Creative Meanderings

My ramblings and wanderings through life

  • 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 to do a photo shoot with the munsters to beef up her photo gallery. It was almost as…

  • _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 – issue for another post, no doubt. 😛 Upon going through my Amazon wishlist of books to read, I…

  • _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 author of _Eat Pray Love_, which I read in 2010 and wrote about has not written that many…

  • 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 schedule or ‘discipline’. This past week has been the second Eid (Eid-al-adha) holidays that finally marks the end…

  • 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 also most disappointing creatures on earth. I agree to a point. I do believe in the power of…

  • _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 down the reading of books, I decided I would finish this book in a month over the summer…

  • 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 in the drafts folder for a few years it seems…strange how things can seem to come full circle…

  • 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 kind of long khaki dress covered by a flowery apron would best represent this role. Or, if one…

  • 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 mindset is being required to shift each day. For example, I cannot quite decide if it is okay…

  • 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 I have attended the Yas Mall Ladies’ Monday events where they alternate between mall walking and yoga. Yep,…

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