To kill or not to kill

2 weeks into life in Doha and she continues to amaze me... Recently, Mr. Wong, my boss, brought Khoi and I to the Pakistani area in Doha.

We happened to walk pass a shop, nothing on display, with just 2 square segregated area of chickens. Live chickens quacking or chickedeeing away whatever sound they make, can't remember the correct onomatopoetic word.. Whatever..

The next thing that happened was, Mr Wong orders a chicken and the man behind the counter picks one chicken up and asks, "Skin? No?"

Wow, that man is going to kill the chicken, "live" from the Pakistani area in Doha. Cool. Would you eat the chicken if you see it killed in front of you?

Breathtaking view from my window

i love the view from my window...

Adaptation

Day 2 11/5/2007 Adaptation

Doha is really boring… Nothing to do at all. Luckily last night Khoi (my fellow intern from Vietnam) and I went to get food, so we got into the kitchen to sort out our lunch. On Fridays, the town is dead until 3pm. Anyway, I cooked cabbage together with mushrooms and dried shrimps, and steamed egg with smuggled lup cheong... Yummy!

After that we went straight to Doha City Centre via cab. Yes, it was very hot. We waited for about 20 minutes before we got a cab. The view of Doha in the day is very different from the night. It’s much dustier and browner… The whole country is like a construction site. So many constructions going on!!! Opportunities!!

Finally, at Doha City Centre, we surveyed around for internet cafes and finally settled down for an Italian Café that allows unlimited internet for just 10QR about S$4.50. Hence this blog begins… Managed to speak to my dad, Kim and my brother. It was worth it compared to the S$0.66/minute. Chatted to all for more than 15 minutes each!!

Stay tuned for more Doha actions!

This is H.H Andy Shiek bin Shieah Shiak Moor, Student of NUS, Intern in Doha, reporting live from Doha, Qatar.