The Arabic word for "welcome." You're starting to see it all over the campus as it's finally been opened to the public and students are being ushered in. Even the cab drivers suddenly know where it's at and where to take you, instead of having to give directions on every trip home.
With the advent of the major move onto campus nearly being complete, we've been able to start mingling with the other faculty who have finally arrived, which has been nice, but does mean the quiet sereneness of an empty campus is almost at an end. However with the students arriving soon, there'll also be more events happening, which could be fun.
Things around my neck of the woods have been predictably quiet, minus a small kitchen flood and a IKEA trip today (this one only took three hours). I also don't have any swanky pictures for this post because my phone decided it wanted to go home with a cab driver a few days ago, meaning it slipped out of my purse on a ride home. Since I'm convinced I'll never see it again (it has been four days and counting, after all), I've ordered its replacement from Souq, which is an Amazon like retailer here in the UAE, and was told today it'd be here by Saturday. The major issue has been getting a replacement SIM from T-Mobile, who doesn't ship internationally, but I've also ordered one that will just take a tad longer off of Ebay. So no worries, I'll be back up and running soon enough.
I'm also still combing the internet for work possibilities, so job hunting and house keeping takes up most of my days. Rather boring, admittedly, but I know in the end it'll pay off. If you happen to know someone who needs something translated from German to English, send them my way - freelance work has been my sole source of work lately. I don't mind, because it's nice to be home and I always get fun and interesting projects, but it is hard to maintain a steady stream. I also do editing for English manuscripts, papers, etc.
Later next week I'm going out for a trip to a local coffee house, so I'm sure my barista self will have lots to share.
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