Last night, I was invited to have dinner with another couple, parents of DD2's classmate. This boy was Amelia’s ‘best boyfriend’, the one she wants to marry when she’s 28, apparently. Just like us, they too are in a mixed marriage. And just like us, it was fascinating to...
I was just thinking of writing a Fabulous Friday post with more beauty tips, but breaking news from the BBC website and Twitter feed talking about this, changed my direction. I heard about the devastation caused by the earthquake and subsequent tsunami in Japan (and soon across the Pacific...
In the history of the working world, many office workers have been dreading the end of Sunday (the weekend) and the start of Monday (the working week). As a self-employed entrepreneur, I haven't had to deal with this emotion in a long, long time. But I must admit, I...
A few days ago, I caught a BBC3 documentary in their "World's Most..." series and very rarely have a documentary made me cry days after I watched it. That day's documentary was entitled "World's Most Dangerous Place for Women". I was really looking forward to watching it as any...
As some of you may know, I have always had the wanderlust. I left home pretty early to seek out a career, a passion and to see the world. I have been blessed to be able to do that, meeting people from all over the world in the course...
Everyone looks forward to the weekend. Bar residents of a few Middle Eastern states where the weekend is Friday and Saturday, most of us look forward to Friday to start relaxing. Why not, right? We have all worked really, really hard Mondays to Fridays, slogging away at our jobs,...
