'Kuwait' Category
Nothing to do
The recent lag between updates has not been due to a lack of interest on my part, but a lack of interesting news here in Kuwait. Since my last post I have met my boss, gone shopping with my neighbor, cooked chili, watched several episodes of BattleStar Galactica, reformatted my hard drive, reinstalled Linux [...]
Did I mention it was hot?
I’ve been here for 12 days, but it feels like a month already. I miss Russia, and I miss the mild weather. You can always put more clothes on if it gets cold, but once you are naked, you can’t get any cooler.
I’ve got air conditioning in my apartment, living would be unbearable [...]Work and Language
So far, I have observed about 5 hours of classes. The system is tailored to each student very well. When I start working on Saturday, I don’t think I’ll have any problems teaching, I just hope I can learn all the procedures and don’t make any marking mistakes.
I’ve been at work about 8 [...]6 cents locally 15 cents internationally
I got a SIM card! It took me 3 days and the card isn’t actually in my name, but I can call people now, especially taxis.
Let me start by saying: I have been scarred by Russian customer service and I can’t trust salesmen anymore. I went to a small kiosk at the local grocery store [...]Living quarters
My First apartment:
It comes with much too much furniture and makes me want to have a party so all the chairs can be used. Everything I need is already in this room, namely TV with BBC World and wireless internet.
My Bedroom. It has a huge bed and the room looks Russian because of [...]
