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I read the news article twice to check if my eyes were not playing on me:
An Emirati woman was evicted from her home in Satwa by her landlord as the house she was living in with her Iranian husband, their four children and her brother’s orphan because the house was marked for demolition. The family is [...]

Dubai’s busiest fish market near Shindagha Tunnel is worth a visit. At the break of dawn (we went there before 6 am), the place is bustling with sellers and traders luring every single customer to their catch of the day. Mind you, they do sales talk in languages you can imagine - German, Japanese, Tagalog, English - [...]

My old phone decided it’s time to say goodbye. At first, I felt bad instead of happy to have another cellphone because a new phone would mean, aside from additional expense, new interface to study and get used to. But then, I have to since the old one is dead, no hope of resurrection. Normally, [...]

Paperback: 584 pages
Publisher: Yale University Press; 1 edition (May 8, 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0300113242
ISBN-13: 978-0300113242
Just to make it clear, I am NOT pregnant but had the pleasure to read The Working Woman’s Pregnancy Book to be prepared because I won’t be quitting my job when that happens (soon).
Written by Dr. Marjorie Greenfield, the book covers wide [...]

I wouldn’t be surprised if I’ll find the phrase “Going on a cruise” on people’s things to do before I die list. It certainly is on mine. Last weekend, I had the pleasure to tour a cruise ship docked in Dubai courtesy of Stacey and the desire to go on a cruise one day just got [...]

My Indian colleague went back to his home country for his annual vacation. As I have mentioned before, expats in Dubai are entitled to 30 days of paid vacation after one year of service. He left last May 1.
He had been talking about getting married but without a girlfriend, asked for his parent’s “help”. While [...]

I got this email from work with the subject line: “Statistics that will make you feel good”. So read on and see if it comfort your rage on the soaring gas prices lately.
Hi Everybody,
During my recent visit to India, we were at a petrol station filling the car’s fuel tank, and I thought fuel has [...]

I am still reeling with my meeting with my blogging friend Stacey. I still can’t believe that we finally met and talked in person after having met online through blogging about a year ago. It was very nice and kind of her to invite me and my family over to see the ship, see the show [...]

Remember the show The Love Boat in the 80’s? It’s a prime time TV drama set on a cruise ship my mom and I look forward to watching every single week. Then I would look up to her, tug her skirt and say, “Let’s go on a cruise in The Love Boat, mom!”
Who knew that we’d [...]