The Street Fairy : My Style: Ohoy! My ship has docked in Saudi!...for now

From the Lebanese docks in Byblos to the coast line of Saudi...There's nothing like enjoying a little seaside relaxation in a country where your "things-to-do-list"only includes one item:
"Overdose on chillaxing.." My dad moved here more than 30 years ago, during the war in Lebanon, like many other Lebanese..sometimes it's hard to believe I lived here for so long and that I consider it my home...but one day I will never be able to return and see the house I grew up in and the school I went to...the expat policies are complicated. That's the reason why I'm here and not in Dubai working at my new job...because my papers are taking time! What's interesting though is the new generation that's making a home out of Saudi..my friends who are married and living here with their husbands..or the guys who finished their studies abroad and are working here now...It's a whole new dynamic from just 6 years ago when we were in high school...Saudi is about people. It's about friends. It's never about places or things to do. You are forced to enjoy the simple things here, because there is nothing else! No one ever says: "Oh sorry, I'm busy I can't see you today!" or "I don't feel like socializing and seeing people today!"
I like to call my trips to Saudi, "Intermissions." You're watching a show, it's exciting, it's entertaining, it's full of suspense...then you have an intermission where everybody goes up to take a break and reflect on the show, each in their own way. Whether it's by taking a walk, having a smoke, drinking coffee or chit chatting with other people. Then they go back in to continue watching the show. Saudi is that intermission, that 15 minute break you have to reflect on your life. There are no distractions, you can't get run away from your thoughts.At least, that's how I've come to think of it...