NY : Jalan-jalan handicapped style...

We were very tired due to the full day travelling semlm and plus dgn wifey yg sakit, agak slow pergerakan first day kitaorg kat NY. As said in previous entry, our pre-ordered wheel chair tak sampai ke hotel semlm, tp pg tu kitaorg dpt the wheel chair. cost us $110 for 3 days. mmg harga dia utk 3 hari even kalau kita pakai sehari je. aku ambik wheelchair yg mcm scooter, senang nak jalan instead of tolak tu, cepat penat. even dpt scooter ni, kita org keluar bilik pun dah tgh hari, siap brunch kat bilik, balance makanan kedai india semlm (aku beli byk giler makanan sbb sgt lapar n halal food hehehe).

due to kecederaan n ketidakselesaan jalan pakai scooter ni, we have to scrapped our earlier plan utk travel extensively so our target for that day pergi ke times square and naik atas rockefeller center. Dah 2 kali aku naik rockefeller center, although empire state building probably lagi famous, and lagi glamer utk naik and our hotel mmg dkt dgn empire state building. aku stick jugak dgn idea yg kalau kat atas tu, better ambik gambar empire state building yg cantik. jalan2 dgn handicapped ada byk advantage gak e.g. nak naik rockeffeller center tu kena queue panjang, tp sbb ada org berwheelchair, kitaorg potong line dpt terus ke concierge :-)....

oh... sebelum sampai ke rockerfeller center, kitaorg lalu across the times square... as expected mmg ramai org bersesak.. and as per my previous experience mmg terasa mcm kat dlm movie. tp sian wifey, dia pakai wheelchair, she didn't enjoy the view especially masa jalan2 kat tepi tu, dia kena berhati2 takut terlanggar kaki org, therefore, her view was bontot2 org yg kat depan je, sebab semua org yg kat situ sibuk pandang2 view atas, ramai yg terlanggar dia. sian... but we've decided to go the center area tempat panas yg tak ramai org, br lah sempat tgk view bangunan2 kat times square tu... :-) and sessi bergambar bermula...

on the way dr times square ke rockerfeller center, kitaorg pass by the radio city hall and saw promo Circue du soleil show br and pg tu dpt promo beli 2 tiket for $99. due to susah nak jalan sgt, we opt utk beli tiket tu. show for sure best... so we bought 2 tickets for the show at 2pm i.e. timing baik je lepas turun rockefeller center. and as expected mmg best.. one of the best experience we had while kat NY ni... tak rugi masuk... ni gambar2 nya... sebenarnya sarkis show je, cuma music best, equipment best, ada nyanyi, stunt best... cuma takde binatang je...

as walking around wasn't enjoyable sgt bila berwheel chair ni, so after the show we decided to queue for tickets for broadway. mmg antara plan asal aku utk tgk broadway kat NY. i remember my first experience dulu mmg best... and since jalan pun tak leh, broadway show waktu mlm mmg best lah. tp bila beratur kat tkts (tmpt jual tiket broadway yg murah skit) - ni pun beratur potong barisan sbb pakai wheel chair. kitaorg dpt tahu takde broadway show yg murah n available with good seats for handicapped. mostly semua broadway are not handicapped friendly :-( too bad... and at that time pun dah pkl 5-6pm mcm tu and show pkl 7pm takut tak sempat nak solat and we were too tired therefore we decided utk balik hotel, refresh solat n mlm br keluar.

mlm tu kitaorg keluar utk g times square, ingat nak cari makan n jln2 waktu malam... tetiba wheelchair mcm tak jalan... rupanya bateri habis n terlupa nak recharge masa rehat kat hotel. tried to recharge kat satu kedai ni, tp dia tak fully loaded and wifey mcm takde mood dah (konon kesian sbb aku kena tolak dia). so we ended the day early, and try nak tahan teksi. agak susah nak dptkan teksi yg wheelchair friendly, 20 minit jugak lah.. walau beribu teksi susah dpt yg blh bawak wheel chair. once dpt, we went back to hotel (2 block je dr tempat tu), then aku g cari dinner... a bit frustrated, tp apa nak buat... but still we had spent the night sembang2 and count our blessing... walaupun kecewa tak dpt jalan n explore NY ni, mcm tak sangka semua experience ni... and nasib baik dapat jugak merasa jalan :-)

