When I first arrive at Qatar during summer, I saw sales everywhere at the shopping mall and I thought it is the same for this year but I was wrong as actual thing are really cheap during a second sales happening between Hari Raya and Hari Haji.
I went to a watch shop today and found they slash 50% of branded watches. Some are cost around QR300 and I was tempting to buy but I didn't as my current one is still good. No point having plenty of watch when I only use one most of the time.
what is cheap in Qatar
Well you find hard that this post ever rise up for any blogger stay in Qatar as pretty much everything is expensive here except car and petrol and water and electricity bills because there are no tax on automotive import and government subsidize for the latter.
Food and accommodation remain the most expensive item as Qatar import 90% of food and most raw material for construction and also because most building are owned by Qatari so the rental are controlled by them.
Nonetheless, there are thing that I know it is really cheap compare to Malaysia which is personal hygiene products such as toothpaste, toothbrush, facial wash / cream, tooth floss, shampoo and etc etc. I not sure why, maybe because it is tax free and also due to Qatar currency is weaker than Malaysia. You be surprise to find thing made in Malaysia but it selling cheaper in Qatar than Malaysia....
Apart from this, I notice Qatar retail shop carry brand which I can't find in Malaysia for pretty much anything such as fast food chain, watches, grocery products and many more... So it kinda nice if you like to try other brand. Currently I am using a toothpaste called Signal and found it good as reduce my tooth sensitivity better then Sendodyne and it cost me QR10 for 2 tube of toothpaste and abottle of Lifebuoy hand wash.. Dirt cheap right?
Edit
Oh ya...... Subway is cheap too and is even cheaper when they have promo.. is about RM8 for 6inche
Food and accommodation remain the most expensive item as Qatar import 90% of food and most raw material for construction and also because most building are owned by Qatari so the rental are controlled by them.
Nonetheless, there are thing that I know it is really cheap compare to Malaysia which is personal hygiene products such as toothpaste, toothbrush, facial wash / cream, tooth floss, shampoo and etc etc. I not sure why, maybe because it is tax free and also due to Qatar currency is weaker than Malaysia. You be surprise to find thing made in Malaysia but it selling cheaper in Qatar than Malaysia....
Apart from this, I notice Qatar retail shop carry brand which I can't find in Malaysia for pretty much anything such as fast food chain, watches, grocery products and many more... So it kinda nice if you like to try other brand. Currently I am using a toothpaste called Signal and found it good as reduce my tooth sensitivity better then Sendodyne and it cost me QR10 for 2 tube of toothpaste and abottle of Lifebuoy hand wash.. Dirt cheap right?
Edit
Oh ya...... Subway is cheap too and is even cheaper when they have promo.. is about RM8 for 6inche
Patience is virtue
Recently when I move in with my new housemate we chat a lot on guys talks but mostly about work and economy and it seems many are getting more tired working at Qatar. Tired of the work and tired of the life and of course the people.
Is pretty unstable in terms of having the feeling being secured. We also worry and taking precaution of the neighboring country such as Syria and Iran. If there is a war there could be a lock down and everything is freeze such as our bank account, that is why everyone transfer their monthly salary back to their home country immediately when the pay check arrived. Sadly for Malaysian like me the currency is getting weaker. Each transfer back home we need to incurred 20% lost! :(
It seems next year economy would be much improve as Europe and US economy won't be recover by then and it is in a very slow pace and China and India economy are slowing down as well. Somehow Australia seems to be a better choice as they are able to sustain themselves and their economy are pretty strong. A simple comparison of the currency with US currency will say it all.
I have friend decided by hook or by crook they will go back next year when their contract end as they have enough with the boring life and dumb work. Well, I wanted to go home too but still haven't found a job and I need to be financially stable in order to help my parents and my younger brother financially. So it is a lot of decision to make but just hope my prayers are answered.
I will keep looking for job and at the same time just have to be patience.......
Is pretty unstable in terms of having the feeling being secured. We also worry and taking precaution of the neighboring country such as Syria and Iran. If there is a war there could be a lock down and everything is freeze such as our bank account, that is why everyone transfer their monthly salary back to their home country immediately when the pay check arrived. Sadly for Malaysian like me the currency is getting weaker. Each transfer back home we need to incurred 20% lost! :(
It seems next year economy would be much improve as Europe and US economy won't be recover by then and it is in a very slow pace and China and India economy are slowing down as well. Somehow Australia seems to be a better choice as they are able to sustain themselves and their economy are pretty strong. A simple comparison of the currency with US currency will say it all.
I have friend decided by hook or by crook they will go back next year when their contract end as they have enough with the boring life and dumb work. Well, I wanted to go home too but still haven't found a job and I need to be financially stable in order to help my parents and my younger brother financially. So it is a lot of decision to make but just hope my prayers are answered.
I will keep looking for job and at the same time just have to be patience.......
Makan Makan in Qatar - Ponderosa
Vaccine Done
Just a reminder that I got my final shot vaccine for Twinrix. All 3 shot were done by QP clinic and is FOC
Makan Makan in Qatar - Thai Corner
Found a Thai restaurant today inside a parking lot of a mall called The Center. Guess the restaurant is also at the center of the parking lot. I had a glass noodles spicy salad and it is really spicy. I would say it is good and authentic as it is run by Thais.
Air Cond leaking
Both my room and my housemate room AC leak couple of days back and today the maintenance guy came to fix the issue. Was kinda surprise how the clear the pipe that has been clogged up that cause the leak. He simply insert a rubber hose into the AC (not exactly sure where but I assume the pipe for the condense water) and the other end of the hose is tied to a AC gas cylinder. The moment he turn on the valve, the pressurized gas simply push all the dirt that is inside the pipe and yay it is clear and no more leaking.
learn a new word
Few days back I have a chat with my lovely cousin which I had never spoke more than 100 words in our life time and somehow after I added her in Facebook we chat a lot. Surprise and happy at the same time as I always wanted to get close to my cousin as I don't want to end up like my parents generation where cousin and siblings are not close.
So we chat and chat and she used a word that I do not understand. At first I thought it was a typo error and I leave it for days until when I wanted to clear my chat history I stumble upon that word and do a search on Google and found out it is actually a word / slang used by people to curse someone. that word actually means FUCKing but instead of using FUCKING, effing is used. which is cool. I didn't know about it.
Another phrase I stumble into is I long for you... for sometime I was thinking what that means....Thanks to Google, this phrase means I want you, I miss you, it is used when someone want sex from you... :)
So we chat and chat and she used a word that I do not understand. At first I thought it was a typo error and I leave it for days until when I wanted to clear my chat history I stumble upon that word and do a search on Google and found out it is actually a word / slang used by people to curse someone. that word actually means FUCKing but instead of using FUCKING, effing is used. which is cool. I didn't know about it.
Another phrase I stumble into is I long for you... for sometime I was thinking what that means....Thanks to Google, this phrase means I want you, I miss you, it is used when someone want sex from you... :)
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