Birthday Celebration - Part 1

This celebration was held at Marry Poppins Nursery today in conjuction with Alisha's 4th birthday.

26 May 2004

Today is the day... The day we are blessed with Alisha Soffeya.

On this date four years ago (according to Gregorian Calendar anyway).. I could still remember the stare from her eyes the moment I started Azan at her ears. The stare that I could never forget..

Happy 4th Birthday, Alisha Soffeya.


Note : Hopefully I can write more later.

As you are heading home for summer holiday..

Browse Qatar Living and I found the top 10 souvenirs from Qatar...

1. The Quran - Available in an Arabic/English version and other languages

2. Locally made halawa also available in the souq area. OMANI halawa is also nice.

3. A dullah (traditional coffee pot with a set of small kahwa cups (for Arabic coffee).

4. A traditional incense burner with State of Qatar logo

5. Gold jewellery with a local & gulf designs

6. A sword used for ardha (Traditional sword dance performed at celebrations)

7. Good quality dates

8. An abaya with shayla and a thobe with igal and guttra (headgear)

9. A hardback coffee table book about Qatar

10. Gulf style 'Russian dolls"

Unfortunately, we are not going home for summer. We plan to go home at the end of the year. No urgency for us to shop around.

Happy Birthday, Imran

Imran turned 4 recently...

Another reason to get together & makan-makan... haha. Get together on weekend is now our weekly activity. Without it, life is not complete in Doha.. Wonder if I need bigger size of trousers at the end of the year. At today's rate, I foresee I need to have new wardrobe... hmmm

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, IMRAN

I need a translator!

Can anyone translate the following article? It appeared in Al Arab daily newspaper (page 2). Meanwhile, I will look for the translation..

Summer is definitely here...

It is summer time... Temperature is rising.. It can be very hot during the day. I noticed temperature of 41C lately. It was still considered mild. It could and it would be hotter than 41C. At the peak of summer, temperature can easily reach 49C..hmmm

To be honest, I don't mind the heat. What I mind is the humidity. Luckily the humidity will only get worse in late August, normally. Nowadays, we can not really tell. The weather has become so erratic for the past few years.. Global warming I suppose? It was a pleasant surprise to us when it rained last Monday. Normally rain only occurred in Qatar at year end or early of the year. Imagine.. Now, we are already in May... Yet, it rained...

Summer time can also mean a torturous season for me.. It is not the heat that causes the torture. It is the tap water.. The tap water can be very hot during the summer. Sometime it feels like boiling hot water.. Today, I have switched off the water heater. We don't require the hot water tap anymore. Cool water tap is sufficient for us. Even in the early morning, the water from the cold tap is hot.. During the day, the water is boiling hot. I wonder if I could actually "masak telor tiga suku" using the water from the cold water tap.. May be I can try one day….