Sunday, June 5
Actually, there's not really much to share (I wrote in my journal for today more detail about yesterday... why, I'm not sure; I guess today was pretty uneventful). First day of work for the Royal Opera House in Muscat! Not too much to do, because our team leader hasn't arrived yet. Currently, we're working in an office down the street from the opera house, since construction of the building hasn't finished yet. We went to the site though to get a tour of the place so that we could get an idea of what the layout of the place is like. It is beautiful. Perhaps it's not as big or fancy as some other opera houses around the world, but man is it exquisite. With hand-crafted decorations such as carved marble, gold-leaf, paint and teal designs, the interior of the opera is a work of art. I mean, with all the handiwork being done and still to be done, I can see why it's taking so long for completion. Apparently construction was supposed to be done a while back, but I guess there were some major delays. In any case, the first performance in the opera house is scheduled for in 3 weeks' time, so insh'allah, it will be done before then... The transition team currently on board is a great group of people - a good mix of locals and expatriates, though chiefly expats for now - I'm looking forward to working with and getting to know them in the coming weeks.
Actually, there's not really much to share (I wrote in my journal for today more detail about yesterday... why, I'm not sure; I guess today was pretty uneventful). First day of work for the Royal Opera House in Muscat! Not too much to do, because our team leader hasn't arrived yet. Currently, we're working in an office down the street from the opera house, since construction of the building hasn't finished yet. We went to the site though to get a tour of the place so that we could get an idea of what the layout of the place is like. It is beautiful. Perhaps it's not as big or fancy as some other opera houses around the world, but man is it exquisite. With hand-crafted decorations such as carved marble, gold-leaf, paint and teal designs, the interior of the opera is a work of art. I mean, with all the handiwork being done and still to be done, I can see why it's taking so long for completion. Apparently construction was supposed to be done a while back, but I guess there were some major delays. In any case, the first performance in the opera house is scheduled for in 3 weeks' time, so insh'allah, it will be done before then... The transition team currently on board is a great group of people - a good mix of locals and expatriates, though chiefly expats for now - I'm looking forward to working with and getting to know them in the coming weeks.
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