by Natasha Tynes | Jan 20, 2004 | Doha affairs, Film, Food and Drink
It’s 10:00 PM now and I’m still at work. There are four of us here so there is a light work load. As I’m currently doing nothing. I thought I might jot down a few lines about the weekend. It was very productive.
We signed the lease for the apartment and we are very excited to move, as it will be our first apartment together. The apartment is big: three bedrooms, two bathrooms, a kitchen, living room and a veranda. We will start moving next Sunday and hopefully be in there by Monday.
The tricky part is that the actual apartment will not be ready before March, but the landlord was nice enough to let us stay in an apartment in the same building until the work on our apartment (apartment number 12) finishes.
After we signed the contract on Monday night we went to a fancy Iranian restaurant called Shebstani to celebrate … very good food and excellent service.
Also on Monday, I got a six-month multiple visa to Lebanon which is cool. Jeff’s job hunting is going well with a number of leads to pursue. He put a goal for himself to find a job by the end of this month. I’m also using my contacts here to distribute his CV, so things are looking good.
On Sunday we got ourselves a subscription with a DVD rental place called "DVD corner". We rented Identity, Adaptation, 28 Days Later and All about My Mother
We watched Identiy and Adaptation and both were really good. We are planning to watch 28 days later after I get back from work at midnight 😉
by Natasha Tynes | Jan 20, 2004 | Weblogs
I never realised that web logs are that popular. I mean they have their own awards. Check it out!
by Natasha Tynes | Jan 18, 2004 | Doha affairs, Food and Drink, Tidbits
We started the day early. Woke up at 9:00 am and headed to the Lebanese Embassy. It is located in a very nice area called “Dafneh”, very lushy with very nice villas around. Applying for the visa went very smoothly and didn’t take more than five minutes. I’m supposed to pick up my passport with the visa on it tomorrow at noon.
As for Jeff and his blue passport, well, he can pick up the visa from Beirut’s airport, no sweat.
After that we went to Landmark and had a very nice lunch at Pizza Express, a British Pizza chain that’s becoming one of Jeff’s favourite restaurants here. After lunch we did a quick bit of grocery shopping and headed back to the hotel.
We are very close to nailing down a very nice apartment. We discussed the final additions to the contract last night with our agent and — if all goes well — tomorrow we will sign the contract.
I’m planning to dedicate a whole journal on the apartment. I just wanna make sure it is all good before I spill the beans.
As to the rest of the day, it will be mostly chiling, reading and of course movies.
by Natasha Tynes | Jan 10, 2004 | Doha affairs, Everyday me!, Sports, Weblogs
Yaaaaaaay! Tomorrow is the weekend. Not that there are many exciting things to do in this country, but it will be good to get some sleep and chill for a bit.
The company is hosting a dinner tomorrow at the Sheraton Hotel. No special occasion, they just felt like it.This should be interesting.
The highlight of my day was that Jeff started blog and posted his very first entry. It was quite amusing to see that while I wrote maybe one sentence about the tennis games that we have been attending, Jeff wrote something like six paragraphs.
The day was slow and boring as my editor was in a bad mood and did not feel like working!
Meanwhile, the apartment hunt continues!
by Natasha Tynes | Jan 9, 2004 | Doha affairs, Jordan, my nation, Sports, Tidbits
A very quiet day for a morning that started with a bang. The morning drama was a car accident! I was on my way to work in a taxi when the driver bumped into a car trying to change lanes! After realizing that I was still in one piece, I got out of the car, paid him his fare and took another cab to work. Pretty exciting stuff!
As for the evening plans — it’s tennis for now. We are hoping to watch the semi finals of the Qatar International Tournament that will end tomorrow.
As it is a public holiday today — Friday — hunting for an apartment is quite impossible! So it is just tennis!
My friends from Jordan and elswhere have been keeping in constant touch with me — something that pleases me to no end. I just got a call this morning from my friend Lara (a.k.a Armanieh) and last night my friend Dalia in Duabi called and we chatted for more than half an hour. I miss them terribly!
I also received a glossy 2004 calendar this morning from my friend Heather in Minnesota. It was very thoughtful of her and helped me forget my morning drama.
It’s 10:00 PM now and I’m still at work. There are four of us here so there is a light work load. As I’m currently doing nothing. I thought I might jot down a few lines about the weekend. It was very productive.