Working Away!

For the x times, I was avoiding this trip to Jeddah and managed to escape (err boss.. don’t you think its too early , the infra not ready .. our project here is overwhelming bla bla..) but on last Saturday, I just knew that I will have to go — no more excuse! . “Book your ticket!” said my boss so I wrote an email for approval hours later the ticket + hotel reservation was ready. The flight was on Saturday night 10pm and I will be staying in Westin Hotel Jeddah -my very first remote assignment since I moved to Riyadh in 2006.

**Picture above was taken on my first encounter of a “jejantas” in KSA. The “Pepsi Jejantas” was located in Madinah Road , Jeddah

Last month, I was told to go for a meeting in Beirut — I managed to escape due to the short notice , later an assignment in Beirut — again I worked the magic — (I was busy with my commissioning work here in Riyadh) so it was postphoned. But once I told my boss the big task in Riyadh was completed – immediately he reminded me that I was booked for CG work in Jeddah and later integration task in Dubai. WoW!! My services are on popular demand!

Its not I’m running away from it (did I lie? ) it just that its been a while + I miss my family! — I used to enjoy it very much – staying in luxury hotel, see new places, meet new people , pulling cable, installing the hardware , watching the buggy UNIX scripts rolling down , tailing logs , sleepless night in data center — it was fun .. (of course I am referring to 7 years ago!)

But now, I think I have just to get use to it (again!)