Try, fail, repeat. It’s December, my favorite month! 2016 has been interesting and weird. And as the year closes it’s time to look back and see how far we’ve come and realized 2016 wasn’t so bad (if you look at history and you’re optimistic about […]
All posts tagged “Dubai”
That’s All You Need
Asking me where I’m from, chronic complainers and telling me that this city has no culture and artificial are pet peeves of mine. So when I met Marc this weekend, and he said that he has seen enough of Dubai and didn’t like it, I […]
That Time I Did Stand-Up Comedy
Last year, I did the unthinkable, went on stage, in front of about 50 strangers (I might be exaggerating a bit, although it felt like there were thousands in that room), and did stand-up comedy. Me doing stand-up comedy was funnier than my material. I […]
Why I Run
Running is my go-to form of exercise. I run because it helps me think more, clearer and better. I run because it takes my mind off things, things I will be fixated on if I wasn’t keeping myself busy. I run because I feel free and […]
27º C
I wrote this last year, in March 2014, it’s a letter for my dad. Something not a lot of people know about me, I’m daddy’s little girl. Dear Dad, Winter is almost over in the desert. Soon freezing nights (well freezing at least in my […]
How Do You Measure the Quality of Life?
The thing you have to understand is that people have different ways or ideas of measuring the quality of life. Moving to Dubai almost six years ago, I did not have a plan. Three years later, I woke up and questioned what I was doing […]
On secrets, being alone and finding an escape
What we see is just the surface. The internet is not for the faint-hearted. I stopped reading comments on online news and Facebook posts because it drives me nuts. Last week on Quora, I stumbled upon this question, “Why Are There So Many Filipinos in Dubai?”, the […]
Have you hugged your Jeep today?
Two weeks ago I was dropping my friend home after dinner. She lives somewhere Downtown. My phone rang and I tried to answer it while driving until I saw a policeman on a motorcycle. I got scared and dropped my phone. I almost drove through […]
Moving
I just finished moving to another apartment last weekend. I am exhausted. Still have a lot of tidying and unpacking to do, but I feel good. The thing I like about moving is, that it somehow feels like a new start.