This morning I woke up at 06.00am as usual to prepare for work. Normally it's getting light outside already, but today it kinda stayed dark much longer. Guess what : it had rained ! And there was this strange fogg hanging in the air. It looked like a sandcloud, but it wasn't.
This is our first "bad" weather, but it was still in the 20's (celsius for the foreign people reading this blog). A lot of wind though ...
At work all went okay. We had a small reception with the CEO from SATORP because Package 1 reached 20 000 000 manhours without any injuries. All supervisors and some coworkers got honoured with a little gift and certificate. Afterwards there were some snacks for all of us.
After work we started our trainingsession with Jean-Marie. Again 1,5 hours boxing and kicking : our T-shirts were soaking wet, but it felt good.
Later in the evening we (Gerrit, Paul, Johan, Mark and me) went out for dinner at a seafood restaurant which looked very promising, but turned out to be a one-time-thing. We'll look out for something else this weekend.
Something nice to know about KSA : water here is more expensive then gasoline. It's 15 SAR for 20 liter water, gasoline is only 0.47 SAR for one liter. So you do the math ...
Btw : 5 SAR is about 1 euro. No wonder everybody drives bigblock engine 4x4's and luxury cars.
This is our first "bad" weather, but it was still in the 20's (celsius for the foreign people reading this blog). A lot of wind though ...
At work all went okay. We had a small reception with the CEO from SATORP because Package 1 reached 20 000 000 manhours without any injuries. All supervisors and some coworkers got honoured with a little gift and certificate. Afterwards there were some snacks for all of us.
After work we started our trainingsession with Jean-Marie. Again 1,5 hours boxing and kicking : our T-shirts were soaking wet, but it felt good.
Later in the evening we (Gerrit, Paul, Johan, Mark and me) went out for dinner at a seafood restaurant which looked very promising, but turned out to be a one-time-thing. We'll look out for something else this weekend.
Something nice to know about KSA : water here is more expensive then gasoline. It's 15 SAR for 20 liter water, gasoline is only 0.47 SAR for one liter. So you do the math ...
Btw : 5 SAR is about 1 euro. No wonder everybody drives bigblock engine 4x4's and luxury cars.
Hell,water costs more then gasoline!!! That sound nice if you are a petrolheadlike me!!! Let those engines roar. On the other hand...when you are thirsty..:)
ReplyDeleteAre all drinks expensive then? Because almost every drink contains some water.
No, drinks are same as in Belgium, but they seem expensive when you compare them to gasoline. It is the gasoline that is shamelessly cheap here compared to european countries.
ReplyDeleteAnd talk about roaring engines : every day we can here them drifting on the streets and in the morning you see the markings on the pavement.