I should really be doing my homework right now

Hello again readers.

It's been a long break from my blog. I had just sat down, intense and determined expression on face, only one goal in mind.. to tackle my statistics homework today. Clearly, I was not as determined. 10 minutes later and im typing away on my blog. Statistics is obviously far far far away from my area of interest.

So a lot is happening. ALOT of interesting things. For pure joy and some well deserved narcissistic behavior, i shall list (yes, I have this habit of putting everything in organized lists) all the events.

1. It all started with the Dreesha launch. For those of you who don't know about this - Dreesha is a photo essay book about Qatar launched by Qatar Narratives. It is their third publication and my second with the Qatar Narratives. The book launched on 19th February, 2010.

Soon after, my inbox was flooded with photography contests in Qatar. There has been a sudden upsurge of photography out here. I am, of course, more than delighted.

2. I get an email from the Waqif Art Center that Qatar is participating in the Bastakiya Art Festival 2010 in Dubai and they have picked a few Dreesha contributors to be part of it. I could scream as loud right now as I did when I saw my name in the list (Junaid can testify).

3. Days pass, then comes the epic day. So me and Aku went to Souq Waqif. The day is great and we can't take enough pictures of the place and each other. Time flies by (2.30 - 6.30pm) amidst changes of faham (coal in arabic), smoke and memorable conversations. Time to pay the bill and I walk in the restaurant. As I pay the bill and Im walking out, I black out and well, crash into a wall which happen to be in the way before I hit the ground. Fancy exit right? Not so much. I have a cut above my eye. Aku freaked out. My awesome friends, Florent and Omer came to my rescue. Omer had the sugar water I was supposed to be drinking and got high. Very entertaining.
Let me tell you, this incident did not deter mine and Aku's spirit. Usually people would decide to take a long break from sheesha. We, far from normal people, decided to go again after a few days and smoke a little (keyword: little) lesser than.. well.. 4 hours.

4. Aku, Omer and me went yesterday to shop for some festival worth wardrobe. I bought my first Mango dress. Deep bluish purple. It's a beauty. 'Bangable' was one of the comments when I wore it.

Ok bye now.