Friday, October 17, 2008

Being Omani resident now






Hello friends,

Hope you all had a good summer in Germany.

After a hot summer full of activities, life in Oman has become more calm and the temperature levelled on comfortable 30 degrees.

And finally, I am an Omani Resident now :-)) I took me almost 6 weeks to go through this process of taking pictures, filling out many forms, giving a blood sample, my fingerprints, and a lot of time and persistence, I got my labour card. And now I am officially an Omani resident :-)

My next step is to open a bank account, get an Omani driving licence and enjoy my life even more.

Work wise things are going well, too. After Ramadan business speeded up a bit and I#m able to work on some interesting projects.
Additionally, I started ny Arabic classes last week. Over the next 10 weeks I'm gonna have 25 classes in total from 7pm to 9pm. As the language institute is next to my office, I go directly after work. Although it means, that I#m not coming back home before 9:30pm during these days, it is fun andI'm eager to learn this language. Be suprised how much I can speak when I return to Germany :-)

During the last weeks, I applied to some jobs in Germany, at PwC, Deloitte, ThyssenKrupp. we'll see what will be the results. As a backup, our PwC Country Patner for Oman already asked me, if I would like to stay for longer to help building up the Business Advisory Department. Let'ssee what next year will bring, insha allah.

Have a good weekend

Hajo