Happy Summer!
This was my first in a series of eblogs that I sent out. Sent 6/21/06
Hi!
I bet almost all of you were still asleep, but I had to wish you all a good summer.
Things are going well here in Qatar. It is hot today. I think my ID card holder melted in like 5 minutes, but I did see an egg frying on the sidewalk. I think it is about 120 F today. It has generally been like 105-115 here, but I think it barely broke 100 last Sunday.
When we got here, we were staying in a large 14 bunk-bed tent. It was kind of the thing you would expect at summer camp. However now I am trailer trash. I have my own little 8x8 room in one of the trailers. Each trailer has about 30 rooms. I have a double bed, a large cube fridge, and wall lockers (which seem like filing cabinets). For some reason, all the trailers have 220V British style plugs (flat), and the tents had 110V American. But the BX here only sells the adapters for European style plugs (round). I don’t get it.
They have a indoor basketball court, an outdoor pool, and a fitness center, all of which I pretend to use regularly. They have a library and a rec center with PS2, XBOX, ping-pong and air hockey. They have Bar-Style Texas Hold-Em like 2x a week there, and I came in 4th the other night. And then we have a bar here. The special beer of the week (which they don’t normally have) was Coors Light. It traveled 7000 miles in parallel to me, just to be drunk like it could be back home. I find that ironic.
So we work in the theater on the second floor. We can hear movies going most of the day. It is kind of annoying, but there is one nice thing. (See Tuesday)
I have taken to renaming the days of the week:
Monday is still Monday. It will not change days because Monday sucks everywhere.
Carmel popcorn day is the day formally known as Tuesday. It is yummy and we eat it all day long at work because they serve it in the theater.
The day formally known as Weds is now called
The next day is CurryDay! This is my favorite work day because they serve Indian food in the dining hall. It is yummy and I think I eat 2 days worth of food b/c I miss that many meals cause the food isn’t the same type as I normally eat.
After CurryDay (Yum!) comes RunDay, because everybody is at their desk and we have to get a lot done so that we can submit status reports so it looks like we did a lot of work.
Then comes NotTheWeekendDay, which would be Saturday if I am home.
RideDay is the last day of the week, cause we are always looking for someone to give us a ride to town.
Which reminds me, if you want something, let me know. I can probably find monopoly. I was in AC a few weeks ago, and they put up more monopoly signs. But they do have Camel stuff and Desert stuff and T-shirts and gold, and Indian (the subcontinent) things.
Work is going fine. I am almost done with my audit. J It is on a computer system.
I saw X-Men 3 last week. I was disappointed—it was watchable, but not nearly as good as the first 2 were.
David in the Desert
Hi!
I bet almost all of you were still asleep, but I had to wish you all a good summer.
Things are going well here in Qatar. It is hot today. I think my ID card holder melted in like 5 minutes, but I did see an egg frying on the sidewalk. I think it is about 120 F today. It has generally been like 105-115 here, but I think it barely broke 100 last Sunday.
When we got here, we were staying in a large 14 bunk-bed tent. It was kind of the thing you would expect at summer camp. However now I am trailer trash. I have my own little 8x8 room in one of the trailers. Each trailer has about 30 rooms. I have a double bed, a large cube fridge, and wall lockers (which seem like filing cabinets). For some reason, all the trailers have 220V British style plugs (flat), and the tents had 110V American. But the BX here only sells the adapters for European style plugs (round). I don’t get it.
They have a indoor basketball court, an outdoor pool, and a fitness center, all of which I pretend to use regularly. They have a library and a rec center with PS2, XBOX, ping-pong and air hockey. They have Bar-Style Texas Hold-Em like 2x a week there, and I came in 4th the other night. And then we have a bar here. The special beer of the week (which they don’t normally have) was Coors Light. It traveled 7000 miles in parallel to me, just to be drunk like it could be back home. I find that ironic.
So we work in the theater on the second floor. We can hear movies going most of the day. It is kind of annoying, but there is one nice thing. (See Tuesday)
I have taken to renaming the days of the week:
Monday is still Monday. It will not change days because Monday sucks everywhere.
Carmel popcorn day is the day formally known as Tuesday. It is yummy and we eat it all day long at work because they serve it in the theater.
The day formally known as Weds is now called
The next day is CurryDay! This is my favorite work day because they serve Indian food in the dining hall. It is yummy and I think I eat 2 days worth of food b/c I miss that many meals cause the food isn’t the same type as I normally eat.
After CurryDay (Yum!) comes RunDay, because everybody is at their desk and we have to get a lot done so that we can submit status reports so it looks like we did a lot of work.
Then comes NotTheWeekendDay, which would be Saturday if I am home.
RideDay is the last day of the week, cause we are always looking for someone to give us a ride to town.
Which reminds me, if you want something, let me know. I can probably find monopoly. I was in AC a few weeks ago, and they put up more monopoly signs. But they do have Camel stuff and Desert stuff and T-shirts and gold, and Indian (the subcontinent) things.
Work is going fine. I am almost done with my audit. J It is on a computer system.
I saw X-Men 3 last week. I was disappointed—it was watchable, but not nearly as good as the first 2 were.
David in the Desert
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