An unexpected comeback

Monday, January 25, 2010 / Posted by Tha2ir /

Well, Being a University Faculty gives you so much vacations to spend, Especially here in Saudi. People just love taking holidays, and they love even thinking of new ways to get some more.

But, I took a decision some time ago not to spend all my vacations in Jordan. you'll be surprised how many natural and tourist places you can visit in Saudi. I know everyone will stop reading now to think how crazy I am for even mentioning this of Saudi, but , It's true. Saudi is has a huge area and is full of new places to visit.

That's why I decided that on the next vacation between the two semesters I'll spend my vacation in the south western area of Saudi, very rich in nature.
but just tomorrow, some new event scame up, my friend who was supposed to take this trip with me had a serious loss of a family member and decided to go back to Jordan, leaving me with no one to travel with, I was used to travelling alone for a good time in my life, but I don't think I can tgake it any more. So, I took the brave decision of going back to Jordan in two weeks.
Yeah, I think it's a brave decision, cause I realized what's a crisis it is to live there, I mean when I came back last timeI spent a small fortune for literally nothing, I swaer that I didn't enjoy my time or even think that I did! but the money kept on leaking over and over till I had to go back with just enough to make it home, that is of course, Saudi.
Now things are totally different here in Saudi, in Jordan I used to spend my whole income on the daily needs of my life, and I barely had enough for any fun activities. while in Saudi, I take 4 times what I used to get payed, while spending a little less than what I used to spend in Jordan. So, I end up saving some good money at the end of each month. Sadly, it all vanishes when I come back home. you have to get to a certain level of expectations! that means that you have to pay more than you're used to , and you have to buy expensive gifts to your family and Fiance, plus the extra amounts that go for charity on your little brothers and sisters, suddenly everyone's mobile phone is damaged and needs a replacement!!

But, I managed to think of a good idea to deal with this, you know we Jordanians love to spend the whole vacation at home, but I decided that I'm gonna reduce it to only 7 days, including the travel dates, this way I won't have to weep in sorrow over my savings going down the toilet, cause I simply won't have enough time.
Another thing is that no one is expecting me to come, and no one will. So I won't have to go through the gift list of friends and relatives, and I'll explain that I it was an unexpected vacation so I didn't have the time to get anything to any one - except my fiance of course, I don't want to even think of the consequences - little white lies won't hurt anyone

So, I guess I'll be breathing again the cold and harsh wind of Amman, see you soon. yeah right

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1 comments:

Comment by Whisper on February 3, 2010 11:44 PM

Welcome back :D

We want a post about ur family and fiancee reaction :)

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