By Grace on Dec 31, 2007 in personal thoughts | 9 Comments
I got this last year and I thought it would be a great way to recall the events of the year:
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1. What did you do in 2007 that you hadn’t done before?
Relocated to a far away land tagging my spouse and kid who are fully dependent on me.
2. Did anyone close to you give birth?
My colleague at work, his wife […]
By Grace on Dec 31, 2007 in Family | 1 Comment
Now that the temperatures here in Dubai are cooler and the weather just perfect, no rain, everyday blue skies and very low humidity, there’s no doubt that the tourism season is well on its way.
After almost 6 months of convincing my in-laws to visit us here, they finally said yes and we are in the […]
By Grace on Dec 30, 2007 in blogging | 3 Comments
Christmas is over and time for me again to change the current theme for this blog. You don’t want to be seeing this blog dressed in Christmas all throughout the year, right?
There are thousands of themes free available for blogs using the WordPress platform (the self-hosted ones using not blogs with wordpress.com extensions). But I always […]
By Grace on Dec 30, 2007 in personal thoughts | 7 Comments
The holidays, specially Christmas is the time of giving, so the popular saying goes. I have been asked so many times during Christmas by relatives and even random neighbors back in my home town, “Where’s my gift?”, like I am obligated to give them every year just because I live and work abroad.
When I was […]
By Grace on Dec 29, 2007 in Saturday Photo Hunters | 23 Comments
This week’s theme: Messy
Messy road on the way to our apartment building. The ongoing construction work in Dubai leaves a lot of holes in the roads and piles of sand. It’s nightmare taking this messy path by foot.
I always have to go the other way, the long way because I hate sand getting on my […]
By Grace on Dec 28, 2007 in personal thoughts | 9 Comments
Don’t you feel that year 2007 passed by with a speed of a strong hurricane? Well, at least, that is how I feel about it. It seems like we just landed here in Dubai and now, in less than 2 weeks we’ll be one year here.
I learned so many things and I know I still have […]
By Grace on Dec 27, 2007 in Thursday Thirteen | 22 Comments
Thanks to Samulli for the T13 banner
13 EVENTS THAT HAPPENED IN 2007 (Part One)
1. I bade goodbye to my life in Japan. After more than 10 years there, half to study and half spent working, getting married and having kid, I said sayonara to my second home.
2. My family and I relocated in Dubai. I accepted the […]
By Grace on Dec 26, 2007 in a day in the life | 7 Comments
For the first time in many years, I did something different on Christmas eve. I slept through it.
Oh, hold that thought. I have not become Scrooge or any of the characters in Nightmare before Christmas. I was sick. Seems like Santa came early and sprinkled flu virus in my chimney and sped away without telling […]
By Grace on Dec 25, 2007 in personal thoughts | 6 Comments
On this Christmas day, I am thanking all of you who reads, visits and leave comments on my blog. May all of you find the true meaning of Christmas and have a great time with your family and loved ones.
Merry Christmas from my home to yours.
By Grace on Dec 24, 2007 in Family | 5 Comments
P had a great birthday yesterday, I’d say one that is beyond my expectation. She was sick last Friday so we did not plan anything except to have a cake where she can blow her four candles, besides that, yesterday though a Sunday, was work for me.
Out of the blue yesterday afternoon, my aunt who work as […]