Our day at work was fine. We we're told that we will go on Sunday for fingerprints and medical exam, both required to get our civil ID card. That's good news. Today would have been better, but ... it didn't happen. What can you do? We had a meeting after school with people from the National Bank of Kuwait (NBK) to set up our bank accounts. I guess we will eventually get paid and have money in those accounts. What a concept!
I went for a haircut after school. It's kind of scarry to think the man has scissors or a straight edge razor in his hand and doesn't speak your language, or very limited english! It all turned out fine. Actually, he did a very good job, even giving a head massage at the end. Our canadian barbers could learn a few things from this guy! I'll go back again in 4 weeks!
In the evening, we went to the Canadian Embassy for pizza and "tea". It had been 28 days since we last had that sort of liquid (we're not counting; we've been in Kuwait exactly four weeks). It was OK but not out of this world. Basically, it's about 70 people in a conference room with a table with pizza on it in the middle, and the "tea" section by the entrance of the room. It was pretty noisy; reminded me of my grade 8's at the end of the day! The embassy itself is nothing to write home about (even though I am). Pretty small building, three stories high and even though it's officially canadian soil, it's still Kuwaiti air when you step outside. There was no cold wind coming from the north to cool things off!
But all in all, it's a good start to the weekend. We'll enjoy every minute of it!
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