I am wondering if the Crucifixation took place on a Friday. When I was young (and restless), our mom told us so. But if Christ really died on a Friday, I think it is more appropriate to call it Mourning Friday instead. The disciples did just that -- they mourned. They though all was lost. But of …
so I’m new here
Actually, I am a week short to my 3rd month in Dubai -- can you still consider that as new as in just landed? It's been 80+ days since I stepped off that long haul Emirates airline flight from Nagoya, Japan and so much has happened I feel I've been here for years. Too much research, too much looking …
one city, multiple nationalities
We picked up the gas cooking range sold to us by a newly found friend for 1/1oth of the price despite only two months old. It is still in perfect working condition, she just needed to get rid of that in place of a new one, so the great bargain. It was our first time seeing these people but almost …
The pursuit of happiness
I am too sleepy today. M and I were discussing about a thousand and one things last night, talking for more than three hours (!) in the dark. After 45 days in Dubai, the cosmopolitan desert life has seeped into me slowly and constantly and I am finding myself complaining of every little thing …
Dubai morning
There's not much to say about my first day of work here in Dubai. Everything seems vague. All I remember is that I was struggling to catch up with my walking, doubling my usual walking speed amidst this crazy heels I am wearing trying to arrive in the office on time. Being late on the first day of …
Starting
I promised to give life to this blog site once we start our new life in Dubai. But with a lot of red tape and tons of bureaucracy in the Dubai system, I failed to update friends and family for weeks and right now, they are starting to think I suddenly disappeared or being swallowed whole in the …
