May 2008

Thursday Thirteen #6 – Favorite Foods that Keep Me Running

May 29, 2008
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13 of My Favorite Foods that Keep Me at The Gym I have been delinquent the last few weeks as I couldn’t think of any inspiring themes. Then I thought, why not just write about the one thing that’s on my mind 24/7….Food! So this week, here are 13 of my favorite foods that keep [...]

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One Step Closer to Employment

May 27, 2008

I got my offer letter yesterday from the company I had interviewed with – yay!!  After my last interview, they said the offer letter would be forthcoming in a day or two but that was 2.5 weeks ago. Things are definitely slow here.  My husband waited over a month before his offer letter and contract [...]

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Hashing in Dubai

May 21, 2008
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The House Hash Harriers is an international running, drinking, and social club. Sometimes described as a “drinking club with a running problem,” there is a hash group in practically every major city in the world. Hashing began way back when in 1938 in Kuala Lumpur by a group of British expats. The co-ed group in [...]

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M is for Mojito, Margarita, Martini…

May 20, 2008
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What does one do with a new dining table? Host a dinner party of course! I had a few girl friends over recently for an M-themed party. We started the night with Mojitos and Martinis. Then for starters we moved on to Middle Eastern dates wrapped in bacon, Mushroom caps stuffed with parmesan, and Mozarella [...]

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Will Someone Hire Me Already!

May 11, 2008
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It’s been exactly two months since I started looking for work in Dubai and there has been some developments since the last round of rejection emails. A very very good development actually. Last Wednesday I was offered a job position and I accepted! Woo-hoo! But I am superstitious so until I get the actual contract [...]

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Who Would’ve Thunk – I’m on Gulf News

May 10, 2008

Was just checking my website statistics today and I noticed that even though I hadn’t posted anything in the last couple of days, my blog was getting more visitors than usual. Turns out, my entry on Asian grocery stores was listed in a Dubai periodical – the GulfNews “Blogosphere” article for May 6. You can [...]

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May Garden Update

May 6, 2008
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The days and nights are starting to heat up here in Dubai. Most mornings I wake up to 30C (86F) temps. The balcony garden is going okay. Remember the sad looking rosemary? Well, the poor plant never took root so it died a slow death eventually drying out completely. I tossed it and replaced it [...]

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Asian Grocery Stores in Dubai

May 4, 2008
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(April 17, 2011: Here is an updated post on Chinese Grocery Stores here) Although I’m quite keen on learning how to cook Indian and Middle Eastern food while here in Dubai due to the wide-spread availability of key ingredients and spices, I still crave some of my mom’s Chinese and Vietnamese homecooking as well as [...]

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