Bina Badan

Nope... am not going to venture to Bina Badan, although aku mmg membina badan dgn lemak2... hehehe... but last weekend sempat aku menyaksikan pertandingan bina badan. Malaysia diwakili oleh 2 peserta, sazali samad n sapa ntah (gambar bawah). it was my first time tgk pertandingan bina badan ni. aku dtg lambat, so pertandingan dah start n tak sempat aku nak tahu negara2 yg masuk. tp aku dpt rasa mostly dr middle east sbb ni anjuran Qatar je bukan world level or mr universe.aku sempat tgk sazali samad beraksi sbb dia terpilih utk masuk pusingan kedua i.e. 15 peserta terbaik dr 30 peserta. agak kurang skit aku tgk sazali samad sbb badan dia kecik. probably sebelum2 ni dia menang dgn kategori ikut size or berat badan kot, sbb mostly dia ni tinggi bahu peserta lain je. so tak nampak menonjol lah. n dia nampak nya sgt baik, i.e. org lain bila kena suruh turun pentas, still gak beraksi skit2... dia ni, bila dah abis, terus turun. sgt polite hehehe...

setelah 15 org ni beraksi dipentas. pengacara, yg agak kelakar mengacarakan event ni, i.e. mcm pertandingan pakaian beragam sekolah rendah je cara dia conduct, akan panggil 5 peserta based on favourite each juri. apparently masa ni aku dah rasa sazali samad tak menang, sbb dr 9 (kot) juri, hanya sorang je yg panggil dia beraksi semula (flexed their muscle depan2 juri). mind you, whole event conducted in arabic, cuma skit2 english. ada lah peserta tak paham arab ni yg terpinga2 n tak ke depan bila dipanggil, mana lah depa nak paham.masa upacara pemberian hadiah lagi kelakar. mula2 depa bg kat juri... pastu bg kat penganjur... sgt tak formal n macam panggil2 tu pun tak prepare... dia siap suruh2 org naik pentas n org tu mcm segan2... ingat ni acara family day ke apa? then... siap panggil penyokong (ramai penyokong tunisia kat situ) hantar wakil ambik hadiah. n sorang tu bawak budak 1-2 tahun comel, so dia pun dpt hadiah... confuse... and then dia panggil 10 peserta hadiah saguhati... in arabic dia panggil n aku dpt detect dia panggil ikut turutan kedudukan...mcm kelakar... so tak surprise lah kan. hmm... and sazali was ranked 15/15... dpt hadiah saguhati.... QR5000. cukup lah tambang balik. anyway, it was my first experience tgk pertandingan ni. perhaps, mmg gitu cara nya. hmmm... aku dtg lambat, tak sempat ambik gambar ngan sazali mcm kawan2 aku ni.

all pictures taken without permission dr asings ombakpictures.. sorry!!! (kalau bro tak bg, tinggal comment, nanti saya remove pictures).

HIQ : Qatar Open 2012

minggu ni ada qatar open. ada nadal, federer etc etc turun main tennis. sapa rajin g, boleh tgk kat khalifa stadium. but kalau br plan nak beli tiket, rasanya tinggal vip seats or cheapest seats... kena plan awal2 kalau nak g tgk. aku tahun ni, malas plak nak g... plus ada member aku g tp tak ajak aku pun.. sob sob sob... :-p but aku heran, kenapa novak djokovic tak pernah dtg doha, dr dulu pun nadal n federer je wajib. kalau dulu, probably maybe sbb djokovic tu ranking jauh blakang depa dua org ni, but now, since djokovic no 1 dunia, apasal tak dijemput. or is it sbb dia serbian? hmmm.. ntah lah.


but as the weather is currently extremely good... 14 degree - 20 degree. sejuk with sunny sky. mmg best buat picnic... jalan2... lepak2 outdoor... mmg best. 2 minggu sudah aku dah g fuwairit mandi laut... minggu ni nak g mana ye??? let's see... enjoy your weekend!!!

Al Youm Watani..

Tahniah Qatar sempena Hari Kebangsaan...

kalau rajin aku akan go around ambik gambar bandar sempena hari kebangsaan ni.. but for record, dah 5 tahun aku kat sini, masih lagi aku tak g perbarisan pepagi tu. tak pernah turun, tgk tv je. be fair la kot, 20++ tahun kat malaysia pun aku tak pernah pergi tgk perbarisan. dah la malaysia mcm lebih meriah...

anyway, tahniah!!!

