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[Grendal]

demigod wrote:

Urggh!! We are all losing sleep and bashing the bishop has become trends here in Najran, Saudi Arabia. The dead monkey is pressing forward and we are running for cover. I toss and turn at night in a cold hotel room. I can feel its wet tongue licking my neck and drooling on my scalp. I wake up in the morning cold and feeling violated. I am scared because the dead monkey can appear in many forms. It is poking the local laundry mat workers. My shirts are returned two sizes smaller and sometimes with bleach stains on colored material. Our western clothes are replaced with Saudi thobes that are too long. They are very comfortable, until you have visit the restroom. The dead monkey laughs at you because you tip- toe through brown water. The monkey pokes your thighs because you forgot the toilet paper and it hurts to squat using Eastern toilets. The spray doesn�t work and the water cohesion turns the bottom of your white thobe, doo doo brown.

So many valued customs stand on opposing sides. The memory of fresh flowers and running water soothes the mind. The sun bakes the body, as pay day becomes the only motivating factor in Najran. The days and nights quickly pass, but the smell of sewage lingers in our hotel. The days are glaring and the nights are cold. The apparent hate from the Eastern teachers have provided meaning to an already dismal experience. The attempt of building bridges has only cemented defence positions. The random verbal light fire provides brief entertainment. We have learned that the greater the smile from Eastern teachers, the more hatred is brewing inside of them. The more the dead monkey is poking them.. Islam teaches us to be patient and humble, but this means that we have to let people run all over us? Does it mean that we just bend over and let the dead monkey have its way with us? In the west, we are taught to beat the crap out of anyone, who attempts anything insulting. The dead monkey has even learned to play mind games. It has divided our work force and it is eliminating the western teachers at will

I find myself wearing thobes on the days that I believe the dead monkey is sleeping. Urgghh!! The monkey doesn�t sleep�it is just poking other individuals. I find myself wearing pants or Paki. Clothes, when the dead monkey takes the form of locals and teachers alike. It�s our defence mechanism that is permissible only for a short time. The dead monkey has learned to take different shapes and forms. The dead monkey has even kept our passports in an undisclosed location in the Rimas hotel. I can see that dead monkey. I can see its rotten fingers wrapped around our passports and copying information. I CAN SEE IT, CLEARLY!!! I can see the dead monkey going to the UK with the British passport. I can see it poking some bloody tosser. I can see the dead monkey in America, urinating on the recent health care bill and poking Brett Favre in the red zone.
"In Riyadh, in Riyadh your passports are" This is what we are told constantly for over a month. The dead monkey has made a home in Jordan. This time his bony fingers are holding their forked tongues. So many lies, hmm maybe it�s the southern bone that the dead monkey is putting on their tongues. The dead monkey is quite global. It has even been with that Nigerian idiot and poking airplane mechanics working in Lebanon.
LET�S GO DOCTOR! Let us eat and become great friends! YES! YES! Welcome to Najran!
, but if you marry any Saudi girl, I will KILL YOU!
Welcome people, welcome to Najran, Saudi Arabia.. WELCOME TO MY HYBRID HELL!
Stay tuned for part two



and someone hijacked the thread into an insatiable vortex of self gratification. please don't do this we want more dead monkey not some off topic off thread conversation whirling out of control. with all due respects to both sides shall we put it in the past and poke on?

Grendal

[ThaneKerner]

I nearly went to Saudi myself. I'm so damn glad I didn't. I was warned off Saudi, and I listened.

I wouldn't teach in Saudi now for less than 6 THOUSAND USD a month. And that's for 20 hours teaching a week.

[johnslat]

Dear Grendal,

" . . . we want more dead monkey . . ."

Is that the "royal we?" And "hijacking" (something you've never done, I'm sure) is actually irrelevant. Only "Demigod" can provide more "Dead Monkey."

Regards,
John

[veiledsentiments]

It seems to me that Mr demigod merely throws up a new thread with each entry to his 'diary' and from there on it is up to us to carry on...

Of course... far be it for any of us here to hijack a thread... (cough... cough...)

VS

[Grendal]

[Grendal]

Dear John,

Sorry about that. I didn't mean to get your wiskers in a knot. I was just using some fancy-shmancy words of which I have no idea of their meaning.

I wanted to be smart like you

Grendal

[johnslat]

Dear Grendal,

Good heavens - "Meow" doesn't upset me. My cat, Archer, says that to me all the time.
But as for this:

"I wanted to be smart like you."

As Archer will be glad to tell you, compared to cats, I'm dumber than dirt.
Almost as dumb as an - ugh - dog.

Of course, my dog, Tenzing Norgay, (Tenzie, for short) disputes that.

Regards,
John

[Sheikh N Bake]

[dnaleslie]

So......
Anybody able to separate Najran fact from fiction??

[scot47]

It is a hellhole.

[dnaleslie]

Thanks for the sincerity. But anybody around with a more thoughtful, holistic picture?
Many thanks.

[Never Ceased To Be Amazed]

[johnslat]

Dear NCTBA,

So you're saying you give more credence to scot47's "hellhole" than to my "flowery wording?"

How much time has scot47 spent in Najran? Plus, my opinion and scot47's are both subjective, of course.

"The mind is its own place, and in itself, can make heaven of Hell, and a hell of Heaven."

(not that I'd call Najran a "heavenhole," either.)

Tsk, tsk, yourself, amigo.

Regards,
John