I spent my previous weekend in CDO. The interesting part about that weekend was my ferry boat ride going there. I booked a ticket from a shipping company who's entire fleet is as old as my grandmother's dead mother (God bless her soul). I didn't really have much of a choice. Their boat was the only one leaving for CDO that night. Well, here are some of the highlights:
First, the cafeteria's menu served "battered chicken" - lilteraly. Second, for every passenger's viewing pleasure, they played recorded concert performances from The Corrs, The Eagles, Barry Manilow... need I continue? Third, they served a pack of biscuits and a cup of coffee for breakfast because that is what five star hotels serve and these guys just wanted to pamper us as if we were guests at a five star hotel. Fourth, since the boat was really slow, it took an extra three hours to get to the pier plus an extra hour for docking.
The only nice thing about that trip was that I had a chance to talk to this old guy, probably in his fifties, who worked as a crane operator in Qatar. He said that he quit his job because he realized that Qatar is not really a country located in the "Middle East". Instead, according to him, Qatar is a country located in the "Middle of Nowhere". He added that he'd been to other Middle Eastern countries before, but according to him, Qatar blows like no other. So, he decided to come home and do what Filipinos do best - eat, drink and make merry.
First, the cafeteria's menu served "battered chicken" - lilteraly. Second, for every passenger's viewing pleasure, they played recorded concert performances from The Corrs, The Eagles, Barry Manilow... need I continue? Third, they served a pack of biscuits and a cup of coffee for breakfast because that is what five star hotels serve and these guys just wanted to pamper us as if we were guests at a five star hotel. Fourth, since the boat was really slow, it took an extra three hours to get to the pier plus an extra hour for docking.
The only nice thing about that trip was that I had a chance to talk to this old guy, probably in his fifties, who worked as a crane operator in Qatar. He said that he quit his job because he realized that Qatar is not really a country located in the "Middle East". Instead, according to him, Qatar is a country located in the "Middle of Nowhere". He added that he'd been to other Middle Eastern countries before, but according to him, Qatar blows like no other. So, he decided to come home and do what Filipinos do best - eat, drink and make merry.
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