Here’s some Qatar Airways magic right now.

Go to www.qatarairways.com right now, go book a one way ticket to HongKong. For dates, put in 26th of December.

For me, I found a ticket for 1,330 QR. Fantastic I thought.

I tried to book it and got an error. Went back, it was 1,550. No problem. I tried to book it. Error. It went up to 1,780. Error. 1990. WTF?!

So I tried to book it on the 27th. Same thing. Started at 1,550 then just kept going up every time I tried to buy the ticket.

Are they just changing prices now? Is it some sort of mess up with the system? *sighs*

I just want to book ONE easy ticket…

Vodafone’s first General Assembly will be tomorrow (see www.vodafone.com.qa) at 7pm at the W Hotel and it’s to allow share holders to vote for the last two members on the Board of Directors.

I’m one of the nominees!

If you’re a shareholder or have any friends that are shareholders please let them vote for me! All you need to do is turn up, fill up a quick form and you’re good to go!

So if you’re looking for someone who’ll make sure that your investment is secure vote for Khalifa Saleh! You can even get a form on vodafone.com.qa that signs over their votes to you so you can lump them all together and go on their behalf!

You’re searching high and low for how to start  up a business in Qatar?

I’ve had a lot of people ask me how to set up a business in Qatar so I now present you with a great quick guide!

Tadaaaa

Click here

If only being a Betta fish was a compliment. I’m sure you’ve seen them, they’re the beautiful deep red or deep blue fish often in bags in Aqua shops. I’ve always seen them, but I had only connected my people to that species when I was thinking about office politics.

I’m the type of person that just wants to get  along. I want to work hard, prove myself and get somewhere in my life. I hope that there’ll be those that notice the pride I take in the work that I do. I have no ill-wishes for anyone and I don’t get involved in gossip. My office environment is predominantly expat. All of them are great individuals. Besides myself, there’s one other Qatari who’s younger than myself, but mashallah he studies hard.

I had just been sitting with a group of friends when we had come onto the subject of my office. “How many Qataris are there in your office?”, I was asked. “Just myself and another bro.”, I answered. “That’s good.”, one said. “Why?”, I asked, listing a few ideas in my mind.

“Qataris just can’t get along most of the time when they’re in the same office”, I was told.

Let’s return back to the subject of Betta fish. When you put more than one male in the same tank, they fight. Each wants to prove his ground and become ‘king of the hill’. Territory, after all, is the ultimate goal. In most cases, when two fish see each other, they’ll puff up and stick out their fins. One will usually back off in defeat, even then, the dominant one usually nips at the defeated one ‘just in case’.

I haven’t had much experience in various offices but I do know that office politics exists anywhere. As a person, I’d never do something to harm another individual to get somewhere. As I’ve said I want to climb to the top because of my strengths not because I’ve had to climb over someone and drag them down.

It was just a thought.

I don’t really know why I have an exclamation mark in the title since I see an accident almost every day but perhaps it has to do with the fact that a BUS rammed into a home!

Karwa’s finest smashed into a home right before the Ramada junction close to Chilis. Police had blocked of Al Nasr street and it was a pain.

I didn’t see anybody injured but hopefully this will be a wake up call to Karwa. Their drivers drive way too recklessly and the buses drive TOO fast.

I hope I’ve done a good job to with ILQ. I really do just want to try and make Qatar a better place. My goal is to make it so that when expats leave Qatar, they leave with a smile rather than a sour face!

Help me by putting ILQ’s button on your site!

http://iloveqatar.net/linkus.php

I thought that people might like to make their money grow. Here’s a comparison of all of the fixed deposit accounts in Qatar.

Click here to see the chart

Post coming soon.

So it’s not a huge place but it definately has style. Imagine a twist between traditional Qatar infused with old China. That’s the image that Soy portrayed with their version of China town. When I mentioned it to a couple of people, they didn’t even know it existed! It DOES and it’s right opposite of Haagen Dazs. To get to it you have to go through a small alleyway. They’ve got Karaoke, Dining rooms, sushi bars, chinese shops, massage and sheesha!

More pictures here.

ILQ’s going to be at the Enrique concert tonight and we’ll be twittering the happenings. So if you can’t come out but want to know what’s going on, click here.