Monthly Archives: January 2013

First Day at Work

I arrived in Doha last night.  I live in a place called Ezdan Tower.  It is a Hotel & Suite accommodation.  I have my own room.  There are 3 other rooms connect to the hallway in front of my room. This hallway leads to a shared kitchen, living room, and washing machine.  Ezdan Tower is […]

Girls Rock

Hey Everyone, For the last two days my training has focused on something called (QHSE, Quality Health Safety Environment).  One of the most interesting parts of our training is understanding risks that an employee might face across different countries.  My employment status is called international mobile, which means I can be sent temporarily to other […]

The Good, Bad, & Ugly

Today was a very eye opening day about my job.  We are at the stage in our training when they have to be realistic with trainees about the risk involved with our job.  We will be handling many chemicals and other heavy duty equipment that will require us to use very serious safety measures.  We […]

Franglais

Hello, I had not planned on posting today but I had such a great day, why not ?!?!  So my bags got delivered at 3 am this morning, so I was spared the embarrassment of wearing the same ratty clothes from the plane and the first day.  I wore some black slacks, black pumps, yellow […]

T.I.M!

Hey Everyone, I am finally in the Middle East!  My flight time was a total of 12 hours.  I flew from Washington DC to JFK and then to Abu Dhabi.  I was really thankful to get on my plane out of DC after I saw three mice running around my feet in my terminal! Usually […]