So its been a long time. Too long. Let's see where do I begin? Well in summary, the last few months truly has been a whirlwind for me. I went to England in September. reconnected with my nephews, Aunts and Cousins etc. and managed to see friends and mohos as well. I had a business trip to Oman (Can we say AMAZING!) for a week. Had a blast snorkelling and dancing with Omani's and meeting new people and making friends with staff from Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar. November i had another business trip to Dubai. Yes, I finally made it to Dubai. I can't believe it took me so long to make it out there but it did. I had a great time at brunch at the Burj-Al-Arab. It's the hotel shaped like a sailboat. Then I hosted P here in Doha and had a great time showing Phil and Shannon around Doha when they came for a visit. This month I will be travelling to New York and should be in the greatest city in the world from De. 18th - January 1st. I can't believe I've done this much travelling. I never realized how behind i was until i got back from Dubai. Instead of traveling to some exotic tropical paradise like my supervisor, I was left behind and forced to come into work every day of the EID holiday. I did manage to have a good time despite the fact i had to work.
I can't believe that it has been close to a year since i arrived. I really am emjoying myself. I have really great co-workers. I'm feeling much more comfortable around them that I've even become more relaxed and silly with them. They all use to say how they thought i was nice but thought i would be hard to connect with. I somehow give off a really different vibe when people first meet me. I'm not sure why.
Qatar is a curious place...it really is. I finally went Dune bashing. Can we say hella fun! The best part was that our tour guides were Qatari. I was expecting some Indian or Palestinian driver but instead had Hassan my Qatari tour guide. He was hilarious. Imagine this 40 something Qatari guy wearing a Thobe and rapping to Tupac and Akon. I didn't realize it until this trip, but Akon lyrics are really explicit! I'm so use to hearing him on the radio i guess i never realized how much is actually edited out. I think the best though was when the tour group was taking a breather at the beach and one of the Qatari tour guides started blasting and singing along to Bob Marley. Gotta love BOB!! EVERYONE LOVES BOB!! JAM ROCK REPRESENT!!
In other news, I'm making friends with Qatari's YAY!! I keep coming up with ideas on how Qatari's and non Qatari's can integrate more. So who knows..maybe i might be able to add club owner to my reprtoire! :)
Well I think this might just be my last post of the year. Thanks to everyone who supported me this past year. I couldn't have done it without your support and encouragement. 2008 sucked and i was very optimitsic about 2009 and low and behold 2009 was full of great surprises. I hope 2010 is even better!!
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