Re-integration into Oman

Dear friends,

Hope your are doing well.

It is now four month ago, that I came back to Oman. Feels like time was flying since then. I was quite busy at work and had some trouble finding back into my life here.
By now, things are becoming normal again. I caught up with my projects, got in control of my time again and connected again to my social life.

The worst time was going to my office in the first week. Everyone was in an extremely bad mood, some colleagues did not even say hello and sent me tasks per email instead, people were randomly blamed for mistakes that lay in the responsibility of others and an extremely workload, because no one followed up on my projects while I was away. I asked myself at that moment, why am I here? At the moment, may job gives me a secured income, which is the main reason for me to stay. Additionally, due to the variety of projects that I am involved in, I have a good exposure and can build a strong network with our clients. In June, I'll finish one year here in Oman. Let's see how the situation develops in the remaining 12 months.

Besides my frustration with work, I found our house in an extreme mess and one felt responsible for cleaning it up, my housemates put a guy iin my room, without asking and that increase my 'inconvinience' factor even more.

On a social level it was much better. It was great to see my friends again, Hassan, Jehad, Hasna, Katy, Jocelle and Khalid. Still it was weird that the freedom that I got used to have in Germany, was suddenly restricted: No place to go out at night, people have to be home at a certain point of time and the opportunities for entertainment are limited. But sitting at the beach or shisha cafe while watching football or playing football helped me to adjust again into the Oman life.

So, excited times behind and even more exciting times ahead. Thank's a lot to Hasna for being sunshine for me and brightening up my day not only during the last four weeks.

So far so good, I'm fully re-integrated now and looking for new endeavours that lay ahead.

Maa salma

Hajo