Friday, August 24, 2007
Another day, another wedding
It's getting really expensive now...will people please stop getting married?
Last weekend, I was back in the UK once more, braving what we're laughably calling 'summer'. I thought after being out here for 8 months or so, that I'd really enjoy the cloud and rain.
Nope, it's still miserable.
The actual wedding was beautiful though, and it did stop raining just long enough to take the photos.
I got back on Monday night and was straight into work on Tuesday, so as you can imagine, on Tuesday night I was looking forward to a quiet night in. Fat chance of that, we had a powercut.
Powercuts in the UK are just a bit boring. In Doha, it's also unbearably hot.
The sun sets here at 6pm, so after that, me and the dog just sat there in the dark sweating.
Our next door neighbour went and sat in his car, at least it had airconditioning!
I used my noggin and did a deal with my friend Nick: I'll bring you pizza, if you let me share your electricity.
It's a win-win situation!
In fact the pizza was so nice, it was only slightly irritating that the electricity came back on about 10 minutes after we left...
Last weekend, I was back in the UK once more, braving what we're laughably calling 'summer'. I thought after being out here for 8 months or so, that I'd really enjoy the cloud and rain.
Nope, it's still miserable.
The actual wedding was beautiful though, and it did stop raining just long enough to take the photos.
I got back on Monday night and was straight into work on Tuesday, so as you can imagine, on Tuesday night I was looking forward to a quiet night in. Fat chance of that, we had a powercut.
Powercuts in the UK are just a bit boring. In Doha, it's also unbearably hot.
The sun sets here at 6pm, so after that, me and the dog just sat there in the dark sweating.
Our next door neighbour went and sat in his car, at least it had airconditioning!
I used my noggin and did a deal with my friend Nick: I'll bring you pizza, if you let me share your electricity.
It's a win-win situation!
In fact the pizza was so nice, it was only slightly irritating that the electricity came back on about 10 minutes after we left...
