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samsong
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 Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2007 7:29 am Post subject: Riyadh life? |
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| What is life in Riyadh like? Does anybody else know anything about the Institute of Banking in Ryiadh? what's the average pay (in KSA) for a TEFL/TESL teacher holding M.A. + 9 years of teaching experience? |
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007
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| Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2007 10:51 am Post subject: Re: Riyadh life? |
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| samsong wrote: |
| What is life in Riyadh like? Does anybody else know anything about the Institute of Banking in Ryiadh? what's the average pay (in KSA) for a TEFL/TESL teacher holding M.A. + 9 years of teaching experience? |
Why not check their web site:http://www.iobf.org/content/careers.asp
Also, you may contact the Head of English Language Studies Unit, to give you more infor about their salary scale and other job info. |
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scot47
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| Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2007 7:27 pm Post subject: |
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| There are lots of nice mosques. |
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Van Norden
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| Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2007 7:02 am Post subject: Re: Riyadh life? |
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| samsong wrote: |
| What is life in Riyadh like? |
I haven't seen any signs of life.
This city desert makes you feel so cold / It's got so many people, but it's got no soul
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007
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| Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2007 11:43 am Post subject: Re: Riyadh life? |
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| Van Norden wrote: |
This city desert makes you feel so cold / It's got so many people, but it's got no soul
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A City Without Water Is A City Without A Soul
To be in Riyadh is to be in touch with everything in life except Hip-Hop, Hip-bop, and Bip-bop.  |
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Van Norden
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| Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2007 5:34 pm Post subject: |
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| They tried to make me go to Riyadh but I said "NO NO NO" |
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pklocek
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| Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2007 10:08 am Post subject: |
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| Riyadh is not as bad as it everyone makes it out to seem. Note: I said "AS BAD. Sure, Riyadh is pretty bad but there are worse places in KSA. I have also worked in Hafr al-Batin (a TRUE wasteland) and Qassim (a place that makes Riyadh look like Amsterdam). Believe me, you could do worse than Riyadh. |
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Van Norden
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| Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2007 4:16 pm Post subject: |
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| I don't think our AWOL OP is choosing between different Saudi cities. I'd imagine it's either Riyadh or bust. |
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BajaLaJaula
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Didn't get a chance on the other thread...it got locked.....
VN....love the avatar....
I imagine the picture was taken during a weekend visit to
Bahrain....
Rock on.... 
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veiledsentiments
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| Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2007 4:45 pm Post subject: |
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The first time I saw it, my thought was "trailer trash"
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Queen of Sheba
Joined: 07 May 2006
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| Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2007 6:58 pm Post subject: Re: Riyadh life? |
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| samsong wrote: |
| What is life in Riyadh like? Does anybody else know anything about the Institute of Banking in Ryiadh? what's the average pay (in KSA) for a TEFL/TESL teacher holding M.A. + 9 years of teaching experience? |
I think you should be able to pull a good salary with those qualifications of over 12 SAR a month. I have never heard of the institute myself, although maybe others who have will comment. As far as life in Riyadh goes, well you work, eat, sleep, watch TV, order satellite cable service, buy DVDs, go on the internet, are surrounded by human life forms, in addition to some plant and animal life. One oddity is that there is a lot more sand than most people are used to. Therefore the argument can be made that cats do better than some ESL teachers as they have the luxurious and endless cat box to "use." |
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Van Norden
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| Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2007 11:55 am Post subject: |
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| veiledsentiments wrote: |
The first time I saw it, my thought was "trailer trash"
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Excuse me? What a horrible thing to say. Calling any group of people "trash" is as bad as using a racial slur. Very disappointing VS. |
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veiledsentiments
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| Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2007 4:35 pm Post subject: |
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| Van Norden wrote: |
| veiledsentiments wrote: |
The first time I saw it, my thought was "trailer trash"
VS |
Excuse me? What a horrible thing to say. Calling any group of people "trash" is as bad as using a racial slur. Very disappointing VS. |
...the common term used in the US to describe people that looks like those in the picture... the other term is "poor white trash." Horrible? No worse than many of the terms we see here referring to various managements, fellow teachers, students, etc...
If it is an actual photo of you and the missus, I hope you are not permanently traumatized by the terminology...
I'm still crushed that the Queen referred to us teachers as 'blue collar' in that other thread...
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Stephen Jones
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| still crushed that the Queen referred to us teachers as 'blue collar' in that other thread... |
She must work in a right regal place if her colleagues attire actually runs to collars. |
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letitslidedude
Joined: 07 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2007 5:16 pm Post subject: Steve man! |
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Come on Stephen Jones!
Any info about TAIBA University? contract? perks? Salary? Working environment? Life in Madinah? And more!
You are the man in Saudi, you don't post a lot, but when you do, it is always the truth.
Waiting! |
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