This blog is for family and friends at home. Follow our three year journey through life in Qatar. We include touristy trips as well as other happenings during our time abroad.
From 2006-2008 I was extremely fortunate to experience many frustrating, humbling, hilarious, amazing, enriching moments while living and traveling abroad in Asia. In South Korea I learned to love Korean food and marathoning. After that, I taught English in the US for the spring and summer 2009 semesters. I'm glad I did because I was very fortunate to meet my husband! We left for Qatar "The Pearl of the Gulf" shortly after marrying. We stayed two years, but are now back in the US where the rain falls and the green grass grows.
Disclaimer: My opinions, observations, and re-telling of my experiences are uniquely my own and are not meant to represent my nation, family, friends, nor employer. I am simply an individual who loves to see the world first hand and who has now chosen to share it with others.
First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers by Loung Ung
Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Leap of Faith by Queen Noor
Nothing to Envy: Real Lives in North Korea by Barbara Demick
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
The Bookseller of Kabul by Asne Seierstad
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
The Tears of My Soul by Kim Hyun Hee
What is the What by Dave Eggers
Books of 2011
1. Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith by Jon Krakaur (FYI: This is a controversial book that is primarily about fundamentalist, not mainstream Mormons) 2. Nothing to Envy: Real Lives of North Korea by Barbara Demick 3. Girls of Riyadh by Rajaa Alsanea 4. America's Women: 400 Years of Dolls, Drudges, Helpmates, and Heroines by Gail Collins 5. Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri