Last weekend, we went to Fujairah, one of the seven Emirates of the UAE. The UAE is composed of seven (7) Emirates namely: Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman, Ras Al Khaimah, Umm Al Quwain and Fujairah. Of these seven Emirates, only Fujairah is situated in the east coast, fronting the Indian Ocean so the color […]

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 […]

The cool weather has finally said goodbye and what’s the best way to celebrate that other than spending time at the glorious beach!

~ the beach at 9 am ~
We went to Mamzar Beach Park last Friday and decided to stay the whole day doing nothing but barbeque, swim, sleep, chatter. Ah, I need more days […]

Without warning, it’s back.
We are having a bit of weather, no not rain, that usual sunny (hot) one again. Last Friday, I wanted to scream, “but it’s still February, dammit!” Temperatures rose to a maximum of around 30C on midday last weekend.
We went to Century and Irish Village for a brunch at one of the restaurants […]

Earlier this month we had a one day holiday because it was the Islamic holiday of Hijra. We didn’t have work and no school for the babe as well. We had a rare  two-day weekend and out of the blue, M said we’ll go out see some camels. Huh?
Of course my mother was excited since […]

While most people living in the northern hemisphere are either watching snow fall on cedars or sitting in front of their fireplace, we are enjoying the sun, sand and the sea!
The temperatures have definitely gone easy on us desert dwellers and right now, we are blessed to have days that are not so hot and […]

I am afraid of heights so one Friday afternoon when M told me he has a surprise for me and Pristine, a balloon trip was the farthest from my mind. Was he crazy or what?
My phobia for heights is not to the extremes though, I can still manage as long as I don’t look down. […]

Summer is ending or has ended in most parts of the world but our morning temperatures here in Dubai is still not below 30. Saturday weather was great, with a little wind but it was not so hot anymore.
We went to Jumeirah Beach Park, my favorite spot in Dubai so far, early in the morning so […]

We had a very rare, once in a lifetime 3-day weekend last week! Since there were no plans to go somewhere far as our car is not here yet (long story), we decided to spend one day at the mall just doing our grocery shopping and raiding the food court, the next day at the […]

Lemme see…Dudley has grown tall but still horizontally challenged, Uncle Vernon seems to have eaten more pies and Aunt Petunia is dressed like a bar girl, what’s up with that? The Dursleys are still living in Privet Drive but what happened to their old house? It looked like their living room shrunk to more than a […]