Supernele

If anybody of you might have thought about taking the morning bus at 7 -which is advertised as going every Saturday morning- I have to tell you: it is not going:( So it is not worth it to get up at 5.30 to make sure all visa issues are solved before you enter the bus:)

Religion is a difficult subject and I usually try to avoid it but sometimes it is not possible. The other day when Lotte and me bought a Quran in Sharjah we also received a lot of information on Islam and women and Islam and science for free, just to have a look. I can since [...]

Since I am in Oman it rained three different times. Once it rained for three days. People are very happy when it rains and call it a gift of god, nothing to complain about. If Europeans start complaining about heavy rain in their countries people here sometimes get angry because you should not complain about [...]

I am a big fan of teamwork. I don’t mean one person is working and everybody gets credits for it. Moreover I like if people are cooperating. Since I am working on my thesis I recognized how important it is to have a group of people around who manage to inspire each other and help [...]

Sometimes the wind blows sand storms to Buraimi. I am in the middle of the desert so that seems to be normal. For me this a totally new experience since I have never lived in the middle of the desert before. This morning for example I woke up and heard a heavy wind outside. I [...]

Now that I have to work harder and do less mini trips I can start writing for the blog again. Today I want to write about foreigners in Oman and how the locals deal with language. A big group of foreign workers in Oman is from India and Pakistan. They are here since a long [...]