Caryl In Qatar
Saturday, May 03, 2008
About Me
- Name: Caryl
- Location: Washington, DC, United States
I want to stay in school forever and I'm a travel-oholic.
Frequently Mentioned
- CMU-Q: Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar
- The Qatar Foundation: The Queen's education project and the sponsor of CMU-Q
- Education City: The suburb being built to house the Qatar Foundation
- QR: Qatari Riyal, the currency of Qatar. 100 dirhams = 1 riyal. The QR is pegged to the dollar at QR3.65 = US$1.00
- Al Samrya Gardens: The compound which houses my beautiful apartment
- Dave: The Director of Student Activites at CMU-Q. Has the strange and enviable ability to make anyone like him.
- Karen: Understands my references to the 'burgh! Also, Dave's girlfriend and generally nice, fun person.
- Silvia and Erik: Married Spanish professor team. Uruguayan and Swedish and throw very fun parties
- Andrew: Everyone's favorite CMU-Q econ TA. He's crazy in an awesome way
- Drew, Mollie, and Gregg: The Georgetown student affairs team
- Gloria: The Dean of Student Affairs, and pretty much the coolest lady ever
Interesting Things
- CMU-Q
- The Qatar Foundation
- Qatari History
- CIA Factbook
- CNN
- BBC
- Aljazeera
- Bob Casey for Senate
- The llama song!
- Overheard in Pittsburgh
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