2007

the year that was 2007

December 31, 2007

I got this last year and I thought it would be a great way to recall the events of the year:  ***** 1. What did you do in 2007 that you hadn’t done before? Relocated to a far away land tagging my spouse and kid who are fully dependent on me.   2. Did anyone close to you give birth? [...]

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the troops are coming; finding the right place to stay

December 31, 2007

Now that the temperatures here in Dubai are cooler and the weather just perfect, no rain, everyday blue skies and very low humidity, there’s no doubt that the tourism season is well on its way. After almost 6 months of convincing my in-laws to visit us here, they finally said yes and we are in [...]

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chance to win a new blog design

December 30, 2007

Christmas is over and time for me again to change the current theme for this blog. You don’t want to be seeing this blog dressed in Christmas all throughout the year, right? There are thousands of themes free available for blogs using the WordPress platform (the self-hosted ones using not blogs with wordpress.com extensions). But I [...]

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Where’s my gift?

December 30, 2007

The holidays, specially Christmas is the time of giving, so the popular saying goes. I have been asked so many times during Christmas by relatives and even random neighbors back in my home town, “Where’s my gift?”, like I am obligated to give them every year just because I live and work abroad. When I [...]

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Saturday Photo Scavenger Hunt – Messy

December 29, 2007

This week’s theme: Messy Messy road on the way to our apartment building. The ongoing construction work in Dubai leaves a lot of holes in the roads and piles of sand. It’s nightmare taking this messy path by foot. I always have to go the other way, the long way because I hate sand getting [...]

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three days to go and it’s 2008

December 28, 2007

Don’t you feel that year 2007 passed by with a speed of a strong hurricane? Well, at least, that is how I feel about it. It seems like we just landed here in Dubai and now, in less than 2 weeks we’ll be one year here. I learned so many things and I know I still [...]

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Thursday Thirteen #24

December 27, 2007

Thanks to Samulli for the T13 banner 13 EVENTS THAT HAPPENED IN 2007 (Part One) 1. I bade goodbye to my life in Japan. After more than 10 years there, half to study and half spent working, getting married and having kid, I said sayonara to my second home. 2. My family and I relocated in [...]

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no santa suit this year

December 26, 2007

For the first time in many years, I did something different on Christmas eve. I slept through it. Oh, hold that thought. I have not become Scrooge or any of the characters in Nightmare before Christmas. I was sick. Seems like Santa came early and sprinkled flu virus in my chimney and sped away without [...]

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