Heading to the Heat!
Trip Start
May 26, 2006
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7
Trip End
Jan 2007
Melbourne (home),
Australia
Wednesday, May 24, 2006
Hi all and welcome to my travellog/blog,
I am hoping to keep you all up to date with my Middle Eastern Adventure over the next 8+months using this website. With all my other travels around the UK, Europe and Canada I have tried to keep in contact with group emails, so thought this might be something different. It also means you guys can log on whenever you like not just every so often when I email, also means I can put lots of photos on it, which are always more exciting then long emails.
OK so I'm sure you are wondering why I am off to the dessert and how it all happened well I finished up work in Melbourne for the Commonwealth Games at the end of March then decided I deserved a long awaited break from any kind of work or brain activity so the first few weeks of being unemployed was fantastic, sleeping late, drinking lots, going out for breakfasts, lunches and dinners, catching up with friends who couldn't remember what I looked like due to being in Commonwealth Games hibernation for 4 months, all in all great fun.
Although after two weeks when I realized I couldn't live this lifestyle without some form of income (unfortunately I didn't meet a famous/rich athlete at the Games so the plan of being a kept woman went out the window) So being lazy and not too sure what I wanted to do next I decided to send my resume off to a few contacts I have been given for the Asian Games in a place called Doha. To be honest I didn't really give it a lot of though when I first applied as was not really sure if and when I would hear back, but after I sent it off I felt like I had at least applied for something which made me feel better about taking another few weeks off doing nothing!! (any excuse the bank account wasn't empty just yet)
So after only a few days I was very surprised to receive an email from one of the contact I had emailed asking when I would be available for a phone interview. Once I received this I was in a bit of shock and though I should really look into this a bit more as the prospect did sound appealing. Anyway long story short did some research, had two phone interviews over four days (wasn't sure how they went) then waited to see what would happened next. Within a week I had received an offer from the HR department and had to make the decision on if and when to go.
So after a bit of thought and another consideration of the offer $$, it wasn't much of a tough decision, a few of my friends from the Melbourne Games were already over there so after hearing from them and sussing everything out, how could I say no! So i am now the offical Leisure Services Coordinator for the Athletes Village - Doah Asian Games 2006.
Check out the website -
So here I am heading off to the desert in two days......
Madly packing trying to find suitable clothes (no I don't have to wear a Burka) apparently have to have my shoulders, cleavage and knees covered, and of course none of my cloths fit into all three categories. So we will just have to wait and see what awaits me in the desert.
There you have it a bit of an introduction and some background on how I ended up in the country of Qatar. Will continue to send emails to you all aswell as writing this, but will update this site with general bits and pieces and lots of photos. Hope you enjoy and don't forget to keep in touch.
I will miss you all terribly back in Melbourne but looking forward to a new adventure (I know you all said I wasn't really to settle down and you were right although this time I am getting paid which is always a bonus)
Lots of amazing places to explore and experience still in this world.
LET THE TRAVEL BEGIN.
Love and Hugs to you all.
Kim xx
(See the Map below to see where I am)
