Social Life

As ex-pats, our social life is somewhat different. Since all of us live almost exclusively on western compounds, the vast majority of our social life is centered on activities within the confines of the compound. Hundreds of people live on any given compound so there are lots of events. Some of the things have included Halloween parties (that one is organized by the Brits and that was a trip). David, in his usual dry manner came as an American ex-pat, which was actually pretty funny.

There has also been a jazz concert with the No-Name Band...and they are actually quite good. Most of the guys in the band work at my company and it's kind of funny to see these straight laced guys up there on stage. I've put some pictures of this concert here. There were probably a couple of hundred people there. There were hot dogs and hamburgs and non-alcohol beer. I bet you didn't know that virtually every beer has a non-alcoholic option. I can get you a Heineken, a Bud, you name it, all in non-alcoholic form. There were other more questionable contents floating around. These are more commonly referred to as the white stuff and the dark stuff. (Seriously.)

There are also house parties. The picturee here are taken at a birthday party for one of our friends. With the upcoming holidays there are tons of options in the compounds for children and adults as like and you are free to participate as much a or as little as possible.