Saturday, October 27, 2007

The Return from Beijing.

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Okay, I'm back! Had a great time and it'll take a number of posts to explain it all. First, the conference. The conference was k...
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Thursday, October 11, 2007

I'm off to China!

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Heading to the airport in two hours for my trip to Beijing. Because the Eid holiday starts today this will likely be one of the busiest tim...
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Saturday, October 06, 2007

Road fatalities and other updates

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Geez it's been two weeks since last update. Hands are improving but not 100% so I'm still taking it easy. General updates: A comme...
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Sunday, September 16, 2007

RSI flare-up

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Sorry everyone but my RSI is kicking up again. Looks like I didn't rest it enough. Have to relax and cut-down on the typing and comput...
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Sunday, September 09, 2007

So, about Abu Dhabi

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So what was I doing in Abu Dhabi you ask? Well Monday September 3rd was a national holiday so everyone in the office was planning four-day...
Tuesday, September 04, 2007

Brief updates on currency

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Abu Dhabi was cool, more on that later . . . As for the unified Gulf currency planned for 2010, an economist says it is unlikely to happen....
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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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