Life in Qatar
November Happenings…
Notable happenings in Doha… DTFF It’s the Doha Tribeca Film Festival. Robert De Niro is in town promoting his new movie, ‘Silver Linings Playbook’. K saw an advanced screening back in Canada. She loved it. As for me, I got to see De Niro give an interview about his craft. The interviewer wasn’t particularly good, most of ...
Eid is almost over…
Well Eid is almost over. In two days I’ll be back in the classroom. Overall it’s been a great little break. I stayed in Doha and spent the majority of my time walking around my room iPad in hand reading up on my course. I just got my most recent grade today, I was lying ...
Vacation Time!
It’s Eid! I don’t know what what exactly the significance of Eid is, just that it means I won’t be working for the next week. Since the last paper, I’ve been much better about keeping up with the work. I’m not going anywhere during this vacation, just gonna sit back and relax in Doha. I’ve ...
Been a Blog Time Comin’
Yes, a bad pun starts the blog. It’s October, vacation is over, long receded into memory. Overall, like any vacation it wasn’t long enough. It was long, and longer than most people get, but fuck it – I can be greedy. It started with my parents, it’s been about three and half years since I ...
Halfway there
The past two months have been insanely busy. My masters started up again and I churned out another paper to get me halfway there. Speaking of halfway, My contract is almost halfway finished! The intersession is underway and I have a rowdy class, many of whom failed the course with me last semester. ...
A Return to Studies
Once again my poor little blog suffers the pain of its negligent owner. It’s been a busy semester. I am now officially back in Grad School with a paper due at the end of May. To that end I bought a new iPad, which I’m using at this very moment to write this post. The new ...