Together with the whole Christian world, my family and I join in the observance of Good Friday.

In the Christian world, it’s holy week already. The other Christian foreigners in the office asked me if I was going to apply for leave on Black Saturday and/or Easter Sunday.
Huh?
Truth is, I didn’t give it much thought - when I was working in Japan, I worked on Good Friday and Christmas. These days are not [...]

What Your Shamrock Says About You

You are good at making decisions and getting things done. You don’t procrastinate.At times, people are put off by your ambition. You don’t really take a lot of time to relax.You don’t really consider yourself a lucky person. In your view, people create their own luck.
You are creative, innovative, and [...]

You mean you haven’t heard? For so long now, the old wives tale that many women will get pregnant on a leap year stuck to my mind. I got three emails from friends who announced that they are with child and one friend announced through her blog that she is finally pregnant with her first [...]

This is not a birthing story.
Almost all the restaurants here in Dubai offer home delivery service saying they’ll deliver ANYWHERE and by anywhere I am not sure if they really thought about traffic and freshness of food as it arrives on the customer’s doorsteps.

I do not prefer home delivery because of only one reason: safety. [...]

Lately traffic in Dubai had evolved from heavy to depressing gridlocks.
Going home from work tired and hungry and having to spend time on the road for more than an hour is not fun. Plus, it is interfering with my one and only New Year’s resolution that is to lose weight. No, I am not eating [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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.