My friend has an engineer husband who has been working in Saudi Arabia for more than 2 decades now.   Jill used to recount the many sacrifices  and problems they had weathered because of her husband’s absence from his family and to make up for everything, he richly provided their needs sometimes to a fault because the children grew up spoiled.   There is always a price to pay!  His husband David, has been working in a big oil exploration company in the Eastern province of Saudi Arabia and marcellus drilling has been a part of his life.  Although it is hard for Jill to understand the nature of his job but one thing is clear, the work concerns oil and petroleum which abound the rich soil of the province.

Natural gas undergo processing and it is commercially extracted in oil and natural gas fields which yielded positive benefits by producing abundant supply of energy derived from gases explored.  One exploration company that deals with huge projects that covers numerous countries with vast reserves of oil and gas is  UG Oil and Gas Center.  The company’s deals expertly and extensively in non stop  exploration activity of  digging and exploring vast natural and mineral resources.

Being part of an exploration team means going to hard to reach places in search of oil reserves and it also means a handsome pay for Jill husband.   Their children’s future is the reason behind all those sacrifices and David continuously works hard enough to learn global unconventional resource exploration.  The stock knowledge acquired through the years serves as consolation to his lonely life away from home and his family is his inspiration while his company his source of his wealth.

He will be old and grey and will retire soon but UG Oil and Gas Center will unceasingly span the globe exploring for profitable resource find and millions of people will benefit from it.

The famous Jollibee mascot

The Filipino version of Mc Donalds opened in Riyadh today!  After long months of anticipation, the famous Filipino fast food chain that is Jollibee finally saw the light of day… momentous day today, Sunday, 06 February 2011.  While in the office, our email in boxes were swarmed with joyous announcements sent by friends that Jollibee already opened!   Well, no doubt,  it is a Filipino thing.  It is our trademark!  So, we don’t want to be left behind and out of excitement, right after office, we headed to the store to be a part of those fellowmen “kababayans” who like us were too proud to see the shiny Jollibee mascot at the facade of the store and sample the  famous meals we loved so much back home.  Oh! It was a delight to see  the kids and their parents posed and inconspicuously took snapshots with the well loved mascot frontliner.  The store is manned by  almost 100% Filipinos and we can all feel the warmth in their service and for sure the store can be a help for those who are homesick even through their meals.

I ordered my favorite chicken joy with gravy and Jolly burger for hubby.  I was not surprised if the taste abroad is a bit different considering the difference in ingredients used here.  Since it is Jollibee afterall, we can tolerate the difference and appreciate the taste.  The chicken joy’s gravy comes close with the Philippine whip.

This weekend, expect that all roads will lead to Jollibee store and parking space will not be available.  So, better for us to stay away from the Batha area if we don’t want to get caught in the festive chaos..  Every Filipino especially the kids are excited over this good news….

Yehey!!!

Jake, a very good friend hosted a  thanksgiving party a week ago.  We can’t help but marvel at his mansion up on a hill overlooking a spectacular beach view.  He was estatic over the very good turn out of his company’s year-end report and he had all good reasons to celebrate and share the blessings he and his family are continuously enjoying.

His business empire - an  import/export handicraft business is making  fortune!   It  started as a small company and now considered to be successful and one of the biggest supplier of handicrafts locally and internationally.   Just like any other business, it was plagued at the start with all sorts of problems, however, he is  lucky to be sorrounded by dedicated manpower and a business partner who introduced him to the wonderful world of web hosting.

Their company is  provided with the best professional service ever that its success soared high in no time at all.  He was bragging how his company was  handled perfectly by managed hosting.   I also wonder what  is it in colocation?  I’ve heard this alien- sounding word countless of times all throughout the night. He was all praises every time he mentioned about it and the sparke in his eyes easily give away his excitement (or the secret!).

Hmmmm… need to do my research because I believe I am already outdated with news about technologies, web hosting, et al.  I don’t want to be left behind since a cousin overseas showed interest in a garment business.   I know all the bits and pieces of information I’ve gathered from Jake about web hosting will be of great help.