Saudi Arabia Job Experience – Sand on the tip of my shoes

Nag sugod na sad ang ting tugnaw diri sa Riyadh. Maski 24 degrees pa dre ug pa ubos, mo solod na jud sa imung panit ang bugnaw sa panahun. Tungod sa bugnaw, wala na jud mawala ang ka katul sa akung totonlan na nag dala ug sip on ug ubo. Lupig pa ko ani ug gi hubak, perming pukawun sa tunga sa gabii sa ka tugnaw ug ubo sa tutonlan. Hangtud na mo abot ang kaadlawun ug mo sidlak ang adlaw, wala pa gihapon makabalik ug tolog tungod sa pagsakay sa pag hunahuna sa trabaho ug ka mingaw sa pamilya.

Dinala sa tugnaw ang pag sa kit sa imung bokog tungod sa atrithis, mo samot ug siaw tungod sa gipangaun na perming mag mantika, manok ug baka. Kinabuhing Saudi – aray..kasakit sa lawas ug ka gool..

Sa sayu sa buntag, maligo na mag korog tungod sa bugnaw sa hangin sa gawas, ang amung bathroom na ge provide sa amung company kay common ug naa pa sa gawas. Magdala pa ka ug baldi kay ang mga shower ge panangtang nila ug gi ilisan ug grepo nalang. Kung gusto ka mag shower ug hot or warm, mag pongko pa ka or isalod sa baldi.

Ang amung lababo common sad, ge kuha nila ang connection sa hot water, mao nang manghugas ka sa imung platu or manghugas ka sa imung kamot, mara ka ug nanghinaw ug ice, kung sege ka ug gamit sa mouse nimo, expect na jud ka ma mo kaging imung tudlo sa pasmo. hahay..kinabuhinh Saudi..kinabuhing trabahanti sa Al Sharq.

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Even with some existing management issues, still, we Filipinos are happy, fulfilled, energetic, and proud. After a long day work on our jobs and responsibilities, we can still manage to give a happy smile.

After a day work, posing gihapon..

Almost solid Filipino shot..naay na sagul na tambok sa loyo

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The Kingdom, full of history and culture, with wealth extracted from its oil bounty. They said that it was blessed by the Almighty for its people thru this oil.

As our days and months had become longer with this place, we became a part of it., we became part of the sand and oil. The frequent sand storm, the air we breathe with the warm wind came from the desert; our blood has now the spirit of the desert. Sand, covering the sight in every direction on what you see, dust full of desert sand, covering blindly all your personal things, including your meals.

Here you can see that from a far away I can still manage to take picture of the building.

In this picture, you cnnot see the building due to dust and warm wind

Plastic from oil, most of the plastic products we use here are came from a raw material which are waste from oil refinery. We eat using plastic containers, we buy with plastic bags, almost every thing you can see in the garbage bin are made from plastic, our body as now partly plastic. Some people here like pinoy had also now a plastic mentality.

We always use plastic for food keeping and even during eating. And think of this, our company is a plastic manufacturing firm.

Pollution from industries are also part of the air we breathe, industries are rapidly growing in the city. Hope people in here knows that we are slowly killing our body, and our spirit.

The main source of power in second industral city here in Riyadh.

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Its 7:10Am in the morning and sunrise in the city will happen at 6AM. This is a scene after a day of sand covering the city.

this was taken using my camera. I took it at the rooftop of our villa.

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Sand storm in Riyadh Saudi Arabia. This will always happen during climate changes. It usually occur during in the mid of changing climate from winter to summer season and summer to winter. Mostly on the month of March to June and between October to November. here are some pictures below taken from my camera, from email and even from our Manager in our factory.

The sand storm started at noon March 9, 2009 and ended in the late afternoon.

This was taken near the city, using the camera of Bernardo's wife

Red sand covering the city

The car of our General Manager, Mercedes Benz covered with sand

Posing in a hurry, taken outside our villa.

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Accommodation are separated into 2 location, 1 for the staff personnel and the other are for laborers. I live in the laborers villa (as they said) but i am the only one who accomodate 1 room, the rest are by 2 or three persons. When i arrived here, Bernard told me that they will provide ref and Aircon, but until now none of there are realized, even a steel cabinets they wont provide.

Now, due to the instruction of the owner, all staff villa occupants are advisd to get there things ready and transfer to the laboreres villa. That cool, or what. All of us now are here in this 5 floor bldg. Im at the top, and see the pics below on how they manage to get there things put in this villa bldg.

Welcome to laborers villa

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Our School bus like transport.

"Sa maka una lang" this is Reggy my office mate.

Our transport from Villa and Office is via a school bus type truck service hehehe. You have to catch up before 8:45AM before the driver will leave for office. From the office would be the same bus service and its 5:30PM

A Google earth screen shot of our location

Our mean of transport of going to the city is by taxi, they call it here limousine. You can ride for the city proper for 20 to 35 riyals one way. If you have some company, that would be 5 riyals per person. Going back from the city proper to the villa is the same trough a taxi with 5 riyals per person or if you ca afford to ride it as a single passenger, you may pay 20 to35 riyals per travel but considering the risk, its not practical.

Inside the bus transporting for office

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