… until my vacation, that is!
Can you see my wide, wide smile? I’ve been looking forward to this vacation since the day my 6 month probation period ended and I signed my ‘probable’ days of annual leave.
Expatriates in Dubai get 30 days of paid vacation every one year of service with economy air tickets and since [...]

Beautiful and costly carpets on display at Ibn Batuta Mall.

Today’s my last day in the office before I my leave starts. We’ll be leaving in a few days and I am so happy to have one extra day tomorrow because of a national holiday. You think I’m going to spend that extra day packing? No! Packing has been done ages ago. The female population [...]

For the few people subcribing my feed, no, there is nothing wrong with my feed or your feed reader. I was just not updating my blog due to some chaotic errands that had me running here and there. If I had known, I would have worn my running shoes instead of my damn heels.
Bandaid will [...]

This week’s theme: Hanging

Bananas hanging at the Dubai Fruit and Vegetable Market.

Regardless of the accuracy of the subject, name meanings are fun and intriguing. See your destiny number and what it means for you.
How Numerology Works When working with a name, numbers have corresponding letters. The numbers are added up and broken down into single digits in order to give you your final Destiny Number. The [...]

I’m busy preparing for our vacation so I’ll make this quick:
1. Make an itinerary, usually done at least two months before.
2. Decide which clothes to bring or not
3. Iron clothes to bring
4. Label things (suitcases)
5. Compress clothes that are bulky using those vacuum sealed plastics that reduce the size and bulkiness of any fabric to [...]

I don’t know what goes on inside these houses but I see lighted up houses in my neighborhood from time to time. Since we don’t have any Arab/local friends, I don’t have any idea.
What do you think?

The number of senseless deaths in Dubai roads continue to increase when a driver of an overspeeding van lost control of the vehicle plumetting it to the opposite side of the road before being hit head-on claiming the lives of five people last week.
My husband and I are driving with the utmost caution at all times [...]

I don’t need to elaborate, do I? But I am talking about the movie I am Legend, not his latest Hancock which I think also received very bad reviews from critics.
I never hated Will Smith, in fact, I loved the guy in Men in Black and Enemy of the State. Amazing how publicity can really [...]