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tropicalrob: May 2012
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Friday, May 25, 2012. Leaving Bahrain - and the British Council! Well, I'll finally be moving on from Bahrain, but not to Malaysia as originally planned, but direct to the Philippines where my wife is. In an incredible turn of events the British Council decided to revoke my contract for Kuala Lumpur exactly nine days before I was due to travel. Nice one, BC! Update on my next blog! Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Leaving Bahrain - and the British Council!
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tropicalrob: Jeddah
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Monday, April 29, 2013. Luckily had a couple of weeks off last month, so I took full advantage of it to visit Saudi's second city, Jeddah. It has a reputation for being much more relaxed than Riyadh and this certainly seemed to be the case. Nevertheless, the basic no alcohol or cinemas rules still applied. But women seemed less covered up and actually ready to communicate in some cases! I'll let the pictures do the talking,. What are the best websites and blogs dedicated to reading and literature? The Re...
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tropicalrob: What a Year !!
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Friday, December 28, 2012. It's been a fair while since I last blogged, but certainly not because nothing has been going on in my life. Rather the opposite, the problem has been not knowing where to begin. But now that the year's coming to an end, maybe it's a good time to try and make head and tail of things. What a rollercoaster of a year! Any outcome to your legal case with the British Council? Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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tropicalrob: December 2012
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Friday, December 28, 2012. It's been a fair while since I last blogged, but certainly not because nothing has been going on in my life. Rather the opposite, the problem has been not knowing where to begin. But now that the year's coming to an end, maybe it's a good time to try and make head and tail of things. What a rollercoaster of a year! Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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tropicalrob: April 2013
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Monday, April 29, 2013. Luckily had a couple of weeks off last month, so I took full advantage of it to visit Saudi's second city, Jeddah. It has a reputation for being much more relaxed than Riyadh and this certainly seemed to be the case. Nevertheless, the basic no alcohol or cinemas rules still applied. But women seemed less covered up and actually ready to communicate in some cases! I'll let the pictures do the talking,. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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tropicalrob: July 2013
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Wednesday, July 24, 2013. While back in the Philippines, I noticed Manila was coming on leaps and bounds, even though those huge areas of sprawling urban chaos still abound. It's got a way to go before it catches up with Thailand, though. Will get pics up soon. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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tropicalrob: September 2011
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Friday, September 16, 2011. I'm well behind schedule. I'm still blogging about stuff that happened more than two months ago. Such are the pressures and stresses of modern working life! Or am I just lazy? Of course, Turkey has come on leaps and bounds economically too and still has ambitions to become a part of the EU. A far cry from the days when they supplied most of the workforce for the post-war German economic miracle! As far as the Taksim Square area was concerned there was nothing.
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tropicalrob: Just Got Married
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Wednesday, April 04, 2012. Got married on Monday! We had a great day! The ceremony itself was just a civil wedding at the Notary Office. But then we had lunch at the Gulf Hotel before having an informal get together with friends in the evening at a Thai restaurant. I'll let the pictures do th. In extention to earlier congratulations also our belated congratulations on this blog post. Wishing you continued happiness in your married life! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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tropicalrob: It's a Boy !!
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Friday, March 22, 2013. It really is along time since I last blogged. I got so bogged down in my dispute with the British Council and my new job in Saudi Arabia that I completely forgot to mention maybe the most important event of my life, the birth of my son! Well, he's five months now and growing fast. In fact, he's quite big for his age and is already trying to walk. So thinking and moving forward again! Good luck in the tropics! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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tropicalrob: September 2012
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Thursday, September 06, 2012. The main positives of Riyadh seem to be the shopping malls. They're all pretty spacious and stores like Marks and Spencers and Debenhams really make you feel at home. Needless to say, Starbucks and McDonalds have their usual presence. There are some good supermarkets, like Carrefour, where you can get most of the kind of things westerners like, like your favourite brand of marmalade, etc. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
