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I will be moving to Doha as well. I am living in Toronto. Any idea about the Canadian School there? what about accomodation? what area do u suggest? any idea about rental fees?

It was nice seeing canadians on this site... great.

Hey there,

I've been in Doha for 2 days now, here for a month, possibly coming back for a couple more if time permits. I like it here, weather is great, people are generally swell, although I have to get used to the cold stares from some... lol. Any advice on getting as much o Doha in during my short visit, where to meet sociable people, and I love to hear your own stories. Like why you came here, the good the bad and the wonderful.

Cheers,

Jesse

I`m here since Feb 2004, I like Doha so far. But, lately the traffic is killing me, it`s not the same like before when the first time I came here. I`m from Indonesia, I met my husband here and I have 1 baby girl.

Jesse, most of us came here for work even me. The reason I came here only to earn money. The good thing in Doha is a very safe country, u don`t have to be afraid to go out in the nite alone. The bad thing is taxy! Very difficult to find. And the wonderful thing is, u can find so many nationalities around Doha even more than the locals. Hope u enjoy ur stay. Did u visit Souq Waqif? U should go there, highly recommended! :D

Hey Tya:

thank for the suggestion, I have not been out much as of late. I work a lot and am only now getting over my jet lag. I plan to to go to the souq soon! I'm happy to hear your story, hehe, I joke around aboud finding a wife here. Just kidding as I have a lovely girl back home.

I am hoping to find a taxi tomorrow after a DJ show, so I hope it's not too hard to find one.

every_mothers_nightmare: What are you doing now? I've been reading about the history of this part of the world. Being a camel jockey must have been rough. May I ask why you are in the Canadian's group? is there a connection.

Later

Jesse

Hi All, I've been here a whole day now and wanted to know from mmyke what exactly constitues an ensuite? a room in the villa? I also would love to know what do people do for fun here? expatriates that is...

Greetings to all Canadians here...
Its nice to find some in Doha...
Been here only for a few months myself....
Too busy at work... but I have discovered these things:

- Cinema:
Huge theatres at City Center...(mall)
Small theatres at Landmark mall

Concerts:
Qatar Foundation usually has concernts. Tickets can be picked up at Virgin stores (Vilagio mall)

- You have to visit vilagio Mall.... its very chearful :)

- Very cute Japanese store called Diso in Hayat Plaza (mall) tons of japanese things ...., except clothes..... not expensive, if you like japanese things.... lots of things for the kitchen and office...

- Aspire Club: is a great place for Excercise, classes. Have to register a month in advance.

- Aspire Park ( the new section) is adorable, very nice to walk there... as parks go in doha.....go while you still can. I heard that you cant go out much at the end of May. Cause then it will be too hot.

That is all i can remember now....
if you have specific questions, let me know...

DS

Hello everyone...Good to know canadian community in Qatar, I m planning to Move Qatar from Toronto,Canada. New to this website forum leaving canada is such a pain for me, but doing the attempt. ciao

ace23, there IS a canadian school here..

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“You become responsible forever for what you have tamed”. Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

ha, UkEngQatar.. you have edited your post..
good for you.. but I am not going to edit mine..

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“You become responsible forever for what you have tamed”. Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Hi There!
Does anybody know of a job offer? A contact # or e-mail address or company name or contact name etc.
Thank-you.

Friendly Canadians, Yonge Street, Niagara falls, maple tree, Eton Center, Lake Ontario, Fairview, multiculturalism...and more.

No, I'm not Canadian, but an enthusiast. Greetings to all.

Enjoy QL(ing)
Salam

Who in the hell would want to have Canadian Nationality
jeez those who think are nutz and want to join the nation of nutz too. i better go get Russian Nationality.

Ottawa,ON

I used to work in the Middle East, most especially in Doha way back 1990 and I would say I am pretty excited to see Doha, if given the chance again.
I tried to keep in touch, especially in this website and surprised to see how much Qatar has changed of course the cost of living. Always tempted to come back and work and enjoyed the freebish!!!
Good luck to all CANADIAN OUT THERE.

hi its nice to see that alot of canadians know about qatar since its such a small country. im from hamilton and i come here every summer dose anyone know were i can get a good summer job please help me am about to die from the boredness ;)

My husband and I will be moving to Doha in the middle of August. (Our tentative departure date from Toronto is August 14th.)

