Today I thought that it might be a good idea to check my Yahoo mail account that I created to access the Expats in Saudi Arabia group. To my surprise I had over 10 personal email replies to the message I had posted about moving to Riyadh. I’m pretty amazed by the enthusiasm shown by the people on the list and their willingness to offer me advice and contact details for post-arrival catch ups. I feel a bit rude now for not replying to them two weeks ago when I posted but I’ll definitely be making the effort to send them all an email at least to say thanks and hopefully get some more information.
I also received a call from my Mum last Sunday as she’d found out over the weekend that a friend of hers has a daughter that lives in Riyadh. Mum passed on her email address as she was keen to get in touch with me and give me some advice and catch up when I get over there as well. So it looks like I have a whole lot of networking to do over the coming weeks. It would be good to spend those first few weeks occupied with social activities coz I anticipate they will probably be the hardest.
Now if only the University would get back to me… gotta be more patient.
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