Placements

We have our placements! Well we received them yesterday but I was far to overcome with emotion to write about it with any clarity. I was so exhausted by the entire day and had to be up at 5:40am...so I Advil PM helped me quiet my mind to get some sleep.

Anyway, I am heading to Al Ghayathi to live but will be teaching in Al Ruwais...both in Al Gharbia as I expected. However, after being told about the remote pay we will be receiving in addition to our salary I was pulled aside and informed that my placement within Al Gharbia was very remote. That it was a difficult place to live and the locals had not taken too kindly to the teachers there. I was not pleased. I had a rush of emotion. But I nodded my head and put on my sunglasses. No need in them see me sweat. I covered as best as I could but I have no poker face. My face is an open book. Anyway, long story short, I got in contact with 4 people that have lived in the area or are currently living there. The opinions were split. So I spoke with the LT support staff and was told if I totally hate it there I can move. So it's with this out in mind that I'm happily going to Al Ghayathi.

I wanted to teach in Al Gharbia. I want to be among the folks that live there. I want to experience a culture completely different than what I know. I want the chance to become fairly fluent in Arabic. I got exactly what I wanted. So we shall see how this adventure goes.

                                               My first abaya! Ready for work? I think so!