I was talking to my friend this morning who wanted another baby. She has one who just turned five years old so at this point in her life, everything is fine and dandy. Most of the time, at least. The thing is, though she really wants to have another baby, there's this pressing thought at the back of …
Staying home for Eid Al Adha 2016
Hello. Do you have friends in the UAE on Facebook posting their out of town trips lately? I'm seeing a lot of people on my timeline either in Barcelona, somewhere in Europe, New York or Maldives. Or even to the mountains of Hatta and the beaches of Jumeirah. There's no traffic on the roads …
What I learned from living alone again after 13 years
I think there are two types of people: one who loves being in the constant company of people and people who find solitude when alone. The alone but never lonely kind of people. As weird as it sounds, they do exist. Recently, I lived alone in our two bedroom apartment in Dubai for a few weeks - …
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Something’s new around here
Hello, from paradise...is what I should have written and published on this blog a couple of weeks ago. The kids and I were off to the Philippines again for my annual holiday. School is off too, till the end of August. As much as I wanted to blog about our adventures in the Philippines, my time …
Surviving Cebu Pacific: Philippines’ budget airline
I just got back from a 9 hour flight using Cebu Pacific's international flight from Manila to Dubai. I've heard horror stories from scorned customers and terrible reviews but while searching for options for my route, the inarguably cheaper fare always come back to me like an annoying pop-up …
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A little change around here
I woke up very early on a weekend, as I always do and realized, it's been six weeks. Six weeks since I've been sleeping with my two precious children. Just the three of us in one bed. We're not neatly lined up like in the picture all the time, sometimes, I'm in the middle and sometimes …