WTA in Doha

Kesian my wife yg asyik dok umah. although she is not complaining and in fact feel better kalau dpt dok umah dr g umah org... tp aku plak rasa lebih kesian...so bila ada je event kat doha ni, aku pun ajak dia g... and kali ni, we went to WTA 2010. tahun ni merupakan tahun ke 3 event ni kat doha, so dah tahun terakhir lah. tahun depan Istanbul plak organise.

WTA ni kiranya mcm final utk semua tennis tournament utk wanita. kat sini, the top 8 pemain terbaik dunia dijemput utk bertanding utk pilih pemain terbaik. (tp tahun ni ada gak no 9 n 10 sbb serena n venus william withdraw last minute sebab injury). so since semua pemain terbaik, any match pergi pun dpt tgk good games :-)aku beli tiket the 3rd day match, i.e. the 3rd round dlm round robin. tiket lambat beli. semi final dah abis. but 3rd day better drp 4th day. sbb kenkadang masa dah 4th day, org dah tahu sapa masuk semis so ada masanya game tu agak tak best. plus, ada byk event dlm minggu ni, kitaorg kena set ikut timing yg sesuai.

on that particular day, we watched the number berapa ntah seed, elena dimienteva (sp?) vs and wozniacki (current world number 1) vs schiavone (sp?). after 2 games patutnya ada game clijster vs stosur, tp sbb the first game tu main lama sgt, by the time 2nd game abis (ke belum abis ke) dah pkl 9 lebih, aku dah lapar... so kitaorg balik... hehee....

it was the first experience for my wife tgk game tennis live ni... although mulanya dia cuma sibuk tgk fashion baju player... tp after few rounds of games and explaination on the match and rule, br lah dia faham... end up jd excited plak, sbb sampai sambung tgk kat umah. really hope she enjoyed the experience.... nanti Exxon Qatar open early Jan, blh tgk more games, and ada mens event, sure lagi powerful.rasanya final was between wozniacki (aku tak rasa dia ni powerful sgt, maybe dia byk g tournament tu sbb no 1 kot) vs clijster (previously former no 1)... it was won by clijster... yup dia mmg nampak hebat...

It's my birthday...

Yeah... today is my birthday... dah semaking tua... dah makin nak mati... what's my wish??? hmm.. i don't really make wish for my birthday... sbb selalunya my wish buat lepas solat hehehe... everyday, specifically masa birthday... none..

anyway, terima kasih for all the wishes on the phone, on sms, on bbm, on ym, on gtalk, on facebook, on email, straight to me (kat office) and straight to my cheek :-) thanks all...(and for those yg tanya bila nak jadi papa/dpt anak... ha... i need your doa as well, lets doa sama2.. mudah-mudahan doa ramai2 ni lebih berkat... insyaAllah :-) )

and for simple celebration my lovely wife buat kan choclate cake semlm... hehehe... thanks for the cake sayang!!! :-) first attempt buat kek kat doha.. really appreciate your effort... its just perfect!!!

and kesian kat dia, kena celebrate my birthday sehari awal, sbb aku sibuk nak tgk WTA match malam ni kat stadium... that's how we celebrate my birthday this year, tgk tennis.. hehehe...(so kayu hahaha)

Miss 'Manila'

Aku g tgk Miss Saigon musical theatre kat doha ni, my first experience tgk musical kat sini... and the 3rd time tgk musical in my life... yg first tgk PGL (season 1) and 2nd time masa kat NY dulu (spring awakening - baru aku tahu yg minah glee ni original act show ni, tp masa aku g dulu dah bukan dia dah). tp for the friends (and wife) yg tag along tgk musical ni, hanya sorang je yg pernah g... so it was a good introduction for them lah since show ni local production je.

although local production, i think the leads (the actress especially) was superb... best dia nyanyi. from our seats (2nd row from front) mmg nampak all the expression and dgr jelas suara dia... best!!! and set dia agak simple lah, but the only set yg gempak was kewujudan kepala helicopter atas pentas... gile hebat, cuma kemunculannya ada lah dlm 5 min.

