Posts Tagged ‘Ramadan’
I’m back from vacation and Ramadan in Doha
1 Sep 2010I must admit that it has been close to 3 weeks now since I returned from vacation. Mavis and Xiane, as always, are still in the Philippines and enjoying their time in Baguio. Vacation’s been great and loved our stay in Bangkok, and of course, our stay in the Philippines. We were lucky that there [...]
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Ramadan Traffic Jam
In: Qatar|Transportation
15 Sep 2008The worst thing during Ramadan is traffic jam since the timings for schools and offices are almost the same. But in my three years in Doha, I believe that this has been the worst traffic that I’ve ever experienced. This year, the traffic situation has reached its peak probably because there have been more cars [...]
Start of Term
5 Sep 2008On September 7th, most schools are going to open again for the start of the First Term of school year. This includes my daughter’s school, Doha Montessori and British School. But since it is Ramadan, school timings will be from 7:45 am- 12:15 noon. This would mean that we’ll be able to come home early [...]
The Eid Holiday Rush
12 Oct 2007Yesterday was the last day of both work and school before the long Eid holiday. Surprisingly, there wasn’t very moderate traffic going to school in the morning and coming from school at noon. I was thinking maybe a lot of people have already skipped school and work to go on holiday a day earlier than the rest. Maybe some families had planned to leave for the Eid.
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