Cruise Deadline August 11
There is still time to act for people who would like to cruise the Méxican Riviera with the Aramco ExPats Travel Club in October but have not yet booked their places.
Staley Newsletter - Wedding
July 23rd, 2014 Shawn and Hannah Graham became Husband & Wife. The two families joined for 10 wonderful, memory making, happy, fun days.
Cruising in Alaska with Fred Bobb and Barbara
Some people, like Aramco ExPat Fred Bobb, have all the luck. At this very moment, Fred and Barbara are cruising the southeastern coast of Alaska on a Celebrity Cruise ship.
Eid ul Fitr Celebrations in Karachi
In order to thank Almighty Allah for blessing the month of Ramazan Eid-ul-Fitr was celebrated throughout the country with great religious enthusiasm on July 18, 2015.
What in the World is a “BHOG”?
Aramcons are notorious for their distinctive sense of humor. We all have stories to tell that would well illustrate the phenomenon.
Retraction of Wayne Powell Obituary
We wish to apologize to Wayne and Patricia Powell for incorrectly reporting in the obituaries section of last week’s newsletter that Wayne had passed away. We were wrong.
Around the Horn & Around the World
Baseball fans are familiar with the expression “Around the horn.” For non-fan readers, that’s an expression used to describe when infielders throw the ball from one to another to another after a batter strikes out or an out is made at first base.
Gold Rush
"There’s Gold in Them Thar Hills!" Those words were first spoken by a character, Colonel Mulberry Sellers, in a stage adaptation of Mark Twain’s novel, The Gilded Age.
Old Newspapers Make Great Reading
A feature available on our website that many readers are not aware of is our link to an archive containing old issues of one of the great Saudi Aramco publications from yesteryear, the Arabian Sun and Flare.
Karachi Hit by Bad Heat Waves
Karachi, the largest city in Pakistan, presents an interesting and colorful combination of the old and new.
Mary Erwin - Abqaiq Kindergarten Teacher
How many of you carry warm memories of kindergarten? And, how many of you know the origin of the word?
24 Year Career Comes to a Close for Lyn
For Kent Lyn, the opportunity to help young engineers grow in their field has always been one of the most rewarding aspects of the job.
Get Action, Act Now
President Teddy Roosevelt was famous for imploring people to “Get action. Do things; be sane; don’t fritter away your time; create; act; take a place wherever you are and be somebody; get action.”
15th Biennial AramcoBrat Reunion Held in Water-logged Houston
The online edition of the Merriam-Webster Dictionary gives several definitions for “Brat”: (1) a : CHILD; specifically : an ill-mannered annoying child, as in “a spoiled brat.” b : an ill-mannered immature person; and (2) : the child of a career military person, as in “army brats”; also : the child of a person whose career is in a specified and typically unusual field, as in “Hollywood brats.”
A Gathering of Aramcons, San Diego Style
A group of Aramco annuitants dubbed themselves “The San Diego Aramco Group” some years ago and have faithfully gotten together once a month ever since in that idyllic, sun-kissed city by the sea.
Engineer SW Fakhri Visits US
Engr. Syed Waqar Fakhri, Badge No. 74666, retired from Saudi Aramco in 2008 after 29 years of service with Power Distribution Department (PDD).
Ruby Princess Stateroom Options
Normally when somebody gives you three choices for something, they call them “good,” “better” and “best.”
The Udhailiyah Dining Hall Fire
On the 13th of this month a fire broke out in the dining hall building at the Udhailiyah camp.
The Redwood Forest
This land is your land, this land is my land, From California, to the New York Island, From the Redwood Forest, to the Gulf Stream Waters, This land was made for you and me.
Zoya Imran Celebrated Her 8th Happy Birthday
Zoya Imran is the daughter of Imran Ahmed Khan Ghouri and Erum Imran and the granddaughter of Engr. Iqbal Ahmed Khan, VP of Saudi Aramco Ex-Employees Association Karachi (SAEEA).