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Ultimate Blog Party 2012!

April 13, 2012

Hello, my name is Grace and I’m blogging from Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Yes, you read that right, I am one of the few blog party goers who’s not from the US or Canada! I’ve been chiming in to this party hosted by 5 Minutes For Mom every year to meet new bloggers and have [...]

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January a-photo-a-day, day 31

January 31, 2012

Today’s prompt: You, again You, I mean me. That is a picture of me with the baby. I simply couldn’t post a picture of myself alone because ‘being me’ right now means I always have this cute little human attached to my body. I look at this picture and feel sad as I bid goodbye [...]

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January a-photo-a-day, day 30

January 30, 2012

Today’s prompt: Nature Nature – ah, I hope no one visited this blog and read this post expected beautiful picturesque mountains, clear streams or pretty garden of flowers. I live in a desert land camouflaging as a modern city that is Dubai and this is what ‘nature’ is here. Nevertheless, still beautiful. ***** If you’re [...]

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January a-photo-a-day, day 29

January 29, 2012

Today’s prompt: Inside your fridge The husband and I love cheese so there’s always cheese inside our fridge. These cute little cubes, however, is our new favorite to nibble. It comes in four different flavors: tomato, green peppercorn, cheddar and natural. I’ve read somewhere that there are opiates similar to morphine in cheese so when [...]

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January a-photo-a-day, day 28

January 28, 2012

Today’s prompt: Light Beautiful light emanating from inside a clay jar, shaped in star and crescent – typical symbol of Islam, the main religion in the UAE. ***** If you’re doing the #Janphotoaday challenge, please mention it in the comments so I can visit!

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January a-photo-a-day, day 27

January 27, 2012

Today’s prompt: Lunch What’s eating out with a baby in tow? It’s not always fun, convenient and mostly, done in a hurry. We went out for baby’s vaccination and got hungry, decided to go to our favorite Japanese restaurant. The baby started getting fussy so I ordered these rolls for lunch. It came in fast [...]

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January a-photo-a-day, day 26

January 26, 2012

Today’s prompt: Colour Macarons, sweet colorful macarons! I’ve heard of macarons before but had no idea what it is. Confession: I’ve never had it before . And must be the only one left to not know what a macaron is. Macarons, macaroons, macaroni…three words that almost sound the same but totally different things! I know [...]

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January a-photo-a-day, day 25

January 25, 2012

Today’s prompt: Something you made I’ve always wanted to make bread – something I can make for my family. Wouldn’t it be great to make it on your own? To know the actual ingredients that’s in it? Luckily, I found a fail-safe recipe for Pain de Campagne (French country bread) that’s a total keeper. The [...]

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