Last night we celebrated the birthday of one of coworkers from the National Institute of Technology, here in Jeddah. My wife (as always) prepared a fantastic meal for Lourens as well as myself and Rob', another colleague. Lourens and Rob are both from South Africa. One of the great things I love about working at NIT is working with people from different countries and religions. Lourens himself (pictured on the right) has been an invaluable friend to both myself and my wife. When we were having trouble getting visas to get back into Saudi Arabia, he offered valuable moral support. As they say it not important where you go in the world because "people make places".