Sunday, November 30, 2008

Rain & Glyphs

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It finally rained! On Friday a few rainclouds went over the country and gave it the first decent rain since January. It was maybe 1 cm max...
Friday, November 28, 2008

End of November updates

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So far the changes I've taken to help heal my knees have been going well. Every day I have been doing my isometric exercises, balance e...
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Monday, November 24, 2008

Hajj

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Last week I saw an ad in the local paper for a lecture on the Hajj (pilgrimage to Mecca) at the Islamic Cultural Centre. I remember some of...
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Saturday, November 22, 2008

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While all of you up in Canada and Europe sit there shivering in perhaps the latest cold snap I am proud to announce that I have finally turn...
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Health update

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Well I got back from the doctor and, not surprisingly, I need to do more physiotherapy and work harder at this. I explained to him the exer...
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Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Camping Qatari-style

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I was speaking to one of my Qatari colleagues the other day about his plans for the weekend and he said that he was probably going to go cam...
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Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Computers and Health

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I'm getting really fed up with the computer access at my compound. Not only has it been very slow in the last month or so but it will t...
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Friday, November 14, 2008

Obama & Tennis

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Now that everything has settled with the US election I guess I should join the tens of thousands of other bloggers to voice my opinion on th...

On travel

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So what has been happening? I just got back from four days in Dubai where I was giving a brief presentation at an IFRS seminar. IFRS stand...
Thursday, November 06, 2008

Get a second opinion!

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A colleague of mine recently had his family away for a few weeks staying with relatives in the Far East and while the family was there they ...
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Saturday, October 25, 2008

Finance and water

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Geez has it been two weeks since my last update?? Sorry about that folks. Just a quick bit on the Global Financial Crisis. I admit I do hav...
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Saturday, October 11, 2008

Qataris

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Although I do not interact with Qataris too often I have been fortunate enough to get to know two Qataris who work in my office as graduate ...
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Friday, October 03, 2008

Eid

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So right now I am in the middle of the Eid holiday, celebrating the end of Ramadan. We get three days off of work so combine that with the ...
Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Picture frame

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In a similar theme to the "7 Up" posts I did earlier I got really interesting gift -- a digital photo frame. One of those picture...
Saturday, September 27, 2008

Comprendez-vous francais?

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During Ramadan pretty much every restaurant is closed until evening, which means I've been eating lunch at the office a lot. Thankfully...
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Wednesday, September 24, 2008

7 Up -- part 2

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28: Location -- Vancouver, British Columbia After finishing my degree in chemistry I went to the University of British Columbia to do a year...
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Sunday, September 21, 2008

Seven Up!

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For the last couple of weeks the "classic movies" have been the Up Documentaries by Michael Apted. In 1963 of the group from the ...
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Cell phone update

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Well what do you know my mobile phone works after all! I tried charging it up again and everything worked fine. Motorola rules! Except now...
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Saturday, September 20, 2008

Saudi cleric wants death for astrologers

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So as you are aware there is a lot of financial turmoil in the markets now, what with many investment banks, as well as one of the largest i...
Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Happy Birthday Mark!

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My brother Mark turns something like 5 billion tomorrow. After reading about my recent injuries with the knee, hands etc he informed me tha...