Friday, July 1, 2011

LIFE in RIYADH, KSA

Continued...


Laundry: Company provides 3 washing machines with seperate driers.This will be used by our kabayans as well as other races like indians and bangladesh. I choose to do handwash instead of using the washing machine for sanitation purposes.But i need to use the driers to dry the clothes. Unfortunately sun drying is not possible due to sand and ashes in the air. As what i have mentioned above, the water is lukewarm and a bit salty, in this regard there is a tendency that you will need more than enough for the laundry soap. Costly? nope.. Not at all, soap her is a bit cheaper than in the philippines, make sure to use TIDE and a fabric conditioner.

Kitchen:  There are 1 Kitchen provided for each floor,  A 4 Burner Electric Stove and a sink. Of course you need tyo provide your own cooking utensils like pans, or caserole. etc. If you are a newbie, means you have just arrive, you should have the courage to borrow these utinsils from your kabayan. The good thing they will even offer Eating utensils and condiments. Make sure ( Huwag abusado).  Fortunate for me i have around 2K  in PHP left on my pocket that ive changed for SR currency. Means that i have around 150 SR in my pocket. But then its not enough for one month. company provides the 200 SR as a meal allowance and we tried to buy any available food that will be sufficient for the whole month and buy a water heater for coffee ( im a coffee addict). Since no enough budget yet for a rice cooker, we decided to just use the rice cooker of our kabayan ( Pasabay) in cooking rice. Hoping that after getting the first salary we can buy our own and cook our own food to save more.
Comfort Room/ Wash Room/ Bathroom/Toilet,  whatever you call it : There are 4 toilet  available for each floor, due to some water shortage, we need to have containers inside to store water. Shower is installed, and this is very beneficial if you are a fan of a HOT shower, but if not,  you need to store water first inside the room and use it in the morning.

Transportation: Company has its own delivery vehicle to deliver their products. This is also used to transport all the employee to their respective branch of assignment. Peugot 206 or 306 - http://www.peugeot.com/en/products/cars/peugeot-206.aspx and susuki alto -  or susuki celerio  is being used.

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