Yeah! Finally found a place to live in with a real kitchen and a real fridge. I am not sure but think I will move in after Eid al-Fitr, maybe I will leave my suitcases there before travelling for the week. My room mate will be a German doctor in the age of my mum. [...]
In a little bit more then one week the end of Ramadan will be celebrated with Eid al-Fitr all over the Muslim world. For me this means I will have a week off of school and can start travelling and discover new parts of the country. Of course always keeping my research in mind and [...]
Today was the first day that I saw ‘The Prince of Poets’ on real TV. I saw it online before but that is not the same thing. On TV there is all the advertising and also sound and picture are different. The advertising is interesting for me as well because I can see that there [...]
The guy from the internet cafe down stairs does not mind leaving his shop unattended. Today I came in and there was just another guy, just finished with his internet usage and put the amount of money he had to pay on the counter. Nobody was sitting behind the counter-the shop was empty. I just [...]
My new friend the mobile broadband is a thieve. It charged 200 NOK more for 30 minutes of internet then it promised. I think we are not best best friends any more and have to talk about this again. Best best friends don’t do that as far as I know. Since I do not have [...]
Unfortunately I brought work to Oman and still have to finish my paper for the summer school. It would be nicer to start exploring new things that I need for my thesis. At least the paper deals with the neighbouring country Saudi Arabia and my thoughts stay in the area. Working on the paper makes [...]
Yes guys wear dresses here. Dishdashas. If you would be outside with this weather (today it is 44 degrees) you would wear a Dishdasha too. I guess it is the best thing to wear in this weather. In down town Buraimi it is possible to find lots of tailors who have at least 50 different [...]
The second day of school was exhausting because I could not sleep last night. The other students couldn’t either so I guess it was either something with the moon or something with the heat. The taxi ride to school took 30 minutes instead of 6 and ½ because neither me nor the driver knew the [...]
That means that I can’t eat and drink in public. That is why I secretly eat and drink in private:) Ramadan makes me very healthy because I don’t eat out and instead have a lot of fruits and Müsli. Eating out alone is kind of not so funny and not very common for a woman [...]