My life and experiences in Oman

My  life in Oman

I came to Oman in April 1991 to join Muscat Technical Industrial College taking loss of pay leave for 5 years from TKM. The HOD Derrick Hewitt, Office Supt Waleed and my TKM Colleague Divakaran were there in the Airport to receive me. I liked the atmosphere of the college, the staff and students. I am allotted furnished flat but I stayed with Divakaran few days to get accustomed. Some of my relatives includin my brother in law Raheem, Rasheed(Babu), Shafi , Aktar, Zakir and Lukman were also there in Oman so weekends were wonderful. The climate in Oman is bearable and good with good rains and comfortable winter. No sand storm there as it is surrounded by hills. Khantaq beach is a marvelous sightseeing place . Our TKM student and a friend Jaffer Engg made the stay pleasant and fruitful. 

Unfortunately within 3 weeks of reaching there I lost my mother in Madras and I could not go as there was no direct flight to Madras then. Divakaran, my colleagues and my relatives there consoled me. One of the Omani staff Rashid Al Qassim and Karunan were very helpful throughout my stay there.

Students liked my classes. They were very poor in understanding, I took extra pain to develop new techniques to make things easier for them so they felt happy. I tried to clear their doubts and explained in simple English.

Derrick helped me to get visa for my wife daughter and youngest son. I came to Cochin by June mid and took my family to Oman. They also liked the flat in the campus and I admitted my son in the Indian School in the 8th std. My old student in TKM, Rajendra Prasad helped me to get a job for my son who was a Civil Engg and he arrived by Nov 1991. Then in 1992 Apr 1st we got the happy news of birth of a daughter for my son and named her Rukaiya which was my mothers name. We shifted to a larger house in Alkwair then. My son brought his family also by Dec 1992. My second son who was doing B.Com in Quilon also came for vaccation.

In 1993 Alhamdulillah I could go with my wife for first Hajj leaving my other children with eldest son and family. HOD Derrick left and an Omanee Nasser Kharusi became the HOD. Including him all staff were good to me especially Karunan. Rajendra Prasad used to take us for sight seeing. There are beautiful villages like Ibri, Rustak, Niswa, Kasab etc. We could not go to Salala as it was more than 1200 Km away. We could also conduct few deeni classes in our house with the help of Ummer Sahib who was a dedicated person. After I left it is continued in Jaffer Engg house

Alhamdulillah I could buy a flat near Lissy Hospital and could help my brothers and sisters for their daughters marriages and do some charity from Oman money in addition to performing Hajj with wife.

After a wonderful and satisfied life for 5 years myself and family except my Engg son Mansoor and fly returned to Trivandrum. The college wanted me to stay further but as my dream of a Hajj and a flat is full filled I decided to leave as I was not interested in making big money. I am thankful to Allah and all those who made our life in Oman very nice. I also liked the Sultan Qaboos whose sincere efforts bring the country on top of all Gulf Countries. Recently he passedaway. May his soul rest in peace. 

Karunan expired at Bangalore. May his soul rest in peace. I am sad that I am not able to contact the Omanee Rashid Al Qassim who was of great help to me in Oman. I wish him all the best. 

Dr.Mohamed Ali Essa