Good-Bye Emirates

Hello,

Well, I guess I fulfilled my duties and I get to go home. SNC is fast-tracking the completion of the project, and they will be using my tail-end designs to complete the plant. I am kind of glad it was only a 3-month project, as quite frankly it is very hard to be away from AM and the kids for so long (6-week rotations).

I will miss this land, and all of the people I have met. I feel very privileged to have been able to do work that I love, and also to be an Ambassador for Canada. I worked with people coming from vastly different belief systems, and I feel like we
connected on many levels. I can say that I gained some lifelong friendships with several people.

With the exception of a few challenging issues (different foods, language barriers, etc.), it was a very positive experience, probably the best one yet for myself. The people from Montreal are very good to work with, and very accommodating to a man from Alberta who had forgotten most of the French I learned 20 years ago. I am looking at learning SNC's Engineering system in Montreal for my next short-term project.

I must say that updating this blog on the second rotation had it's technical challenges, but I think I described things well in the first rotation to give everyone an idea of what it is like in the Emirates. I would like to thank everyone
for reading and replying with nice comments, it made it a more pleasurable experience that way.

Thanks,

SS