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Broker Fish Twitter Party

April 19, 2012

TWITTER PARTY ALERT! I’m excited to host a Twitter Party with Broker Fish, an independent broker offering comparison of over 3000 international health insurance plans offering global medical coverage. We will be talking about the exciting expat life, the one that I am very familiar with:  moving children/families to foreign countries! What is a Twitter [...]

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Thoughts and woes of a working mom

March 22, 2012

Hello, I am an expat mom and I have a confession to make: I’ve got something for SAHMs (stay at home moms). It’s called jealousy. If you blog – do you know that feeling of avoiding to write something so as not to sound whiny or ranty? I’ve had those days lately. I have suppressed [...]

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We’re four years in Dubai

January 13, 2011

On January 12, 2007, we left this. (The snow and winter, not the baby of course) For this. If you can’t see the embedded video, you can directly see it here. Pristine just turned three and not aware what her parents were up to – selling house furniture, packing big boxes and bags and boarding [...]

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No more labor ban for UAE expat workers from January 2011

December 27, 2010

Expat workers in the UAE get three year employment contracts and visa. While some are happily working to finish, renew their contracts and go on working for the same company, there are expats who have left their jobs due to varying reasons such as poor working conditions, salary is different from what they are promised, [...]

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Wandering around Dubai like a real tourist, Day 2: Springs, Dubai

January 14, 2009

After a very hectic Day 1, we planned a low key day by going to the Springs, an expat villa  community in Dubai where we were invited by a family friend for a post-Christmas party. When you go there, you would think some magic spell had been cast on you and that you’ve been transported to somewhere [...]

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things I learned while shopping for bananas

December 7, 2008

I was in the vegetable section of the local supermarket when I heard a lady, around 55-60 years old saying (loudly) to herself that prices have really gone up with the global economic crisis and all. I nodded and we started to chat about how the prices of basic commodities have gone up even here [...]

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NaBloPoMo wraps up

November 30, 2008

It’s the 30th, the end of November!! You know what that means? In the bloggy world, it means the final day of NaBloPoMo! So, how was my first attempt at NaBloPoMo? Forty four posts, including this one for 30 days! I’ve sucessfully blogged every day! How was your Nano challenge? ***** Just a random word of [...]

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