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| How long have you been in the Magic Kingdom? |
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15% |
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7% |
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7% |
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15% |
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23% |
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0% |
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15% |
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gregory999
Joined: 29 Jul 2015
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 Posted: Sat Sep 26, 2015 10:28 am Post subject: How long have you been in the Magic Kingdom? |
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scot47
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I did 17 years within the time frame 1970 to 2011. Now retired and wandering what it was all about.
Also taught in Germany (West Berlin and GDR)
Bulgaria
Zambia
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Hatcher
Joined: 20 Mar 2008
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The longest I heard of were couple of Brits who were there for over 30 years but they werent teaching. One lady was with the British Embassy.
One German born American was there for 26 years and never once saw another country neighboring the place.
I still dont know how he did it. |
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scot47
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| I had an American colleague at KFUPM who spent his entire working iofe there. He retired and went back to the USA but found it too weird after such a long absence. He came back to Dhahran to work and died there. |
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In the heat of the moment
Joined: 22 May 2015
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Location: Italy
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scot47
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| Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2015 7:47 pm Post subject: |
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| People react to KSA in different ways. See recent post by Johnslat. Or consider my American colleague who chose to spend his entire working life at KFUPM in Dhahran. |
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tony87
Joined: 21 Jul 2015
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Jeez spending all ones life in Saudi Arabia?
I'd rather they just shoot me now. |
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scot47
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| Posted: Tue Sep 29, 2015 9:28 am Post subject: |
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| Different strokes for different folks. Maybe others are more adaptable ? |
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tony87
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| Different strokes for different folks. Maybe others are more adaptable ? |
No drink, no movies, no dating, no sex, no eating with friends from an opposite sex in a restaurant, no nightclubs, the overwhelming heat, the call to prayer 5 times a day...Saudi Arabia is clearly for the insane only. |
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In the heat of the moment
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| Posted: Tue Sep 29, 2015 11:48 am Post subject: |
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| Different strokes for different folks. Maybe others are more adaptable ? |
No drink, no movies, no dating, no sex, no eating with friends from an opposite sex in a restaurant, no nightclubs, the overwhelming heat, the call to prayer 5 times a day...Saudi Arabia is clearly for the insane only. |
Well, actually you can do all of those things. The heat is very pleasant in the winter and everywhere has great a/c for spring/autumn - fortunately the summer is for holidaying in Europe. |
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bigdurian
Joined: 05 Feb 2014
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Location: Flashing my lights right behind you!
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[quote="tony87"][quote="scot47"]Different strokes for different folks. Maybe others are more adaptable ?[/quote]
No drink, no movies, no dating, no sex, no eating with friends from an opposite sex in a restaurant, no nightclubs, the overwhelming heat, the call to prayer 5 times a day...Saudi Arabia is clearly for the insane only.[/quote]
No drink: well we all know that's absolute rubbish
No movies: many compounds have a cinema
No dating: maybe in your case
No sex: ditto
No eating with friends from the opposite sex: people don't check your Iqamas to see if you're married when you walk into a restaurant
No nightclubs: many compounds have an equivalent with DJs or bands
Heat: personally I find the weather very tolerable. It is only really hot for four months of the year. I was in Riyadh which has zero humidity which made it strangely bearable. Winters are cool, spring and autumn are very pleasant. Give me four months of very hot over 12 months of year round 80% humidity like some places in SE Asia.
The call to prayer: Presumably you knew that they prayed before you went there.
It seems obvious that you are another example of someone who stayed in your room for your entire time in KSA. If you had ventured out you might have realised that you can actually have some fun there. |
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Paul in Saudi
Joined: 03 Mar 2003
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Location: Doha, Qatar
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| 20 years this week. |
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scot47
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The American who spent his entire academic life at KFUPM was
Herman Perzanowski
He died at the Teaching Hospital in Dhahran.
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tony87
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| Posted: Wed Sep 30, 2015 3:47 am Post subject: |
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No drink: well we all know that's absolute rubbish
No movies: many compounds have a cinema
No dating: maybe in your case
No sex: ditto
No eating with friends from the opposite sex: people don't check your Iqamas to see if you're married when you walk into a restaurant
No nightclubs: many compounds have an equivalent with DJs or bands
Heat: personally I find the weather very tolerable. It is only really hot for four months of the year. I was in Riyadh which has zero humidity which made it strangely bearable. Winters are cool, spring and autumn are very pleasant. Give me four months of very hot over 12 months of year round 80% humidity like some places in SE Asia.
The call to prayer: Presumably you knew that they prayed before you went there.
It seems obvious that you are another example of someone who stayed in your room for your entire time in KSA. If you had ventured out you might have realised that you can actually have some fun there. |
Erm, you're not allowed to have sex unless you're married. Most places do NOT put ESL teachers in a compound, you'll have an apartment and have to live by Saudi 'laws'. All the stuff you mention only happens in a compound - hardly anyone gets one of those.
There is NO FUN in the KSA. |
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scot47
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| NO FUN ? That was not my experience. |
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