Thanks for all who wished me luck yesterday. I’ll have to write it flatly, though: my name was not drawn to win the iPod last night. Oh well, that thing is pretty elusive so better luck next time!
Aside from the sad news that I won’t be taking any cool gadget to the gym any time [...]

I was listening to the radio in my cellphone this morning because that’s what paid employees do at work har, har, har I had not much to do and no one really makes it an issue. I was using earphones of course, carefully hidden, thanks to my long hair.
It’s summer time in the UAE, I [...]

This week’s theme: Bright

Bright shining heaps of gold at the Dubai Gold Market. Photo taken the first time I came to Dubai in October 2006.

It’s still so hot in the news: fate of the passengers of M/V Princess of the Stars that sunk in the Philippines at the wake of typhoon Fengshen last Saturday. This was a big ship, carrying more than 800 passengers and crew members and now, all that’s left of it is its bow sticking out [...]

I think the name Jennifer is so common that I have at least 7 friends named Jennifer and I know 3 bloggers named the same.
Did you know that there are so many Jennifer’s in Hollywood?
1. Jennifer Aniston- Don’t know her? I mean, Brad Pitt ex-wife, the Rachel, the tv show Friends?
2. Jennifer Love Hewitt - [...]

My husband is so busy right now with work. He has a very important client to attend to. Meetings here and there, coming home at nearly midnight. I can’t even call him any time during the day since Sunday. Yesterday, out of the blue he called me from a mall saying at last he’ll be [...]

Dubai’s prominent developer, Emaar Properties said on Monday that it plans to build the largest fountain in the world as the centerpiece of its Downtown Burj Dubai project.
What’s in store when the project is completed next year:

The $218 million project is said to be 25% larger than the iconic fountains at the Bellagio Hotel in [...]

By now you must have known in the news that a powerful typhoon lashed the Philippines, flooding cities, killing people, including 800 believed to have perished when M/V Princess of the Stars sunk in central Philippines two days ago (Saturday).
Why did the ship sail even with the imminent arrival of the strong typhoon? Why did [...]

Today, the 21st of June is the longest day of the year and for the first time in years, I am aware that today is summer solstice when I woke up this morning! Before, I would only know the day after when I read in the news that this place and that place received x [...]

I got this from the Dackel Princess:
Two Names You Go By:
1. Grace
2. None other - somebody name me something else!
Two Things You Are Wearing Right Now:
1. blue top
2. yoga pants
Two Of Your Favorite Things:
1. Mails
2. My planner
Two Things You Want Very Badly At The Moment:
1. an iPod or any portable music player I can bring [...]