Since arrived in Ras Laffan Industrial City in Qatar, I have been living in 3 camps:
1. RLC Camp: 11 October 2006 - 27 May 2007
2. QCS Camp: 27 May 2007 - 25 March 2011 (broken heart day)
3. PMP Camp: 25 March 2011 to date
In brief, camp is not like many people imagined "camp", since it is not a tent. But it can be imagined like, temporary dormitory, or even hotel. The facilities are quite satisfactory. Meals are provided 3 times a day, all you can eat style, with desert. Cleaning is done everyday. Laundry service is available. All for free. A small store to buy snack or softdrink is also there. Also bar to drink alcohol. As other standard facility is sports facility, like gym, swimming pool, tennis court, basket ball, volley ball court. A barber shop, ping pong and billiard, sometimes video rental and library, TV and video room.
The first camp, the RLC Camp, was a very old camp, built already more than 10 years that time I lived. Lived in a room that was like cottage of 2 rooms together. About 3 x 3 meters plus small bathroom+toilet. Since there was no heater, it was quite cold during winter, despite of Qatar.
The best thing about this camp was the Japanese mess hall, served on the table! It was quite delicious, though the volume was extremely enormous. I had to leave some food untouched each time. The other good thing was karaoke room. Our Business Manager was a karaoke mania :)
The second camp, was my own project camp, the completion was 1 year delayed. It was quite nice camp, two story building. The mess hall was quite a satisfactory, with Japanese and Western (French) food, buffet style. I lived in a room called Type C, a single room with bathroom+toilet inside. Later on, in September 2010, my room was upgraded to Type B, much bigger room with living room and small kitchen (without cooking facility). Since my project was almost completed beginning 2011 and the remaining staff was a few, this camp was demolished to save operating cost. A bit sad would not be able to have my hair cut with my favorite Nepali barber.
The remaining staff, moved to the third camp. It was belong to other project managed by our French partner. At first, I was not happy with this camp, since the room was smaller and there was less furniture in the room, in addition to the day I moved to this camp, was the day of my broken heart. But I became to like this camp. The gym was nicer, better music and bigger space, newer equipment and nicer gym keeper. The mess hall was better since in the same big room, there were Indian and Filipino mess hall, that I could go to take Indian and Filipino food if I wanted. The downside of this camp was the location, far from the main gate, that it made farther to go to the city Doha.
More than 4.5 years in camp life, it was quite an easy life, since everything was provided, food, cleaning, laundry for free. I am a bit afraid going back to my previous living in back toJapan, where I have to do everything, food, cleaning, laundry myself, and I have to spend money on everything... owh... gonna miss this camp life.
Planned to leave the project end of May 2011, thus leaving this easy camp life...
1. RLC Camp: 11 October 2006 - 27 May 2007
2. QCS Camp: 27 May 2007 - 25 March 2011 (broken heart day)
3. PMP Camp: 25 March 2011 to date
In brief, camp is not like many people imagined "camp", since it is not a tent. But it can be imagined like, temporary dormitory, or even hotel. The facilities are quite satisfactory. Meals are provided 3 times a day, all you can eat style, with desert. Cleaning is done everyday. Laundry service is available. All for free. A small store to buy snack or softdrink is also there. Also bar to drink alcohol. As other standard facility is sports facility, like gym, swimming pool, tennis court, basket ball, volley ball court. A barber shop, ping pong and billiard, sometimes video rental and library, TV and video room.
The first camp, the RLC Camp, was a very old camp, built already more than 10 years that time I lived. Lived in a room that was like cottage of 2 rooms together. About 3 x 3 meters plus small bathroom+toilet. Since there was no heater, it was quite cold during winter, despite of Qatar.
The best thing about this camp was the Japanese mess hall, served on the table! It was quite delicious, though the volume was extremely enormous. I had to leave some food untouched each time. The other good thing was karaoke room. Our Business Manager was a karaoke mania :)
The second camp, was my own project camp, the completion was 1 year delayed. It was quite nice camp, two story building. The mess hall was quite a satisfactory, with Japanese and Western (French) food, buffet style. I lived in a room called Type C, a single room with bathroom+toilet inside. Later on, in September 2010, my room was upgraded to Type B, much bigger room with living room and small kitchen (without cooking facility). Since my project was almost completed beginning 2011 and the remaining staff was a few, this camp was demolished to save operating cost. A bit sad would not be able to have my hair cut with my favorite Nepali barber.
The remaining staff, moved to the third camp. It was belong to other project managed by our French partner. At first, I was not happy with this camp, since the room was smaller and there was less furniture in the room, in addition to the day I moved to this camp, was the day of my broken heart. But I became to like this camp. The gym was nicer, better music and bigger space, newer equipment and nicer gym keeper. The mess hall was better since in the same big room, there were Indian and Filipino mess hall, that I could go to take Indian and Filipino food if I wanted. The downside of this camp was the location, far from the main gate, that it made farther to go to the city Doha.
More than 4.5 years in camp life, it was quite an easy life, since everything was provided, food, cleaning, laundry for free. I am a bit afraid going back to my previous living in back toJapan, where I have to do everything, food, cleaning, laundry myself, and I have to spend money on everything... owh... gonna miss this camp life.
Planned to leave the project end of May 2011, thus leaving this easy camp life...
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