Family

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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Bottle training update

January 18, 2012

I am supposed to go back to work on Saturday this week, 21st of January but I asked my boss for mercy an extension. We are not ready since I still have a few days of leave credits, I decided to max it out. My leave has been extended until the end of this month. The [...]

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Five years and counting

January 13, 2012

Today, FIVE years ago, we landed in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Honestly? I can’t believe we are still here. Not that I want to be somewhere else right now but when I look back at what I was thinking when we first set foot here, it’s unbelievable. We thought our stint would be short, like [...]

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RIP Little Hammy

August 3, 2011

That’s it! We’re not gonna have another pet again. Our hamster died this morning and Pristine? She was inconsolable and it broke my heart. The way she cried will break any one’s heart. Imagine if that little hammy was a dog or cat. Oh my. But I should have known this. Pristine even cried when [...]

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Weekend at Jumeirah Emirates Towers

July 19, 2011

We stayed at the Jumeirah Emirates Towers Hotel, one of Dubai’s soaring symbols last weekend to celebrate our 8th wedding anniversary. After relocating to Dubai, we decided to save up and make it a tradition to stay at a city hotel every year on our anniversary to take a break from our monotonous day to [...]

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Flight delay turned to bliss

April 12, 2011

I got a call from a local number last week and I answered the phone thinking it would be the bank or my insurance company or some random credit card sales person. Little did I know I was in for a very big surprise! It was my brother stationed in Norway who’s now in Dubai [...]

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To my sister, well done on your graduation!

March 26, 2011

Photo credit My sister, youngest of six will be graduating from university today. Alongside my parents, I feel so proud. Was it just yesterday when I held her for the first time when she and mom came home from the hospital? Wasn’t I the happiest when mom finally brought home a pink bundle after four [...]

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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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