You are Expat in Saudi Arabia if.....

....if you eat KABSA & SHAWARMA.....

… if you see a lion eating bananas because he came on a monkey's visa

...if you post comments on EB bout how bored you are!!

Anwser on the KISS (Keep it stupid simple) principle.

You are Expat in Saudi Arabia if..... you don't own a Saudi Bataqa (ID)

IF u know & manage mostly with these 3 words :- mafi , mushkil , khallas

If you haven't been paid your salary on time!

you cant find any cheap accommodation in a western compound

An observation since I'm not yet in Saudi:

Your an expat in Saudi if... You dream up inconspicuous ways of dating/ mingling with the opposite gender.

seeker of truth wrote:

Just crossed my mind,  feel free to complete the sentence,



You are Expat in Saudi Arabia if...

You got ticket from Saher!

Come on guys! It's your turn!

You are an Expat in Riyadh if your first meal is Shawarma

You are an Expat in Riyadh if you are registered in this blog

You are an Expat in Riyadh if...you don't know what to do with yourself on weekend(s)

You are an expat in Saudia if always been asked about ur kafeel

You are an expat in Saudi if you have tonnes of workloads compare to locals

bettleguese wrote:

You are an expat in Saudi if you have tonnes of workloads compare to locals

exactly....

slyshooter wrote:

… if you see a lion eating bananas because he came on a monkey's visa

Hahaha

Maybe we could ask Tarzan about it!

Keep it coming guys! Pretty cool ideas! This is fun!

Here's another:

You are expat in Saudi Arabia if you saw 7 year old kid driving the huge SUV!

Btwn-Fear-N-Hope wrote:

An observation since I'm not yet in Saudi:

Your an expat in Saudi if... You dream up inconspicuous ways of dating/ mingling with the opposite gender.

Bulls eyed!

Good observation!

you are an expat in Saudi if......you sound desperate about friends like a teenager.

If you cross off the days in your desk diary every morning till your next visit home

if you experience 45+ degrees centigrade of temperature....

you are an expat in Saudi if you're not wearing abaya or thawb (traditional arab clothes)

You are constantly twatting F5 on your computer to find out if anything interesting has happened , like anywhere.

If you wake up in the morning to wash your face with tap water and get burned!

Alstroemeria wrote:

If you wake up in the morning to wash your face with tab water and get burned!

Helps if you put your tab out first Dude,
(a tab being a name for a cigarette where I come from)

... if you leave work later than 2.30.

...your an expat in SA if you have a 6-pac
(i hear its solemnly boring out there!)

if you don't feel that "NO BARKING" signs are wierd

your an expat in SA if you wish you can leave right away .

If you saw a convenient store opens 25 hours a day!

Only in KSA!

seeker of truth wrote:

If you saw a convenient store opens 25 hours a day!

Only in KSA!

You are quite wrong my friend, this is true of asians in the UK also, 365 days of the year, they love leap years when there are 366 days.
It comes in handy when you want a fray bentos pie on xmas day I suppose.

seeker of truth wrote:

If you saw a convenient store opens 25 hours a day!

Only in KSA!

nahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh,, they all close from 10 to 12 .. which store sis u see >?

i saw 25 hours open....Al Othaim SuperMarket....

Moestavern wrote:

Alstroemeria wrote:

If you wake up in the morning to wash your face with tap water and get burned!

Helps if you put your tab out first Dude,
(a tab being a name for a cigarette where I come from)

Haha I can't believe I'm being influenced by Saudi's English already! ( Not that they don't speak decent English but they mix the P with B sometimes! ) My mistake!

ex_pa wrote:

seeker of truth wrote:

If you saw a convenient store opens 25 hours a day!

Only in KSA!

nahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh,, they all close from 10 to 12 .. which store sis u see >?

I think he as was referring to th "25 hours a day" haha
Where was that?

ex_pa wrote:

seeker of truth wrote:

If you saw a convenient store opens 25 hours a day!

Only in KSA!

nahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh,, they all close from 10 to 12 .. which store sis u see >?

I think he as was referring to the "25 hours a day" haha
Where was that?

Alstroemeria wrote:

Moestavern wrote:

Alstroemeria wrote:

If you wake up in the morning to wash your face with tap water and get burned!

Helps if you put your tab out first Dude,
(a tab being a name for a cigarette where I come from)

Haha I can't believe I'm being influenced by Saudi's English already! ( Not that they don't speak decent English but they mix the P with B sometimes! ) My mistake!

Just having a laugh mate, its been a pretty boring day.
I am guilty of typos just like the next man/woman

Yeah Alstro! I'm referring to 25 hours a day!

It's no other than Al Othaim Supermarket as mentioned by benchmark earlier!

Just look around guys and you will see the famous convenient store that opens 25 hours a day!lol

If you see a security guard who has bigger and nicer car than yours! Unbelievable!