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My First Week In The Desert
Literally almost all of the Saudi area is a big whole desert. Sand. Little trees. More sand and much more land of sand. Occasional seas. And lots of sun! The photo above is the almost constructed Qurayah 4000MW IPP in which we are working now together of some of my colleagues from Batangas. Our first week here? Almost the same in the Philippines? Definitely not! First was the food difference. We had to eat much of the chicken and the shawarma here. We tried Filipino food in one of the restaurant but it was not the same as in the Philippines. I am missing the Pinas now huhuhu! Second was the work. Same in the Philippines? almost the same. Much harder here? I guess not. We had Pakistani and Egyptians and Saudi nationals on our sides. What I like about in here is the camaraderie and the very supportive Filipino community that I was surprised that even in Facebook when they had noticed we were here they send their "kumusta" and whatever assistance they could assist. A Fili...
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a lot of them in the Middle East no?
ReplyDeleteyah at affordable pa pero pag yung malalaking items na eh medyo mahal na din hehehe...musta na po? mild sandstorm now dito Dammam that means start na ng tag init huhuhu...
ReplyDeletewala pa naman so far dine. pero Dar's flight from Iraq had been cancelled twice na, magkasunod na week due to sandstorm. so sign pala un ng tang init? waahhhhh. nasa oven na naman tayo.
ReplyDeletesimula pa lang naman..sabi nila eh up to June parang nasa pinas lang ang init then after that eh... yun na..last year parang ganon nga..ilang taon kaya kami dito sa disyerto hehehe..anyways just enjoy the sun! and sand ahaahaha! nakaranas din kami dtio ng fog sobrang daming fog sa daan talagang zero visibility..mga 2 hours kaming nasa highway sa gilid halos 10 am na kami nakarating sa office..last month lang yun..only in the middle east!
ReplyDeleteworse nga yata dyan ang fog kesa dine sa dubai. pero siguro sa init mas matindi daw dito. huhuhu
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