About Cars

Hi guys, just a thought today about cars. Wonder why somehow people like to own cars.. Here are what cars bring along:
1. Car loan.
2. Occasional puncture of tyres causing inconvenience. sometimes, 2 at a time.
3. Occasional traffic fines. talking abt that. i think i may been getting one soon. kena flashed at the traffic signal while trying to do a U turn. now praying that the camera did not capture my plate number since i just just braked after the line... aiyah...worry for nothing. pray for me also, ok?
4. road tax.
5. need to go servicing. now my 15k mileage is up.
6. need to buy insurance.
7. need to do technical inspection after 3 years.
8. need to go car wash at times. 10qr or 4 sing per time.
9. kena horn at times.

so, why do we still own a car? guess it is the pride of man if not for the need sake. : )

Cookie Cat

Hi, someone asked me to blog more about my cat in Doha. Here are some more pictures of him (ya, we discovered that Cookie is actually a boy.. cant tell clearly when he is young). Doesn't he look cute? But he is also quite violent now and loves to bite and scratch.

For scratching, we have bought a scratch board for him. for biting, what else can we do but to beat him? Wife said using a loud voice or hand clap to discipline him - but dont seems to be working.. think my beating and confinement (in toilet for eg) still work best..

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.