Seafood

I have always been fond of lobster, more so that of crab, here I am seen tucking in to a small one at Cherating on the east coast of Malaysia. Unfortunately this was the first time there and while enjoying the Tiger beer I had not yet discovered that hidden out the back they had some wine.
Mind you it was nice to have the beer anyway, and it is pleasant here in Qatar to be able to get it (or wine) in the hotel restaurants. Although my other favourite will probably not be available anywhere here.
But there are Japanese restaurants around and I do love sashimi, although not sushi so much. A big plate of sashimi though, especially with a decent amount of octopus, is something that I find very hard to resist, especially if properly presented.
But there are so few places that can present it in the way that best grabs both your eye, your taste buds and all your various appetites, don't you find?

Visits

Just recently my friend (and an ex-boss) Dave came on a flying visit, looking more Pickwickian each time I see him.
He was keen to see the sites of Doha, a somewhat restricted list to be honest but we obliged to the best of our ability.
He saw the desert, the wild (and domesticated) life that abounds.
Then on to see the exotic, but unfortunately he and I could not enter, "Men NOT Allowed", as can be seen if you click on the picture and see the original.
Then on to the major interesting buildings such as the Police Institute as, to be honest, as I pass it on my way to work every day I never fail to be amused by it.
But we stayed away from dentists although I should have been searching for one as a tooth thickener has cracked and partly disappeared. But I have never really enjoyed dentists and fear that here they may be of different standards to in Singapore.

Women

As we all know women are wonderful creatures, capable of anything. Although I do feel some are too sports minded to suit my own love of animals and children. At least I saw nothing like this as Henin recently do so well. And we all know that rugby players will do anything so there is less surprise there.
But it is indicative of feminine combativeness, whether it be ladies scaling the walls to release those held in odd places by the US forces or just showing a copier that it really should work if it wanted to survive (after all, I have to!).
My own wife of course is an absolute Angel and, apart from an occasional foray into my Jack, has no connection with the usual unpleasant self-assertive female traits. Perhaps, like me, she finds things to reduce her aggression; but while she normally uses tennis, I end to use wine!