It is 3 a.m and I am wide awake.....
Today will be hot 44 deg. It did that hot on the Sunshine Coast , when we lived there, but not for days on end. We don't feel it though as we are cocooned in our air conditioned aartment... but to touch the window is to touch heat... and the haze descends gradually during the day across the buildings.
So far I have not seen anything as yesterday was spent reorganising my phone and the apartment and such. ANZ verify did not believe I am who I say as they wanted to use my Australian phone nuber which has been put on hold- although I secretly think Telstra have cut it totally. So had to go thrugh all of the changes to my new phone number in Kuwait and hopefully that will work.
Impressions?
I cannot say. The people I have met are friendly and I like that - it is comfortable. I did feel out of place on the flight from Abu Dhabi to Kuwait as I was the only pink faced woman on the plane. Thats a whole different kind of feeling. When I was on Thursday Island, I was in a similar situation of being the only one.
It is not like that here a diversity is rife and wonderful!
And then
disaster!
Well not really, but it sounds more interesting that way!
I don't think my clothes are "modest" enough! Consider your notions of what constitutes modesty and I suggest that you might find them challenged in a different culture. What I thought was fine for casual work, might actually be brought into question today. I reread the information and realised that my pants were too"short" and I suddenly had to rethink what I was going to wear. I was not going to wear the professional dress to todays things and my other attire would be deemed casual. Fortunately I had some longer black pants and a longish linen dress( which is actually shortish) so I have thrown a neck scarf on and hope I pass muster! This becomes really interesting and will be part of my journey , I know. What does constitute decency and will this "not quite" be pushing parameters and being disrespectful( there is no intention of that)? I will write more this afternoon after we have done a morning of learning of the school, beginning the process of getting bank accounts and a residency card. Also have to get my phone plan sorted via the school.
I was not a casualty of immodest dressing... I did it right......
So now have a bank account, a phone plan, and I will soon have a residency card and then a civilian ID. Interesting meeting all the new hires this morning- there are about 70 of us from all across the world and a few local people too.
Gathered new laptops then off to the grocery shopping . It was amusing watching these ten adults per bus getting back on after gathering all the groceries they needed to begin the time in Kuwait( me included).... and it is hot - like go to sleep at midday and rest until 4 hot!
Back home with my purchases and eating good stuff- tabbouleh, beetroot salad and chilli olive salad,,, and drinking gallons of water.
Clothing ok?
Camels in a line at Abu Dhabi!
Today will be hot 44 deg. It did that hot on the Sunshine Coast , when we lived there, but not for days on end. We don't feel it though as we are cocooned in our air conditioned aartment... but to touch the window is to touch heat... and the haze descends gradually during the day across the buildings.
So far I have not seen anything as yesterday was spent reorganising my phone and the apartment and such. ANZ verify did not believe I am who I say as they wanted to use my Australian phone nuber which has been put on hold- although I secretly think Telstra have cut it totally. So had to go thrugh all of the changes to my new phone number in Kuwait and hopefully that will work.
Impressions?
I cannot say. The people I have met are friendly and I like that - it is comfortable. I did feel out of place on the flight from Abu Dhabi to Kuwait as I was the only pink faced woman on the plane. Thats a whole different kind of feeling. When I was on Thursday Island, I was in a similar situation of being the only one.
It is not like that here a diversity is rife and wonderful!
And then
disaster!
Well not really, but it sounds more interesting that way!
I don't think my clothes are "modest" enough! Consider your notions of what constitutes modesty and I suggest that you might find them challenged in a different culture. What I thought was fine for casual work, might actually be brought into question today. I reread the information and realised that my pants were too"short" and I suddenly had to rethink what I was going to wear. I was not going to wear the professional dress to todays things and my other attire would be deemed casual. Fortunately I had some longer black pants and a longish linen dress( which is actually shortish) so I have thrown a neck scarf on and hope I pass muster! This becomes really interesting and will be part of my journey , I know. What does constitute decency and will this "not quite" be pushing parameters and being disrespectful( there is no intention of that)? I will write more this afternoon after we have done a morning of learning of the school, beginning the process of getting bank accounts and a residency card. Also have to get my phone plan sorted via the school.
I was not a casualty of immodest dressing... I did it right......
So now have a bank account, a phone plan, and I will soon have a residency card and then a civilian ID. Interesting meeting all the new hires this morning- there are about 70 of us from all across the world and a few local people too.
Gathered new laptops then off to the grocery shopping . It was amusing watching these ten adults per bus getting back on after gathering all the groceries they needed to begin the time in Kuwait( me included).... and it is hot - like go to sleep at midday and rest until 4 hot!
Back home with my purchases and eating good stuff- tabbouleh, beetroot salad and chilli olive salad,,, and drinking gallons of water.
Clothing ok?
Ikea tomorrow and I will do this room so well... affter all it will be y homw for a couple of years at least!
Camels in a line at Abu Dhabi!
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