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Stephen Jones
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What Cleopatra really means is that KSA is a pleasant place to vegetate in when you've passed it.
I tend to agree, but would add the caveat that I have always had three months paid vacation a year at least whilst working here. I am not at all sure it would be so pleasant if you could only leave three or four weeks a year. |
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Cleopatra
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| Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2007 4:29 pm Post subject: |
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| What Cleopatra really means is that KSA is a pleasant place to vegetate in when you've passed it. |
Actually, no, that is not at all what I mean. |
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Stephen Jones
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| Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2007 4:53 pm Post subject: |
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| Actually, no, that is not at all what I mean. |
A bit short on the self-knowledge front today, eh?
Or should I amend the statement to "for those who are past it, or have never been at it in the first place"? |
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veiledsentiments
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Have you ever met Cleo, SJ? If not, you're rather talking through your... umm... hat...
VS |
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Cleopatra
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What is it about certain male posters who feel the need to try to belittle women they don't even know?
Answers on a message board,please. Preferably before this thread gets zapped. |
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veiledsentiments
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Ah Cleo... you know that a debate on that issue would only get the thread zapped anyway.  |
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Cleopatra
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| Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2007 5:31 pm Post subject: |
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Fair enough. Perhaps we should just take it from the horse's mouth - so to speak. Perhaps those men whose "egos" require supercillious attempts at satire:
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| are past it, or have never been at it in the first place"? |
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Stephen Jones
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Most people come to Saudi when they, or their livers, or their pockets, are past the delights of bars, restaurants, discos and night clubs.
A certain number have never experienced such delights, or have no desire to do so.
I was merely wandering which category Cleo fell into.
Apparently however she floats above the common heard of humanity, rather like the statues they carry around Mediterranean villages on religious festivals. |
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germane
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Hmmmm .well leaving aside the politics and squabbling I am still undecided. I can,as Cleopatra put it, maker a life for myself and I enjoy my own company and, strange as it may seem, I remain idealistically optimistic about teaching.
For me the main attraction of the KSA was the length of contract ...1 year as opposed to 3 years in the UAE. I like options. |
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Cleopatra
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Dear me, somebody has a Rub Al Khali sized chip on their shoulder!
I'm wandering (sic) just why that might be.[/quote] |
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scot47
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What I like about my job in Saudi is that I have lots of time to myself. Time I can do something with. Or just sit around and BE.
On my now rare visits to what some call "The West" I am appalled at how people spend all their time running around in circles. |
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Van Norden
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| Or just sit around and BE. |
A worthy aim, but it's easier said than done.
For you Rhodes Scholar types out there I'd recommend To Have Or to Be by Erich Fromm, a book that deals with this (among other things.) I read it years ago (when me noggin was still in good working order) and I'm still influenced by the ideas today.
To Have Or to Be: 8 used & new available from $4.45 from Amazon. |
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Van Norden
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| On my now rare visits to what some call "The West" I am appalled at how people spend all their time running around in circles. |
When people run in circles it's a very very Mad World, Mad World |
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Cleopatra
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| Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2007 9:42 am Post subject: |
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What I like about my job in Saudi is that I have lots of time to myself. Time I can do something with. Or just sit around and BE.
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Oh, I agree with that!
I've never been one who feels she has to be "doing something" at all times. Particularly when that 'something' often involves such - to me - pointless activities as prancing around in a gym or paying 10 Euro for a drink in some bar which doesn't even provide adequate seating.
Give me a fast(is) internet connection, a holiday to plan and a shelf full of top-notch non-fiction, and I'm happy. Well, most of the time... |
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