Tuesday 18th ……..Dont get me wrong…I may be updating this everyday….but this wont be for ever! So many new things are going on this week that I think it warrants a daily update!
So today….when I got in the office….it was Visa Medical day……OMG!
I had a driver/chaperone……THANKFULLY! As I would have had NO idea where I was going or what I was doing!
Went to the Al Maktoum medical centre with a couple of Photos a copy of my passport and employment visa. Went to one queue for registration and get a number put on the visa. (the mens queue was massive) Picture this….a hot day…..herded into queues like cattle stalls….OMG! went to the typist…they translate the documents….get some postage sticker thing….go back to the room you just queued in (the other side of the complex…..walking outside I may add!),,,you pay your money and collect another A4 sheet of paper….POOR TREES! From there I had to go to the ladies blood giving room! More forms and thankfully not many women waiting meant for a quick event! I Hate needles and WHY is it when you have a look to see what they are doing because they are taking a while….YOU ALWAYS LOOK AS THEY STICK IT IN…..ooo had to look away! Anyway with that over I was given some paper and told to follow the green line to xray,……..WHAT! is this wizard of oz……oh….. that was yellow!
On the way out of the blood place…I bumped into Katie..she is the fiancé of one of the secondees from Epsom , Cal and I worked with last time in Dubai…couldn’t chat long as our chaperones were keen to get us in the next queues. Got to the xray place and it was just a sea of men! Waiting for xray too…..unbelievable! poor guys must wait for HOURS! Got to the window to be told we didn’t have the correct paperwork the blood room had kept both of the photo documents and we needed one….Another trip into the heat to walk back to the other side….ARRRRRR another quick chat with Katie and we were back at the xray section! Ladies seem to be rushed through! That’s an experience…a hand full of philipino ladies and 2 british……when our turn came round us two were ushered in together and told to share a changing room to put a cotton top on for xray! Hahaha funny funny…..we thought it important to introduce ourselves before!!!! Hahaha only in Dubai! The xray was a chest one….guess it tells them if your healthy……….got my stamps and off we go back to the office! A couple of hours after leaving!!! What an Experience!
After work saw my first social experience with the office. It was the birthday of one of the lady’s in the office and they invited me along for afterwork drinks and dinner. It was held at the More restaurant below my apartment…..very nice place…so I joined them and had a really nice time chatting and getting to know people…..