Month: February 2013
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Playing the Victim
For some time I’ve been playing in my mind about this topic and wondering how I could write about it clearly so that it made sense – even to me. One of the things I dislike the most about living in the UAE is the fact that I am constantly ‘pursued’ by the male gender.…
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Wanderings of my mind…
It seems like my mind is always jumping to some new idea, but then I don’t stop long enough to formulate it completely or at least write it down for later to look at it again. Until recently, I’ve just figured that if the idea returns to me repeatedly, then it is something for me…
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Dissertation, what?
Yes, it is true…in my attempt to focus more on my dissertation, the more I write on my blog(s). I am on the literature review chapter, which should consist of about 60 pages. Yep, you read that right. So…how much have I written? As I type this…zero, zero, zero. By the time this posts, I…
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Container Gardening Update
Wow, it has been way too long since I last updated about my little garden this year. It has been a bit of a slow start this year due to the rather irregular weather with sandstorms, fog, rain and whatnot. Usually, the warm weather is starting in full force at this point causing my tomatoes,…
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BBQ Season
We have been hanging out quite a bit with some new friends. It’s nice to have couply friends with whom we can enjoy just chilling out. It’s been a while (if ever that we’ve had such kinds of friends). So, with the really wonderful weather lately, we’ve been BBQing! Last night, we had a bit…
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Wine and Tapas
Some new friends of ours have been talking about this wine pairing event for a few months. It has sounded fun and interesting, plus oh so posh, to do, so when the next one came up, I was totally in! So, a small group of us from the ZOO went together and had a really…
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Musandum (Khasab) Oman
[shashin type=”album” id=”58″ size=”medium” crop=”n” columns=”3″ caption=”y” order=”date” position=”center”] I just realized that I never posted about my trip to Musandum in Oman. It’s a popular location to go diving or to enjoy a boat cruise and watch dolphins. I had been wanting to go for some time, so Paola and I decided to book…
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Communities
Whenever I watch a film on adoption, I begin to ponder the issue of having community and wondering why I always feel without one. The truth is that I have a pretty good community of friends now as an expat. So, I shouldn’t take that for granted. Living as an expat is definitely a certain…
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St Valentine
I have become a cynic losing elements of my idealistic and romantic ways. Why? How? I am not really sure. We do generally celebrate in some form this holiday of love, but I find the commercialism and need for people to broadcast their feelings to be somewhat…unreal. Like Christmas and other major holidays I hate…
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Negative Motivation
First, sorry for the font changes. I wanted to change it, but can’t seem to find one yet that quite fits…. So, there may be still more changes until I find it. 🙂 This week has been…both good and bad. I had yet another run-in with management people and seem to just be sealing my…
