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We have been expat since 2001, in Al Khobar, Saudi, and now in Qatar. Happily married!!!!
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Oh Life gets in the way…..
Posted on 26/03/2013
I am gearing up to blogging, I really am In the mean time you can catch up with my early stages Textile degree work on my Facebook page, please like and share – it’s HERE Thanks...
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Honesty is the best policy………….
Posted on 14/08/2012
Or at least it is, if you are actually being honest. Another phrase that pisses me off is ‘no offence but………..’ that translates as I’m about to say...
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A long overdue post from me……
Posted on 26/06/2012
I can’t believe I’ve left it so long between posts. Well, that’s not true, I can. I only have one explanation and that is that I’ve been too happy, too busy. Our...
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Drip Drip Drip, little April showers……..
Posted on 25/04/2012
We landed in Aberdeen on Friday the 30th of March, to bright sunshine and a slightly cold wind. By Sunday we had snow and by Thursday we’d had hail and rain. In fact I...
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All good things must come to an end…..
Posted on 04/03/2012
But they also have to start somewhere as well. Several things happened last year that made us start to question this thing we called the Expat bubble. Our granddaughter was born, our...
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Step away from the phone………..
Posted on 18/02/2012
My name is Amanda Barnes and I am a visual media and internet junkie. I can read on average, two books a week. I have loved movies and tv...
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We?ll meet again???.
Posted on 31/01/2012
February is a particularly rough month for me. On the 2nd, it will be three years since I lost my dad. I was going to write this post then but realised that I probably would be even...
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Happy New Year!!!
Posted on 04/01/2012
Hello 2012! I hope you are kinder to our family than your sibling. He was a complete *insert expletive here*. How did you all spend New Year’s Eve? I spent mine laid up on a sofa...
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Alex - hi :) dogs are fine here, if you are on facebook, do a search for the 'Dogs in Doha' group - excellent bunch of people who regularly get together to walk their dogs at the beach, do volunteer and rescue work for dogs and can also help give you information about relocation services for your dogs :)
Cooking is more of a challenge LOL, mainly because the supermarkets leave a lot to be desired when it comes to produce and meat. That said, Doha has a fantastic vegetable market and if you can get there in the mornings, you can get some lovely produce. Cookery books seem to be a bit thin on the ground lately although we do have a Virgin Megastore, it seems to stock mainly Arabic cookery books at the moment for some reason.
A couple of other sites to try are www.iloveqatar.net (I'm the food/restaurant reviewer for the new section to be launched soon) it's got LOTs of pages with info like cost of living, sorting out driving licenses etc. Another one is www.expatwoman.com - the qatar section has a forum, where you should be able to connect with a group of ladies here, who were (or still are) nurses before expat life and who meet regularly.
Hope that helps :)
If you have twitter, I'm '@expatcookie' you'll also find that Doha has a massive Twitter community and its a really valuable resource for whats going on here.
Amanda :)
We also Luuuuurve cooking and I am just gazing at the hundreds of cookery books we have!!! Can they be bought in Qatar? Also can I ask are there outside cafes where one can sit and watch the world go by? Look forward t your advice Regards Alex
Thanks a lot... :) but you know, its still hard
when you are new and dont know anyone here..
it would be better to meet good friends first to plan everything .... How are you?
Love your blog, love reading about real life experiences of living here. Your daughter has a fabulous voice.... my son is very into music as well and will be joining the Qatar Music Academy in February. Did your daughter do classes here at all and if so where?
Am going to enjoy reading your blog....
cheers...
liliana.