June 2009

“Sweetness of Summer Necklace Giveaway” from Jewelry by Artwark

June 30, 2009

**This giveaway is now closed. Thank you very much for all your entries.** **Congratulations to Mahrina!** Artwark offers an array of jewelry with hip, young and fun with a spiritual side. Sarah, the talented artist behind Artwark is just 26 but had been making jewelry for 14 years. Quoting Sarah: Throughout high school and college, [...]

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Visiting Atlantis Hotel by monorail

June 29, 2009

From our recent trip to Palm Jumeirah by monorail, I feel that this transport system is no way catering to the commuting public. It is built for tourism. First, the fare is too expensive. Next, they are even planning to charge parking fees for people coming from Dubai by car and going to Atlantis Hotel [...]

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The day the music maker died

June 28, 2009

I don’t work on Fridays so I have the luxury to browse the news early in the morning as I wake up. I log in to Twitter and saw the Breaking News tweet: Michael Jackson is dead. Earlier, I have read a tweet saying Patrick Swayze died but it was a false report. So I [...]

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Week 8: Busting the dreaded plateau

June 27, 2009

The Turbulence Training Transformation Contest is two-thirds finished. I can’t believe how fast eight weeks went! As I have written in the past week, I’ve entered into the dreaded weight loss plateau for the past two weeks. The scale did not budge. I’ve lost a dress/pant size but the scale says the same. Yesterday morning, [...]

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Giveaway: Euphorian Chic Art

June 26, 2009

**This giveaway is now closed. Thank you very much for all your entries.** **Winner will be announced once I get a reply.** Yoshika, the Japanese artist behind Euphorian Chic Studio creates unique 3D paintings and wall art using her signature 3D Relief technique along with regular brush paintings. She considers herself as a self-taught artist [...]

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Dubai’s first monorail at Palm Jumeirah

June 25, 2009

Ride with us in Dubai’s first monorail, connecting Dubai mainland and Atlantis Hotel at the crescent of Palm Jumeirah island. In case you haven’t heard of the huge Dubai project of a man-made island that looks like a palm, you can see some info and images here. I’ll stop this post here and let you [...]

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Week 11: Making changes in my diet

June 25, 2009

I have made changes in my diet/nutrition since starting the Turbulence Training program for the plain and simple reason that NOTHING CAN OUT-TRAIN A BAD DIET. It’s a waste of time, money and effort (oh those muscle pains!) if I exercise like mad and eat 5,000 calories and feast on sugar afterwards because no matter [...]

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