Shopping / Last Weekend
Mike took a good picture of me shopping for shisha and sent it on to me. I'm surrounded by literally hundreds of hookahs, trying to pick out the best one. One funny thing about this place is that it is called the "Doha Family Store." All they really sell are some bongo-type drums, outside lights, and hundreds of hookahs. So my only thought is - they must be starting their children early on this shisha stuff. Why else would it be called the "Family Store?"
A friend back home in DC, Greg, has mentioned that he and I should go to some shisha bars around the area. I think I'll take him up on that offer.
This is my last weekend in Doha. It's pretty amazing that this six weeks went by so quickly. I've had a lot of fun (and did some work), and it made the time fly by. It's funny, in my nearly year living in DC I haven't come close to doing the same type of stuff I did in Doha. I think that is because of two things: it is much cheaper here, and everyone I work with is my age and became a good friend fairly quickly - both of which are not true in DC. In any case, I'm sad to go. On one hand, I want to go home and see Martha and Saber (and maybe even Glory), but on the other hand, life was so much less stressful here, it has certainly made a giant impression on me. I think that is probably why I miss Michigan so much - the stress level is much lower.
I'm planning on heading to City Center Mall this weekend on my own (gasp!), to see about purchasing some more souveniers. That should be an experience. I may lay out in the sun a bit as well - though I'm not tan after six weeks here, so I doubt one extra weekend will do much for that.
I'm heading home Tuesday, June 13, and get back to DC on the 14th. Hopefully my flight is good...
A friend back home in DC, Greg, has mentioned that he and I should go to some shisha bars around the area. I think I'll take him up on that offer.
This is my last weekend in Doha. It's pretty amazing that this six weeks went by so quickly. I've had a lot of fun (and did some work), and it made the time fly by. It's funny, in my nearly year living in DC I haven't come close to doing the same type of stuff I did in Doha. I think that is because of two things: it is much cheaper here, and everyone I work with is my age and became a good friend fairly quickly - both of which are not true in DC. In any case, I'm sad to go. On one hand, I want to go home and see Martha and Saber (and maybe even Glory), but on the other hand, life was so much less stressful here, it has certainly made a giant impression on me. I think that is probably why I miss Michigan so much - the stress level is much lower.
I'm planning on heading to City Center Mall this weekend on my own (gasp!), to see about purchasing some more souveniers. That should be an experience. I may lay out in the sun a bit as well - though I'm not tan after six weeks here, so I doubt one extra weekend will do much for that.
I'm heading home Tuesday, June 13, and get back to DC on the 14th. Hopefully my flight is good...