A friend sent me this list taken from an Middle Eastern site.
Its so true, especially the driving ones:
You know you have been in the Middle East too long when:
You do not expect to eat dinner with your teachers before 10:30 pm
Your ideal vacation is anywhere you can eat pork
The idea of housework is leaving a list for the maid
Teaching more than 2 periods in a row without a rest is being over worked
You believe the speed limits are only advisory
You know which end of a shawarma to unwrap first
You think that the further you inch into the middle of an intersection, the faster the light will turn green
You consider it normal for the same section of the road to be dug up three times by contractors in the space of a few weeks especially in Dubai
You understand that the true definition of a nanosecond is the time interval between the light turning green and the guy behind you honking his horn
You get used to using the cold tap to get hot water during the summer
You make left turns from the far right lane without a second thought OR indicating
You expect gold for every birthday
You drive out of the Emirates and into Oman to get cheaper gas even though gas costs nothing pretty much
You think it is perfectly normal that your neighbour has 2 Ferraris and a Hummer and never works
You think that a box of Kleenex belongs on every dinner table
You think water comes in bottles
You understand that when someone says " insha'allah" to you it really means "sometime during this calendar year…if you are lucky"
2 comments:
That is so brilliant! Sums everything up very nicely indeed.
That is so brilliant! Sums everything up very nicely indeed.
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