what happens to a person in qatar?

We expats came here to Qatar for a reason and that is to fulfill our dreams which we could not achieve by staying in our old jobs back home.

So when I see people living in luxury homes, driving 'fancy' cars, having 'fancy' clothes, tv, etc. I do not look at it as 'showing off'. Rather I think of it as their way of saying to themselves that 'hey self, I have finally arrived!' or 'Self, I have fulfilled my dream.'

For myself my dream is to buy a plot of land and build our dream home back in my country. People back home may think I am showing off but it is just a fulfillment of my dream.

What is bad is if you lose respect for others who are still trying to fulfill their dreams because that is really showing off. But then in the same manner if you disrespect those who have fulfilled their dreams then that is envy.

Let's respect each other and the world or at least Qatar will be a better place. Peace !

what you are inside, but what you do that defines you!

We came we saw we were Qatarized

Only Love & Respect of Others Make us Human.

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I miss pedestrian rights, green mountains, winter lights, and pacific salmon.

Settled here for tax-free salary, sand dunes, summer sky, and hamur/hamoor respectively.

fuel???

and hey whats the use of tax free salaries if you go out and spend most of it on rents, utility bills and fuel?

and hey whats the use of tax free salaries if you go out and spend most of it on rents, utility bills and fuel?

well fist of all ive been in the country for 18 years.

secondly no one has a hold over me.

you guys bring up all these points of tax free salaries and all and i totally agree with you'll that yeah the money is great. but with rising rents and rising prices of other commodities how are most goin to save??

what im also trying to say is you have all this wealth and all(at least for now) but not much to use it on. but hey if you guys happy bout it then its cool.

i apologise again if i did offend anyone

i have seen it out here with my own eyes within my socail circle. but it happens in every country it happens all the time! people like to show off there wealth by having the fancy tvs, the fancy cars, the fancy jewlely its a stauts thing - thats how they define themselves, if they look wealthy then people will assume they are rich. You cant just generlaize it to qatar and expats it happens all the time - its materilazim ( cant spell sorry!) and it drives people.

It's hard to find a genuine person in most other places in the world too. It isn't that people come to Qatar and change, it's that those people were already like that before they came here. I don't know about other western countries, but a lot of Americans forget "their roots" even if they never leave the US. People tend to get caught up in having a nicer house, faster car, bigger boat, etc...and they don't need to move to Qatar or any other country to get that attitude.

Money isn't the only reason. Actually money isn't that good at Doha anymore. With skyrocketing inflation and housing prices, I would say for many of us it makes sense to work at home and pay taxes, and this is why many people do leave indeed.

The problem is that of relationships. At home we have our circle of close friends. Abroad for some reason we assume that all who speak our language (whatever it is) are worth socialising with, which is not true. Trying to build your circle of friends only from your countrymen is a sure way to failure.

One should select people by human qualities, not by where they come from. Then everything will start making sense.

Doha will always be Doha. Truthfully people come and go some of us stay for most of our livies here and often invest. May come to you as a suprise, but it takes time to build "genuine" relationships whereever you may be on this green earth. It's really you who has to figure out what your are looking for... and be warry of people who could potentially irritate your better judgement. If you can't take the heat, get out the kitchen. SIMPLE!

i honestly think that you just keep meeting with the wrong person lol.

Then again ... we all expats living away from our home country to get a better standard of living. Tax free salary and to be able to afford things you can't afford back home.

How do you know we are genuine people back in our countries in the first place? Maybe Qatar imports just the worst of us.

You really don't like it here, do you, shroudedeye? Does someone have a hold over you, making you stay? I'm sure you would be better off somewhere else: somewhere you will be sure of meeting these 'genuine' people of yours. That is, if you would recognise them.

Sounds to me that you are jealous of what other, probably older , people have achieved and view it from a very distorted angle. Or maybe you are just trying to wind us all up: to get attention. Climb back in your pram.

Have you actually been in Qatar for long? That would be interesting to know. How long has it taken for you to make such sweeping statements? Do tell.

I don't consider myself an expat...I'm just one of those working people who gets a quarter if not half of what the expats are getting...but I'm curious to know...What is your definition of a "genuine" person or people?

You will get a lot of reactions about this subject, that's for sure. But my query is an honest question expecting an honest, truthful answer. I do hope you'll oblige me this...thanks...

"RESPECT BEGETS RESPECT"