i'm really disappointed in certain aspects of Qatar. the ruling families/wealthy qatari's' obviously have had a good education/enough money and should as such be quite worldly with regards to these concerns. Driving,(risky - scary land cruisers,potholes and no cops) one wonders what the local municipalities are actually doing in their area's or do they not exist. It seems that any substantial work done to aesthetically improve the dust bowl we have chosen to live in is undone one week later and the rest of the town is like a squatter camp interspersed with bulldozers, half built villa's too big for any normal family( who lives in these castles?) and mounds of sand and rubbish. Had to have the medical for rp the other day, bits of bloody cotton wool/gauze on the floor of the medical commission - really hygienic. No smoking bans ineffective, people stuck in deportation camps for months, road workers who have to sleep on top of each other due to a lack of space/beds, people who are quite happy to put their maids in cupboards under the stairs with a mattress. Sounds good hey? Now that i think about it i feel quite bad moaning about all this, at least i can afford an iced coffee at Starbucks - that is an entire day's wage for some or maybe a lot of people in this country. Shame!
i'm really disappointed in certain aspects of Qatar. the ruling families/wealthy qatari's' obviously have had a good education/enough money and should as such be quite worldly with regards to these concerns. Driving,(risky - scary land cruisers,potholes and no cops) one wonders what the local municipalities are actually doing in their area's or do they not exist. It seems that any substantial work done to aesthetically improve the dust bowl we have chosen to live in is undone one week later and the rest of the town is like a squatter camp interspersed with bulldozers, half built villa's too big for any normal family( who lives in these castles?) and mounds of sand and rubbish. Had to have the medical for rp the other day, bits of bloody cotton wool/gauze on the floor of the medical commission - really hygienic. No smoking bans ineffective, people stuck in deportation camps for months, road workers who have to sleep on top of each other due to a lack of space/beds, people who are quite happy to put their maids in cupboards under the stairs with a mattress. Sounds good hey? Now that i think about it i feel quite bad moaning about all this, at least i can afford an iced coffee at Starbucks - that is an entire day's wage for some or maybe a lot of people in this country. Shame!