tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9176219726628013224.post4816836145898869658..comments2022-12-12T03:43:00.586-08:00Comments on SAUDI ARABIA THROUGH THE LENS: 2 girls and a modelUMM LATIFA (in Saudi Kingdom)http://www.blogger.com/profile/14397577272662281348noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9176219726628013224.post-11780734023855723952011-04-06T03:27:09.607-07:002011-04-06T03:27:09.607-07:00@ G: Well, I am not a fun of "mother's ta...@ G: Well, I am not a fun of "mother's talk" - and I do not like to play with kids - they had to learn they are on their own here. We used to go out more often - but recently my husband changed his work, and it is only on weekends when I can take them to the playground. Unfortunately, no such a "thing" near us within the walking distance... And it is getting hotter - you UMM LATIFA (in Saudi Kingdom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/14397577272662281348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9176219726628013224.post-17988560057640677652011-04-01T11:46:55.407-07:002011-04-01T11:46:55.407-07:00Well, aren't you getting " a diapers dise...Well, aren't you getting " a diapers disease". I used to get one, especially at the end of my period of staying home. All this "little flowers", "little cats", "little something..." and nothing else. All day only on this issues, with child. Even if I could meet some other mothers, they were talking the same way or about food, pee, etc. Ugh. I love my Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9176219726628013224.post-86080231017306526002011-04-01T01:10:09.405-07:002011-04-01T01:10:09.405-07:00For me it is stress free ;), we are simply differe...For me it is stress free ;), we are simply different. I like staying at home - really, otherwise I would go 'shushu' in here ;). Whether I will work - well I do think I work now! The quesion is: will I need/have to work, will I want to work ;), will anyone employ ;) - a women who is quite a few years over 50 ;). I doubt this last one, hehe.UMM LATIFA (in Saudi Kingdom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/14397577272662281348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9176219726628013224.post-75845366143864762622011-03-31T11:16:57.938-07:002011-03-31T11:16:57.938-07:00Is staying at home stress free experience??? For m...Is staying at home stress free experience??? For me it was one of the most stressful things! And exhausting. I was happy going back to work after a litle more than a year with my baby. Beacuse I have a child. One. Moreover, I am sometimes exhausted now, when I have kindergarten + a nanny. I love my kid, but maybe I am not a woman - mother type :).<br />Are you going to go back (maybe not 'Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9176219726628013224.post-18980745647951660002011-03-31T07:10:04.937-07:002011-03-31T07:10:04.937-07:00Gloria, try to be kept at home all day long with 3...Gloria, try to be kept at home all day long with 3 kids! I too miss total silence and being lonely! ;)<br />While I do not miss work - staying at home is a completely stress free experience, I like it, but definitely there are things I miss, the most: my fat salary ;).UMM LATIFA (in Saudi Kingdom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/14397577272662281348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9176219726628013224.post-13888998212152932792011-03-31T05:19:53.609-07:002011-03-31T05:19:53.609-07:00Don't you miss it? I'm asking since I pers...Don't you miss it? I'm asking since I personally miss sometimes total silence and even being lonley :)))<br />G.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9176219726628013224.post-55397275138145255842011-03-31T00:21:39.486-07:002011-03-31T00:21:39.486-07:00I simply used to work in an office in which we had...I simply used to work in an office in which we had international stuff ;).UMM LATIFA (in Saudi Kingdom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/14397577272662281348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9176219726628013224.post-28271905715067964382011-03-30T23:54:10.840-07:002011-03-30T23:54:10.840-07:00I used to work helping your country to join EU (st...I used to work helping your country to join EU (start ups). Now I'm working in audit area, but I am not an auditor. And what was your profession since you've written that you worked with Dutch, Germans...