Wow! This must have been my longest hiatus ever! In the past 4 months, I barely checked my blog, comments, and even my RSS feeds at Google Reader. I don’t know why, writing in a blog seems unexciting anymore. Let’s make it clear: I’m too lazy. Too lazy to get my hand open the damn Notepad++ and start typing. Too lazy to get my brain working . Too lazy to construct and put together the words into sentence. Everytime I come home from work, I just want to do something a bit relaxing. Writing is definitely not a relaxing activity in my personal list lol. Sometimes there are always blogging ideas popping out of my head, but I just didn’t try to find a time to write them down. So I ended up forgetting the things I planned to write on my blog. Apologize for those who have left some comments but have not received any replies; I was too lazy to reply and yes I need a good and stable mood to do it hehe.

So where have I been? I am still here — in a desert land Saudi Arabia — apparently still waiting, waiting, and waiting when the hell women are allowed to drive here. I am currently busy working in an IT company — yes, alhamdulillah, finally I got an IT job; this time as a far-from-experienced-PHP-Programmer. I’ve got about less than a month to work and live in this country, as I’m off to another country to experience totally different things and to enjoy a life as a student once more time. Some of you might know where I am heading, but I won’t reveal this in my blog until it is confirmed that I can arrive in the destination country; i.e. until I get the visa stamped onto my passport .

So what’s new about Saudi Arabia?

Two months ago, I got a job in an event management company. I was offered an interesting temporary position whereby I had a chance to develop a good connection with important people in Saudi Arabia and abroad. I actually had been dreaming about working in an IT company, so this major step was surprising for me. I was bored and had nothing to do at home. I had been searching for an IT job, but perhaps I was not lucky enough to get one. So I thought.. yeah why not? After all this was just a temporary work which lasted for only 2 months. The new job also seemed to be so interesting for me. The company that I worked with had a contract with one of the Saudi government bodies to organise a prestigious international forum which was related to ports and maritime industry. This event was the first of its kind to be held in the Kingdom (@ Jeddah Hilton Hotel) and was expected to be an important gathering for all people in a related industry. The three-day forum, which featured exhibition and conference, was held under the patronage of the Governor of Makkah region (which includes Jeddah, Mekkah, and surrounding), Prince Khalid Al Faisal. Personally, I was eager to be part of the event because of its genuine support from the government and its importance to the maritime industry. Through this job, I started to realise how IMPORTANT and powerful the shipping industry was; 90% of goods are transported through the sea. It was indeed a huge industry! I came to know big companies like Maersk Line, DP World, Hanjin, UASC, and many more who have made a great contribution to the maritime industry.

I got a tag from Mulia about wearing a headscarf. It’s interesting that she brought this issue up because people have been asking me about it a lot, especially when I was in Australia. And I never thought about writing this issue in my blog. I would like all my friends who wear headscarf to continue this tag: teh Senaz, mbak Ina, Mika, and for those whose names are not mentioned (sorry if I missed out some ppl).