Month: September 2016
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Cat Love
It has been a while since I have posted on the fur balls (okay, maybe only a month ago… 😛 ), so I thought it might be time to share a few recent pics. A couple of weeks ago a friend of mine here who is starting a pet photography business (Shim Photography) here came…
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_The Night Counter_ by Alia Yunis
_The Night Counter_ by Alia Yunis Shortly after I arrived in the UAE, I discovered that one of my colleagues and acquaintances had written a novel. She even did a book tour and many people raved about this novel. Me being me put off reading it for a while as I dislike band wagons –…
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_The Signature of All Things_ by Elizabeth Gilbert
_The Signature of All Things_ by Elizabeth Gilbert Just a couple more books to go before I am just about caught up on past readings. I have been working my way through some more books (more yoga) recently, but want to be sure to get the final books from the past year updated here. The…
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Discipline
Recently, a friend asked me how it is going with the discipline. At first I thought he meant my cats or my husband! 😀 (hahah) He meant my new ‘work’ life as a self-employed person. It brought forth a common theme that I revisit regularly in my posts and my life – maintaining some kind of…
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Optimism
I have always thought of myself as a fairly optimistic person with a lot of realism and idealism mixed in. Being blindly optimistic has not been my style, but I do tend to always hope for the best in life and even in people. It has been said that humans are the most amazing and…
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_Hatha Yoga Pradipika_ by Swami Muktibodhananda
_Hatha Yoga Pradipika_ by Swami Muktibodhananda Another one of our required reading texts for my yoga teacher training course was this rather thick text. Most of my yogi-mates have avoided reading these more historical/ancient books, but the nerdy literature academic in me loves these readings the most. 😛 As per my usual routine of breaking…
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Getting Back on the Writing Wagon
I found this empty but titled post in my drafts folder as I was contemplating what to post about today, so thought it was an appropriate one to write on. Sometimes I create a title for a post to remind myself of a topic that I might want to write about later. This one has been…
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Fashion Crisis
Since I was old enough to understand the art of dressing myself, I have struggled to find my own style whilst also staying current with some trends. In Japan, it was a struggle to fit in as people’s fashion represents their role of the day. For example, if one is a housewife, then usually some…
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Mindset Turmoil
Aside from the unique stress caused by our current life situation, I also have inner turmoil (a bit dramatic of a word?) regarding my change in lifestyle. Yesterday I wrote about my recent dabblings into the world of networking and the dreaded ‘housewife’ world. These are just a glimpse of the many ways in which my…
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Housewife Networking
Networking is one of my most dreaded activities. Having to participate in and encourage small talk causes sweat to form on my brow. However, I need clients and I need social interaction or else my husband will despise coming home to two whiny cats and a desperate housewife. 😛 For the past couple of weeks…
