Creative Meanderings

My ramblings and wanderings through life

Author: Tara

  • The Netherlands in March 2022

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    When I first arrived in Abu Dhabi, I made friends with some fellow Couchsurfing hosts who are also Asians of Western culture, which at the time was a rare meeting. We stayed friends over the years with a few visits back and forth after they moved on. Our last visit, though, was around ten years…

  • “Please”, “Thank you” & Etiquette

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    Before emails, we had typewriters and regular post for staying in touch or conducting business. Before texts, we had telephones requiring a voice conversation. Before social media, we had to face people directly to express ourselves. While I fully appreciate and take advantage of our modern-day advances, there are some ‘rules of engagement’ that I…

  • Busy Busy

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    March is here already and I’ve spent the last couple of days focusing solely on the platform to get everything in line for the month. I’m not complaining, by any means, as I know that putting in the time now frees up my time later. Still, I find myself less enthusiastic about the platform as…

  • 2022 Mini Writing Retreat 1

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    Since this year is my year of writing on my novel, M had suggested that I go on an “intentional” writing retreat somewhere, but the cost of them and the forced interaction with others did not appeal to me as I want to write according to my methods and in my way – real surprise,…

  • Mixed Signals ~

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    A consequence of the pandemic is a need for businesses to adjust their ways to gain the highest returns for recuperating their losses over the past few years.  There are changes that will likely never go away such as using QR codes rather than spending money on printed menus that will eventually have to be…

  • Contrary for Contrary’s Sake?!

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    This is going to be a bit of a rant and admittedly a contrary one, but not just for the sake of it. 🤪 Most of the time, I loathe looking at social media for any holiday or “international/national day of ____” because it has become a space for people to schmooze and ooze over-the-top…

  • Defined by our birthplace or our citizenship?

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    When I was young, I used to follow the North 🇰🇵 and South Korea 🇰🇷unification news quite diligently. In fact, I would cut out newspaper clippings 📰 reporting on their relationship and the ongoing hope of the Korean people that they would become one nation again. One time, my dad asked me what interested me…

  • A trip away to Malta

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    Now that we are somewhat settled in our house, and public conversations are starting to return to logic with an acceptance that the “C” is not actually going to kill off the human race, we decided it was time to take a holiday. It was a shock to realize that I had not been on…

  • Angels Among Us

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    My religious beliefs have waxed and waned over the years. Now, I feel as if I have a fairly balanced view and call myself spiritual rather than claiming to be a member of one religious sect. For some, this is a bit of a cop out because they don’t want to necessarily be associated with…

  • Protecting My Energetic Space

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    It is trendy these days to talk about setting and keeping boundaries, which to many may seem either a luxury or an impossibility. There are some who may even consider it to be utter nonsense. Before we celebrated navel gazing and the sharing – or oversharing – of our feelings, people just got on with…

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