HIQ : Qa+ar Exxonm0bil 0pen

From today sampai weekend ni ada tennis match kat Khalifa Stadium... if you have nothing to do and enjoy watching live tennis match, go and buy your ticket... tp jgn harap lah dpt tiket2 yg dok depan. dah abis kot.

You can see details of the tournament here... QTF website.

Both Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal participate in this tournament... tp depa je lah yg top 10 pun (hehehe... kena bayar lebih ke depa ni?) 4th seeded for this tournament is 22nd seeded in the world ranking... yg lain2 tu lagi lah rendah... but still when it is international match it should be exciting to watch... (still depa ni lagi bagus dr pemain malaysia :-) ) here is the promo for the tournament... main atas air tahun ni... (nice doha skyline in this video)

Darb al saii...

CONGRATS QATAR!!!

sempena your national day.... :-)

asalnya... since aku dah sibuk baca2 website national day ni, bersemangat lah nak g tgk national day parade and events... but ended up, malas bgn pagi, tido je... hehehe... tgk kat tv...

but pergi jugak lah ke satu tempat ni, named Darb Al Saii... mcm cultural village... apa yg menyebabkan aku nak sgt ke situ, sbb katanya ada race anjing... hmm... mcm tak jive anjing dan muslim (maybe sbb kita ni org melayu, agak sceptical pasal anjing ni and associated with islam). then aku tahu ada some hunting event (with falcon) and camel parade... so kitaorg pergilah...tp seperti biasa... no clear information on jadual and event... kitaorg dtg nampak lah few dogs and ada lah pertandingan falcon (probably ratu cantik falcon) sbb ntah apa ntah... tunjuk itu ini ada 3 judge then sudah... seriously, takde information pun... too bad... we can't really enjoy the event, nampak very family oriented i.e. mcm upacara family day je... anyway, congrats qatar!!!

National day quiz..

Sempena Qatar National Day 18 Disember ni, MOI (kementerian dalam negara) Qatar will organise pertandingan quiz peringkat kebangsaan... they named it National Day Quiz for Non-Arab expatriate... mmg mcm tergesa2 je plan penganjuran pertandingan, sbb lambat notification, tak sempat pun nak cari peserta, bg short notice je kat malaysians yg nak masuk. and tak semena2 aku plak yg kena sbb tak cukup org.

MOI ni jemput 10 negara (india, pakistan, bangladesh, sri lanka, nepal, indonesia, malaysia, singapore, phillipines, nigeria) utk menghantar pasukan. each pasukan diwakili oleh 10 org. kenapa team2 tu yg terpilih, aku tak tahulah. although macam 'chokia' tp bear in mind, negara ni largely run by pakistanis and indians ni. and depa ni dah dok sini since born kot... well versed ngan selok belok sejarah negara ni.

so, sbb late notification, a day before the quiz (16 hb quiz day) br lah sebok2 aku nak membaca. we were told, yg perlu baca... website MOI, MOFA, National day dan Emiri Diwan. so aku concentrate kat website tu je lah.. in fact tak jugak. aku tak buka pun MOI and MOFA, hoping org lain baca. and for this year since national day ni depa nak angkat nama Jassim bin Mohammed al thani (following the path of the founder), sejarah org ni mmg kena lah tahu betul.... (but the funny thing was, the more you baca sejarah depa ni, the more u rasa mcm, hmmm... betul ke ni? mcm re-write je..., go read cerita mamat jassim ni, mcm hebat giler!!!)

as expected, mmg nampak sgt kuiz ni not really well planned. first, depa blh tak expect ada participant perempuan, malaysia hantar 4 drp 10 participant tu, perempuan... agak kacau jugak masa penyertaan.. tp tu settle... then come with the question and mcm mana nak jawab, kelam kabut and totally not prepared... tp takpe lah, relax je kan. since dah ramai org dr negara2 yg suka complain, we remained silent most of the time, wakil2 negara lain lg byk tak puas hati ngan cara quiz tu... so i let them complained :-) (btw, aku tetiba dilantik jadi team captain hehehe).

in short, quiz tu mcm ni. first sessi jawapan bertulis (24 soalan). soalan diajukan, kita kena tulis jawapan dan serah kat volunteer quiz. pastu bila keluar jawapan, n compare ngan jawapan kita. since geng2 organiser ni tak prepare, agak kelam kabut lah. pastu second round plak, verbal... style sama, tp specific soalan diberikan kat specific team. so nasib lah dpt soalan senang ke susah... kalau tak dpt jawab, soalan tu di pass kat specific team i.e. since it goes by alphabetical order, pass kat negara ikut abjad... agak tak adil, but ikut je lah...

