Work, Work, and Work

Well, since I live in the Middle East, April did not bring showers and we are now into May, and it brought Mayhem. The job is getting ridiculous! Honesty is my policy so, there is simply no other way to say it. Numerous teachers have resigned due to ill-mannered treatment and two members of our senior management team have resigned. We have also gained a few senior management that I believe we can do without as I have not seen a benefit to the organization since their joining.

For me personally, I have had to put a few of my senior management colleagues in their place as they thought it would be okay to speak with me in any manner they saw fit. Well folks, they now know and understand that if you come for me I return the favor two fold and when you speak with me it better be with respect. :-D. This is definitely not what I signed up for when I took this position several months back; however, the matter is at the forefront and there is no changing it so I am aware that it will require me to adjust. Now, the type of adjustment I choose to make completely depends on what I observe until the trimester ends.

South African Celebration

 

I went to my first South African Celebration in the UAE. Naturally, when I heard that there would be a celebration in Riyadh I was excited and wanted to attend. And, I must say that it was nothing like the event I attend in the UAE which was a bit more lavish! Yet, it was a good time all in all.

This South African event was to celebrate Freedom Day. Freedom Day commemorates the first post-apartheid elections. There were no longer restrictions on people of color being able to vote and they even allowed foreigners to vote. It’s basically the equivalent of our Civil Rights Movement in the USA. There was signing of the National South African Anthem, a slide show to honor those who fought for the right, networking, food, and dancing.