Tree Kitten

Little Eid makes another blog appearance! We had to move apartments for a week for repairs to be done to our place. Our new apartment has a tiny concrete yard with three dusty trees in it. Needless to say the kitten is head over heels! She now spends most of the day climbing the trees and trying to trick the birds into coming close enough so she can swat them.

Arab news

I have no idea what the newspaper says, but that guy looks pretty happy. He is really rocking the ghutrah (red and white head piece thing).

Baileys

Okay, one haram picture can't hurt.

Bring on the music

Weekend birthday party madness... I opted to neglect all the haram pictures (haram means forbidden, an important concept in our Saudi lives) and go instead for the best birthday present ever!

Fire in the desert

This is the housing complex I walk through everyday on my way to work; I live in an apartment next to this complex. The palm tree and the fire hydrant are looking especially colourful and shiny thanks to photoshop, in reality everything is more dust coloured and dull.

Just 20 days to go!

Nissan

The streets of Riyadh are filled with these little pickup trucks (and their Toyota cousins). It would appear that most boys are given one for their 12th birthday (okay, I can't back that up, but seriously, I do see a lot of children driving cars here!) My friend calls these "terrorist trucks" because CNN has a propensity to show would-be "terrorists" riding around in the back of these trucks waving rifles.... This one is just a maintenance truck from the hospital though, so pretty sure I'm safe!

Mac Attack!

After an entertaining Skype session with my parents last night, thought I would throw up this ode to Mac... once you go Mac you'll never go back! Mum... make the switch!