How do you feel about late birthday celebrations? You know, those birthdays that are celebrated after the actual birth date?
My daughter Pristine’s 5th birthday will be on the 23rd, a couple of days before Christmas or in my family’s tradition, a day before our actual Christmas celebration. You see, we celebrate Christmas on the night [...]
Dec
21
2008
21
2008
Sunday Scribblings - Late
Nov
2
2008
2
2008
Sunday Scribblings - Scandalous
I’ve never been involved in a scandal. At least as far as I know, we’ll never know what people talk behind our backs. But I can recall one scandalous moment some years back when my daughter was just a year old.
My daughter and I took a four hour international flight to spend Christmas at my [...]
Jul
20
2008
20
2008
The ghost pact
Not too long ago, I made a deal with my mom. A scary deal but I was serious, we were serious when we talked about it one humid summer day when all my other smaller siblings were enjoying their afternoon nap.
Out of the blue, I looked into my mom’s eyes and asked her that if [...]
Jun
1
2008
1
2008
curves
When I was in the driving school some years back, I remembered my teacher telling me how to handle curves in the road. Before coming to Japan to study in the university, I have never imagined learning how to drive in my entire life. I never even knew one day I’d be able to buy [...]
May
25
2008
25
2008
the scale that lies
I can’t believe I’ve taken a too long off from the gym. Last Thursday I did not workout to give my body some time to rest after working out for 5 consecutive days. The instructor told me I need to take at least a day off and so I did. The next day, Friday, I [...]
May
18
2008
18
2008
proud father moment
Last week there was a program in Pristine’s school called Arabic Day and in the note from her teacher, they are required to wear traditional Arabic dresses. It also said, “if the children are not Arabs, please let them come in their school uniforms“. I thought it would be interesting to have her wear something [...]
Apr
20
2008
20
2008
the weighty issue
I had been going to the gym regularly (5-6 days a week) for almost three weeks now. I have lost weight, although not much but I feel good and know that my body is firmer than before, especially around the *jiggly* midsection area.
Came office friend #1 who came back from her one month vacation in [...]
Apr
6
2008
6
2008
that photograph
Since having a child, all the photo albums in our home has photos of her or us with her. In short, all photographs leave a clue that we have a kiddo with us.
We left our old photo albums in our former home due to limited baggage capacity during our relocation abroad.
Once when I took Pristine [...]
Mar
23
2008
23
2008
stop wasting food!
Have you ever stopped and thought how many thousands of kilos of food are being wasted and thrown to the garbage every single day? That statistics show that one in every four hamburgers end up in the bin? And on the contrary, how many people dying of hunger?
People gripe about the prices of food in [...]
Mar
16
2008
16
2008
anticipation
There were more than 300 examinees when I took the exam 13 years ago. English, Math and Chemistry, oh I so well remember each hurdle I took. Particularly, I could not forget my effort to hold the pencil as it continuously slip through my sweaty palm. I had been always cautious of timed exams and [...]
