Tuesday, February 17, 2009

My many job titles


After living here for 7 months my resume looks pretty impressive...
Here are the top 17 most interesting jobs I've taken on since living here... Enjoy!

1.) Director of Campus Development for a consultancy company

2.) Worship Leader at churches

3.) Chef... I specialize in making things from scratch: cookies, salsa, noodles, fudge etc...

4.) Auto Mechanic... I specialize in motorized scooters and things with 2 wheels!

5.) Professional Exterminator... no cockroach has lived long after I laid eye on it!!!

6.) Marriage Counselor.... aparently you don't need to have any marriage experience in order to do this... right?

7.) Employment Consultant... I specialize in writing and reviewing resumes aparently...

8.) Antiabortion Advocate/Crisis Pregnacy Caretaker (this one is not funny!)

9.) Personal Driver... who says a scooter can only hold 2 people...


10.) Communications Anaylist... I specialize in yelling at disfuncational internet companies and rickshaw drivers...

11.) Skype Tech Support... Why call skype's helpline when I can help you figureout how to download skype, call Asia, use a webcam, put headphones into your computer, figureout why there is no sound coming, or indentify what "that" buzzing noise is?

12.) Telephone Hotline Host... I get about 5-10 calls a day where the conversation consists of "HI... so... tell me... 'tell you what'... 'What are you doing?' 'I'm in a meeting is there anything you need?' 'I just haven't heard from you in a long time...' 'I just saw you yesterday...'"

13.) Languist... in this city there are acutally 5 spoken/recognized languages and you never know who will know which one!

14.) Plumber... If the smell lasts longer than a day you have a problem!!

15.) Nutricianist... just the fact that i know what a food pyramid is and that drinking water is good for you makes me qualified for this position...

16.) English Tutor... "say victory"... "ok wictery"...

17.) Rancher... you never know when a cow will cross the line from public to private territory... and you have to be prepared to take action on the streets!



Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Dubai

A camel ride along the beach!
See the nose ring? yay for my friends who held my hand through the whole ordeal!
Me and a team mate in the traditional Emirate dress...
Me and my roomie chillin at the beach...
This is the worlds tallest building...
Me and Pria Mia

Well, after an incredibly stressful month I found myself at the mercy of my team leader insisting that we go on a 6 day trip to Dubai for a team retreat... It was the most restful and amazing trip I have ever been on!  Dubai is in the United Arab Emirates on the Gulf Coast near Saudi Arabia! We spent time on the beach and shopping at the worlds biggest mall!  I also got my nose pierced!!!! It was really great to reconnect as a team and get some extra R&R.  Dubai was a great place to rest because the culture is very calm, the city is clean, and they have all the american restaurants you can imagine... Chili's, Jonny Rockets, and Taco Bell are just a few.  Here are some pictures of our trip!