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As a mom to a boy

April 14, 2012

When he looks at me, it makes my heart sing – I want to see that same glimmer in his eyes even when the time comes that he’s taller than me. I came across a wonderful article written by a mom: 25 Rules for Moms with Sons As a new mom to a baby boy, [...]

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The first days are always the hardest

February 2, 2012

Yesterday’s back to work thing was ok. No one jumped in to tell me, “hey, I thought you were away to give birth, how come you still look pregnant?” Hah. The joys of having an all male colleague in the office. There were no nasty comments to welcome me back, only a huge amount of [...]

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The day I almost went Gaga

March 18, 2010

I got bailed out. From heavy work, that is. When work got in the way too much that I have to do at least one hour of overtime per day (no overtime pay) and even miss my lunch to finish up reports, I thought enough is enough – especially if in the middle of this mess, [...]

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Sharjah Museum of Islamic Civilization

November 17, 2009

Sharjah is one of the seven Emirates that comprise the UAE. Since Dubai has risen to great heights among the seven Emirates, people seem to have little knowledge of Sharjah and have missed to see some of its beauty, thanks to the horrible traffic going into and out of the emirate. We visited the Sharjah Museum of [...]

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my mom was tugging my skirt

May 28, 2008

… and telling me to rent, buy, get hold of it, whatever means I can. I told her I’ll try and on the first day, she never asked me about it. On the second day, she asked me again and days after that. Today, she’ll be happy because I’m bringing it home. Finally we can [...]

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PG15 Dubai style

May 25, 2008

I saw Indy on screen again! I saw Indy on screen again! We squeezed ourselves into the pack of moviegoers on a Thursday night – somewhat like catching the first available flight in the middle of a holiday season. Friday is dayoff for most working people in Dubai so Thursdays are usually mall shopping and movie [...]

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Why Windows Live Writer

May 5, 2008

Hee-how, Windows Live Writer rocks! I can actually see my test post reflected in my blog seconds after I hit publish. What happened is, today is a self-declared holiday. There’s not much work to do in the office since it’s still holiday in Japan so thought it would be better if I use this chance [...]

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I can’t login to my WP account

May 5, 2008

So this post is written via Windows Live Writer. I’ve never used live writer before so I don’t know if this post goes through or not so I’ll make this short and sweet. I am home now. I did go out to go to work and accompanied my mom to the clinic in my office [...]

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