Doha at it's finest... if that's possible...

Two months of being here and yes, some things have come together. Like we finally got text books in our classrooms and some teacher manuals! I tell you this school is SO unorganized and really you have NO idea! The work here is endless with weekly agendas (homework assignments) that list ALL the home work for each subject for every day of that week Sun-Thursday which are due the Wed prior. As a teacher it is very hard to finalize things that far in advance. It is also odd that the school can be so demanding when they themselves are so disorganized! Khalas!

Discipline and the language barrier continue to be a struggle very day. This is to be expected, so I am optimistic that we will make more connections and get messages through to each other. It is fun when we can make a connection and laugh with each other! The kids were actually fascinated by Halloween! They love all things "scary" and love the idea of candy! It was fun sharing about our traditions. We had "orange" day last week, so here are some pictures of that.





Doha had the biggest weekend that it could ever handle! There was the Women's Final Tennis Tournament, the Doha Tribeca Film Festival, AND Halloween to celebrate! All of these were amazing. We only wish the excitement was spread out!

1. Tennis:
Randomly, a friend and I were going to swing by the box office to get tickets to the tennis tournament later that week. Plans changed when we heard the William Sisters were playing against each other in 10 minutes! Of course we bought tickets and took seats. As we noticed the stands embarrassingly empty, we worked our way down to the very front! Now that is how one should watch tennis- up close and personal where you can hear the grunting and make conversation with Serina Williams (the new #1 in the world) after the game! Apparently we made it on CNN back in the States!




2. Doha Tribeca Film Festival:
My roommates and I all volunteered for this event thinking it would be a great way to meet some people, see some films, and be apart of the action over the weekend! It turned out to be beneficial in stuffing our faces with food as well as meeting some celebs! On the other hand we were disappointed with how unorganized the coordinators were for the volunteers. Keep in mind, these were non-Qatari people organizing the festival and it still proved to be disorganized. Oh well, that is the way Doha functions. Here are some pretty sweet pictures of how the city used lights to accentuate its unique features. They love their lights, so of course they went all out! Please check out the website as there are some PHENOMINAL photos and some great videos giving background info on Doha. Check out Doha365.
www.dohatribecafilm.com



3. Halloween:
Doha does not really celebrate Halloween, but people here are fascinated by it- so they try. Some bars had some drink specials and encouraged costumes. Some went all out while others had no idea what was going on. I did not really dress up while I was busy with volunteering at the film festival, but we had a good time celebrating.

Needless to say October was full of some good times! Let's just hope the good times keep rolling!

Cheers!