Rea’s entry: Story Plan

Rea’s Entry
Story Plan
April 24, 2005

Here is the catch… got nothing in my head right now. Been taking drugs lately so I don’t think that my brain is functioning really well as if it had functioned well before. Got a slightly used brain so I need to exercise it a little bit to see if it is not rusty. The only thing I have in mind is the Omanization Policy so I started digging up for sources and stuff and got what I needed. It is just that I can’t give justice to a good story. I just hope that my father would not get disappointed in me.
My so-called first week of work (in bed) is the last week of my father’s vacation here in our poor country so visitors would usually pop up anytime of the day. My father and his colleagues at work had a little get-together at home and while having their happy conversation (they were all laughing while drinking and eating), I had the chance to sneak up on them and hear they stories. My father does not talk about work at home. He will rather hear about our stories rather than us hearing his story about the other side of the world. I had to collect my own memories to get into their world by looking at some old pictures and videos and by hearing his tape records. I heard him talk about the Omanization policy and that most of his colleagues have their contracts terminated last year or the years before. I had the chance to converse with them and their children. Leaving Oman is a hard thing for them. They got really great benefits and people have been kind to them but policy is a policy so they have to step down from their positions and let the natives do their work. Hearing them talk about their lives is like reading a novel or watching a drama series. Their stories have color and life which is very interesting just like ours. I really want to hear more so I had the idea of writing about it for them to squeal and let their emotions burst.