TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN/INTEREST
May 01 of 2024: Thunders woke me up around 02h00 in Alkhobar, perhaps it is going to be a rainy day. Some People were seen jumping over the puddles of water around 07h40 formed by the past nights rain. Yes, so it is rainy day. Loud thunder started again around 16h45.
May 01 of 2024: my rent was paid to cover the one month period April 07 to May 06 of 2024 (April 07 as the first day of the month and May 06 as the last day of the month), so no worries at the moment for a week or so. (Since I rented another place on May 02 on monthly rent, moved out before the cutoff date). I was not late in paying rent, it is just that my period of one month started on March 07 of 2024, next rent was paid on April 07. I tried to convince them to make it from First of every month, but the rent receiver (Bangla dshi man) did not agree, eventually I decided to move out and rent another place, based on his verbal notice to move out.
May 01 of 2024: around 11h15 I received a call from Zain KSA mobile customer service regarding the issue with voucher, matter was resolved, and voucher was loaded on the pre paid line.
May 01 of 2024: received a call from a vendor/supplier (sounded like a woman) offering materials, services, and wanted to connected with me on whatsapp for future correspondence.
May 02 of 2024: walked to the store #103 to buy some essential grocery items, used my bank card to pay for it, turn around time about one hour. In the evening bought some essential items from a store Zeenal alahlam on the 10 th street and Mazraa store #16 due to some changes.
May 02 of 2024: rented at VIA apartments on monthly basis (month will be of 30 days according to Gregorian calendar starting from May 02 as per the verbal and signed rental agreement/receipt.).
May 03 of 2024: heard a message today which was re ordered by some one from on my 613 voice mail regarding some fire alarm testing etc. as soon as I heard the message calledbback the church woman to let her know that they should call the maintenance dept of OCH. It was my person number that she called and recorded a message.
May 03 of 2023: when I checked OCH portal there was some kind of a maintenance report etc. about a change which I did not request, so I wrote a message to tenants coordinator and other relevant people of OCH about it that I did not request any changes.
May 04 of 2024: Hot weather, walked to food court of a nearby mall came back walking by 13h00, went out doors again in the evening towards different area and came back walk, hot weather caused me to sweat alot.
May 05 of 2024: Hot weather remained indoors, went outdoors for errands to buy essentials in the evening.
May 06 of 2024: went outdoors around noon time for short walk around the neighbourhood and bought some ready to eat meals from a Mattaam (restaurant) on 10th Street.
May 06 of 2024: received few calls today, Mohammed called to find out if I was checked out and out of the room (i.e. moved out of #301).
May 07 of 2024: RONA is a construction hardware retail company in Canada, here in Alkhobar Saudi Arabia, a Hotel was seen by this name, RONA Hotel on the back side of VIA apartments. VIA is a rail company in Canada. I used VIA rail from Ottawa to travel to YYZ before taking a flight to Dammam. Name of the road between VIA and RONA in Alkhobar was Sharah Makkah (Makkah Al Mukarramah St).
May 07 of 2024: running water stoppoedcaround 19h00, some hammering sounds were heard.
May 07 of 2024: veritass alliance is still calling my Ottawa mobile number with incomplete name, when I called their number from Alkhobar Saudi Arabia around 15h15 Ottawa time and asked for the full name of the person they were contacting, line was disconnected. I have no debt with any merchant, small amount of debt only with my bank in Ottawa, but not with any merchant.
May 08 of 2024: made a partial payment to Koodo mobile around 10h00 Ottawa time from Alkhobar Saudi Arabia.
May 09 of 2024: it was revealed to me this morning around 07h30 (when I returned with a cup of coffee from my morning walk around the triangle, triangle formed by Makkah Al mukarrama st, 10th Street and a no name street where VIA hotel front was located across from a closed restaurant.) that there were two men staff by the name of Mustafa at the reception in this building, one works in the after noon after 12, the person who received rent for May 2024, issued a card key and issued a signed rental paper/receipt. Other man by the name of Mustafa is seen in the morning hours, perhaps he covers the desk for the night shift. Also that the land line phone in my apartment 504 was not enabled for incoming/outgoing calls, it was enabled only to talk to the reception by pushing zero after lifting the handset from the base.
May 10 of 2024: I went down to the lobby at street level around 07h30 and tuned my phones sensors by checking location/coordinates to see if it was aware of the surroundings or not, went back upstairs to my apartment on floor 5 around 08h00, a woman was seen coming down the stairs as I was heading up the stairs with a phone to her ear.
May 10 of 2024: sunny, hot weather, lot of sweating, walked to the McDonald’s, than to a Mattaam restaurant near Zain mobility store to buy mandi rice chicken, payment by card was declined so paid by cash, asked for chang due back, which I got back, and walked back to my apartment 504, got soaked up in my own sweat arrived around 13h40.
May 11 of 2024: a quick trip to Tamimi grocery store,vwaljed along Street 7 (or 13th St as shown by Google maps) to get there and came back via 10th St. to get to my apartment 504. Round trip was about one hour duration 06h30 to 07h30.
May 11 of 2924: a remittance company in Alkhobar Saudi Arabia used by Expatriates in Saudi Arabia named “Telemoney” has connections with Bank Of Montreal in Canada but not with other banks.
May 12 of 2024: As a result of the information I found on May 11 from Telemoney, I did some reaesr on the internet and found a useful business related website at URL:
https://www.saudiexports.gov.sa/en/Exporter-Development/Pages/International_Banks.aspx
Which shows that not all banks in Saudi Arabia deal with Scotia Bank.
(continued on the next page of May 2024).
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{KhalidMahmood}
Ph:+966(59)641-3319
VIA Furnished Apartments #504.
Right across Restaurant Alrawazin Heritage Village
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75QQ+XG Al Khobar Saudi Arabia 34446
Google map shows 13th Street on the other side of the building and one of the address finding apps show 13th Street as part of the address for this building which was incorrect, 13th Street of Google map has a street sign plate of 7 St.
(opposite Starbucks, near Hotel Golden Bujari and Alrajhi Bank) behind Ninar restaurant. Right across from Restaurant Alrawazin Heritage Village.
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