Grace

That part of Japan in mid-March

April 29, 2012

From today, April 29, Japan will be enjoying a week-long holiday called “Golden Week”. The Golden Week is a collection of four national holidays within seven days. In combination with well placed weekends, the Golden Week becomes one of Japan’s three busiest holiday seasons. So speaking of Japan, I wanted to post some photos of [...]

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Benjamin is 6 months

April 28, 2012

Our cheeky baby is six months old today. Half a year old, wow! Wasn’t it just yesterday when he was wrapped like a burrito and he fit into my arms without dangling hands and feet? It feels like a long long time ago! Benjamin’s milestones: Ate his first solid food a few days shy of [...]

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Trouble: Pregnant and unmarried in Dubai

April 26, 2012

A follow up on yesterday’s post about a baby thrown from a ninth floor garbage chute by his own mother: reports say the baby is in critical condition right now with a fractured skull. Doctors aren’t sure if he is going to recover fully. Those last two sentences – aren’t they one of the saddest [...]

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Abandoned babies on the rise

April 25, 2012

Another day, another baby abandoned: Mother threw baby down garbage chute. (Miraculously, the baby survived with minor cuts and is now in stable condition in critical condition with a fractured skull (updated 24 hours after). The mom is a Filipino.) I know I shouldn’t have clicked the link but I did and my heart was [...]

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Persimmon in Dubai

April 22, 2012

One of things I love living in Dubai is being able to eat so many kinds of fruits, no matter what the season is. Pretty neat considering we live in the desert. Look what I found at the grocery store: Persimmons! It goes by the name “Kaka” here, just a wee bit different to what [...]

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The Royal Grand Palace, Bangkok

April 20, 2012

** This is a part of a series of posts about my blog trip to Thailand. ** We were still buzzing with activity on the fourth day of the blogger’s trip to Thailand. Today there’s a hotel transfer, day trips to the Royal Grand Palace in Bangkok and a cruise along Chao Praya river. The [...]

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Hello solid food!

April 19, 2012

Our baby boy Benjamin is no longer that little baby who prefers to coil into my chest and depend on milk. Today he has declared he’s a proper human already and want whatever you all are having on that table! He’s not six months until the 28th of this month and I wanted to celebrate [...]

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Broker Fish Twitter Party

April 19, 2012

TWITTER PARTY ALERT! I’m excited to host a Twitter Party with Broker Fish, an independent broker offering comparison of over 3000 international health insurance plans offering global medical coverage. We will be talking about the exciting expat life, the one that I am very familiar with:  moving children/families to foreign countries! What is a Twitter [...]

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