Sunday 27 February 2011

It's not over yet you know

To those of you who were there, our wedding may seem like a distant memory now, but let me tell you that that is not the case for me. Oh no. Our wedding is still keeping me busy on an almost daily basis.

I have just finished an epic Q&A for 'Wedding Ideas Magazine' - who might feature my 'real life wedding'. The further into the questionnaire

Wednesday 23 February 2011

Not all plain sailing

Today we had our medical for our residents permits. The experience was high on blood extraction, low on dignity, unfortunately. N pointed out how like Ellis Island it seemed. We were herded in, alongside scores of other nervous looking migrants, sent from room to room

Saturday 19 February 2011

Off roading and high flying

So, we've been getting to grips with the Chevy, driving to and from work every day. N's taken to swerving across four lanes of traffic without signalling, just like a local, and yesterday we went on a road trip and set the beast free over some rough terrain. We've got some

Sunday 13 February 2011

Ladies and gentlemen - Chevy Blazer

We've just had our hire car delivered and it's HUGE. After hours of staring at different options online, we ended up going for a Chevy Blazer because it sounds cool - and when your knowledge of vee-hee-carls is as limited as ours, you might as well make your

Wednesday 9 February 2011

Driving us crazy

I'm sorry to sound so bourgeois, but our drivers are driving us round the bend. We've GOT to get a car.
N is no longer on speaking terms with driver No.1 after he left us abandoned by the side of the three lane highway for 45 minutes on Saturday night (he says he couldn't find us). I know

Sunday 6 February 2011

Golf in the Gulf

Well, for someone who doesn't like sport, i'm certainly watching a lot of sport. This weekend I went to the Qatar Golf Masters, where I discovered that golf isn't much of a spectator sport, particularly if you're wearing

Tuesday 1 February 2011

Is anybody out there?

Just had a Skype conversation with our two best friends. Unfortunately they don't have a webcam or a microphone on their computer (I assume it's one of those BBC computers that we used at school) - so while they could see and