Dubai expat life

Do you want to be one of the 100 Lucky Juans?

May 20, 2013

Schools will be closing in about a month from now and moms in my circle are talking about, what else but vacation! Expatriates in Dubai go on their annual exodus, either to their home countries or to other exotic (most importantly, less hot places) as soon as school ends. A friend of mine and her [...]

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The Philippines is getting nearer!

May 13, 2013

Have you been to the Philippines? I took the bus a few days ago and overheard a group of Filipinos talking about going back home for their vacation. In case you didn’t know, there’s a huge number of Filipinos taking up the expatriate population here in Dubai. You can find a lot of them literally [...]

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You know you’ve lived in the Middle East for long when…

April 29, 2013

The scenario when I come home from work at night is this: I open the door and look around for my children before I can even remove my shoes. The little boy, like a dog meeting his owner for the first time after a long separation, runs up to me and clutches at my knees, [...]

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Late night shopping, a desert culture

April 22, 2013

I chat with my night owl friend Krista who lives in the US over random stuff. What’s nice about chatting with Krista is that in the middle of our conversations, I always end up saying, “Hey, I better blog about that!” Here’s one of those I-better-blog-about-that stuff. I mentioned to her that my husband sometimes [...]

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My expat story

April 15, 2013

Every expat has a story, what’s yours? 2013 is the year I’ll celebrate 17 years of being an expat. Ten years in Japan and seven years in the UAE. I think I have not shared the story behind why I became an expat though I might have disclosed it to a few who asked. Anyway. [...]

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When will Dubai install GPS in taxis?

March 26, 2013

Last night, I knew what running late does to me: it makes me speak out. Normally, I’d be bitched upon and keep silent. I’m non-confrontational (to a fault) and I’m a sissy. I don’t want fights. So many sales people have violated customer rights on me and I don’t talk back. I walked away even [...]

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