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Patrick James O'Brien

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South African expat in Saudi Arabia

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South African

Lives in Hail

Speaks English, English

Registration: 11 November 2012

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Patrick James O'Brien
Torch replied to a thread
8 years ago
Priscilla

Are you happy in Saudi Arabia? by Priscilla

Hello everyone! According to the 2016 UN World Happiness Survey, Denmark, Switzerland and Iceland are the happiest countries on earth. How about you? Are you happy in Saudi Arabia? Do you feel happier today in your host country than before in ...

Patrick James O'Brien

Happiness is a state of mind, it's definitely what you make about Saudi that will effect your mood. You can go to the best place on earth and you will find that you not happy. I must however admit that Saudi isn't an easy country to live in ... Read More

Patrick James O'Brien
Torch replied to a thread
8 years ago
AbouFoelaan

Getting Ebay things shipped to KSA having a PO box by AbouFoelaan

Hi everyone, I am thinking of opening up a po box account so that I can receive mail from back home. And I order a lot of small things from eBay and aliexpress which should fit in that box as wwll when receiving it. Does any one know what happens ...

Patrick James O'Brien

Brother just ensure that your cellphone number is with the supplier, once your package arrive in Saudi the postal service will send you a text message to advise you that the package is at the post office close to your physical address. I must admit ... Read More

Patrick James O'Brien
Torch replied to a thread
9 years ago
Angie_expat

Things to do during Eid? by Angie_expat

Hi Everyone, I am going to spending Eid alone Riyadh and I wondered if there are any more experienced ex-pats out there with some advice on what to between the 18th-27th of this month? So far, I will be visiting the national museum in Riyadh and ...

Patrick James O'Brien

And yea myself didn't plan properly for Eid seems to be a real boring and quite Eid waiting for us. Unless Hail and or Bahrain Read More

Patrick James O'Brien
Torch replied to a thread
9 years ago
Torch

Al Hatifah by Torch

Hi to all We are moving to Al Hatifah within the next 2 to 3 weeks but honestly I don’t find anything on this city, I will need to sort myself with accommodation and transport within the first 3 to 4 weeks before my wife joins me. Any ...

Patrick James O'Brien

Al-Haditha is the correct spelling the place is almost on the Jordan border Read More

Patrick James O'Brien
Torch created a thread
9 years ago

Al Hatifah

Hi to all We are moving to Al Hatifah within the next 2 to 3 weeks but honestly I don’t find anything on this city, I will need to sort myself with accommodation and transport within the first 3 to 4 weeks before my wife joins me. Any ... Read More

Patrick James O'Brien
Torch created a thread
9 years ago

Villa 1 Bedroom accomadation

Hi All I will be in Riyadh within 4 weeks from now and will require an 1 or 2 bedroom furnace accommodation with parking place for a car. This must be close or not so far from the SAR workshops Please advise me on the best cellular network to use ... Read More