Archive for October, 2007

Thursday Thirteen #15 »

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13 QUOTES ABOUT MOTHERS/MOTHERHOOD
1. “A mother is a person who seeing there are only four pieces of pie for five people, promptly announces she never did care for pie.”  ~Tenneva Jordan
I know this very well; I have other 5 siblings, 4 of them males so a piece of pie is [...]

Blog awards and a carnival »

Thanks to everyone who surprised me with blog awards. Sorry it took me so long to post this here!
From Kailani at An Island Life:

Kailani awarded me with the I’m Fabulous Award because she thinks I’m fab (wow, people rarely say that to me these days!) and also because I am one of the frequent commenters on [...]

the colored paper »

My daughter feels like a model since we came to Dubai early this year. People in the malls, beach or in the streets would comment on how cute she is, how lovely her curly locks are, some of them would even take snaps of her. Clearly, the people here don’t know what to do with [...]

we have been attacked! »

Last night, we had a terrible attack in our territory.
Our territory, our home, our balcony, specifically. According to my mother who was at home the whole day yesterday, bees/wasps came hovering at 1 pm and she simply ignored it, thinking the insects were after our flowering plumeria tree in the balcony.
When she woke up from her [...]

he can’t take no for an answer »

The office boy didn’t get my point.
After a very unfortunate incident that had an ala once beaten twice shy impact on me, I decided to tell him I had to part ways with the milk tea he serves twice everyday, no matter how extra-special it is.
I told him, “No tea after Ramadan. No tea for me [...]

Left Brain vs Right Brain: The Hemispheric Dominance Test »

Have you ever wondered which portion of your brain is the dominant one?
Experiments show how Hemispheric Dominance i.e., left or right brain dominance influences our learning styles. Of course there is no such thing that it is better to be left brain dominated or right brain dominated. We need both kinds of thinking to function [...]

so how do they call you? »

I was at the bank this morning, sitting comfortably on the couch in that over air conditioned part of the building. My turn is not yet up so I have to wait, maybe a couple of customers after, I will be called.
A voice over echoed the customer service department. No one stood up. I did [...]

He’s bringin’ it here »

I have heard about the rumors for months. Finally there is a truth about it. Mr. Sexy Back is coming to the UAE for a concert for one night only!

Justin Timberlake, whose current tour is taking him to more than 60 cities worldwide, will bring his tour to an amazing close when he takes the [...]

Wordpress CommentLuv plugin »

I found another way to give link love to commenters of this site. I have installed a plugin that will display the latest post of the commenter within their comment. Isn’t it cool?
The CommentLuv plugin written by Andy Bailey will visit the feed of the comment author and attempt to get the last post they made [...]

Review: Internet Marketing Blog allinanchor.com »

Allinanchor is a blog about internet marketing news, tips, search engine optimization (SEO), blog marketing, brand management and other money making techniques. This site is useful for everyone who is monetizing their blogs or simply thinking of joining the blog money making bandwagon.
So whether you are simply trying to learn the tricks of the trade and gaining [...]