Pristine

The uniform saga continues

October 6, 2011

It was too early for me to celebrate the fact that Pristine’s school didn’t require us to buy new uniforms for the new school year. On the first day of school, she was wearing her old uniform in Grade 2. And everything was well. …until we received a newsletter saying that while there is no [...]

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First day of school, 2011

September 11, 2011

I slept at 8:30 pm last night but greedy as this might sound, I’m sleepy at work today. It’s the first day of school for 2011 here in Dubai and like a new student excited for class, I was giddy. I felt my eyes were closed last night but my mind was fully awake thinking [...]

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From 1 child to 2 children is making me emotional

September 3, 2011

I’ve just come back from four days of staying at home celebrating the Eid holidays by eating, sleeping and watching TV. I swear I’ve created a dent in the sofa. While I was busy making my butt bigger, my pregnancy journey progressed – I am now on my 32nd week. That figure stopped me right [...]

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Kids Fashion Week, Day 4

August 30, 2011

Someday, when I’m awfully low And the world is cold I will feel aglow Just thinking of you… And the way you look tonight… This is the lyrics to Frank Sinatra’s “The Way You Look Tonight”, a song Pristine and I love and I feel it was but appropriate for her look tonight. Never mind [...]

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Kids Fashion Week, Day 3

August 30, 2011

Continuing the fashion show with Day 3 with theme, Sporty. We’ve been looking forward to this particular day since Pristine is most confident with her dance. She loves this song from Shakira and said she couldn’t wait to dance it on stage. We’re proud of her for being so brave facing the crowd. Mommy could [...]

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Kids Fashion Week 2011, Day 2

August 30, 2011

Another day, another fashion show. This time, the theme is “Trendy”. A short video clip of their dance number to the song 4 Minutes by Madonna and Justin Timberlake. Pristine liked this song very much than the song they performed during the first day.

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Kids Fashion Week 2011, Day 1

August 29, 2011

There was an audition. She was asked to walk, pose, sample a dance move. Then she got in! Pristine was quite busy during the summer vacation, modeling for an event here in Dubai for four days. Prior to that, they had training to practice walking and one song number for each day of the fashion [...]

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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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