Tyler Lee CP#3 Abdullah

I met Abdullah at Black Dog Cafe on Sunday afternoon to have some coffee and meet each other.  I had heard great things about him from Mitch and Wonmi so I thought it would be a good idea to contact him and plan a meeting with him. Abdullah's competency is what I would consider to be advanced, and he very rarely had to ask me to repeat a word or phrase. Abdullah is from Saudi Arabia and is an engineer looking to get his master's degree in the US in engineering administration; since I know nothing about engineering and had never met anyone from Saudi Arabia before, I learned a lot from our interaction. Abdullah worked at a desalinization plant on the coast of the Red Sea and informed me that Saudi Arabia has the most sophisticated plant of its kind in the world. I knew that there was not much fresh water in Saudi Arabia, but he really struck the point home when he told me that their desalinization plants have to be very efficient and sophisticated or else people wouldn't have water at all. Even though freshwater scarcity is becoming a larger issue for many places around the world, it seems that Saudi Arabia is at the most extreme of these conditions. I also learned that while much of Saudi Arabia can reach as high as 50 degrees Celsius in the summer, his home, Abha, is in the mountains and maintains comfortable temperatures.  If I were to ever visit Saudi Arabia, I would definitely go there, especially after seeing the photos that Abdullah showed me. He is a very kind person and very interesting to talk to.