Family

It was hit and run

March 3, 2011

Life had been very good to us, especially lately: my father and mother happy here in Dubai, my father overjoyed with seeing the Dubai Tennis Open, my free trip to Thailand, etc. One reckless driver would change the course of our lives forever, scarring my father physically and mentally for days to come. Not just [...]

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The first 24 hours after the accident

March 2, 2011

February 27, 2011 Papa didn’t exhibit any scary life threatening indicators like vomiting, headache or loss of consciousness after the accident. A full body x-ray was done and we had to wait for the result. Precious minutes passed. I couldn’t bear seeing him in neck brace, eyes staring at us and telling about how the [...]

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Papa’s accident in Dubai

March 1, 2011

Last February 14, my father came from the Philippines to visit us here in Dubai. I’ve asked him to come see the Dubai Tennis Championship games because he had been dreaming of seeing those star players in real life ever since he started playing tennis himself more than 30 years ago. And I’ve planned and [...]

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Bon Voyage to my mom!

December 10, 2010

Today my mom (who’s been living with us since 2007, taking care of Pristine after school) will go back to the Philippines for Christmas. It’s been two years since she’s been there (her choice). She’ll be back in early January so until then, at night when I go home from work, the house will look [...]

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World, meet my new nephew

October 15, 2010

~ Baby holding daddy’s finger 30 minutes after birth ~ I should’ve posted this last Wednesday as a ‘Wordless Wednesday’ post but c’mon, I can’t afford to be wordless with this! You know that! Last Saturday, October 9, 2010 at about 4:30 pm, my brother’s wife gave birth in Japan to a healthy baby boy [...]

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Meet Mikee, our resident hamster

August 27, 2010

So, I let a mouse more specifically, a hamster dominate my blog for three days. Sorry about that. I’ve been suffering from lack of blogging inspiration for a couple of days…probably due to my constant chirping at Twitter or spending some time in Facebook (not Farmville, though!). I have, however, updated my blog’s ABOUT page. [...]

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The hotter the better

July 9, 2010

There are but only a few ways where hotter is better: pizza, coffee, soups, fireplace on a cold winter night…hmmm what else, soccer players? How about temperature? It’s the peak of summer in Dubai right now and the restaurants at Crowne Plaza Hotel invented a way for residents and visitors to love the hot weather..indoors however. [...]

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Beating the heat at Crowne Plaza Hotel

July 8, 2010

Just before I go back to work next week, we decided to have a little R & R at a city hotel, a tradition we started last year and hope to continue each year to celebrate our wedding anniversary. This is the view from outside our room: Whoops, sorry wrong camera angle. THIS is the better [...]

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