Creative Meanderings

My ramblings and wanderings through life

  • Things are starting to slow down a little bit or at least wind down with Ramadan coming soon and the summer life here in the desert. It is both good and bad. The good is that I will have a bit more free time to work on some other projects. I have a few lined up such as finally cleaning out the boxes and papers that I have been ignoring since we moved,…

  • Ever since we met in 2014 we have taken a yearly trip to Fujairah as a getaway weekend. I remember our first one fondly as it was when we were just getting our hearts around the idea that love was in the air. Each year when we return, we re-connect and re-kindle the flames of our love that is always alight, but refreshed with time away as holidays have a knack for doing.…

  • It has been a slow exercise week. I am struggling a bit in getting myself into a proper workout routine outside of the yoga sessions. Perhaps I will be able to find some focus after we get away this weekend.  I did try a new sequence used by the Ashtanga primary series via YouTube, which I enjoyed and felt the benefits of. So, I imagine I shall incorporate that more into my exercise…

  • I became aware of Sam Harris through the Mindfulness Summit in 2015. He struck me as incredibly intelligent and as someone who would not choose a way of life without thorough study of it. When I first started on the podcasts, I started listening to Waking Up and found it fascinating. If you crave intellectual stimulation with a skeptic’s eye, this is definitely the podcast for you.  Harris discusses a variety of topics…

  • One of the distinct differences I have encountered since living on the other side of the world and in a culture equally foreign is our approach to adversity.  The Western (or American) mind that I grew up with is that obstacles are immovable and we need to innovate how to overcome them either on our own or with the help of others. Once we find a route or method that works we generally…

  • This is my regular dilemma in life – I want to write and yet I do not write what I want to write or do not write enough. While I claim it is time, which it is, it is also discipline, focus and drive. If I were driven enough, surely I would have completed my first novel by now…. I recall my early university days when I would write my angst away by…

  • Well, oops is that I missed yesterday!  So, I have a couple of never agains…, or maybe not any time soon. First, I do not think I will be drinking more than a glass or two of alcoholic beverages ever again. I seem to not be able to digest it even and my stomach has been acting up since the weekend. I had a small glass last night and that did not sit…

  • OMG! This weekend was totally packed with socializing and late nights. Thank goodness the new week has started and I have time to relax and catch up on my tasks. It was a fun-filled weekend that kicked off with an evening brunch with friends. That was a rather dangerous night that left me giving up alcohol (again!) and attempting to recover physically the rest of the weekend – and am not sure that…

  • My excuse is always recovery mode after a training weekend. Also, Aunt Flo makes me tired…. 🙁 So, here is what I managed this week. April 30th (Sunday) 60′ Ladies Wellness Yoga May 1st (Monday) 60′ Ladies Morning Wellness Yoga May 2nd (Tuesday) 60′ Private Yoga May 3rd (Wednesday) 60′ Men’s Wellness Yoga May 4th (Thursday) 40′ Gym Time – 10 burpees 35 35kg total abdominal 25 25kg adductor @7 30 5kg ab…

  • A boy gets kidnapped from a group of three who had gone out at night and it takes 27 years before they finally convict the man who did it.  This man continued to molest, grab and prey on young boys both nearby and in surrounding areas where the kidnapping happened. How is this possible? A very interesting podcast that follows the one case but also remarks on the challenge of law enforcement in…

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