Friday, May 29, 2009

Hot

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Man, it is hot. (Yeah, yeah, I know what you're thinking, "Really Glen, is it hot in the Arabian desert? Who knew?"). I mea...
Tuesday, May 26, 2009

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Amusingly, someone just left a comment on my very first blog post back in September 2006. Every now and then I get comments on an old post ...
Friday, May 22, 2009

Emir's Cup

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Last week I went to the final soccer match of the year, the finals of the Emir's Cup. Since tickets were only QR 10 ($2.70) I figured w...
Friday, May 15, 2009

So... how is that financial crisis going?

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I was reading the paper today and there were two articles discussing the impact of the financial crisis in the region. The first was about ...
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Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Rock

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Whoops, I just realised it has been over a week since I last posted. I hope no one thought I had come down with H1N1 or something. I have b...
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Monday, May 04, 2009

A(H1N1) flu update

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Okay looks like I was wrong in terms of manifestation of suspected cases. So far there have been no suspected cases reported in the Arabian...
Thursday, April 30, 2009

H1N1 flu

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Just a quick update on the H1N1 flu and its impact in the Middle East. So far there are no suspected or confirmed cases in the Middle East. ...
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Tuesday, April 28, 2009

News from Qatar

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The title of this Qatari news article says it all: Cross-dressing seen as a ‘serious menace to society’
Sunday, April 26, 2009

Oryx

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I forgot to mention that last weekend I went out on another excursion with the Qatar Natural History Group. This time we went out to a smal...
Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Mandated Requirements for Rap/Hip-Hop Videos

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Flipping through the channels one day I wandered to one of the music video channels and watched it for a while. This channel seemed to be b...
Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Egypt, part four.

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I'm going to try to keep the rest of this brief. I realised that I could probably go on for about another six posts about this trip. Lu...
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Sunday, April 19, 2009

Evolution

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Let me just take a detour from the Egyptian vacation to discuss a topic that, sadly, is far more controversial than it should be in this day...
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Friday, April 17, 2009

Egypt, part three

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The Valley of the Kings; one of the most famous historical sites in Egypt (probably after the Pyramids and the Sphinx). There are 64 tombs ...
Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Egypt, continued

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Because we arrived at the hotel in the afternoon we did not have time to book a tour for that day. However we knew that the nearby Karnak t...
Tuesday, April 07, 2009

Egypt

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The trip to Egypt, or more specifically, Luxor. Luxor was the capital of ancient Egypt from the 18th through the 20th dynasties, from around...
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Birthday wishes

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I just want to wish my wonderful sister Karen a Happy Birthday! She turns 41 today (keep it secret though, she tells people she is younger ...
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Saturday, April 04, 2009

Parents

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Today I went to visit some friends to see their new baby daughter. The baby is a little over two weeks old and while she is a happy baby he...
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Friday, April 03, 2009

Okay I'm back

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Hi everyone! It has definitely been a little while since I blogged, sorry about that. My Mum flew down on March 17 and just left today so ...
Saturday, March 21, 2009

flu

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Man, last week really sucked. I came down with some kind of flu/cold that had me in bed for days. By Tuesday I was feeling a little better...
Friday, March 13, 2009

Stupid internet connections

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I'm trying to change my profile picture but the connection is so bad it can't upload - stupid compound internet connections.
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