Accompanied by Khalid Al-Amoudi, we visited the Kind Abdulazia Center for Knowledge and Culture Department. This amazing building will be opening in 2011. It will be a shining jewel for the Saudi's to showcase artifacts, history, modernization, technology, theater, and a library. After this visit, we went to the Training and Career Development Center. This is a program for high school students to apply. With over 10,000 applicants, only 350 are selected. Upon high school graduation, they enter a 10 month program with Aramco. With help from teachers and others, they will apply to their college of choice outside of the Kingdom. Upon receiving a college diploma, they will come back and work for Aramco in their area of specialization. Rayah, leaning towards me in the picture, is applying to Boston College and Penn State. She says she looks most forward to coming to America so she can bungee jump! She was great company at lunch, and has many things in common with teens in the States. THEN IT HAPPENED...The policeman in the picture with me is one of our two personal escorts while here in Dhahran. You might notice the camel, and yes to all you who voted against it, I RODE A CAMEL!!! I also got to drink fresh camel's milk, sled down a sand hill, and receive dates, coffee, and sweets in a Beduion tent.
2 comments:
Sounds interesting indeed. How did camel milk taste?
Okay, I'm just wondering: How fresh was the camel milk? I mean, did the milk happen to come from the same camel you were riding?! Surely you didn't drink the milk "straight from the carton?!"
Great information regarding the school. WOW!
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