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9176219726628013224.post-68502548941759948492011-03-30T11:13:38.834-07:002011-03-30T11:13:38.834-07:00Gloria, Gloria: Don't ask about a timetable - ...Gloria, Gloria: Don't ask about a timetable - I am not doing things accordingly to any 'tables' ;). 3 small kids - quite a lot of work indeed, but I am managing to snatch a bit of time for myself - they always happen to fall asleep ;). I agree, Arabia is not a country for everyone ;). I am curious, how did you happen to work in Poland ;)? What's ur job?UMM LATIFA (in Saudi Kingdom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/14397577272662281348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9176219726628013224.post-41678067940211893382011-03-29T00:26:31.200-07:002011-03-29T00:26:31.200-07:00And about working in KSA. Being a Dutch woman, a l...And about working in KSA. Being a Dutch woman, a lutheran - it could be too hard for me to live for longer period of time according so many so restrictive rules. Even if I could live in a campus. <br />Sometimes Poland seems to be to traditional and strict ;)<br />G.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9176219726628013224.post-70222694074730897692011-03-29T00:22:33.555-07:002011-03-29T00:22:33.555-07:00Well, well. I wonder how you manage to take care a...Well, well. I wonder how you manage to take care about 3 quite small children and write 3 blogs (what a coincidence!). I would be interesting (for me - a little selfish and curious person ;) what is your daily timetable. Because me - I am always late and feeling that something is missing. :)<br />Greetings form cold but sunny Poland.<br />GloriaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9176219726628013224.post-76459098719878061112011-03-28T01:28:17.992-07:002011-03-28T01:28:17.992-07:00Haha, English, English is a second language here ;...Haha, English, English is a second language here ;). I got carried away ;) - kids are around me ;). <br />Tara, Umm Omar - author of the blog Future Husbands and Wives of Saudis (you can find link on my Polish blog - under W PERSPEKTYWACH) (American wife of a Saudi) is an anthropologist also ;).UMM LATIFA (in Saudi Kingdom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/14397577272662281348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9176219726628013224.post-83482651441070870372011-03-28T01:25:11.546-07:002011-03-28T01:25:11.546-07:00No, I do not thing about working in the KSA. I am ...No, I do not thing about working in the KSA. I am just interested in cultures, since I have also a degree in anthropology :) Arabic is a second language in Arabia??? Have I understood you properly?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9176219726628013224.post-40172434025689366372011-03-28T00:42:35.604-07:002011-03-28T00:42:35.604-07:00I do believe, when you smile at someone you will a...I do believe, when you smile at someone you will a smile in return ;) - we can compromise on this one ;). <br />Reg. Arabic - the alphabet - although seems difficult - is indeed easy to learn, and after a few lessons you will be able to separate the letters. I do can read, speak - well I am not fluent and I have difficulty - but I am still learning ;). We speak English with my husband, Polish, UMM LATIFA (in Saudi Kingdom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/14397577272662281348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9176219726628013224.post-15947876293271266542011-03-28T00:12:50.455-07:002011-03-28T00:12:50.455-07:00Yes, Polish pepole are smiling. But honestly in Po...Yes, Polish pepole are smiling. But honestly in Poland there are two (at least) kind of poeple and this is connected to their age: smiling, open who are mostly young and sad, depressed, unhappy - usually older generation. And I don't have a huge perspective because I am living in Warsaw, sometimes wisiting other big cities. I have heard about people living in the country. Their economical Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9176219726628013224.post-7922807668019940742011-03-27T01:11:05.567-07:002011-03-27T01:11:05.567-07:00Wow Gloria, do you find a lot of Polish people smi...Wow Gloria, do you find a lot of Polish people smiling? I also used to work with Dutch Man ;), and he used to work in KSA :). Funny coincidence. <br />I wonder how to you like Poland and what do you do there? How did you find my blogs, I wonder?UMM LATIFA (in Saudi Kingdom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/14397577272662281348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9176219726628013224.post-60265158340574882312011-03-27T00:43:36.949-07:002011-03-27T00:43:36.949-07:00Basia!
