Doha - 22/4/11

It's the end of our first day in Doha. It's about 11pm local time in Doha now. Hard to imagine my dearest is about to wake up for work in just under an hour or so ):

The flight really screwed up my sleep. It's one of the longer flights I've taken. About 7.5 to 8 hours long. We flew with Qatar Airways. Not too bad I guess. But as usual, economy is kinda squeezy. Thank goodness I'm short. Anyway, my flight was at 0225 hours. Was so tired...

Changi T3

When we arrived at Doha, it was about 5am local time, and the sun was out. The sun here is really.. majestic. That was the first word that came to mind. The moon was also visible, which made for a rather intriguing sight.

We're staying at Somerset Serviced Residences. It's pretty much like Frasers. Not much of a view. There are just lots of magnificent looking buildings here at the West Bay area, which I suppose you can liken to the CBD in Singapore.

View from bedroom


We headed out for lots of shopping today. Bought lots of stuff from H&M and Zara. I think the stuff here is a little more reasonably priced. Mummy and I bought 10 items from Zara and it cost us about SGD$300? And H&M... Hehe. Nice and affordable clothing.

The food here is extremely yummy. I realised that their staple is probably Arabic bread and hummus and olives and some greens. Seems relatively healthy. I had grilled chicken (damn nice) for lunch at City Center Mall. Dinner was at Thai Chi, a Thai Chinese restaurant at Villagio, which is a more upscale shopping complex. There's really lots of food there. Interesting thing is that Carl's Junior is called Hardee's here. Haha! And the queue for KFC is really damn long. I heard people here love their chicken. However, I don't think my stomach is agreeing with some of the food? Either that or my stomach is just really upset... Feels bad ):
It's really cold here as well. Surprisingly. I thought it'd be scorching. The receptionist said in the next month, temperatures will soar to 40 or higher. The government then supplies buses for people because it's way too hot to walk about. There aren't many people in the West Bay area in the day... Not today at least, since Fridays and Saturdays are their days off. The culture here still feels relatively close. The women are all covered and stuff...

Oh.. And I only saw one motorbike here the entire day. Interesting.

Am gonna gym in the morning. Am so beat now! Time to sleep!

Will upload more photos once I get back to Singapore. It's hard to imagine I'll be flying off just about 2.5 days after I return ): I really don't feel like leaving Singapore again so soon ):

19.04.11

Exams are finally over! :D

I'm actually kind of glad that my exams ended a little later than the others because it allowed me more time in between to study. Especially for MS! At least I know what I'm doing! :) Next sem, I want to be able to teach people MS. Hehehe!


I'm off to Doha with Mummy on a business trip this Friday morning at 1am and will be back on the 25th of April. I just found out that I'm only leaving for Laos on the 28th of April. Phew! That gives me more time to relax, settle down and pack after I return from Doha. Lots of packing to do!
This is the year that I'm out of the country the longest, and first time without family. How cool! My mum would never have allowed me a couple years back. I'm all grown up! All 22 years! Heh...

Doha: 22 - 25 April
Laos + BKK: 28 April - 15 May
Phuket: 10 July - unconfirmed

I'm excited! I used to complain that I don't get to travel, and this summer I'm doing lots of it! It'll be my first time to Doha, Laos and BKK.

While all this is really exciting, I feel... so reluctant to go for OCSP now. It just feels like I'm away for far too long and I will miss my boyfriend so much! Plus he will be so busy and tired and all at Anchorage, and I wanna be there for him but how can I when I don't even know if I can contact him in Laos ahhhhhhhhh ): Just so glad I got to see him today at least, and to be able to hug him for "15 minutes" (:
Love is missing someone whenever you're apart, but somehow feeling warm inside because you're close in heart.


Another reason: I feel like I'm gonna lose my fitness there. I hope we really get the chance to exercise there. Bring skipping rope and shoes at least. There are definitely like-minded people there. I want to bring tuna too. And some nuts and dried fruit. I don't want to eat rice ): SIGH!!! I've got some serious catching up to do when I get back. It's gonna be 100% dedication to get into fighting shape for July/August's fight!


Ok.. My body's all screwed up already. I'm so used to studying till 2am that I hardly feel sleepy at 1:30am. AHHHH. Tomorrow's my stress-relief day. Hilltop then dinner and shopping with my Muay Thai mates!
Finally.. It's summer :)

4/4

And here we are... Week 14.
4.5 mods.
4 finals.
15 days to go.

I went crazy and booked GSRs and SRs for the entire week. From 8:30am to 10:30pm, I will be in school, mugging my ass off. Time to be a SMUgger. I hope I can!!! Sometimes I really admire those people who can study day in and day out. I can't even bring myself to devote an entire day to studying. Hope tomorrow will be the start.

Please... I don't wanna do worse than last sem!