Eid is officially over. My first week was really slow and then Eid happened, wham I had to learn how to work behind the bar. Luckily cafes and bars around the world are much the same and customer service is customer service. Tell people to wait with a smile, let them see you working hard, and don't mess up to many drinks then people will be happy. Now Eid is over and that means no more 14 hour plus work days or hordes of young guests downing bottles of tequila in about 10 minutes! Ha, that makes the castle sound like Vegas and we are not Vegas. The guests are calm, incredibly nice, they want to get to know you, and most will come back a few times so you can get to know them too.
I am dealing with a pretty new environment physically and mentally. Environmentally I live in the desert and Saudi Arabia is across the sea. Sometimes I feel like I am overlooking Ballard and global warming has really happened. Nothing is green, the mountains have no snow, and the sun is hot and always shining. I crave grey and rain, I really want to wander around in the spitting Seattle rain and sleep in cold cold nights. Oh well, it will get cold here and I will most likely want the hot sun back. Cool things are happening though. I notice when the sun sets earlier, I can sort of guess the time by the light of day, little geckos make noises in the bathroom and my room, the South wind makes me sneeze because it brings more dust, and I am learning how to sleep through sunrise and pigeons cooing (so annoying) in my window.
Mentally the risk of being lonely and isolated is pretty high. I spend a lot of time at the castle with the same four wonderful people, but who can spend all their time with the same four people? Not me, so a resolution has been forming in my head to leave whenever I can for my sanity's sake. I had half a day off yesterday and headed down to the Good Life (a beach camp two friends run). There I read a little, chilled a little, and ate a good meal. Perfect change. Good resolution.
I cannot find my camera charger, but the pictures of the castle on the website are accurate. They are not glossy versions of the truth, that is where I live. Check them out.
On a conversational note is America falling apart? I have no idea except what I see in the headlines. Why do people give Glenn Beck the time of day, why do I know who he is, can we not get health care down and settled, can someone act like a leader and do something about global climate change now and not in the year 2020? I am pretty removed and I would really like to know if all the "Yes, we can" people still feel like they can or if Obama is doing and not just talking. You hear a lot about his pretty words over here and in the foreign press. Maybe action is happening at home? Let me know.
Monday, September 28, 2009
Friday, September 4, 2009
Visuals of my two new jobs
Quick pics of my new jobs. For more information check out the web sites.
www.tibesti.com
ww.castlezaman.com
www.tibesti.com
ww.castlezaman.comTwo jobs are better than one
I also have another job, well internship. I am working with Tibesti as a marketing intern. The position is remote, obviously, as I am in Egypt and they are in America.
More information about Tibesti and the position. Tibesti functions similarly to Amazon, it is web site that hosts vendors. But, unlike Amazon Tibesti gives you part of the comission they make on products sold. Members can put up to 100 products on their profiles (for free) and anyone can then shop from your profile. For example, if you want to buy a pair of Citizens of Humanity jeans, you go to Tibesti, search for the product, find it on my profile, click buy, and then we both get a comission. You get 25 percent and so do I. If I were to buy a product from my own profile I would get 50 percent commission. Pretty cool, and perfect for things you have to buy really hate to spend money on.
I wish I had this in college, I would have bought all my texts books and school supplies from Tibesti, but also that was in early 2000 and such technology was not around. Thank the heavens we are nearing 2010 and technology is finally getting up to speed.
Full disclosure. I work for Tibesti, but I would not have taken a position like this if I thought it was a scam. I shop online, you all shop online, why not make money? Plus, it is also a great way to create a product lists that other people can shop from. Hint hint, if you are getting married or having a baby you can direct friends to your wish lists and they can buy you presents from there. Hmmm, might be cooler than Macy's. Just might be.
I will be posting awesome items and more information about Tibesti. Check it out, join up, make some purchases, and get money back. Add me as a friend, Faye1985 and if you are on twitter add me there too faye1985. Pretty east screen names huh?
www.tibesti.com
More information about Tibesti and the position. Tibesti functions similarly to Amazon, it is web site that hosts vendors. But, unlike Amazon Tibesti gives you part of the comission they make on products sold. Members can put up to 100 products on their profiles (for free) and anyone can then shop from your profile. For example, if you want to buy a pair of Citizens of Humanity jeans, you go to Tibesti, search for the product, find it on my profile, click buy, and then we both get a comission. You get 25 percent and so do I. If I were to buy a product from my own profile I would get 50 percent commission. Pretty cool, and perfect for things you have to buy really hate to spend money on.
I wish I had this in college, I would have bought all my texts books and school supplies from Tibesti, but also that was in early 2000 and such technology was not around. Thank the heavens we are nearing 2010 and technology is finally getting up to speed.
Full disclosure. I work for Tibesti, but I would not have taken a position like this if I thought it was a scam. I shop online, you all shop online, why not make money? Plus, it is also a great way to create a product lists that other people can shop from. Hint hint, if you are getting married or having a baby you can direct friends to your wish lists and they can buy you presents from there. Hmmm, might be cooler than Macy's. Just might be.
I will be posting awesome items and more information about Tibesti. Check it out, join up, make some purchases, and get money back. Add me as a friend, Faye1985 and if you are on twitter add me there too faye1985. Pretty east screen names huh?
www.tibesti.com
Still in Egypt, just not Cairo
Many or a few of you know I have been looking for job in Cairo since I came back at the beginning of August. Well, after over a month of imposing myself upon friends, hours of internet searches, way to many cover letters, and smiling in interviews I did not want to go to I found a job!
www.castlezaman.com
If you read the url yes I will be working and living in a castle. Yes, it overlooks the Red Sea from the top of a hill. Yes, it was built using revived Roman architecture. Yes, all the materials are recylcled or found in the Siani. Yes, the food is cooked slow and completely gourmet. Yes, it is in the Sinai minutes away from the beauty of the sea and the mountains right behind me.
My official title is bar person, glamorous I know. There are only three other employees who deal with guests so I imagine I will get to put my grubby hands in all kinds of things. I am a little scared because working on a beach is a drastic lifestyle change for me. The Siani is pretty isolated, but when I stayed over for a night to check it out and woke up to the sunrise turning the sea red, when I could see the outline of miles of corals reefs on the coast and when I walked out to sun filled silence I felt a little better about my decision.
I will keep you posted on my thoughts as they form, right now I am still a little shocked I am staying and moving to the beach. In the meantime check out the website.
www.castlezaman.com
If you read the url yes I will be working and living in a castle. Yes, it overlooks the Red Sea from the top of a hill. Yes, it was built using revived Roman architecture. Yes, all the materials are recylcled or found in the Siani. Yes, the food is cooked slow and completely gourmet. Yes, it is in the Sinai minutes away from the beauty of the sea and the mountains right behind me.
My official title is bar person, glamorous I know. There are only three other employees who deal with guests so I imagine I will get to put my grubby hands in all kinds of things. I am a little scared because working on a beach is a drastic lifestyle change for me. The Siani is pretty isolated, but when I stayed over for a night to check it out and woke up to the sunrise turning the sea red, when I could see the outline of miles of corals reefs on the coast and when I walked out to sun filled silence I felt a little better about my decision.
I will keep you posted on my thoughts as they form, right now I am still a little shocked I am staying and moving to the beach. In the meantime check out the website.
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