Thursday, August 30, 2007

Out for the weekend

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Taking a quick weekend getaway to Abu Dhabi. My friends Mike & Elushka are going to drive down from Dubai and meet me there so it shoul...
Sunday, August 26, 2007

Another journey

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Well everything has been finalized and it looks like I have another conference coming up in October. So where am I heading this time? . . ....
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Tuesday, August 21, 2007

Here she is!

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Happy Birthday Karis!

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A Happy Birthday wish to my niece Karis. I'll try to dig up a photo for the blog - she's so cute! She is one of those rare childre...
Thursday, August 16, 2007

Liquor Permits

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So after being here about 15 months I finally broke down and got a liquor permit. You see in Qatar you need a license to have alcohol at ho...
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Saturday, August 11, 2007

Premium vs. Regular gas

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I had always wondered what the difference in octane between premium, super and regular gas was supposed to do. A little research came up wi...
Monday, August 06, 2007

A trip to the movies

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Wasn't doing much the other evening so decided to check out "The Simpsons Movie" as I had heard that it was pretty good. This...
Friday, August 03, 2007

Ladies, does your husband work in Doha on his own?

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If so, and he's 45+, I put it about a 1-in-6 chance he's roaming around Doha with a young pretty Asian lady. Stopped by a couple of...
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Wednesday, August 01, 2007

Absinthe

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While travelling in London I tried to find a place that served absinthe , a drink that I had always been meaning to try out. Absinthe alway...
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Tuesday, July 31, 2007

A bit about travelling.

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I can't believe that I forgot to mention one of the most useful links: Trip Advisor . I don't use it for booking vacations, what i...
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Monday, July 30, 2007

Links to occupy your time

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The internet is an interesting and bizarre place. Here's some links to neat sites that you might not have seen before. Something to wh...
Wednesday, July 25, 2007

Random bits

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I was reading a book on Salvador Dali (with lots of pictures of his work) before going to bed last night. Big mistake - I had the weirdest ...
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Sunday, July 22, 2007

London vs. Paris

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Okay so how was the trip? Which city did I like better? Well, I figured I'd do a itemized list of things to compare the two cities on,...
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Saturday, July 21, 2007

I'm baaaaaaaaack.

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Back from the Europe trip. I had a wonderful time in London and Paris and like most good trips it is a bit of a drag that it had to end and...
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Tuesday, July 10, 2007

Off to London and Paris!

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For the next couple of weeks blogging will be sporatic, I'm off to Europe tomorrow morning! I can't wait. I'm meeting up with ...
Saturday, July 07, 2007

One thing to make you sad, one to make you laugh.

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Here's a couple of links that you might find interesting. First the sad one, the website for the orphanage in Nepal that my friend Mary...
Friday, July 06, 2007

Medication warnings

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I just noticed that: 1) all of my medications were made in either the UAE or Egypt; and 2) none of them say that you can't take them wit...

You just never know what it's your turn.

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A while back the cafe at the compound had a new waiter, Raju, a young guy from (I think) Nepal. The company who runs the restaurant has six...
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Sunday, July 01, 2007

Oh yeah, I forgot the heat exhaustion!

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. . . and as well as the flu followed by bronchitus I've had my first experience with heat exhaustion this year. June was not a good mo...
Saturday, June 30, 2007

Bronchitus

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So now that my flu is gone I guess life decided that it would be a great time to follow it up with bronchitus. I've been coughing for n...