Hello All,
Up to now I have reported on the positive, and with regards to the project there are many hurdles to overcome. The project is years overdue, but we are committed to finishing the contract, so that we can save face for other projects. There is much negativity, it may be a hard thing for me to overcome. The people vacillate between cheerfulness and camaraderie on the one hand to complaining about construction issues on the other. There is a clash of two cultures here, the one coming from an ornate curvilinear world, and the other one trained in orthogonal right-angled mathematics, so you can so the conflicts that this might pose with respect to design and construction. Couple that with being away from families for extended periods (one Philippino man has not seen his family in over two years, because of his pay grid I suppose). My biggest challenge is trying to find stuff, as my training time was less than stellar.
Overall I am positive about the work, as I believe with creativity and committment we can overcome anything, and because of the low pressure application the constructions issues may not be much of an issue in the long term, as there is much functional logic to be salvaged despite mathematical follies to the standards of the Western world.
My impending respite this weekend is a night in Dubai. The hotel is expensive, but because I have never seen this city I am justifying it. I promise to take lots of pictures, up to now they have been scarce, just getting oriented has been a challenge.
Regards,
Shane
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Have a great time in Dubai! Don't worry about the money. Make sure you do everything you want to do while you're there. I'm looking forward to lots of pictures.
keep your chin up Shane, hopefully your attitude will be contagious there:)
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