Posts Tagged ‘Life in Qatar

I went out of the office yesterday at about 11:15 AM to pick up something in Doha. As I was driving, I saw that my dashboard was reading 45 degrees. IT was hot, terribly hot. Of course, it doesn’t help that any car would at least take 5 minutes at least before the aircondition really [...]

About Us Update

In: Personal

3 Jul 2007

At long last, after a year of having this blog, I finally setup an About Us page. It’s been a long time coming! And without Xiane to bother me when working on stuff like this, I’m finally able to complete it. What you get are the basics. I haven’t really thought of what to write [...]

One of the considerations when talking about Cost of living in Qatar (or anywhere for that matter) would be the prices of food in global fast-food chains. Most popular would be McDonalds (now serving billions worldwide), Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC), Pizza Hut, Hardees and so forth. For bachelors who don’t really cook much, going to [...]

Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) Delivery Charge: 3QRTelephone no.: 4 410410 Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) Individual Meals Amount Snack Box (2pcs. Chicken, fires, bun) 10 Crispy Strips Light Meal (3 pcs. Crispy Strips, Cheddar cheese or BBQ Sauce, fries, bun) 10 Dinner Combo(3 pcs Chicken, Coleslaw, fries, bun, regular Pepsi) 18 Crispy Strips Individual Meal(5 pcs. [...]

The offer I got is QR3,000 for the basic, QR5,000 for the housing allowance, QR2,000 as supplementary allowance (they say for the inflation), and QR600 for transportation allowance.  I am planning to have my family follow after I become regular (three months probationary period).  My first question is can I live a decent life and [...]


About our blog

It's been 6 years since the San Juan Family started their blog documenting their lives in this little spot called Qatar. Follow Chris, Mavis and Xianelle as they share what Doha has to offer.


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  • Jaimie Logan: Can you recommend a good local travel agency for this Bohol tour? Or did you just get there by yours [...]
  • Richelle: I have a flight on Thursday, 19 Jan 2012 from Doha to Manila and I called the customer service of Et [...]
  • xtian001: For Fruits and Vegetables, this is by the kilo ;) [...]
  • xtian001: @Donovan, what I can suggest is for you to gauge how much you would be saving after all the extra sp [...]