When we were living in Dubai, the only chance we had to see real tulips was inside a lobby of a five star hotel. Dubai is awesome like that, if you ... read more
Hello and welcome to my little home in the internet. Sandier Pastures was the blog name I made to share stories about living in Dubai, a sandy place where my family and I lived for 11 years. In January 2018, we moved to Japan and though there's no "sand" in our pastures, I've decided to keep the blog name, for now. Thank you for following our journey and I hope you're excited to read more stories about Japan because I am excited to write about them!
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Spring comes to our new home
The promise of spring's arrival is enough to get anyone through the bitter winter. People who visit this area called, "snow country" in Niigata ... read more
Starting a new life in Niigata
For the past two months, this is the view that greets me every morning when I wake up and open the curtains. If you saw the photos I recently ... read more
Sand dunes, in Japan?
Oh, in case you're new here and/or not following me on social media, especially on Instagram, we've moved to Japan. It's been a month since I started ... read more
Why we left Dubai
I don't know how many times I've apologized for the lack of updates on this blog so I'm not going to do it now because I can't promise to be ... read more
Swimming with the whale sharks in Oslob, Cebu
This year, I took the kids again to the Philippines so they can spend the rest of their summer vacation (2 months!) after our 10 days vacation in ... read more