• I arrived last night in Manila and am staying in the Makati area of town. Since I arrived late, I do not yet have an pics to share, but my first impressions are as follows: *People are quite friendly, though not necessarily helpful *Crossing the street seems to be an act of taking your life into your hands or pure craziness – I haven’t yet attempted outside, but will soon and can report…

  • I am trying to continue to catch up on posts in my ‘draft’ box that I set aside to write on later while mixing in posts about my current life adventures. So, forgive me if I seem a little more random than usual. A while ago, I was catching up on the blogs/websites that I try to follow and came across this 8Asians article on Third Culture Asian-Americans. It was a perfect read for…

  • It has been too long since I last saw my BFF and so when I found out that my flight allowed for a layover in Japan and then we could head to Oregon together, there was no question about what I would do. The past few weeks have been filled with fun! Time in Japan:     Seattle Road Trip: Happy hour was a must and major pampering at Gene Juarez! On the…

  • As Abu Dhabi continues to try to build its rapport as a cultural and art center in the UAE and the world, they are bringing in more and more big name artists of varied genres. On May 6, 2011, I dragged my AD buddy to see Snoop Dogg at the Yas Arena. It was an experience to say the least. I think the pictures and videos can say it better than I can.…

  •   _10th Anniversary_ by James Patterson Vacation traveling means that I read easy-no-brainer books so that I can fall asleep or at least make the time pass quickly while waiting at an airport or on the plane (if I am not asleep by the time the plane takes off!). So, as I embarked on my summer adventures, I also started the most recent of the Women’s Murder Club series books by Patterson. I…

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  • Just kidding – I mean it’s not that awful that I missed a day of writing. It just looks like a big black hole on my calendar, is all. 😉 Yesterday was a busy day with running some last-minute errands before the week ends and I am off on holidays. Plus, then I have to finish some paperwork (which I am avoiding by posting right now) and we went to the first Emirati…

  •   _Someone Knows My Name_ by Lawrence Hill A while back when I wasn’t sure what book to read next, my BFF suggested this title to me. So, I downloaded it and though I took a bit of time (for me anyway) to get through it, it was not from a lack of interest. 🙂 This story is written in a memoir-like style, though it is fiction, and follows the life of Aminata…

  • Although I still have quite a bit left to catch up on here, I thought today would be a bit shorter as I have errands to run and things to go about doing. It has been since November, 2009 that I last saw my best friend, her husband and son (my godson). So, finally after months of just catching up on phone calls and emails, we are finally going to be able to…

  • As I continue finding areas of my blog that need more posts, I also see that I will have to start keeping up with my craft projects as well. Over the years I have done a number of projects and tried to take pics, but somewhere along the line I stopped posting them…. That is about to change! 😛 My friend, S in AD had a birthday in April. Since she had passed…

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