Sunday, December 31, 2006

It's . . . friggin chilly!

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After five months of 40+ degree heat (with 80+% humidity) I never figured Doha would ever get the least bit chilly. I was told that duri...
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Wednesday, December 20, 2006

In tribute to Carl Sagan

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10 years ago today the world lost a wonderful person. Carl Sagan might be best known (by the older crowd) as the host of Cosmos and his re...
Sunday, December 17, 2006

Asian Games - badminton

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Okay badminton is a game that I don't think I need to explain to everyone. The game is popular in East Asia so the matches that I saw h...
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Asian Games - boxing & wushu

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Okay I've combined both boxing & wushu because both were similar. Now there are different forms of wushu, I went with a buddy of mi...
Saturday, December 16, 2006

Asian Games - Kabbadi

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Man it's been raining a lot here. The last two weeks have reminded me of Vancouver, it seems like everyday it has been rainy and drizzl...
Thursday, December 14, 2006

Asian Games - Sepaktakraw

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Okay, before the Asian Games started I had never even heard of sepaktakraw but it sounded interesting so I bought some tickets. In truth I...
Sunday, December 10, 2006

Asian Games - diving

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So last night I watched men's synchonised diving. I know a bit about diving from watching Olympic coverage a couple of years ago, enoug...

Asian Games - tennis

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Now as pretty much everyone knows I love tennis. So I couldn't pass up a chance to watch the tennis at the Asian Games. The top player...
Tuesday, December 05, 2006

Judo

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Not being an expert on martial arts I wasn't sure what to expect watching the Judo tournament. Unlike karate, kung fu and taekwondo, jud...
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Monday, December 04, 2006

More Asian Games!

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Okay this week has been hectic with all of the Asian Games activities. I was hesitant about the Games at first but it turns out that it...
Tuesday, November 28, 2006

Asian Games - and so it begins . . .

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The 15th Asian Games is being held in Doha. Preseumably this is the second largest games after the Olympics and the Government is hoping th...
Wednesday, November 22, 2006

It rained!

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I have been here over 6 months and had yet to see rain. None. Not a drop. In fact it was rare to even have a cloudy day, in the summer sa...
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Sunday, November 19, 2006

So what do you say to someone when . . .

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A while back work arranged for some of us to have Arabic lessons, provided by the Qatar Centre for the Presentation of Islam. I've alwa...
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Wednesday, November 15, 2006

Aljazeera english broadcast started today

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Today a new global TV news station debuted - Aljazeera (in English). It started at 3:00pm Doha time and most of the office was by a TV to w...
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Saturday, November 11, 2006

The nature of jihad

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A buddy and I attended a recent lecture hosted by Georgetown University on jihad by Dr. Shah-Kazemi (an Ismaili Muslim living in the UK). I...
Tuesday, October 31, 2006

Snopes - a website everyone should use

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Ever wonder if that "missing kid" email you received is true? Or if that shocking picture a friend forwarded is real or a photosh...
Monday, October 30, 2006

Istanbul

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Got back from Istanbul - what a great city! Temperature was comfortable, the sights were amazing (especially the Topapki Palace and the Hag...
Sunday, October 22, 2006

On Vacation

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I'm off tomorrow morning for 4 days in Istanbul. I'll post about it once I return. That is, if I'm not bloated from eating too...

Iftar

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During Ramadan a Muslim is not allowed to eat or drink anything throught the day so the meal to break the fast, called Iftar, is pretty impo...

What's up with blogger.com?

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Geez, I'm finally able to access the blog again. For some strange reason I couldn't log on for the last few days. It might have so...