antara soalan... the first five were about mamat jassim tu lah... pretty simple sbb semua org baca bab dia... then come to history section, arts, current affairs, MOI, general info, sports and etc... antara soalan killer yg takde org betul... apakah nama pearl paling luxurios and valuable... (jawapan al-jiwan... malaysia jwb hessa), apa nama dhow yg digunakan utk diving pearl (apa ntah jawapan nya), slogan hari lalulintas 2010 (ntah apa ntah jawapannya), bila first time national anthem qatar dinyanyikan (17th GCC summit, kita jawab GCC summit and tak tepat, dpt 0 markah)... and many more soalan...

then... came the results...

sebelum start 2nd round, diumumkan team Malaysia was leading by 5 points... (56points) India second 51 points, Indon 3rd 50 points.... then masuk second round... serious india mmg nampak berusaha gigih... kitaorg selamba je lah... jawab apa tahu... second round yg patut semua team dpt 4 soalan terpaksa diberhentikan awal, sampai 3 soalan each je... and both of us, india and our team manage to answer 2 out of the 3 questions given to us... which means.... we have won.. yup yeah... Malaysia menjuarai pertandingan Quiz Qatar National Day... :-) (lega... nasib baik tak kalah... seriously, agak pressure gak memikirkan kalau kalah ngan nepal or nigeria hehehe...) hadiah nya QR5000 not sorang QR5000, tp share 10 org.. jadilah... dpt gak 500.

oklah abt organisation ni mmg boleh diimprove... tp for sure, makanan dia bg masa break mmg superb hehehe... very nice roti n sandwich, mana depa dpt ni? kedai mana ntah... tp sedap and banyak!!!

hmm.. kena interview tadi ngan Qatar tribune, tak sabar nak tgk news masuk surat khabar... :-)

Dinner with Agong... Sultan Mizan

Agong is in town!!! yes, DYMM Yang Dipertuan Agong Sultan Mizan.... dan isteri Raja Permaisuri Agong dtg visit Doha this few days... and semalam baginda menjemput 250 malaysians kat Qatar to have dinner with him... and apparently, masa event ni lah byk aku nampak muka2 org lama kat doha ni. (utk hadir, semua kena cepat2 RSVP, mmg cepat betul, in 2 hours habis semua seats)

it was a simple dinner... and kesempatan bersalaman tu gave a different experience. tak sangka plak kitaorg tetiba panic skit sebelum bersalam. ye lah, with the protocol merafak sembah, and salam n where to go after salam buat rasa takut2 masa beratur tu. tp since the Agong and wifey were pretty down to earth and relax, takde benda sangat lah... :-)

tp yg kesian nya, food was not up to the standard... the starter and soup and the dessert were ok and no complain sgt lah... but the main course was a bit tasteless and tak kena ngan selera... chicken breast with salty sauce... hmmm... kalau bg lauk kenduri pun ok je hehehe...

and lepas majlis, semua dpt hadiah dr istana. aku rasa aku lambat berebut, sampai hadiah utk lelaki habis. patut lelaki dpt cufflinks and tie pin yg cantik, tp end up kitaorg dpt 2 hadiah perempuan, handbag holder. so lepas ni, sesapa dtg umah aku for dinner, blh lah sangkut handbag kat tepi meja ye :-)
Daulat Tuanku... (hmm, kitaorg tak sempat nak posing sebelah menyebelah dgn tuanku, nanti kena tulah plak kalau posing sebelah2 hehehe)

Nicol won again...

