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One Angry Egg
I am one angry egg. It’s been almost two months that I’ve been waiting for our visa to come through. I know I should think about Jul who is having a rough time as well, but in my head, I can’t help wishing that the situation be reversed. I can’t take any more 24/7 baby…
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Good Nights, Bad Nights
There are good nights, and there are bad nights. Just as there are good days and bad days. But the nights – the bad nights – are the worst. Tonight, for example, is a bad night. These days, Lila won’t sleep if she doesn’t see me next to her crib. To achieve this, she forces…
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The Sun
I thought it would never come, but finally, summer showed up this week. And what a difference the sun makes. Everyone seems happier. Children play in the streets up until 9 pm. People have swapped coats for shorts, and the sunglasses are out again. It’s been a tough week for me, and I’m sure it…
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Damn the Spam (Plus, Rain!)
Last week it rained for almost a week here in Qatar. Drivers, confused, got into accidents. (”Why is water falling from the sky? How strange. I shall drive faster than usual!”) Endless Doha construction didn’t help either (”I am a pothole and covered in water, therefore I am invisible to man and their cars, cars…
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The Descendant
Zorro the dog was brought home – saved – by my father from imminent death because he had a bad leg, and his original owner didn’t want to keep him because he was the weakest link among his brothers. So Zorro joined out household while I was still mourning my recently-deceased dog Taho, killed by…
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Fortune Telling
Setting up a rendez-vous with a gynecologist isn’t exactly on my list of “10 Things to Look Forward To”. Even so, because I’m all adult and mature-like, I patiently go through the Pages Jaunes in vain search for a clinic. I do have one criteria to meet: my gynecologist must be female. Last year’s trauma still haunts me:…
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Some people ride the wave
My alarm clock is set to 6:25 am every day. A backup alarm for Julien, since his phone’s alarm clock has a Decision function installed: it decides whether it feels like ringing or not. At around 10 or 11am I finally manage to struggle into a vertical position, though somewhat slumped, and make my way towards the…
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The Force is Strong Here
Let’s start with this fact : I know nothing about Star Wars. Okay, that’s not entirely true. It’s set in space, right? And they use light sabers. Also picked up from Toy Story 2 that “I am your father” is totally Star Wars-y. A few weeks back, Julien and I watched the third… well, the…