Thursday Thirteen

Reasons why I won’t follow you in Twitter

October 14, 2010

I’ve been using Twitter for more than a year now and I love it. In fact, I love it next to blogging and more than I would ever love Facebook. As of date I have more than 1,000 followers but only follow back a few. That way, I can keep up with my Twitter stream [...]

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Expat women discussions Part II

August 5, 2010

Here’s round 2 (Round 1 here) of the local forums’ discussion, feel free to answer some of the questions if you like! 1. Hi ladies. my husband is in a crazy company 2. How do glamorous people get to look so glamorous? 3. Help me with my big belly… 4. How to make my dining table [...]

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Expat women discussions Part I

July 29, 2010

It’s been a while since I did Thursday Thirteen – a list of thirteen things of just about anything. There’s a local forum I frequently read so I thought after seeing the recent discussion titles, I’d give a Thursday Thirteen spin again. These are titles of actual discussions at the expat forum site: 1. How [...]

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Things I learned after 3+ years in Dubai

May 13, 2010

1. You can never be accustomed to the heat. You just develop some kind of mystic tolerance towards it but you’ll never stop dreading it when the calendar hits May. 2. At one point in your life, you stop going to the beach. Just like that. 3. The increase in petrol price almost go unnoticed [...]

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Reasons why you should come to Dubai in summer

May 6, 2010

Simply because financially, you can! – Special summer rates for 5 star hotels. Airlines and hotels lop more than a third off their normal prices so luxury is affordable.   You can travel light! – No need to bring so much clothes in your luggage. Yes, you can show some skin in this Muslim country [...]

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Thoughts on our recent vacation (Part 1)

October 29, 2009

Just sharing some recap/tidbits regarding our recent vacation to Japan. 1. It’s dangerous to travel during Autumn season in Japan- Autumn in Japan is one of my favorite time of the year. The leaves change colors, the air is crisp and fruits abound! There is a phrase in Japan describing autumn as “shokuyoku no aki”, [...]

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13 Conversations of the kid kind, Part II

July 2, 2009

I’ve compiled another round of kid conversations with my five year old. I’ve tweeted most of these in Twitter but here it is again, for your reading pleasure (and mine). I like to put this here so I can read it again when she’s grown up. If you like to see the first installment, you [...]

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What they’re talkin’ – again

June 4, 2009

Thursday Thirteen banner was made by my good friend, Samulli. I live in the Deira side of Dubai where the English language I hear is the “tweaked” version. Here’ what I hear on a daily basis: 1. Up and down – Not referring to jumping of any kind. “How much is going to Mumbai, up [...]

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