Ling & Mag's Amazing Journey to Doha

Panic...what to do, where to bring them, will they get bored...headache! But, believe it or not, it all went rather well and for about four days, Ling & Mag watched the Brazil vs. England soccer friendly at the Al-Khalifa stadium, swam in the Persian Gulf, took to the desert in a land cruiser for dune-bashing, feasted at some of the better eateries in Doha, took the local bus, walked the streets of Doha and picked up some shopping treasures at Souq Waif & Al Saad shopping district! 7 Pearls apartment became a B&B, and I was happy to have my best mates over to spend some time with...just wished it was longer...

Photo journal of Ling & Mag, go to: Part 1 -http://picasaweb.google.com/marthaleemei/FriendsOfDoha2?feat=directlink

Part 2 - http://picasaweb.google.com/marthaleemei/FriendsOfDoha?feat=directlink

Just keep swimming, just keep swimming...

Here fishy, fishy, fishy...had a really luckless day-out fishing with friends in Doha's rather choppy waters. Others were luckier, catching palm-sized nibblers, but the luckiest fisherman on the boat turned out to be the boat-guide - *sigh*.

Whilst some of my companions were turning a shade of green, kudos to Laurie's 85-year old mum - she was stoic to the end - Lorna's one totally awesome lady! I'm looking forward to the next boat trip, and hopefully better luck at catching my hammour!

Fish-tale photos, go to: http://picasaweb.google.com/marthaleemei/DohaFishing?feat=directlink

Aces, deuces & US$1.5million

MARHABA! I am back on the blog with write-ups on my escapades in Doha. Hope everyone's keeping well.

Summer was sizzling hot, and Ramadan was very quiet at all fronts - for 20days, it was just a five hour per day work week; most or all shops/food vendors operated after 6pm (or when it was time to break fast), and yours truly spent quiet afternoons at the apartment brain-storming on what to cook/eat.

It's still hot and sunny out, but it's a lot cooler in the mornings and evenings. So, with the summer heat out of the way, we can now get down to some serious fun-in-the-sun activities!

I recently attended my first ‘live’ tennis match - the WTA women’s championship . In a word…AMAZING!

Gracing the courts were svelte-like ladies that looked more like supermodels than tennis players! The grounds was covered in royal colours of purple and blue; tennis players were in trendy , colourful sports apparel while balls whizzed by at speeds averaging about 140km/h, and I got some awesome photos to blog about! So what if I didn’t get to watch the famous duo, the Williams’ sisters swatting 'balls of fire'; for QR50 (S$20), I got to watch the Russians/East Europeans thrashing it out amongst themselves. Game, set & match....uber Cool!

For views of the WTA go to:
http://picasaweb.google.com/marthaleemei/WTACShip?feat=directlink