Jason came through and managed to get some goal posts made and here is one. Pretty smart for some plastic piping.
Saturday, 8 May 2010
Thursday, 6 May 2010
If you need something, make it
Jason, the engineer on site has now decided that we are lacking something on the football front. Fed up with putting bottles and stones on the floor to mark the goals he has taken it upon himself to have some goal posts made out of water pipes. He has even designed them on Autocad so that we have prints to give the contractor. We have our priorities right!!
Wednesday, 5 May 2010
Patio Part 2
Our patio area next to the cabins is complete. We now have a hard concrete surface to walk on and table and chairs to sit at in the shade. Shade provided by a tarpaulin type cover that our US Army friends gave us. The cover took a while to put up and fell down shortly after because the para cord used to put it up snapped after rubbing on the edge of the concrete T-walls. Our Iraqi friends came to the rescue with some more rope and I think they put it back up for us.
Dragonfly
I went to the gym tonight and did some rowing. While rowing a dragonfly flew in and landed on my shoulder which put me off my stroke somewhat. After I finished I returned to my cabin to find a dragonfly sat on my bed. I tried to usher it out the door but it seemed content in my room. I eventually got rid of it but tonight there seems to be more about than usual.
Sunday, 2 May 2010
Patio
Jason, one of the engineeers has arranged for a concreted path to be put at the bottom of our steps leading into the cabins. At the end of the path next to the facing T-walls there will be a square area of concrete where we can put the table and chairs that you see in the photo. We managed to get a large tarpaulin/hessian cover that we are hoping to string up between the cabins on the right, safe haven on the left and the T-walls at the end to make a shaded area so we can sit outside. The area will mainly be used after work on an evening so i'm not sure how much sun we will see.
Safe Haven is still standing
The steel frame went on, the Hescos went on and they are now filled. The structure has not collapsed this time which means the job is done and the contractors are just tidying the place up now. Lets hope we never have to get inside the place.
Saturday, 1 May 2010
Dr John
After the game of football the other night I went back to my room to get changed and have a shower. While stood outside my room chatting to a colleague from Pakistan a Iraqi man walked up to us and stood next to us without really trying to communicate. After a short while the colleague and I were looking at each other and wondering what the man wanted. Then the man eventually started talking to my colleague in Arabic and it turns out that he had a sore upper chest area, just below the base of his neck. He showed us his red skin and lumps which looked like heat lumps.
I had a large tub of Sudocream on me for skin complaints so I said I would give him some. I produced the tub of cream and at first the Iraqi man thought I was giving him the whole tub until I said he could not have the whole tub because I may need some in the future. I gave him some there and then and told him to rub it on the affected area which he did. I then cut the bottom of a bottle and gave him half the tub of cream in the bottom of the bottle. I explained to my colleague to tell him to wash the area at the end of the day and apply more cream and away he went very happy and I got a 'God bless you' from him.
That over I decided to go in my room and get ready for a shower and then emerged to find another man stood talking to my colleague. This man was complaining of a skin problem on his shoulder and I think he was wanting some cream as well but my colleague managed to tell him to go to the medical facility the next day. Today I saw the camp Paramedic and wanted clarification on who can use the medical facilities on site. He told me the Iraqi contractors cannot go to him and they need to speak with their managers if they have a problem. I doubt there are medical facilities in place for the contractors which is a shame. I am not surprised that they have ailments in these conditions, Its a hot dusty environment and working long hours in the sun will have these effects.
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