This weekend is promising to be full of excitment and trust me, I need some right now - it's been a rollercoaster month!!
Two weeks ago, it started to feel like I was bashing my head against a brick wall. There was no progress with our RP's and this was (and still is) having a huge impact on what we can and can't do in Qatar at the moment.
In brief, no Residency Permit means:
* shipping cannot be relesased from the port.
* cars cannot be bought so money is being wasted on car rental.
* I cannot leave the country as my company needs my passport to process the RP.
* I cannot realistically buy a flight home for Christmas incase I cannot leave.
I also was under the impression that I was moving from my apartment to a villa. On top of this, my friends here were going to Dubai to visit IKEA and get furniture. I gambled on moving and bought enough furniture to fill a house only to find out that there was no chance of me moving. GREAT!!
I have also only been given a one year contract rather than a two year one - this is the case for everyone that is here as new staff, and the staff who were already here were also asked last year to sign a new one year contract. Interesting....
But this weekend is looking great! My furniture - yes ALL my furniture for the Villa is arriving at my apartment. Lots of it will need to stay flatpacked and be stored in my spare room until I can sell it on to someone. I have spent the week frantically painting to get rid of the Beige (Beige wall, beige sofa, beige floor, beige curtains and BEIGE desert!!! ARGH!!!) and now my walls are a gorgeous calming teal blue colour in the lounge and a dusky pink in the bedroom as a feature wall. The furniture can be put up and I can start to feel like my apartment is mine to enjoy rather than like a cheap hotel room.
And my shipment boxes, that I last saw on 23rd July are now in the Port in Doha. Yippee!!! They are going to clear customs (Thanks to RasGas pulling their weight with the customs department) and be delivered here by next Thursday. I CANNOT WAIT!!
And, to top it off, I am getting cats..... 6 of them to be exact. (I will start earning myself a reputation as a mad cat lady!!) There was a pregnant cat on the community that was due to have her kittens and one of the other staff trapped her in a cat box and she was brought to another persons house to have her kittens in safety. This is part of the community charity work we do here. I come into this equation as I said that I was interested in having a couple of the kittens. But the lady who currently has them is going on a fieldtrip for 5 days and needs someone to look after them, so on Saturday, Mum and 5 kittens are moving house. Kittens are 3 weeks old and will need to be rehomed in 5 weeks time. None of them have names yet so I will have to put my thinking cap on - suggestions welcome....
I have put some pics below because they are so cute! And if anyone wants a kitten, please let me know...
There are actually 5... the other one must be hiding somewhere. :-)
Two weeks ago, it started to feel like I was bashing my head against a brick wall. There was no progress with our RP's and this was (and still is) having a huge impact on what we can and can't do in Qatar at the moment.
In brief, no Residency Permit means:
* shipping cannot be relesased from the port.
* cars cannot be bought so money is being wasted on car rental.
* I cannot leave the country as my company needs my passport to process the RP.
* I cannot realistically buy a flight home for Christmas incase I cannot leave.
I also was under the impression that I was moving from my apartment to a villa. On top of this, my friends here were going to Dubai to visit IKEA and get furniture. I gambled on moving and bought enough furniture to fill a house only to find out that there was no chance of me moving. GREAT!!
I have also only been given a one year contract rather than a two year one - this is the case for everyone that is here as new staff, and the staff who were already here were also asked last year to sign a new one year contract. Interesting....
But this weekend is looking great! My furniture - yes ALL my furniture for the Villa is arriving at my apartment. Lots of it will need to stay flatpacked and be stored in my spare room until I can sell it on to someone. I have spent the week frantically painting to get rid of the Beige (Beige wall, beige sofa, beige floor, beige curtains and BEIGE desert!!! ARGH!!!) and now my walls are a gorgeous calming teal blue colour in the lounge and a dusky pink in the bedroom as a feature wall. The furniture can be put up and I can start to feel like my apartment is mine to enjoy rather than like a cheap hotel room.
And my shipment boxes, that I last saw on 23rd July are now in the Port in Doha. Yippee!!! They are going to clear customs (Thanks to RasGas pulling their weight with the customs department) and be delivered here by next Thursday. I CANNOT WAIT!!
And, to top it off, I am getting cats..... 6 of them to be exact. (I will start earning myself a reputation as a mad cat lady!!) There was a pregnant cat on the community that was due to have her kittens and one of the other staff trapped her in a cat box and she was brought to another persons house to have her kittens in safety. This is part of the community charity work we do here. I come into this equation as I said that I was interested in having a couple of the kittens. But the lady who currently has them is going on a fieldtrip for 5 days and needs someone to look after them, so on Saturday, Mum and 5 kittens are moving house. Kittens are 3 weeks old and will need to be rehomed in 5 weeks time. None of them have names yet so I will have to put my thinking cap on - suggestions welcome....
I have put some pics below because they are so cute! And if anyone wants a kitten, please let me know...
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