Doha: party town |
Dear all.
What Doha lacks in credible nightlife it makes up for with wild parties albeit all attended by exactly the same people as the week before, though all wearing different costumes.
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Posted by jeanclaudevansam on Mon, 16 Oct 2006 10:55:00 PST |
Ramadan Pyjamadan |
Ramadan is the most holy month for Muslims, is marked by fasting from food, liquids, cigarettes and abstaining from sex between sunrise and sunset.
The premise is essentially to demonstrate re...
Posted by jeanclaudevansam on Mon, 16 Oct 2006 10:53:00 PST |
Desert dune bash |
I've seen the zeal with which Toorak mothers drive their SUVs whenrunning late to pick their kids up from private daycare, but that'snothing compared to the agro and contempt with which some Qatari4WD...
Posted by jeanclaudevansam on Sun, 17 Sep 2006 07:22:00 PST |
Golfing in the Gulf |
Qatar is a nation made up of minorities: In a country of about700,000, only 25 per cent are Qatari nationals; Nepalese and Indianindentured labours account for about a third; and as for people whocan ...
Posted by jeanclaudevansam on Sun, 17 Sep 2006 07:25:00 PST |
Doha's ocker soccer comes a crocker |
When it comes to tragicomedy acting, no-one beats European soccer teams.Perhaps this explains the generally unsympathetic reaction from theAustralian Doha Gold team when the striker of the Euro-All St...
Posted by jeanclaudevansam on Mon, 11 Sep 2006 05:24:00 PST |
Polystyrene boxing and the great human hot dog |
two things Firstly, I'm leaving the police, my housemates, my band and my country (aspiring country-western song writers be warned: I've already copywrited this sentence) in the first week of Septembe...
Posted by jeanclaudevansam on Thu, 24 Aug 2006 06:29:00 PST |
Splendour in the grass on my arse with grass |
The annual two-day music festival "Splendour in the Grass" is held in the hippy-turned-yuppy commune Byron Bay, situated midway up Australia's east coast under a permanent rain cloud and never more th...
Posted by jeanclaudevansam on Wed, 02 Aug 2006 06:46:00 PST |
The St Andrews hippy fest: or how I learnt to love hiking boots and stop worrying about my Tom |
Saturday was a birthday partyfor my endearing friend Tom,formerly Tom the hippy. Tom has an older brother called Sam who isgood mates with my older brother Tom, so there is a natural affinitybetween o...
Posted by jeanclaudevansam on Thu, 13 Jul 2006 12:49:00 PST |
Melbourne's football fever |
With Australia advancing through to the next round of the football-one win, one loss and a draw, (never let it be said that mediocrityisn't rewarded) - Melbourne is in the grip of football fever.On Fr...
Posted by jeanclaudevansam on Mon, 26 Jun 2006 06:33:00 PST |
