It is been a while since I last posted on this blog. I'm sure many of you know if you've been on Facebook or see me on Twitter that I have made a big move from London and it has not been back to Canada. I have in fact moved the other direction to Saudi Arabia which could not be any more different. A lots of factors have gone into making this move more than anything else my lack of finding a teaching job in Canada. Unfortunately the hiring climate in Canada is just not good for teachers and I just didn't think I had enough of teaching internationally. I was registered with a company called search associates in order to find international teaching jobs. I ended up going to a teaching fair but nothing came of it although I almost ended up at a school in India. As a result of being registered with this company I also received email alerts whenever jobs came up that matched my qualifications. Then one morning in June I checked my email and a Drama Teacher job at a brand-new school in Saudi Arabia called The World Academy (TWA) was available. I immediately sent the principal all of my information, teaching evaluations, my CV, and a photograph of myself to apply for the job. Before I knew it I was in ready contact with the principal and after an informal Skype interview I had a job offer on the table. I haven't told anybody at this point but soon decided that this was going to be my move so, after breaking the news to a lot of people, as difficult as it was, I knew that I was ready for a new adventure. Parts of me were skeptical with it being a vastly different country from the western cultures I grew up in as well as worked in but being a Muslim country and very different culturally I was excited about the prospects for a very real experience both personally as well as professionally.
In this new edition of my blog I will be updating everyone on how life and living is going here in the desert. I fell way behind and eventually gave up on my previous entries about London because they eventually became very repetitive. Also, many people I know have visited London and Europe before, so I ended up showing pictures and telling stories of places that most people have already seen or knew about. The attractive quality of blogging went away. However, Saudi Arabia and the Middle East in general are places that very few people I know have ever been to and thus it gives me many opportunities to tell stories and show pictures to many curious friends and family members.
It's true that I have been here for three weeks already and school has been on the go for two, but I honestly just have not found the time to sit and blog yet as it has been a serious adventure just to get settled in and figure out all of my amenities. As I have learned from previous blog entries and the sage advice of the epic Michael Farber: less is more, especially when it comes to writing on the Internet. Something to do with people's attention spans and the many other distracting things they could be doing while on their computers. Thus, I will attempt to keep the word count of my post short and post more frequently about the day to day happenings around here.
I've also just recently purchased an iPad which makes sitting and blogging a lot easier and lighter than using my larger, easily overheated, very old, and spotty laptop computer. Hopefully this should end with more frequent posts.
With that news, welcome to Overseas Adventures and a lot of future "WWWHHHHAAAT????" information about this awesome and sometimes frustrating country.
In this new edition of my blog I will be updating everyone on how life and living is going here in the desert. I fell way behind and eventually gave up on my previous entries about London because they eventually became very repetitive. Also, many people I know have visited London and Europe before, so I ended up showing pictures and telling stories of places that most people have already seen or knew about. The attractive quality of blogging went away. However, Saudi Arabia and the Middle East in general are places that very few people I know have ever been to and thus it gives me many opportunities to tell stories and show pictures to many curious friends and family members.
It's true that I have been here for three weeks already and school has been on the go for two, but I honestly just have not found the time to sit and blog yet as it has been a serious adventure just to get settled in and figure out all of my amenities. As I have learned from previous blog entries and the sage advice of the epic Michael Farber: less is more, especially when it comes to writing on the Internet. Something to do with people's attention spans and the many other distracting things they could be doing while on their computers. Thus, I will attempt to keep the word count of my post short and post more frequently about the day to day happenings around here.
I've also just recently purchased an iPad which makes sitting and blogging a lot easier and lighter than using my larger, easily overheated, very old, and spotty laptop computer. Hopefully this should end with more frequent posts.
With that news, welcome to Overseas Adventures and a lot of future "WWWHHHHAAAT????" information about this awesome and sometimes frustrating country.
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