A new life - a new routine...
Wake-up shortly before 5am. It is light already. Woken at 5.10am by alarm. Snooze until 5.20am.
Up, switch centralised a/c off and have a shower.
Say bye and open the front door. Walk into the already warm and humid air and jump into my 3.5l Nissan Pathfinder. Immediately put the a/c on and off we go.
Listen to nothing, or BBC World in Arabic on the radio. Reach Al Khail road in 5mins and hope that the HGV crawl hasn't started yet.
Start work at 6am. On some days I go direct to the site and look around while it's still relatively cool. Otherwise dtraight to the office.
Work is usually madness -
- sub-con invoices,
- leave requests, warninbg letters
- manpower forecasts
- check procurement status
- write letter to client
- check authority permits status
- are the pipes made yet?
- is the tunnel alignment ok?
- we need 30 new carpenters
- meet the loss adjuster
- consortium meeting
- must survey that site
- shaft design
- oh no - an new urgent urgent job has come up
- petty cash
- steering committee meeting
- car service
- how many pumps do we have?
- hello sir - do you need a long reach excavator?
etc...
but i get paid well, have a nice house, a car and lucas in a good school - i am not grumbling. my job is rewarding - no doubt.
a 2-day weekend starts now. I've put the seat up to the MAX on my slightly-too-small Trek and plan to do a 5.30am 70km ride in the morning.
Balance, poise, stylish jimjams...what else can I say?
On zee beach - 8am - lots of starfish around.
On zee beach #2 - in the shadow of THE MIGHTY BURJ!
My new Trek. Shimano Ultegra all round and Bontrager everything except my trusty 10-year old Dura-Ace seat post. Soon I'll put on the 50mm Planet-X carbon rims and see how mean she looks! I need a longer stem - 110mm at least.
