Summer Festival in Doha

at least something to visit and look see here. if not, during summer time, most of our friends (singaporean mostly) are currently back in singapore, eating their bak chok mee. We went for the summer festival opening ceremony last tuesday.

http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=230306&version=1&template_id=36&parent_id=16

It is pretty interesting - just like an exhibition, but all words are in arabic. there are mascots walking around and magicians to entertain childrens. see the pictures.

Drinks at work

Over in middle east working culture, there is this concept of tea boys for every department - no tea lady or auntie. The tea boys are mainly from india, pakistan etc. They are pretty low paid - 200 to 400 sing per mth with food and lodging provided. Basically, at work, you can order as many drinks as you like for free. But the catch is that only those which they have
- arabic drinks - arabic coffee, turkish coffee (super not nice), arabic tea (super sweet, no wonder 1 in 4 qataris is dabietic), zatar (arabic herbal tea - worth drinking).
- fruit drinks - orange juice, cranberry juice, no apple or water melon or mango juice..
- plain water.

as for me, most of the time, i had orange juice and cranberry juice. per day. hee. dun think such treatment will happen in singapore.

Indian dinner

Last friday, we had a dinner with an indian couple, Vince and wife. Vince has been a very nice brother in christ to me. In my initial months, he has helped me a lot - fetched me to his indian church every friday am and offered to provide transport to me whenever i needed them. I have gave him and his wife dinner treats once or twice. Last friday, he gave myself and my wife a north indian treat. nice of them. .. but got some stomach problems the next day tho... : ) too sweet and spicy..

Making use of the Dust

Ha, guess a picture says a thousand words.. to my wife especially.. : ) sometimes, small things can make our lives more interesting and loving.. also, hmm...maybe this is a new way to avoid doing hsework.. can write the same words on floor, dusty tv screen, dusty table top, ... so no need to clean them off.. haa. but cant avoid washing dishes..

PS : this post is not applicable to David. Other guys will agree 100%.

Get Ready to be Dusty

well based on the satellite picture and the current situation, it seems that qatar will be dusty for the next few days. The actual look here is a bit like the haze back in singapore where visibility will drop a lot. well, precaution is to stay indoor more before you get sick for no good reason..