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It's Scary!
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| johnslat wrote: |
Dear It's Scary,
Be honest now - doesn't Saudi sometimes seem like a dream these days (OK, a BAD dream, probably, but still a dream.)
Regards,
John |
Dear John:
Like I tell my Saudi students when they ask me about my feelings about Saudi ( Implicitly knowing how many in our country feel about Saudi Arabia...w/o actually taking the time to live there like you and I)...I reply, "Saudi is Saudi"...which you and I understand is, Saudi is what you make of it.
We, both of us, if I might, don't want someone going "there" w/o knowing what awaits.
Really, if you can handle it, you can. But, we have both experienced "bad" Saudi reactions.
It's Scary!
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johnslat
Joined: 21 Jan 2003
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Location: Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
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Dear It's Scary,
True - Saudi is not for everyone. I think you have to be a little weird (as we both are - and scot47 is) to last there.
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danjaker
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| Well Ive been to Riyadh, Dubai, Mogadishu, and Islamabad, Ive just never been to Egypt. I love the eastern culture and "aroma", I am looking to settle for a while there at some point, so im always trying to get advice on visas, jobs, apts., schools etc.... |
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It's Scary!
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"been" and "lived'" are different verbs altogether...
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Middle East Beast
Joined: 05 Mar 2008
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Location: Up a tree
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| Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2011 2:28 am Post subject: |
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| danjaker wrote: |
| Well Ive been to Riyadh, Dubai, Mogadishu, and Islamabad, Ive just never been to Egypt. I love the eastern culture and "aroma", I am looking to settle for a while there at some point, so im always trying to get advice on visas, jobs, apts., schools etc.... |
Yes, but if you want to last there, the key question is...
Are you weird??? 
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danjaker
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| Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2011 2:35 am Post subject: |
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| lol, we are all a little wierd... Yes, very "different", but America would be wierd for them, China is weird for Austrailians, etc... Ive always been able to adjust and I take things as they come, I embrace everything, and expect nothing to be what im use to. |
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It's Scary!
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'merica is weird for them. So far, I've had a Saudi deported for a DWI and a Afghani deported for God knows what! I taught the Saudi for two days and never laid eyes on the Afghani!
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