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Well seen as though some people asked, and well I was personally interested to see if I could convey my boredom here..

Here is a series of pictures intended to show the loneliness and boredom I feel here.

Can you feel it?

Here's my cubicle and my lifeline to the rest of the world, just to show cubicles do look the same all over the world..

Here's the appartment I stay in, my prison.

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OMG I'm so bored.

The food is boring, the people are boring, the project is boring, the place is boring, the buildings are boring.

At least it's not so hot here now, winter is coming and it's a very pleasant 20 degrees most of the time.

I can even walk back to the skanky service appartment wearing a jacket and not feel hot.

People here just eat flatbread and homous, or well 5 dishes or cream coloured stuff that all looks and tastes pretty much like homous..

And some grilled bbq shit like kebabs, which don't taste of anything really.

At least there's a croissant shop downstairs which does good chocolate croissants.

Even the indomee here tastes lousy..I had some at the appt last night whilst watching Ronin.

I went through all 213 channels on the cable TV, there is only 5 in English.

This place is ghetto, seriously.

At least I've managed to catch up with some decent movies...I finally got to see Gangs of New York, I bought the DVD about 4 years ago, but never watched it because it was a screener.

Good flick actually.

I'm not even motivated to take pictures of anything because it's such an oppressive place and it's so boring and brown and sandy.

I might take some pictures of the appt just to show how shit it is.

Every car here is beat-up, they drive like nutcases and have some kind of mental issues where they HAVE to make their tyres squeal round every corner.

And they beep immediately when the traffic lights turn green..just in case the person at the front didn't notice.

Plus the restaurants here have two sections, the family section and the single section, which is kinda weird at first.

It took me about 3 days to realise I hadn't actually seen a woman since I'd been here, there is non in the office (which is very strange for me as my office is full of 'em).

Then there's this annoying guy I have to work with who can't shut up, he's the one that has to crack jokes and put puns into every conversation...even though non of the jokes are funny and the puns aren't witty.

Everyone entertained him for a couple of days, but now his lame quips fall on silence, which is kinda akward. I wish he'd get the message and dose himself up a good portion of STFU.

The weekend is totally whacked here too, now is Sunday, but it's Tuesday...I'm in the office and was yesterday aswell, because Thursday was Saturday and Friday was Sunday, so really Saturday is Monday..

Got it?

(sarcasm) Yes I'm really enjoying travelling and soaking up new and interesting cultures. (/sarcasm)

Oh dear...I really wish there were something positive about this, other than the fact it'll be over soon, WHICH IT BETTER BE.

The end.

Travelling again, in Saudi now after a 26 hour journey..for a job I don't have, yeah I'm jobless remember

15 hour transit in Dubai, erg....at least they gave me a hotel so I could pass out for a few hours, they didn't feed me though...which is bad! Well some people might say it's good *looks at his waistline*

At first there was no hotel as promised, then finally found someone who knew what they were talking about and managed to get a room.

Then finally got on a flight to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia..that's where I am now.

I already had a pre-approved business visa in my passport when I arrived, so I thought all would be smooth...

But no, a bunch of us ended up in a dingy smokey little office wondering what the hell was happening, apparently there was a problem with the 'system'.

It was like something from a movie, the guy at the desk was throwing passports around, scowling and banging the desk.

I thought...that was not a good place to be.

Nice airport, but horrible immigration, it took forever, there was no order in the queues and the immigration officers made the Malaysian bunch seem polite.

Eventually got through, then there was no hotel pick-up as promised. I paid myself for an over-priced taxi to some 2 star dump near the partners office.

No Internet, No Iron available to guests..

Not sure what's happening in Saudi now but every hotel is fully booked, I should be shifting to a half decent place tonight.

Sick like a dog too, sore throat, glands up...for once I can safely say, life sucks!