Christmas Shopping in Doha

Hi, Chris Panganiban here from The Peninsula. Christmas is just around the corner and I would like to solicit from everyone their experiences on a discussion on Christmas shopping in Doha. Alam ko naman na tayo mga Pinoy dito sa Doha ay busy na talaga sa pagbalot ng mga Christmas gifts and goodies you will send back home this early to avoid Christmas rush. So how is it going right now? Saan ba kayo kadalasan pumupunta para magshopping? Malls? Souqs? Ano bang mga items na karamihan binibili ninyo ngayon na ipapadala? With this, I would like to ask everyone a permission to use this reactions for the story I am working. It's alright if you do not want to reveal your name. Just give me an idea , if ever, ano work niyo dito. Or if meron iba dyan na willing naman to come out in the open that would be most welcome. Maraming salamat po!
Sorry ma'am but I have to make this clear this isn't an interview but reaction gathering. I hope u don't mind at all if I get your reactions here on a particular issue like Christmas shopping not only in Manila but Doha as well. I did some other research on a larger perspective like OFWs not only send US 1 billion a month to their families back home of which a bulk of this amount goes to spending on shopping. That is why, according to studies, the three biggest shopping malls in the world are located in Metro Manila. It is because malling (not to be confused as shopping) has become a national past time. So why do malls thrive in a poor country like ours? It is the emergence of OFWs, and their families as reliable customers of shopping malls. In short, malls , not only in Manila but might be Doha as well, have made owners much richer.
i mean policeMAN ... there.. did i get it right? :D
greentea.. sssshhh.. i'm no policewoman.. don't give ideas... :P
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i did your job coz ur late hahah...
and it's your birthday yesterday anyway so i thought of giving you a day-off of being a cyber policewoman =))
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Chris, how easy your works as journalist eh? interviewing people through QL.
Dont you think you should go out and about and do this in person?
It seems alot of Journalist hanging around on this site and quoting this site left right and centre. What your boss going to think about this?
english pls... you're still in the main forum... LOL
Salamat talaga. Youre of great help. Create a story pala. Nilagay ko kasi post a new forum. Anyways, thanks again.
http://www.qatarliving.com/group/filipino-expatriates-in-qatar
anyway, request membership from treysdad then once a member, you can start posting by clicking the link "create a story"
hey maam,
can u help me how to post this thread to filexpat group. Im a newbie and dont know how. Please....
I can't find one around here. I'll probably buy Ariel.
Uhh...is there a bar of Ariel soap?
"Everything in this book may be wrong." Illusions: The Adventures of The Reluctant Messiah by Richard Bach
but i will still wait for that bar of soap :D
i just hope its not a bar of ajax =))
What'll I get you for Christmas around here? A hookah? An SUV? A free supply of gas for your car? 2 5 Gallons of drinkable water?
But then again you're just a simple girl. I'll probably give you a bar of soap. Merry Christmas! XP
"Everything in this book may be wrong." Illusions: The Adventures of The Reluctant Messiah by Richard Bach
have you done your christmas shopping yet? include me in your list, ok? im just a simple girl with simple wants so you dont have to think hard on what to give me :)
though, i dont really send packages to the Philippines on Christmas. I just send them cash and let them have their own shopping there. for my nephews and niece in the US, i order it through amazon.com and have it delivered to them in time for christmas.
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"Everything in this book may be wrong." Illusions: The Adventures of The Reluctant Messiah by Richard Bach
good morning!
let me remind you first, you're in the MAIN FORUM. pls edit your whole thread to english in accordance with the guidelines.