Wednesday, July 07, 2010
Blue in Kuwait
What makes a home, really. I say: it's the people living in it.
I'm now in Kuwait. Since Sunday evening. This is my new location now since I left Saudi Arabia in search for a greener pasture, er, should I say: oilier place?
There's so much that I miss of Saudi -- my room most especially even if it's not as beautiful as where I live now (temporarily for the next two weeks).
I miss my bed which is half the size (and half the beauty) as where I currently lay my head now. I realized now it's not the bed that makes a comfortable sleep. It's the feeling of peace. (My Saudi bed, no matter how it looks, always gives me a sleep of the just).
Our Saudi kitchen (where I cook my uber-fave saluyot) which is nowhere near the fancy kitchen where I, alone, cook and take my dinner.
Our Saudi living room which is small and almost bare of necessities but where my flatmates (Ren and Edgar) chat during Thursday and Friday lunches. My living room here is beautiful but I haven't had a good laugh here since I arrived.
I miss our Saudi loo because no matter how it looks, I poo there regularly. I haven't mighty poo-ed in the lovely loo here.
I so feel like Marius of Les Mis singing Empty Chairs at Empty Tables while I dine alone in this fancy table.
I really feel blue. Good thing I brought my ever-dependable Holy Bible and Rosary which never cease to lift my downtrodden spirit.
I so miss Saudi -- my friends, my life, our flat for the past eight years -- but I guess that's the only thing I can do now -- miss it. Before long, I will totally get over it.
Haaay, buhay OFW.
No matter how fancy your place is, if you don't have your friends and loved ones to share it with, there is the absence of joy.
You'll miss a lot of things like missing an old friend. I am looking forward to hear about your life in Kuwait. God bless you there!
Nebz nagulat ako sa Kuwait ka na pala :( Nalungkot tuloy ako kung di ko nabasa comment mo, i would have not known you're inching closer to Basra (j.o). Well, ganyan talaga buhay. Im planning pa naman to visit Khobar in Ramadan. I wish u na lng the best baka naman limpak-limpak ang kapalit kaya anjan ka na. stay safe always and God bless!
Wow! Nebz, bigla akong nalungkot noon nakita ko sa blog mo na andyan ka na sa Kuwait.
Ces't la vie, nothing's permanent. I know you'll be fine there and will make new friends in no time.
Congratulations and Enjoy! We will be waiting for your stories.
Di hamak na mas maganda naman dyan kesa dito in terms of "liberal mindset" at siguro sa salary na rin. : )
Timbrehan mo ako pag kailangan nila ng System Analyst. : D
Nagulat ako, nasa Kuwait na pala kayo?! Malaki ang improvement ng accommodation nyo. Siguro naman nagamit niyo na ang magandang loo nyo dyan sa Kuwait (ibigay niyo po kay Tito NJ ang photo- may collection sya nun sa isang post nya). Sang-ayon ako sa mga magagandang pangungusap na naisulat nyo rito. Ganda...
Baka magkalapit kayo ni Mr. Pamatay Homesick.
Hanga ako sa inyo, kahit na abala sa gagawing paglilipat nagawa niyo po ang KaBlogs Magazine. Ang column ko for July, sorry hindi ako nakagawa, ganda pa naman ng theme. Sa August gagawa ako. Birthday ko ay nasa August, may kaugnayan sa RED. Red letter day. o",)
congrats sa new home mo at new job!! kaya pala di mo na ako nadadalaw e (sniff sniff) hehehe....well parang mas maganda ang ambiance ng bago mong flat, you'll get over your boredom there once you get to know more people and friends, kami rin we are moving back to US again so di na ako japayuki lol, ang hirap maglipat!
Hi Nebz! Wow, I was surprised to find out that you are now in Kuwait! I have to backtrack your entries since it's been a while since I last dropped by.
Surprisingly, I miss our life in Saudi too. I am just hoping that in time we'll get used to our new life outside of our sandbox. Good luck, Nebz!
Huwaaattt???? You're in Kuwait na??? What can I say... God bless na lang.
wow level up :)
congrats.
Change always sucks but we live with it & get used to it then voila! Before you know it, you'll have new friends & new adventures to share it with :) Good luck on your new life & to your future endeavours, Nebz!
ps: I totally know the feeling though :)
hindi na natloy ang eb natin bro. ingat na lang dyan. i am sure ma kakarecover karin. heheh!
aba, dapat pala matimbrehan si pareng blogusvox..para lipat narin dito sa kuwait..he he he.:)
pareng nebz! masaya ako ngayon sa bago mong pakikipagsapalaran...dito sa lupang buhangin! kuwait!
Nebz, kahit di natuloy ang EB plan ko with the Eastern Province PEBA/KaqBlogs Bloggers, pwede naman nating gawin dito sa Jeddah... Marami-rami na kami dito ngaun.
Yan na yata yung sinasabi nilang - "It's lonely at the top!" :-)
iniwan mo na pala kami dito sa saudi, ingat po palagi!
GOD BLESS!!!
Hi Nebz! So surprised to learn from Keith that you're now in Kuwait. Isn't it funny how, although we are all supposedly now in "freer" and better places (us in Manila, you in Kuwait) than Saudi, we still miss vestiges of our sandbox lives? Weird withdrawal symptoms siguro... hehehe. Anyway, I'm sure you'd get over your Saudi homesickness soon. Take care and God bless!