Category: Going Mental
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New Year’s Preamble
Why wait until the new year to start re-evaluating and preparing to re-align my life goals? Since I don’t like to call them resolutions as it just tends to set me up for failure, I do like to take a step back from the path I am on to see if it is heading in…
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Brain drain or brain break?
In an email that I received last week, the writer made a comment about how she thinks Facebook and other such media affect people’s patience and ability to write or think. It made me think about the amount of time I spend on the computer and watching TV rather than reading or writing like I…
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Happy National Day to the UAE
It’s National Day today – December 2nd – and this year is the 40th anniversary of the country’s formation. 40 years young and yet so surprisingly advanced. The Emiratis do love their country, I mean who wouldn’t when your leader gives pay raises just for being a national? Still, there are big plans this weekend…
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Pottery Update
It takes a while for me to finish projects in pottery because of the time it takes to fire and glaze as well as I can be somewhat inconsistent in attending classes. However, a full batch of items were finished up last week and so here they are! [shashin type=”photo” id=”4399,4400,4401,4402,4403,4404,4405,4406,4407,4398,4397″ size=”small” columns=”max” order=”user” position=”center”]
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Gardening – Part 3
After just one week of planting seeds, the seedlings for almost all of them have gone up like crazy. I already need to transplant some of them before they fall over! [shashin type=”photo” id=”4389,4390,4391,4392,4395,4396,4393″ size=”small” columns=”max” order=”user” position=”center”] The rest of the plants have also been doing quite well in this cooler, but still warm…
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Cute Omiyage
My BF went away during the week off that we had vacay, while I stayed here. He brought back some goodies and the cutest was a German gingerbread house – Hansel & Gretel was one of my favorites and this brought back happy thoughtss! [shashin type=”photo” id=”4378,4382,4381,4380,4379″ size=”medium” columns=”max” order=”user” position=”center”]
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Happenings around campus
I haven’t been writing much about work because I try to pretend that it doesn’t exist when I am at home. However, there have been some interesting activities worth taking photos of…. [shashin type=”photo” id=”4384,4386,4387,4388″ size=”medium” columns=”2″ order=”user” position=”center”]
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Gardening – Part 2
It’s been a couple of months since I last posted about my container gardening. So, here’s an update. I transplanted most of the seedlings and that has been going pretty well. Of 8 tomato plants, 6 have survived so far. About three of them are really growing well (pic will come later). Here are pics…
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Britney in AD
This time of year is a busy one in Abu Dhabi with events like Formula One, which bring in big names for concerts after the races. Although I hadn’t planned on going to many concerts this year, I already feel like a music groupie. When they announced that Britney Spears was coming to town, I…
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End of Vacay in AD
The last few days have been quite full with socializing and enjoying the free events on offer in the city. So, I will try to catch up here a bit. I got my haircut and highlighted, so I feel better with my hair as it had grown quite a bit. Then, I met my friend…