From 5-12 November, qatar classic plak... heeheh... sian my wife kena drag along tgk2 event kat doha ni... and yeah nicol was here... dtg utk rampas balik kemenangan. she won the classic for 4 times in the last 5th year. kitaorg dtg tgk semi final je, sbb final hari sabtu tu ada plan lain... here are some pictures....yup dia menang the semi final games and finally won the title... :-) ada sessi bergambar dgn dia, tp lama sgt tunggu kat luar, perut dah lapar.... we dashed g cari makan... kenyangkan perut boroi lg baik :-)

DTFF - still kelam kabut

As said in previous entry, minggu 26 October - 31 October ni, byk event... i.e. to be specific 2 je lah.. tp 2 big events... we had WTA championship and Doha Tribeca Film Festival. 2 world events. as tahun lepas aku tak g opening tribeca, tahun ni aku plan to go... along with my wife, zaireen and fairul...Tahun ni opening kat the newly open cultural village.. impressive build up tp setahu aku sejak aku dtg sini, tempat ni dibina for no reason... finally setelah 4 tahun br siap and set for DTFF... akhirnya... as the village is apparently out of nowhere, jauh skit dr town and takde proper parking. depa set parking kat convention center and prepare shuttle bus... and i can say, tranportation dia excellent... above expectation.

sesampai je kitaorg, sbb tmpt tu luas jugak, agak clueless where to go... so ikut2 org lah... and we ended up at the red carpet... felt the glimpse of jadi fan of celebrity sbb kebetulan salma hayek (i think the only real international celebrity malam tu) tgh lalu kat red carpet.. nampak lah dia dr jauh... wifey kata baju dia horrendously ugly... i said she was quite petite and pretty... hehehe... this is the best picture we got...then kitaorg pun menuju ke area where they show the opening show. it's advertise as free seating theatre... agak jauh gak lah... and the area tu mmg lawa lah... and we were very impressive with the design etc... sesampai je kat pintu masuk, tak de pun ramai sgt org beratur nak masuk, so we thought that it will be a smooth process and very well controlled crowd... once sampai depa suruh ambik free passes on the small table dkt2 situ... which at that time, kata minah jaga table tu plak dah abis... bengong!!!ramai actually confused with the system... dia kata free viewing tp tak plak dia advertise to get the passes and only limited to 2000 viewers... bengong!!! penat lah zaireen dress up (sorry yup u remind me to check earlier kena ada passes ke tak... too confident konon sistem bagus, we do not need one... but too bad, tak dpt masuk) actually we were slight early, sbb lepas kitaorg dpt tahu tak dpt masuk, mula lah ada ramai org gaduh2 kat gate tu, sbb tak dpt masuk. ada yg dah siap baju evening dress with tux lah, still tak dpt masuk... so we make a move balik lah.. :-( frustrated!!! seriously frustrated. totally understand the procedure, but please bg tahu lah kat website korang yg the seating is limited to 2000 je... last year buat open area blh je ribu2 org datang. u are in the 2nd year please expect lagi ramai dtg ok! next year buat lagi baik ok!but that's not all lah... i mean, on the final day wifey and i g tgk salah satu movie dlm festival. its a bosnian film. mula2 nya byk gile film kitaorg nak tgk... tp fikir2, nanti lg byk plak film kitaorg tgk mengalahkan jury festival plak... heheeh... and since zaireen dah beli terlebih tiket, kitaorg cuma beli tiket zaireen tu je... it was a good movie (for me...) its a life story about current bosnian culture...

interesting enough... sblm movie start the organiser cakap the film maker akan tunggu sampai abis film utk Q&A session... the main actor was there jugak, tp tak leh nak jawab soalan sbb flight malam tu... tp kitaorg tak tunggu because that was on saturday midnight, ahad aku nak keje... better ciao right after the movie.... good experience joining the festival.. tahun dpn nak try dpt vip passes g masuk opening :-)...

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... :-) )

Travel Report: Carnaval

Rio ni famous jugak dgn Carnaval... pesta parade mcm Citrawarna Malaysia tu... tp sgt jauh lagi hebat... korang blh tgk lah kat utube mcm mana hebatnya parade depa ni... the dressess the colors n of course the people... mostly depa menari samba.. Carnaval ni selalunya buat masa summer, around bulan february. kalau g masa sini party is everywhere and harga semua benda mahal lah.since aku dtg bukan masa carnaval n nak tgk the dances, samba, bosanova and capoeira show. aku g tgk kat platforma, tempat yg ala phantasea kat phuket and cultural village show thing... tp aku tak lah rasa gempak mana... the sound wasn't good, the dances were so-so... and the people are not the best among all... anyway, dah sampai n bayar.... tgk je lah kan... hehehe...

here are some pics and clips... tak ramai pun org datang... the entry price is ain't that cheap... dekat Rm200 gak... and since aku dtg sorang... takde lah sempat aku nak suruh org tolong ambikkan gambar ngan awek2 seksi ni... hehehe...