A group of QP staffs decided to spend their Saturday at the beach yesterday. At 6.45am, it was a cold Saturday with temperature around 19 degrees. There were 3 unofficial meeting points for us to meet. At first I thought there would be 3-4 families joining the group. I only realised that it was a big group when our wait took longer than I expected at 2nd meeting point. (The 1st meeting point was at my apartment. It was a breeze as everybody was on time. ) We only left the 2nd meeting point after almost an hour wait!! The group swelled to a group of nine cars.. It was just difficult to get everyone on time when we had such a group...
The next stop was the 3rd meeting point as well as toilet stop in front of a mosque in Mesaaid Industrial City (MIC), an industrial city developed by QP. It was now apparent to me that all public toilets in this part of the world had one thing in common-SMELL. Cleanliness was out of question..hmm.
Finally we arrived at the beach, Sealine Beach just after 9am. The programme started with arranging the cars so as to break the strong wind. Then tents were erected. Then the mats were laid down. Before we started the eagerly waited breakfast as most of us were already hungry at that point, the group leader made announcement on Health, Safety & Environment (HSE). Yes, HSE was very much a live yesterday as we were dealing with sea, beach, desert & motorbikes. The real activities only started with the deliveries of motorbikes, 4 of them with different horse power to cater for every age group in the big group.
The next stop was the 3rd meeting point as well as toilet stop in front of a mosque in Mesaaid Industrial City (MIC), an industrial city developed by QP. It was now apparent to me that all public toilets in this part of the world had one thing in common-SMELL. Cleanliness was out of question..hmm.
Finally we arrived at the beach, Sealine Beach just after 9am. The programme started with arranging the cars so as to break the strong wind. Then tents were erected. Then the mats were laid down. Before we started the eagerly waited breakfast as most of us were already hungry at that point, the group leader made announcement on Health, Safety & Environment (HSE). Yes, HSE was very much a live yesterday as we were dealing with sea, beach, desert & motorbikes. The real activities only started with the deliveries of motorbikes, 4 of them with different horse power to cater for every age group in the big group.
I left at around 11am to rush back to Doha for another engagement.. It was a fun but short visit to Sealine...
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