More Training Junx

On my last day in Saudi, my dad and the family were invited to a some Training thing. i was hung over and sleep deprived and i had to show up to this thing at 8:30am. Speaker after speaker kept talking, and then there was an awards ceremony...i felt like i was at a North Penn Graduation, i thought it was never ending.

Luckily whoever organized this thing took in account that people would get very bored, so they had one speaker that does toast master contests. He wasn't ridiculously funny but it was nice to have something that i could stay away too. There were also two breaks that lasted about 10-20 minutes. Gave me sometime in the 90 degree sun to get my body temperature up because i was freezing in the room. i also got to sit in some fancy seats, i felt like royalty.
Lunch finally went down at about noon. i was excited for some old school arabic dishes. Boy was i in for a treat. The main dish was lamb kabsa which was pretty good. My mom makes it better but i was satisfied with this particular dish. The other kabsa dish was fish, that was really good. There were also a bunch of kebabs and deserts that i haven't seen for years.


The morning was pretty painful, but was made up for with the delicous lunch. My dad and i even got to enter the room before everyone else and sit at the VIP table with all the general managers. Pretty bad ass i know.

The Exhibition

Today was another super long day. Aramco was having some crazy Training Exhibition thing and cheri hooked us up with passes to go.While leaving the house, i saw the neighbor cat digging through the trash bag...this is one evil looking cat. It was so dirty too. It looks like its plotting some master mind scheme to turn everyone into cats with some cat ray and take over the world...

We got there a little late, but we were there in time to catch the big guys speech.

For lunch dad and i met mom at the tandori house. This is another of our favorite places to eat, but when we lived here...we had to go to khobar to hit up this delicious food. But since we've left, they opened up shop in the compound. Just how i like it, the food coming closer to me. The food here is mostly curry and junx, but its really good. Make sure you grab some of their flat bread when you go.
After lunch, my dad and i drove over to another office building to say hello to more of his ex coworkers and see some general managers about who i have to see in getting a job and what hoops were needed to be jumped through.

Not sure why i took this picture. i guess i just thought it was funny it said "western toilet".

For dinner we went back to RT for some of my mom's Bun Cha Gio. A bowl of rice noodles, egg rolls, some veggies, and a sprinkle of nuoc nam.

i know sarah enjoyed it.i soon got bored after dinner, but didn't take me long to find a random toy to entertain me for a few minutes. i always wanted a claw thingie...all my friends had one, even brent! Ugh, i had such a deprived childhood...Anna sure loves her tv, and what's better than watching tv? Watching tv while sitting on grandma. i know my mom loved it.