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cnthaiksarok
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Location: between a rock and a sandy place
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 Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2014 2:17 pm Post subject: Top + things about living and working in Saudi |
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Ok, ok...been done, sure - but lets do it again. 
Beyond the savings potential....
1.) Short work hours = time to devote to other projects
I have more, but don't wanna' steal yours.
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jaffa
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Apart from stash in the bank, you say?
Erm ... phew ... scratches head ... hmmm ... looks out of window ... now then ... makes coffee ... ahum ... decides to whistle for a while ... kerchang!
Airport departure lounges with complimentary ticket in back pocket. |
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johnslat
Joined: 21 Jan 2003
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Location: Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
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The opportunity to learn new skills: brewing and fermenting, keeping your mouth shut.
The chance to increase your patience level to approaching infinity.
Being able to fine-hone your reflexes to lightening-fast by driving or walking in traffic.
A good dress-rehearsal for inter-stellar trips should that be a goal in your future.
And last, but not least, that no matter how screwed up you think your own country is, discovering, "Hey, it's really not so bad at all." 
Hope I didn't use them all up.
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sicklyman
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| Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2014 6:22 pm Post subject: |
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| johnslat wrote: |
Hope I didn't use them all up.
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hmmm... think you might have.
Let's put it another way. What does Saudi have that you would stay here for if you didn't have to work here? |
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bigdurian
Joined: 05 Feb 2014
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Location: Flashing my lights right behind you!
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you can have a great social life here.
parties every weekend
low cost of living
ease of getting to a lot of the world because of its central location
safe compared to other places
Mecca if you want it |
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cnthaiksarok
Joined: 29 Jun 2012
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| Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2014 1:54 am Post subject: |
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compound facilities
affordable help (car wash, gardening, cooks, cleaners, etc..)
the weather (in Taif) is absolutely awesome
CHEAP SCUBA (again regional)
living space
"starving wymyn" |
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cnthaiksarok
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| Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2014 5:48 am Post subject: |
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| job availability (in case things go teats up) |
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Sheik Yerbuti
Joined: 02 Dec 2012
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Location: the promised land
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Seeing how the expat underclass lives and survives here is
good for your soul, and one's humility. |
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fledex
Joined: 05 Jun 2011
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| Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2014 12:13 pm Post subject: |
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| sicklyman wrote: |
Let's put it another way. What does Saudi have that you would stay here for if you didn't have to work here? |
I can't even think of one thing I would stay in Saudi for, if it wasn't to "work." Do even Saudis or Sauds want to stay in Saudi if they don't have to for some reason? Of course, I can't say that I "have to" work in Saudi. But then again, is what I do or did in Saudi "work" or "labor" or what? I can't say it is/was much of anything. I think the OP had a better question. There are some good things about going to and experiencing Saudi, like time travel and a false sense of interplanetary travel. |
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mikehunt
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| Robust left wrist and forearm. |
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johnslat
Joined: 21 Jan 2003
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Location: Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
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Dear mikehunt,
Ah, another southpaw, I see.
Regards,
John |
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YouGotFlawned
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Actually, I have three:
1: Food. Compared to other Asian countries like Thailand, China, etc., the abundance of Western food here is a really nice change.
2: Weather. From what I've experienced in Al-Ahsa, the weather is pretty amazing. It rarely rains, nights are warm, and winter months hardly even seem cold. And when it does get hot, just like in Arizona, "it's a dry heat."
3: Coworkers and friends. I have never met so many really cool people (and some total weirdos) in such a short span of time. One of the only benefits of living in such a confined place like a compound is that you can get to know one another very fast and even form a few genuine life-long friendships.
Other than these three things and the money... hmmm...
Everything else just really sucks! |
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rollingk
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| We're allowed to witness firsthand the graciousness of the protectors. |
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scot47
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| The chance t0 visit public executions ? |
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psychedelicacy
Joined: 05 Oct 2013
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Location: Beijing
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Kabsa and Shawaya.
Communal mutton and camel hump feasts in the desert.
Oases.
The climate in inland areas is pleasant for much of the year.
Little convenience stores generally sell a lot of stuff.
Hitchhiking is widely practiced and safe.
Saudis are mostly pleasant to Westerners. |
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