tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2311943055243587440.post9166586869158779347..comments2024-03-06T14:12:03.858+04:00Comments on Susan Al Shahri سوسن الشحري: The MallSusanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03509378404066967124noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2311943055243587440.post-26818461172105918092013-01-17T16:53:23.872+04:002013-01-17T16:53:23.872+04:00I never knew there is a place called Salalah. Unti...I never knew there is a place called Salalah. Until i need to go for exit from Dubai..Only before leaving i was told by my sister that we have a family friend living in Oman and she wants me to stay with her until i got my visa back in Dubai. <br />I was surprised the very first time i arrived Salalah i ask myself..what is this place.....where are the people here..why they are hiding? very quite no busy street..the stores are close..no tall buildings..very different from where i came from. I arrived in the afternoon and i never knew that 1-5pm mostly there is no office at this time and only selected shops are open even restaurants where close. I feel so disappointed that time and i said to myself i want to go back soon. After staying in a few weeks i got a job offer and i take the challenge..while at my work i meet some of my "kababayan" Fil. Nationalities where they stay here in salalah for more than 10 years. I begin to enjoy my work and later on for almost two months I am satisfied of what i see..the hidden beauty of Dhofar is soo wonderful..Darbat, merbat, khor rori, hasik, itin..crying mountain, the sea of clouds...only few i have mentioned..the beauty of Dhofar lies on its people and the wonders of nature sorrounded by abundant sea. <br />I enjoyed our road trips even for long hours because there is no traffic and the road is good..During khareef season i was surprised that a lot of tourist coming and the streets are full of cars. i saw people putting thier tents where they could stay at the vacant lot. I often go to Itin moutain with my friends having shisha and a cup of tea with a great view at night overlooking the City of Salalah. <br /> The place of Dhofar is blessed for its abundant of marine life, peaceful, the life is relax not to busy..low cost of living and the locals here are nice and kind. I learned to know the culture, the way of life of muslim people and the industry of Salalah.<br />My only difficulties is that if i need to buy something i hardly cant find it in shopping malls. Now i am glad there is a mall oppening soon and it has many shops inside, with cinemas, entertainment, health club and restaurants. I dont need to spend money to pay for the shipment with my orders anymore from outside the country..It only takes a few months from now on the Mall will be open soon and its just walking distance from where im staying.<br />After a few months staying here...When the mall is open.. it is s good sign of Salalah development of society and econmy is growing.pinay sa omanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01190165949516657195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2311943055243587440.post-37944322090248219152013-01-01T18:49:14.069+04:002013-01-01T18:49:14.069+04:00Hi,
I stumbled onto this blog while googling Dhofa...Hi,<br />I stumbled onto this blog while googling Dhofar after reading about eastern aromatics in Conde Nast Traveler. I live an hour outside ofAustin, Texas. Our town is struggling to retain it's identity due to increased corporate "investment" also. We purchased a large ranch and planned to spend our lives here, but after five years this town is starting to resemble a large city. It's awful. Concrete everywhere. Stores full of items we don't need, and if we did need them they were only an hour away. Too many fast-food restaurants to count. The small businesses with personal service are dying out. I just wanted to tell you it's going on everywhere in the U.S. (I know you visited Kentucky) and it's heart-breaking. We are selling our ranch in the next few months. I like your blog, Susan. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2311943055243587440.post-82182641561151430652012-12-28T17:02:55.730+04:002012-12-28T17:02:55.730+04:00An extra 100 shops will not destroy the soul of Sa...An extra 100 shops will not destroy the soul of Salalah which is a city of 200 thousand people.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2311943055243587440.post-1808577865471832432012-12-19T11:12:06.377+04:002012-12-19T11:12:06.377+04:00Interesting perspective. I didn't think of the...Interesting perspective. I didn't think of the news in that way.Omani Princess (not Omani...yet)https://www.blogger.com/profile/11738377563210269837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2311943055243587440.post-86050961090428901142012-12-11T10:29:19.310+04:002012-12-11T10:29:19.310+04:00No one wants the stupid mall.
Regards,
A Dhofar ...No one wants the stupid mall.<br /><br />Regards,<br /><br />A Dhofar Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2311943055243587440.post-59955391258606283562012-12-10T18:59:38.564+04:002012-12-10T18:59:38.564+04:00Yes, Salalah is indeed a special place and am most...Yes, Salalah is indeed a special place and am most thankful to be given the opportunity to live here now. <br /><br />Supposed 'development' is misunderstood the whole world over but as a foreigner please count me out on lusting after malls, ever faster reckless car driving, plastic bags,casual pollution, the destruction of heritage buildings and so on. What is this rush to ultimate destruction? I can't help but to wonder. . . <br /><br />I fear the day when all is lost and surprise surprise the much sought after tourist Rial falls on its knees...leaving behind a cultural wasteland.<br /><br />The most curious aspect of all of this is that it does not fall into the usual overseas occupier colonisation patterns nor into my first impressions of what Oman aspires to. <br /><br />The death knell of many a small town in my otherwise stunning birth country of Aotearoa was multi-national corporatisation. The latter only cared for profit and had minimum engagement with local or indigenous people. <br /><br />While wishing to branch out into the world Oman must take heed not to be overcome by extremely short-term capital investments alone.<br /><br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2311943055243587440.post-8859288528608496442012-12-08T05:52:39.771+04:002012-12-08T05:52:39.771+04:00Its the essence of modernity to have a shopping ma...Its the essence of modernity to have a shopping mall in the town you are in, where the shops are clones of the ones in the town you just came from ;}<br />and how much better if they themselves are clones from a culture that you never were, yet might just become :{<br />money from the far north, and plenty of vitamin W will ensure the project changes the goose's eggs of your own town to those of the chicken of the town you never imagined you would live in >|Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2311943055243587440.post-1343999041901639232012-12-07T17:17:37.441+04:002012-12-07T17:17:37.441+04:00Couldn't agree more! I think Salalah will be u...Couldn't agree more! I think Salalah will be un-recognisable in the near future - and that makes me very sad indeed. Who needs shops and Western commercialism everywhere they go? It's all so boring and samey!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com