tp yg agak kureng nya... only the main actors (and most of the budak2) je yg bukan filipino... yg lain2 geng2 pinoy ni. understandable lah sbb nak taruh muka asians sbb cite ni miss saigon kan... tp sbb depa bunyi sgt filipino english and slang masa cakap bunyi gitu, aku terpaksa tukar cite ni, jd miss manila instead of miss saigon... anyway, mmg bangsa depa suka je nak ikut american n tukar passport jadi american passport... oops... tp tak leh nak cakap apa lah jugak, mmg org2 depa je ramai kat sini n known as bagus menyanyi kot...

pas ni nak target nak g tgk musical kat London plak... bila lah ada rezeki... hmm

HIQ : International events...

Minggu ni ada 2 international events in Doha... from 26 - 31 October 2010...

Sports, we have WTA Championship... Women Tennis tournament mengumpulkan the top 8 ranking players... based on the website, ni nama2 yg qualified (and probably datang):
1 Caroline Wozniacki
2Vera Zvonareva
3Kim Clijsters
4Francesca Schiavone
5Samantha Stosur
6Jelena Jankovic
7Elena Dementieva
8Victoria Azarenka

Serena Williams dah withdraw due to injury and Venus tak sure whether withdraw or memang tak layak, tp gambar depa mmg merata kat doha ni... hehehe...

for me, most of them are nama2 baru.. aku tak kenal... tp mainly sbb aku tak follow sgt tennis, but anyway, aku dah beli tiket dah for 28th Oct matchday. its an international event, so dtg tgk je...

then ada jugak (on the same period) 2nd Doha Tribeca Film Festival... last year susah benar aku dpt tiket... so this year dah beli tiket siap2... tp aku tgk 1 movie je among all... sbb dah nak g tgk tennis and plan nak g tgk the free movies je... kalau tgk banyak2 terpaksa lah depa lantik aku jadi jury plak... hehehe... tiket ada dijual kat city center and villagio... opening would be on 26th... and closing on 30th... check out the films in their website here...

and... for football fan.. Asian Cup tickets dah start jual dah merata2... go and grab ur tickets... btw, sesapa nak g, sound aku gak, aku nak g. tp takde geng lah.. hehehe... kalau nak tgk schedule, g ke website here...

so.... enjoy your week!!!

the time when the story was revealed...

(Ni citer lama... kisah berlaku awal bulan 5 ari tu... lanjutan dr kisah ni...)

aku buat skit2 perubahan dr segi umah tu... aku panggil org pasang langsir dan karpet (which cost me abt QR1k)
and.. beli satu day bed yg best utk aku tido depan tv...
and cepat2 pindah kan line telefon and get the internet on...
and umah aku pun ready utk makan-makan... lebih kurang sebulan jugak lah... i.e. dlm awal bulan 5 br lah umah ni blh ajak org datang... bear in mind, between aku mula pindah tu sampai aku ajak org dtg, sempat lah aku g london dan balik kl jap...
mmg bz gile masa bulan 3 sampai bulan 5 tu... sampai lah tak byk entry aku tulis kat blog ni, tak sempat... and banyak benda fikir... and tu lah bila ada masa tu lah aku ajak kawan2 utk catch up stories... and apparently that was the time aku cite kat semua org... that am getting married (sekarang dah selamat lah kawin :-D )

from the reaction it was a surprise to everyone... hehehe... no one expect that came out from my mouth (neither do i masa tu...) anyway, alhamdulillah... within approximately 4 months (announce and confirm kawin awal bulan 5) semua dirancang n diatur... and alhamdulillah again, dipermudahkan... yeah i was not expecting the marriage came too soon... tp org kata dah jodoh n dah ditentukan Allah...

(there will be a few entries later on the marriage preparation - kalau aku rajin - aku akan selit2 kan with citer2 baru kat doha ni... :-) )

it's been 40 days...

It's been 40 days of silence since my last entry...

more stories to come... tetiba ada semangat nak memblog plak...

winter is coming... byk aktiviti kat doha ni...

see ya!!!