Buraidah, Saudi Arabia

... .  Here, the 'Saudi CIA' get in the way of us having a positive cultural experience.  I have no tolerance for this, and it leaves me feeling stuck with little freedom to have the kinds of experiences I came to Saudi Arabia in search of.  

... .  The deal with Al Imam Muhammad ibn Saud University in Riyadh has fallen through and we are being transported to Buraidah, Al Qassim to work at Qassim University.  This place is supposedly in the middle of the desert without many things nearby ...

Prepared as can be and mentally assured, I take on my first class of Qassim University students in a 'listening & speaking' class.  The students are incredibly astute and ready learn and their self-motivation is such a welcome change from ...

... natural high from cultural assimilation and I can already tell that learning Arabic is going to be the keystone to a positive experience in Saudi Arabia. Body Masters gym is absolutely amazing.  Better than any gym I went to in Seoul.  It's going ...