I'm finding some things in the process a little frustrating and confusing. The company my husband will be working for is CNA-Q, and they sent him information saying we had to go out and get a chest x-ray and HIV test for the visa process. So we thought this meant to go make the arrangements on our own. My husband got them done, but when I went to get them done I was told that we first have to have papers that will be sent to us from the immigration people telling us we need to get these done.

So we have sent an email off to our contact at CNA-Q who is coordinating our travel and visa process to ask if we need to wait to receive papers to get these tests done.

Can anyone verify for me that we wait until immigration sends us papers before getting the chest xray and blood tests done? Has anyone else had them done in Canada prior to going to Qatar?

Plus our closest branch of OPP refused to do a background check for us saying that we had to go to our local police station. Yet it was made very clear to us the background check had to be done by OPP or RCMP and NOT local police. We ended up getting the background check done online through a website provided to us by CNA-Q. Which in the longrun probably ended up being faster than the OPP anyway.

I'm sure this is probably just the beginning of being confused at times.

Anyone else here work for CNA-Q? We have no children, and as such will be given a furnished apartment to live in rather than a townhouse in the compound. I'm very curious to know what our accomodations will potentially look like.

~ Deb

Hello there,
My name is Ebi and I live in Alberta and moving to Qatar within a month or 2.

I used to live in Grande Prairie. world is so small that people meet in different countries while they have no idea they used to have a common that once they used to live in one place on this planet.

Well, that is nice to see Canadians in Doha.
I wish you and your family all the best.

Regards
Ebi

hello..how are you..same with you, im also new here, butluckily i found a job however its not related with my college course..as what i heard from few people places that are nice here are sealine, ramada hotel, sheraton and you can visit villagio as well...enjoy your visit here

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I like canada and canadians, I don know why, maybe because i haven't met anyone from canada yet??:D:D:D just joking.

keep the good work mates

Yalla!

yeah sure

I'm newly joined our company branch here....
first impression is comfortable, nice clean city, there're many good places for fun, as La Cigale hotel, i heard also Sheraton, but yet haven't been there,
People are friendly and life smooth here, still to some extend conservative, but not strict.
still exploring more :)

well i dunno how you find it, i am really sick over here..

I am from mississauga Ont. i have been in doha for 3 years so far, its ok but it gets boring at times, i'm married and i have a 3 year old girl. Shes going to school now and i'm looking for a job. I wouldnt recommend sitting at home, its sooo boring. its nice to meet people from canada.

I am indeed here in Doha now, and I do enjoy it. Life here, like in any other part of the world, is only what you make it. You can sit in your accomodations and whine that there is nothing to do, or you can get out and find the things that there are to do.

When we left Canada we had 6 weeks to get everything settled before our departure. Amazingly we managed to sell the house, the cars, the furniture, and pretty much anything that was in the house before we left. We came to Qatar with 2 suitcases and a carry on each.

It is true that you can buy pretty much anything you want here -- except for J-cloths. Which is not a big thing, but I really miss having J-cloths for cleaning with! Computers/laptops are a little more expensive here than back in Ontario, and if you're in the market for a new laptop I would recommend purchasing it before moving here.

The life we lead here is different than life as we would have lived it in Canada. In Canada we never would have thought of going without a car, but yet here we are 3 months in to our Doha experience and quite happy to be without a car. Karwa's are very inexpensive to use, and private drivers are not that much more. Of course, our accomodations are in a very centralized area with many shops and restaurants within walking distance. In fact, I can think of 4 grocery stores that we can walk to, 2 small malls, and too many restaurants to count! We are also within walking distance to the clinic and a handful of pharmacies.

Our accomodations are not necessarily of a high standard. They are however clean and liveable. By adding a few decorative accents like pictures, candles, and an area rug it quickly becomes homey.

In some ways, a good motto for our life here in Doha would be that less is indeed more. Buy less material items, but do more things.

One of the things that I wished we had done differently on arrival was to put off shopping until we'd had a few good night's of sleep.

Something else that I just thought of that I would bring with me -- fitted sheets. You can find them here, but it's not always easy to find good ones... and sometimes the quality of the sheets leave a bit to be desired. So coming with at least one set of sheets would be good, and then you wouldn't necessarily need to buy bedding right away.

You also need to let go of expectations. Relax! Things may take a little more time to get done, and sometimes you run into some communication challenges, but it really isn't worth letting yourself get worked up over.

Hey I've been in Doha for a few days, i am also looking to get into QG as an accountant. I do have 5 yrs experience and also worked in Dubai as a senior accountant. Can you help me out with the application process and maybe any1 on the inside i might send my cv to

Many Thanks.