For the workers of Today,
We salute your efforts of every day
On this day you all must get some rest
To give us all your best

I wonder how they tackle their work everyday
To themselves, what all they say
Always filled with confidence they tread
Whenever a new task lies ahead

With a motto “work is worship”
They face smilingly all odds and hardship
They help further our economy
As our country grows in trade and money

A day for them to enjoy the sun
Rather than toil and have no fun
We all thank them on this day from our heart
All year they toil and deserve atleast this REWARD.

Parents of small children who are not traveling this summer, take heart: Qatar will host the Middle East’s first Disney on Ice: 100 Years of Magic show this June.

The 90-minute performance, which runs from June 13 to June 16, will be hosted at the Qatar National Convention Center, and is set to include Disney’s favorite cast of characters, including the Lion King, Aladdin and Snow White.

At the QNCC, engineers will spend two weeks building ice from scratch using some 48,000 liters of water, said organizers, which include the Qatar Tourism Authority and Feld Entertainment.

More here: http://dohanews.co/p...

Who's going?

A project is underway to link the West Bay area with the Hamad International Airport (HIA) through an undersea tunnel.

This will be one of the major projects to be implemented in the coming years linking Doha south, central Doha and Doha north, Al Sharq reported yesterday.

The project will start from West Bay near to the City Center as a two-lane bridge in both directions towards the sea and then become a tunnel under the sea leading to the airport.

It will meet a second subway starting from the new airport road with a three-lane undersea tunnel leading to New Doha.

The third segment of the project starts from Lusail with three lanes in each direction, with a bridge and undersea tunnel leading to New Doha. All these lanes will join at one point under the sea off the Corniche.

Some of my pencil portraits :D
Please check out my deviantart gallery and youtube channel too.

*Complete artwork gallery - no0dles919.deviantart.com

*Youtube Channel (I upload drawing videos and song covers) - youtube.com/valereyjayme

I'm sure many of you will be shocked to hear about this as I was, unfortunately one of our dearest QL members passed away on 10th of April.dweller (Graham as some knew him) died of Cancer :(

I remember him as one of the more informative members here on QL as he was a long time Qatar resident, always posted sensible stuff.

For those that didnt know him found this on his profile:

British and currently living in Aberdeenshire having spent 6 years living in Turkey, married (2 kids, 6 grandchildren) and an expat since 1978 Kuwait (78 to 81), Qatar with QP(Offshore Ops) from 1982 to 1997.

It's nearly May and still we are seeing rain.

I have been in Qatar nearly 4 years now, and I don't remember it raining this late in the year before. Personally I am loving it ;)

What a great race it was and a great after party and met some awesome ppl. Thx all for making my stay a good 1

please be careful everyone, i have a friend Mansoura/Najma area. There Flat entered by thieves yesterday using screw on main door. No traces of finger prints or anything. Main motives, they took all valuable things ( laptop, ipad, jewelries etc.) police was there for investigation and said 4 houses entered with in 1 week. take extra precaution's.. Doha is not safe anymore!

A woman visiting Doha decides to go ice fishing. So she cuts a hole in the ice and sets up her stool when a voice booms from overhead, "There are no fish under that ice."

She moves her stool over a few feet and cuts another hole. Again, a voice says, "There are no fish under that ice!"

"Is that you God?" asks the woman.

"No. This is the manager of the Villagio ice rink."

Two days of amazing, absorbing and fascinating football. Bayern Munich and Dortmund FC outclassed the Spainiards giants.

Being a huge follower of Barcelona and Messi, it was a huge dissappointment but yesterday's RM's was a bit of relief.

Some interesting tweets :

'Wow. Spainsh teams EIGHT a lot of goals in Germany'

'Lewandowski? More like LeFOURdowski'

Looking forward for all 'German' affairs in the final.

Very good morning dear Qlers....

As you all may be aware that..
The Sun rises from the East and sets in West...
The Birds tweet from 05am and sleeps by 6pm...
and so on and so forth....this is the life cycle...

I just shared this info thinking that most of us might not be knowing that its weekend...so YES, habby weekend everyone...

As per the customs of QL i take this oppourtunity to ask wat your weekend plans are ?

As for me, will hit some beach and do sky diving or most probably life-guarding ! :)

oh, just read tat "Bikinis' are not banned in Ras Al Khaimah...RAK here i come....:)

Good news for those searching for accommodation in Qatar - you can now filter your search by area.

Try it out and let us know your feedback. We're working hard to improve the site and appreciate your input and support.

Mars One, a Dutch company, has begun its search for volunteers to fly and live on the red planet - but it's a one-way trip.

At a press conference in New York City on Monday, the company's CEO Bas Lansdorp announced an open call for anyone to apply for the flight, knowing that they will never be able to return home. The mission will be one-way only because there currently is no technology that would enable a return trip from Mars to Earth.

Read More in Internet. :)

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Until a man duplicates a blade of grass, Nature can laugh at his so-called scientific knowledge. Remedies from chemicals will never stand in favorable comparison with the products of Nature, the living cell of a plant, the final result of the rays of the sun, the mother of all life.
-- Thomas Alva Edison

Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet, and the winds long to play with your hair.
-- Kahlil Gibran

The wealth of the nation is its air, water, soil, forests, minerals, rivers, lakes, oceans, scenic beauty, wildlife habitats and biodiversity… That’s the whole economy. That’s where all the jobs come from. These biological systems are the sustaining wealth of the world.