Tuesday, December 06, 2016

PISA 2015 Results are Now Available

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Prepare yourself for tons of news articles discussing your country's educational system and how well it's doing, or alarmist headli...
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Saturday, December 03, 2016

Doha News Website Blocked in Qatar

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Unfortunately a few days ago both telecom providers here in Qatar blocked the Doha News website, dohanews.co . Readers of this blog will b...
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Sunday, November 27, 2016

Rain -- with a Vengance!

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Well it rained again yesterday but this time it was a good soaking, a thunderstorm that lasted around 20-30 minutes with heavy rain. Natural...
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Wednesday, November 23, 2016

The Rainy Season has Begun

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Tonight it rained a little! First time in 6 months or so. A 6-month gap between rain is actually pretty good for Qatar. Having rain in late ...
Sunday, November 20, 2016

Soccer in Qatar

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Yes, soccer. I'm Canadian dang it and that’s what we call it. One criticism some had about Qatar winning the right to host the 2022 W...
Monday, November 14, 2016

Busy, busy, busy

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Sorry everyone for not posting for a while. With the weather finally cooling down the evenings have been busy as everybody is out doing thin...
Friday, October 28, 2016

Fun with Bitmoji

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A while ago I loaded an app called Bitmoji that I've been using on some of my social media. You create an avatar and then the app will i...
Wednesday, October 26, 2016

Kayaking in Qatar

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When I was in Abu Dhabi a couple of weekends ago one of the activities that I did was kayaking. Our hotel was near a mangrove forest and yo...
Tuesday, October 11, 2016

Saudi Transit Visa

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Wow, it's been quite a while since I've posted on the blog. Not due to a particular crisis or dilemma, I've just been pretty bu...
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Friday, September 23, 2016

Eid Vacation in Turkey

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So during Eid I went to Turkey to meet up with some friends. Like last year we went to a resort in Bodrum, this time the Voyage between Bodr...
Wednesday, September 07, 2016

Vehicle Fatalities in Qatar

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Back in 2014 I did a blog post analyzing the road fatality rate in Qatar. It seemed to indicate that despite the population growing, and th...
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Monday, August 29, 2016

Summer Weather in Qatar

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Summer is more than halfway over, with luck the heat will break by October. Not surprisingly summers here are H-O-T, temps in the mid-40s ar...
Sunday, August 21, 2016

Gaming

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Usually at least once a week I'm hanging out with friends at a majlis. The guys like to play various games to pass the time, either elec...
Monday, August 15, 2016

The Murphy's Law of a New Car

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About four months ago I bought a new car. I had my previous car for nearly ten years so it was time for an upgrade, it also helped that pric...
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Wednesday, August 03, 2016

Dates Festival at Souq Waqif

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For the next couple of weeks Souq Waqif has set up a large tent where local farms can sell dates. Despite the fact that it was a weekday ...
Friday, July 29, 2016

Seychelles

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Shortly after returning to Doha I was off on another trip, this time to the Seychelles, a group of islands in the Indian Ocean. A friend had...
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Wednesday, July 13, 2016

Eid Vacation

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Back from vacation, as soon as Eid hit I was off to Paris where I stayed with some friends. The weather reports said it would be mostly c...
Monday, July 04, 2016

Ramadan 2016 Ends Tomorrow Night

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So the Ministry of Islamic Affairs announced that Eid will not start tonight but tomorrow night. They were unable to spot the light of the C...
Sunday, July 03, 2016

Ramadan 2016, Day 27 – Meals and Buffets

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Only a couple of days to go before Eid. We will know tomorrow night whether Eid officially starts or whether it will start the next night....
Saturday, July 02, 2016

Ramadan 2016, Day 25 - Corniche Car Parade

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Every Ramadan, around 4:30-6:00pm, people go down to the Corniche in fancy or vintage cars and drive up and down the street. Not sure why, b...