Life in Qatar
All good things…
…come to an end. I’ve struggled a fair bit with writing this post and have put it off for some time now. This past year has been one of the most turbulent periods of my life. We had a cancer scare in my family (thank you Health Canada for taking damn near six months from ...
Zen and the art of Dissertation Maintenance
It’s Eid in the sandbox. Things have been pretty hectic this semester. I’m teaching a new course in a new department. Back in September I interviewed for an administrative position where I work. I didn’t get the job. I was fairly pissed when it happened, a cocktail of disappointment with not getting one job and ...
In Between The Spaces
Plenty has happened since I wrote in June. Got another contract and after a nice break and I’m now back in the sandbox as people like to call it over here. I finished my sixth paper, just got the grade back and I passed. I am now officially into my dissertation. There’s something like 150+ new ...
Long Time No Blog! (Again)
It’s been quite a while since I’ve blogged. There have been plenty of new things happening. I’m No Longer Homeless! (Yay!) After about six months the new apartment building is finally finished and I’ve moved out of the hotel. Apartments were all given out by seniority choice. I was in the bottom third of the list, yet ...
Prelude to Building a House
Christmas vacation is here! Last year K and I split our time between Korea and Doha. This year K is back in Canada, enjoying Christmas with her family. As for me, I decided to go to Nepal and do some work with Habitat For Humanity. Overall I’ll be out here for 12 days, 8 of ...
I’m Sorry Sir, but You’ll Have to Wait…
I actually started this entry a couple of weeks ago. It took a few moments for me to realize just exactly what I was writing about… I went into Aspetar to get my MRI and the receptionist told me there’d be a delay. He apologized, explaining that the clinic had tried unsuccessfully to call me twice ...