The Saudi
English expat in Saudi Arabia
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About me
English
Lives in Jeddah
Speaks English,Arabic
Registration: 24 November 2009
About
My expat journey
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
I was born in Jeddah, and I lived in different cities(Riyadh,Dammam,Khafji,Alkhobar and Abha)
Currently I am a developer/project manager in a major bank.
Queensland, Australia
I went there to do my master's degree, I was working also for a tourism company.
Student
the best days in my life was there, very friendly people(easy going), a lot of people came from different backgrounds and cultures so it was interesting and fun
The weather was perfect all time, and a very beautiful place(parks, beaches and lakes).
nothing
Amman, Jordan
I was studying my degree and working in an IT company.
I had great time going out with Gulf friends and some foreigners who came to learn the Arabic language.
student
easy to travel to surrounded countries(very close).
Frankly, the local people were not friendly.
Preston, England
I went there to do my degree, it was fun at the beginning but it is also COooold lol
after a while I decided to move to another country.
Student
Soccer :D
Activity
Jeddah ppl :) by The Saudi
Hi everyone, Since we are not listed as destination city in the site, I thought we might discuss anything here ( people from Jeddah) we can do outdoors activities and social gathering. so if you think this is a good idea please reply and lets see ...
hi Nina, and welcome to Saudi Arabia :) I hope that you will have a good time and enjoy everything in Jeddah.. well, from what I know you can come with your husband and daughter together if you do their papers at the same time .. Read More
how do women travel around in Jeddah by ishaq.omer
Hi All, We are about to move to Jeddah and due to various reasons(including financeS), we might not stay in compound. I always imagined ,(despite what I read online), than since Jeddah is supposed to be relaxed and modern city, Women will atleast ...
Hi Ishaq, Yes it is normal in Jeddah and it is safe too, you will see that at least 70% of the taxi's customers are women. about calling someone I guess it depends on how many times you need him, if its like what you said 3-4 times a week then I ... Read More
Are expats in KSA often kinda weird? by Alliecat
I have noticed a trend--among western expats, anyway! I'm trying to decide if they were weird when they came here or if they got weird after being here for a while. Opinions? Theories?
make that two ( HUH !) Read More
Beautiful Day! by Alliecat
What's everybody doing today? Give me some ideas lol
meetnauman mine is 8-5 also and sometimes until 7 or 8 welcome to the club :) what do you do ? Read More
Google Wave! by Desert Storm
are you guys aware of the new Google's technology? These guys are very innovative! http://www.ihudaif.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/wavelogo.png Lets talk about it!
just send me an email from your gmail account and I will give you one :) Read More
Beautiful Day! by Alliecat
What's everybody doing today? Give me some ideas lol
Working until 5 pm then go to the gym, after that Have dinner and play bowling with some of my friends and discuss our plans for the next weekend lol Read More
Dream Box? by Alliecat
Who can give me some info about dream boxes??
I have one but its not using the internet connection, its connecting using another satellite dish connected to a Turkish satellite, I pay 50 Riyals every 3 months to update the channels and its perfect. Read More
Are expats in KSA often kinda weird? by Alliecat
I have noticed a trend--among western expats, anyway! I'm trying to decide if they were weird when they came here or if they got weird after being here for a while. Opinions? Theories?
I think there is no link between weirdness and being expat, there are few weird ppl just like there are few weird locals lol Read More
Expat Club Saudi Arabia! "interested? c`mon in!" by Salman Omrani
Howdy everbody! I've been thinking, and I bet so were many others, that we should stop talking about how to make friends and just get on with making them.:cheers: so I've got this great idea of starting a social network (in real life) so we can ...
Guys if you have a good event am in :) but let me know when so I can take a plane to Riyadh. also if you want to have events in Jeddah I would be more than happy to coordinate it Read More
< < Friends Corner > > by SaQiB
Hello Everyone, To avoid most threads being jumbled up on unrelated chat, we can use this thread for small chit chat- what do you say ? Anyway let me start truefriend you are new at riyadh, what do you do? where do you live? Desert Storm : any ...
Is anyone talking about sheesha :D too bad am not in Riyadh lol Read More
Jeddah ppl :)
Hi everyone, Since we are not listed as destination city in the site, I thought we might discuss anything here ( people from Jeddah) we can do outdoors activities and social gathering. so if you think this is a good idea please reply and lets see ... Read More
Expat Club Saudi Arabia! "interested? c`mon in!" by Salman Omrani
Howdy everbody! I've been thinking, and I bet so were many others, that we should stop talking about how to make friends and just get on with making them.:cheers: so I've got this great idea of starting a social network (in real life) so we can ...
hey guys so I guess people from other cities can't participate :P anyway if anyone from Jeddah would like to meet and go out to see places just let me know, we usually have outdoors activities every weekend :) people from different backgrounds and ... Read More