Those words essentially sum-up the Saudi Arabian mentality. They translate to "Tomorrow, finish," and is said throughout the day when they don't want to work anymore. Alas, Saudi's are lazy. Very lazy. I guess its the sun and horrendous heat that makes them be that way. Instead of going to Al-Jubail, I came to an even more remote town called Yanbu. After a little over two weeks in Saudi Arabia we haven't made much progress on the startup of the unit I am on. Most of the people here are not that friendly, dislike any foreigners (even those that are of Islam but from other countries), think they can coerce anyone (or think they can), and have this indifferent, do-what-I-want attitude to everything. Women are beyond oppressed in this country and are treated like property. I kind of feel sad in a way for the women here as they are just a prisoner in their own society. There is not much to do in this town besides look at a bunch of desert and stay indoors... that's not saying I can't venture outdoors, but I prefer not to be burnt to a middle-eastern crisp. On the plus-side... the food is fairly cheap everywhere, and tasty. There are alot of south indians and pakistanis everywhere so I don't feel too out of place....oh and there are other people from UOP here to feel my pain so that isn't a bad thing either.
I guess I had all my fun on my last assignment in Europe as this is about a 180 from all of that. I expect that I'll be here for another 1.5-2 months...but with the way Saudis work...it may just be longer...so hopefully I can visit some of the surrounding countries.
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