Do you relly know Germans?I thing - you don...Basia!<br />Do you relly know Germans?I thing - you don't. You are copying a stereotype.<br />By the way - I am a Dutch expat working in Poland (yes, it's possible). I can read both blogs by Umm Latifa (the second one with less understanding ;) but my Polish is too poor to write.<br />GloriaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9176219726628013224.post-7528090100451678762011-03-26T11:08:07.577-07:002011-03-26T11:08:07.577-07:00@ Basia: Dziękuję bardzo :).@ Basia: Dziękuję bardzo :).UMM LATIFA (in Saudi Kingdom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/14397577272662281348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9176219726628013224.post-11834162293525370032011-03-26T07:04:22.357-07:002011-03-26T07:04:22.357-07:00Dzięki za odpowiedź i gratuluję kolejnego ciekaweg...Dzięki za odpowiedź i gratuluję kolejnego ciekawego bloga :)<br /><br />basiaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9176219726628013224.post-56157240684549257902011-03-26T01:52:08.194-07:002011-03-26T01:52:08.194-07:00@ Basia: Nie, nie muszą, myślę, że chcą je przyzwy...@ Basia: Nie, nie muszą, myślę, że chcą je przyzwyczajać do noszenia chusty. Czasami dzieci też - chcą być "jak mamusie" i same domagają się chusty na głowie czy abaji ;) Nie widuje się tu wielu dziewczynek w chustach na głowie - przed wkroczeniem w okres dojrzewania. Choć pamiętam małe "skośnookie" dziewczynki (Azja) - może 2-3 letnie w takich specjalnie uszytych dla dzieci UMM LATIFA (in Saudi Kingdom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/14397577272662281348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9176219726628013224.post-84874654138285816742011-03-25T15:29:59.984-07:002011-03-25T15:29:59.984-07:00Smiling German people? Very funny.
Urocze te dzie...Smiling German people? Very funny.<br /><br />Urocze te dziewczynki. Czy rodzice muszą tak ubierać dzieci, jak dziewczynka po lewej?<br /><br />basiaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9176219726628013224.post-15980264376868308872011-03-25T01:58:50.107-07:002011-03-25T01:58:50.107-07:00Yes, I've been traveling, quite a lot. German ...Yes, I've been traveling, quite a lot. German people smiling nation? Something must have changed ;) - I've been in Germany - but more then 15 years ago - people were not smiling, not friendly in general, and hard to find anyone who would speak English. Later on I had a chance to work with a German Man - very nice person, but no - he was neither constantly smiling ;). Nevertheless, I do UMM LATIFA (in Saudi Kingdom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/14397577272662281348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9176219726628013224.post-76339843233084203762011-03-25T01:34:00.702-07:002011-03-25T01:34:00.702-07:00It's me, Gloria.
I am not talking only about w...It's me, Gloria.<br />I am not talking only about women. Is there anybody(a child -except happy Latifa, men) on any of your picuters just smiling or being in a good mood? I can't see. And I am not talking about 'a glued smile'. Look at Italians or even Germans. I was a week ago in Berlin - what a happy, smiling on streets nation. Germans - unbelivable, isn't it? Have you been Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9176219726628013224.post-66316180995223138892011-03-25T00:52:46.757-07:002011-03-25T00:52:46.757-07:00On which pictures did you find sad people ;) - her...On which pictures did you find sad people ;) - here you will see two girls with a model - they are observing it, they are fascinated with it. <br />Women on my photos in general are covered hard to see the smile ;). And not everyone is walking on a street with a wide smile glued to the face ;) even in your country. I do not ask people to pose for the photos. I 'capture them' ;). People UMM LATIFA (in Saudi Kingdom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/14397577272662281348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9176219726628013224.post-85688023030633206052011-03-24T12:44:22.805-07:002011-03-24T12:44:22.805-07:00Why on your pictures can't I see happy people?...Why on your pictures can't I see happy people? All seem to be sad. Are people there smiling sometimes? Is the life in KSA so depressing?<br />GloriaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com