A. Answer the following questions:
1. How long have you been blogging?
Almost three years if you count the irregular, mood-based blogging I did the past 2 years. When I started blogging, it was just for family members and some friends to get an idea that I am still alive of my life abroad. My real blogging kicked […]

 
Thursday Thirteen banner courtesy of Samulli.
13 THINGS TO DO WHEN THE NET IS DOWN
The internet is an outstanding resource for learning and entertainment I can’t imagine my life living without it. We have been unplugged at work and here’s some things to dooutside of the rabbit hole.
1. Clean out and categorize bookmarks. Sites that I […]

Net connection is back. Stop working and enjoy!
I got this one line of message from my colleague while working today. I have been really busy with work since yesterday. I had several phone calls and emails and reports to write, the universe must have conspired to keep me from dying from boredom. Suddenly the people […]

Would you believe what I have to face at work today: no internet at work! This happened often before but it was just for a couple of hours, half day the longest. But today? There was no net connection until I logged off at 6pm. I am typing this at home while Pristine is on […]

My husband had an appointment at an office near Dubai Creek and asked me, out of the blue if I want to come out and see some sun. I quickly jumped out of my seat and out of the steel-cold office and joined him for a free ride around Deira. Don’t tell my boss.
Dubai creek […]

My birthday came and went. Thanks to everyone who greeted me in my Thursday Thirteen post.

It was quite an event, in my standard however, after not having any kind of  celebration except “family-only” ones for years in a row. I spent 4 hours in the kitchen cooking 5 different kinds of food while chatting with my […]

We had a very eventful morning today.
First, we woke up really late. Whatever the reason, the alarm clock that used to wake up my husband did not work and I slept really late last night preparing something for my daughter’s school so I asked him there is a big possibility I’ll oversleep. Well, for the […]

I keep a day planner and a calendar to schedule tasks at home and at work. When I started blogging early this year, keeping a blogging schedule just came to me naturally.
Darren Rowse of the Problogger says, keeping a blogging schedule instead of sporadic posting makes post frequency and quality more consistent, increases productivity and […]

This week’s theme: Hot

In summer, it’s not just the weather that is hot. See the smoke coming from the grill.

Karen from Pediascribe had an open tag that looked very interesting and worth jumping into.
Here goes:
Who was your first love?
Well I am going to assume that the word “love” here means something that makes your heart jump out of your shirt and the word “first” meaning when I was young enough to NOT know the real meaning […]