The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2013 annual report for this blog.
Here’s an excerpt:
The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 12,000 times in 2013. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 4 sold-out performances for that many people to see it.
Christmas day in Jeddah is just like an ordinary working day. As an expatriates we tried to make the best we can to celebrate the occasion. My friends and I decided to have some get together last night. Each one of us brought a gift and a dish to share with everyone.
My first attempt to make a cheese cake was a success! (I believed so 🙂 ).
Our little angels sang a carol for us and even did some fun dress up and posed with our very own sir chief! 🙂 My friend looks like Chinese and so the night was full of fun with our very own Santa (made in China).
And so there goes another Christmas in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. God blessed.
I also wish everyone to have a Prosperous New Year!!!
My best friend Malou just turned 55 and she is still full of energy. What is the secret?According to her, just enjoy life and let the problem take care of itself, oh well that was not exactly her words but if you are with her, positivity is electrifying.
looking great at 55
I guess, it is how you deal with your problem that counts. I don’t know anyone who has no problem in life but we all have different style of looking at it and perhaps a different way of taking it in.But for sure, I know the words that makes her smile often…that makes her feel young and certainly looks younger than her age.
” you’re beautiful ”
” I miss you ”
” I love you ”
” The strength of a woman is not measured by the impact that all her hardships in life have had on her; but the strength of a woman is measured by the extent of her refusal to allow those hardships to dictate and who she becomes “- unknown quote
malou @55 and me @54 enjoying beauty beyond fifty!
Alright my friend,my only wish for you is GOOD HEALTH, I heard you are resting as in ” flat on bed” because of 2 days partying 🙂
This will be my 26th Christmas in Saudi Arabia, way back then, it was hard to find a Christmas tree and decor and its even a taboo to greet each other  a “Merry Christmas ” in public. But now a days and these past few years,Shops are on festive decorations, people (whatever religion) greet us “Merry Christmas” or “Happy holidays”. Shops freely sell artificial  Christmas trees and decor, gift wrapping and discount sale too.
Hence, we couldn’t celebrate freely in public, we always  make sure we have Christmas decor at home and celebrate it with our love ones too! Obviously, not everyone is around ,so a group of friends just come together and tried to mimic the ambience of holiday season in the Philippines.
My children are not coming home this Christmas so I was hesitant to put up my Christmas tree but I have my brothers and my friends to celebrate with so what’s the heck! bring it on….shall i say, get it out from the box!! Yes, it’s a fake Christmas tree!
Am I excited? Sigh! I wish I can say that but as I was assembling it, the memories of my children, their excited faces asking if Santa is coming to Saudi Arabia huh! if he got an entry visa maybe! Kidding aside,having kids at home is like Christmas everyday. I really miss them so much.
Oh well, let met continue my story, I was already on the third top to complete the Christmas tree when I  heard a sound, Crackkkk!
Your guess is right! The stand broke down, I called my elder brother to help me fixed it but no matter what we do like, tied it…, glue it…it just doesn’t work!
Last option? I planted it! 🙂 literally, I used to have a  plant in a big pot but it didn’t grow up,the soil was still intact..why not?
My friends professionally speaking are all successful in their career, but what are they doing on off days? You might find this surprising but please keep on reading till the end.
an engineer and a nurse
engineer scrubbing crabs
husband and wife tandem
cleaning the area
helpful sister
an executive administrative assistant
fish heads after cleaning
hmmm how many kilos?
hey accountant whats up?
Did you think they earned a lot of extra income working at fish market? I doubt it! but I know, even if they didn’t , certainly,  they don’t mind doing it again 🙂
You know why? Because what they earned here is… Friendship…Fun…free smile…free laugh and stress free!
” Friends and good manners will carry you where money won’t go “- Margaret WalkerÂ
We walked for an hour (4.57 miles) along the corniche, cool breezy morning, then we decided to have breakfast together continued to chat what happened for the last week, followed by more exercises, time passes by quickly, so we decided to go to fish market, cleaned the fishes, grilled and made tamarind soup, ate lunch/dinner and wallah before we knew it, it was time to go home again. Satisfied and heavy after devouring all the dish… tummy said goodbye!
We are all in the middle-aged, soon we will be senior citizens and retired, I wonder if “home for the aged” is a good business to think about, hmm what do you think?
Year is ending so as our age is increasing, so far we celebrated 4 birthdays in a row and two more are coming. Who’s counting anyway? Does it matter if you are 30’s…40’s…60’s?
First celebration…to feel young and look young, we decided to change the colour of our hair and get some new hairstyle.
adding lowlights
new layers
awesome result
colouring white hair
layering
great result
What else to do after pampering yourself? of course, celebrate with the family and friends.
with my brothers
and my friends
nothing is more enjoyable than to eat rice and fish 🙂
2nd celebration
60′ with a boom!
how sweet!
3rd celebration
brunch surprise!
4th celebration
barbecue at the poolside
and more are coming next week end…age are only numbers, we continue to count and enjoy the blessings.
Dr. Myriam- The Dental Aesthetic Clinic 
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