Category Archives: Qatar

Time really flies so fast, imagine few more days and I’m on my 1st month here. Konti na lang uuwi na ulit ako sa Pinas. I cannot wait…excited na naman ako, I miss hubz and I miss my parents and siblings and my niece.  I am counting the days again…..

So in my one month stay, I had adjusted somehow….the weather here is getting better, the temperature is slowly dropping ,  they say winter in nearly coming.   About the food naman here in Doha,  I seldom cook because the serving here is good for 2 people. So we usually buy food and bring it home. One meal cost around 15 riyals (175 Php).  I dont really miss pinoy food because there are lots of pinoy resto here. During lunchtime, we eat in this pinoy restaurant. Their menu are filipino dishes like nilagang baka, bulalo, chopsuey, bangsilog, longsilog at kung anu ano pa. Wala nga lang pork…so sa Manila na ko mag sisinigang na pork. 

Hindi ko rin namiss si Jollibee…

Hi Jollibee.

 Jollibee opens its first store at the Al Meera Consumer Goods Mall in Doha. Accodring to some of my friends who lives here, when Jollibee newly open last year, there were large crowd inside the and long queue outside the restaurant.  One of my friend waited 3 months before she visited Jollibee because she was avoiding the long queue.

 By the way, there’s also a chowking store here but haven’t tried it yet.  I am not sure if I’ll try it after my bad chowking experience in Pinas (my phobia, hehehe)

Here is my serving of chicken and fiesta palabok  with drinks for 15 riyals (around 175php)…..yummy. The serving is very Filipino (except for the lemon instead of calamansi which is not available daw in this country). It was just enough compared sa serving ng regular resto here. This time no sharing for us. Namiss ko yata si Jollibee.

Since we are talking about food….let me share pics of our take-away dinner the other night…

 Beef Sisig. The photo above doesn’t give justice to how the food taste but I tell you, mas masarap pa sya sa natikamn ko sa Pinas. This is just a single serving by the way but  it is a big one and  it’ s good for 3 people.

We also had Fried Chicken Biryani

Fried Chicken Biryani.

I first tried Biryani in Melbourne. I got hooked the first time I tried it. Kaya I am  happy that Biryani is almost in every menu of most resto here.  Biryani according to wikipedia is  is a set of rice-based foods made with spices, rice (usually basmati) and meat, fish, eggs or vegetables. The name is derived from the Persian word beryā  which means “fried” or “roasted”.

Again, that serving of Biryani is just a single serving but I tell you, it’s huge that 3 of us shared.

Hay pano kaya ko mag didiet kung ganito hehehe.

Have a splendid week everyone. Kami dito malapit na mag weekend

This shopping destination is renowned for selling traditional garments, spices, handicrafts, and souvenirs. It is also home to dozens of restaurants serving cuisines from all over the world, as well as Shisha lounges. Although this market dates back at least a hundred years, it has been recently restored back to its original glory.  It is now considered one of the top tourist destinations within Doha.  Souq Waqif is located in the center of the town, this old Bedouin souq has been renovated and transformed into a tourist attraction plus the eatery and fancy dining places

Virtually anything can be found there, from local traditional garb and beautiful embroideries and perfumes, to food, spices, musical instruments, and pre-colonial antiques.  The shop and stall keepers are laid back, not in the least bit pushy, and do accept and expect some bargaining. 

more souvenirs here.

garments and lots of garments

 Colorful pashminas

We wanted to have coffee but most of the coffee shops are full then we saw one familiar coffee shop, CBTL. There was no customers but when I asked for a latte, they run out of coffee (wht the….) so we just ordered Freez. Freez by the way is a non-alcoholic drink. 

To purchase liquor,one must have a license.  You can only get a license when you have obtained your residency permit and you will need to get a letter from your employer confirming your salary in addition to paying a certain amout of deposit.  -wikitravel

So walang lasing dito hahaha.

Before heading home, we dropped by at the Gold Souq which is just a stone’s throw away from Souq Waqif. There are lots of lovely and pricey jewelries to choose from and this eye pendant caught my attention

and here is another pricey eye candy, I saw on our way home

at maraming ganitong luxury car and nagkalat sa daan….

It was a lovely evening for us. A great experience to keep too. 

Happy weekend everyone.

Hi everyone. It’s been few days since I last updated. I was really busy with work (as usual) and was really busy coping here, hehehe. 

I haven’t got to explore Doha yet because 1-it really is hot out here, 2-our place is  a bit far to Qatar’s tourist spot that we have to have a car, 3- we don’t have a car and ever if we have a car, we don’t know how to drive.  There is a mall near our office (Royal Plaza) and  I’ve  been inside, thrice and I got bored already  because there are less to see and the shops are a bit pricey but last Tuesday when my friend JG invited us for dinner at Royal Plaza,  I was able to spot a sale on Guess store. We went there and found a cute item on sale….

So that was I that day….a happy Girl….can you see it?

We then got hungry, so we had dinner at Roma Pizza located at the 3rd level of the mall

I had a serving of roma pasta…hay It was a huge serving that I wasn’t able to finish the whole plate.

I got to thank my friend JG for the pasta dinner.

Then that night too,  our Aussie team leader, asked if we wanted to come and visit Villagio. He was scheduled to do his weekly grocery. Villagio by the way is  a shopping mall located at Aspire  Zone in the west end of Doha. 

Villagio caters signature shops, including many famous brands in the US, UK, Italian and German markets. So wala akong nabili hahaha but I happen to enjoy  the malling experience…. or should I say, the great window shopping malling experience.  Maganda kasi ang place.

Painted sky like in Venetian Hotel, Macau

Then there’s the Gondolino - The main feature of the Gondolino trip is the gondola, the legendary venetian rowing boat.

There are lot more to see at Villagio Mall but we weren’t able to totally roam the whole place since, our Aussie team leader is in a hurry din. Oh well….sana makabalik kami before we head home.

Weekend here is almost over…Friday and Saturday kasi ang off, work start on Sunday naman. So enjoy the rest of the weekend everyone, wherever you are.

Qatari Riyals

I’m in Doha, Qatar right now. I arrived here last Saturday afternoon (Qatar time). The temperature was around 39C and boy it was really hot. Will be spending a few weeks away from home

I’m on my 3rd day here. First day of work was last Sunday. I am amazed that there are lots of Filipino here. You can find them anywhere and they talk to you in Filipino. I found few filipino resto just near my work so I think I wont be missing some filipino dishes, yung nga lang no pork here.

By the way, let me share photos of the hotel where I’ll be spending 4-6 weeks here.

My access card.

A short hallway going to my bed but before that let me show my huge bath tub. Too huge that I cannot get a whole shot.

 cute giveways.

Finally my comfy bed

I’ll be sharing more of my Qatar stay next time. For now, have a blessed week everyone.