I am ready to leave. Tomorrow this time I would be winging towards my new destination!I remember, it was the 29th of Sept 2002 when I arrived here in Q8 to live. I had never planned Middle East......it just happened. Actually I was all set to go to South Africa! What is it that they say? "Man proposes but God disposes"?!
Kuwait has been a learning experience to the Middle East Culture. I learned "waasta" (having connection) is a must if you want to get things done quickly. I also learned that I need to have oodles of patience as no one would/could tell when things would get done. The answer always was "Inshallah" (God Willing). And silently I would pray that God willed.
It's a pity that I have yet to speak Arabic but I do know now the Basic greetings/words and hopefully will improve!
"Maa Salaama Q8!"
PS:- Just the day before, 5th of May, my other brother became a proud father of a daughter, his first born! Yippee! Welcome Baby Girl!
Sunday, May 4, 2008
My last day at the office
Today was the last day at my office. The Goodbye mails were done on Thursday. Now, I just had to collect my Final Settlement cheque.
Believe me it wasn't easy.....as I wanted it today itself. Why should I come another day and collect my payment? That's what I was being told as the paper traveled from one desk to the other with me in hot pursuit! Finally at 4.30pm I got my cheque!
Whew! Am I relieved or what?! To tell the truth, it has yet to sink in that I am no longer with the Company. Perhaps tomorrow when I no longer have to wake up and drag myself to work? or perhaps when I finally leave the country on Thursday, 8th of May? or perhaps when I finally join my new company!
PS:- I may not be able to post for a while as I would need some time settling into my new job and the place.
Believe me it wasn't easy.....as I wanted it today itself. Why should I come another day and collect my payment? That's what I was being told as the paper traveled from one desk to the other with me in hot pursuit! Finally at 4.30pm I got my cheque!
Whew! Am I relieved or what?! To tell the truth, it has yet to sink in that I am no longer with the Company. Perhaps tomorrow when I no longer have to wake up and drag myself to work? or perhaps when I finally leave the country on Thursday, 8th of May? or perhaps when I finally join my new company!
PS:- I may not be able to post for a while as I would need some time settling into my new job and the place.
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