Highlights of Sep 4

Saw lots of stuff, heard lots of stuff, did lots of stuff... and surprisingly, remember all of it. So doing a 'Casual Friday ' here...

1) Attended a seminar about Falcons and Falconry, which got really really boring, even though the topic was interesting, coz after every sentence the expert spoke, it was being translated in Arabic - that too for just three Arabs in the audience. The rest were all Westerners. Decided to walk out when I couldn't tolerate it anymore. Took phone numbers of the experts so that I could contact them later and get a story anyway. The expert agreed with me that the seminar was extremely irritating because of the translation act.

2) Saw a live falcon for the first time. Realised they're pretty cute and calm.

3) Went to a bar in a three star hotel called Horizon. The crowd was sad, but the place was awesome. The bar's on the eighth floor. You can see "75 percent of Doha" from there. Great view. It was the first bar I had seen where you had to buy coupons to get drinks. Irritating.

4) A man who looked African, stunned me when he started talking to me in Hindi. Further stunned me when he said he was Qatari. He works as a security guard, and drinks at Horizon daily.

5) Found a decent place for my girlfriend and me to stay when she comes here in November. But still searching for better.

6) Went to another bar after Horizon - Oasis. People say it's shady, but I like it. Lively.

7) A man who doesn't speak much English, and is trying to read my book, tried telling me, "set the woman you love free, don't judge her" in sign language. He believes I am still in love with my first ever girl... He doesn't know who my first girlfriend is. It's not the one he thinks. My book's confusing, I realised. Lol.

8) Met another man - Iranian, good looking, great physique, married. He too stunned me when he said, "Kya mast maal hai Baap" referring to one of the Chinese prostitutes. He said he wanted to take home "between three to four (whores)" from the bar because his wife had gone back to Iran for a few days. Claimed all the prostitutes were rejecting him because his 'Johny' was "too big". He knew "seven languages".

9) Walked up to a prostitute, very very good looking one, who was eyeing me through out, hoping to make friends with her. Just friends. The first thing I said was, "Listen, I don't want sex." She said, "I gotta go."

10) Don't remember who dropped me home. Woke up in a jerk this morning. Looked around. I was glad I was alone in bed.

Oh and, happy Teachers Day... Lol.