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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We’re moving (again)

January 29, 2012

Call us crazy – this is the 4th time we’ve moved in our  five years in Dubai. First, we lived in a room inside my company’s guest house for three months after arriving in 2007. It was tough. We weren’t allowed to cook so we ate outside all the time. Pristine got a terrible stomach [...]

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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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3 month old baby sleeping four hours

January 25, 2012

Last night, the baby slept for FOUR hours straight. Four. That is not a typo! It’s funny how I longed for a longer, better sleep during the first few days of having Benjamin at home that two hours was luxury and now that he’s actually sleeping longer, that I should celebrate and enjoy and catch [...]

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How to continue blogging with a newborn

January 24, 2012

I’ve been asked, how do you do it? Blogging like you don’t have a newborn to take are of? Like you don’t sleep? Yes, I have a 12 week old baby whom I love so much, the baby I’ve been waiting for, for years. I love sleeping too, especially after the baby arrived (new moms [...]

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