2nd weekend

It was my 2nd weekend yesterday.

Unlike last week, it was quite quiet. The outside was dusty with strong wind, and no one felt like going out.

Also, I did not have luxurious time yesterday, for the preparation of presentation that took place just now, leaving me quite a satisfaction, and now I'm rather relieved.

It seems there will be bowling tournament this evening among the project members, so I will pass time the remaining day for another task for the first time; the city's main street design.

Doha Downtown

The whole morning yesterday, we did the Doha town survey yesterday.

It's an old town just like our Kuala Lumpur old town, but worse. The buildings are not worth conserving for heritage status, and people living there are low pay labours from labour supplying countries.

But still, the building walls are nostalgic and streetcsape valuable. In order to add an interest to the town's value, I'm proposing a theme to be introduced, a theme just suitable for this town; "Alf Laylah Wa Laylah", or The book of one thousand and one nights, in other words "Arabian Nights Entertainments".

To see it really works, I am just about to go back to the down town again now.

Beach

There was a difficulty in internet connection in my apartment, so I'm posting it today, Sunday, the first day of working week.











It's the weekend here today, Friday, and Saturday.

We went to the north. The end of beach-like desert was the real beach. We dug to collect clams.

Mr. Shibata (the man on the left; who is the deputy project manager) was very good cook who prepared clam soup and clam spaghetti for lunch for 8 of us in his apartment once came back, and we all enjoyed with cold beer.

Kanekiyo went again for fishing this afternoon with Filipino group, promising to add items to dinner tonight. I will go to the gym later so that the dinner will be extra nice.

Let me now let you know, that I have been doing another blog for an introduction of tropical plants as my life work, some of you might have realized while I was studying plants in office. It's a king of practice to me, to express my sense and idea on a plant in a written form, and keep on doing on other plants every day. It's becoming a good reference for your plants selection in landscape design as well, so I let you know here the address of iy. One day I will make a plant book out of these.

http://blogs.yahoo.co.jp/kasinoki_nao

Big lunch in Doha

Look at this, it's for one person!

Kanekiyo-san straight away ordered only for one person of meal for the two of us, and I thought in my heart; oh no, please, I'm very hungry, missed breakfast after arriving at 3 am and rested for a while, please order for two...

But the fact was... we could not finish even for one person.

2 nuns, 1 rice plate, 3 kebabs, salad was an extra order. I looked around whether a man was eating that much... yes. They are big eaters.

75% of people here are foreigners. I'm one of them. A country's master plan is drawn by all foreigners? That is going to be my dilemma through out this session.

I will be assigned to look into the downtown urban design in central Doha.

My first day was so far so good, we will attend to a party organized by Australian group this evening.

Feel like continuing my blog but no idea what to post.

Maybe just show how beautiful my guitar is for time being.

Came back from the family ski camp; my dream trip with both my sons, to the very place where I was born and grown up, to execute the very activity I had engaged so much for so many years.

It was just great, I feel satisfied.

We will move to Tokyo tomorrow. I may see Mr. Takano if both of us can make it.

Two young men want to see what Tokyo is about. After that we will head back to Malaysia.

My parents will be left alone again. That's the destiny which is very sad.

But I beleave I've managed to do something good to them. I encouraged them, I let them see their grandchildren, and I made sure that I would be always their child.

I was in a hot spring alone the other day for a long time and thought over things. I decided a few things how I sould do to my parents in the near future.

I will think about it over and over though being back to Malaysia.

Look, we were skiing.

Well you are not looking at us skiing, but looking at us just about to be skiing.

The very first trial is always tough.

When my second boy tried for the first time 2 years ago, he was near to cry before enjoying 20 menuts later.

My first boy's case today was about 10 menut shorter in suffering than the second one. He tried skiing for the first time in his life, but somehow still managed.

From tomorrow, we are going out station ski trip to Myoko mountains for three days.