Mimi on November 19th, 2009

This blog is on hiatus from the 20th of November until the 21st of December, 2009. In the meantime, feel free to look around and explore the 379 posts in this site.
Do you like travel posts with lots of pics? Here are a few suggestions:-
Mt. Bromo: One of the World’s Most Ethereal Landscapes
Seeing Jakarta For [...]

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Mimi on November 18th, 2009

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Photo taken at Boulders Beach, Simon’s Town, South Africa, where the penguins roam freely within close proximity to humans.

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Mimi on November 15th, 2009

If there is a real-life version of comicbook superheroes, that would be us, working mothers. We are significant members of the workforce by day, wives/cooks/caregivers/housekeepers at night, chauffeurs/chefs on weekends. We may be overworked and often under-appreciated, but once we achieve that delicate balance between career and motherhood, we wouldn’t have it any other way.
I’ve [...]

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Mimi on November 12th, 2009

Welcome to Hotel Ter Driezen in the charming little town of Turnhout, Belgium.

I actually forgot to take a photo of the facade of this four-star hotel so I had to resort to grabbing the above photo from their website.  Don’t you just love small European hotels? They’re so understated and quaint.
Let’s step inside into the [...]

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Mimi on November 11th, 2009

Today you turn 10. The little girl who used to say ‘min’ when she meant ‘moon’, ‘ibat‘ when she meant ‘ubat‘ (medicine), ‘yoyo’ when she meant ‘susu‘ (milk). The little girl who has always spoken with a decidedly American twang in a land where British English is the norm. The little girl who got mortified [...]

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