Bonobos

I am a physical education teacher, originally from New Zealand but now working in Qatar, at the American School of Doha. This is a school that provides an American curriculum to the expatriate kids who come to the country because of their parents’ jobs.

We recently had parent-teacher conferences, and though most days I am fortunate enough to wear comfortable athletic clothes to work, there are times such as these when I am I prefer to look more formal. On these occasions I do like to dress well—many of my peers have this odd notion that all I have in my wardrobe are shorts and sport polos, and I enjoy proving them wrong.

I have enjoyed sports and being active my whole life, and I love that my job that allows me to encourage others to enjoy being active.

I was fortunate enough to be able to play my chosen sport, volleyball (both indoor and beach) to a relatively high level. However, playing a sport dominated by people a lot taller than I am, I had to work very hard to improve my jump skills. This meant a lot of work in the gym on lower body strength. The obvious side effect of this was the development of my gluteus maximus; it was with great amusement then that I read the sizing guide and saw the term Bubble Butt. It is a term I am very familiar with and one that causes my friends and family lots of laughter.

My wife and I chose to move overseas and teach as a chance to travel and work at the same time. We had not planned on ending up in the Middle East but this is the school that had jobs for the both of us. Shopping here is not too bad, especially if you have money to spend—there are a lot of people here involved in the oil industry doing very well, but for a teacher, buying the nicer clothes takes a chunk out of the wallet.

(I really like the look of Bonobos pants, especially the anti-taper sentiments!)