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  • Weekly Photo Challenge : Ornate

    In response to The Daily Post’s weekly photo challenge: “Ornate.”

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    At Honolulu Museum of Art

  • Bride and groom crossing the street of Honolulu

    What a sight to behold..a groom and bride crossing the streets, unmindful of passers-by!

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    Two stops and they crossed once more, what a joyful sight!

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    What a fun way to do the photo shoots 🙂

    Congratulations and best wishes to the newly wed!

    Cheers,

    Jamilamimi

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  • Weekly Photo Challenge : Treat

    In response to The Daily Post’s weekly photo challenge: “Treat.”

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  • Nobody is ever too old for Disney

    Ehhh I am fifty-six and I love going to Disney 🙂 why not? I think Disney is not for kids only , it is also for young adult .. adult who are young at heart! well, that’s ME! Raise your hand and your feet as well if you are a Disney lover 🙂

    I had a great moment with my newly first time DAD nephews. First stop, The EPCOT and I think I enjoyed Minnie and Goofy than my grandniece.

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    First thing foremost, we rode Spaceship Earth, exploring the history of communication from the stone age to the computer age. Tour around different ethnicity, exploring the culture and cuisines of 11 countries.

    At night, we dine at California Grill and watched the spectacular Halloween fireworks from the observatory deck.

    Next stop ..Disney’s Animal Kingdom! I enjoyed the musical show “Lion King”.

    And of course the best part is ..Disney’s Animal Kingdom.

    Thank you for my nephews and their family to bring the kid ;literally 🙂 ..in Me!

    Never too old! Nobody 🙂

    with my grandnieces ..Kaira and Emily Ann
    with my grandniece ..Kaira and Emily Ann

    Cheers,

    Jamilamimi

  • California Dream: Los Angeles to Santa Monica (Part 2)

    One of the highlights of my visit to California besides visiting my two sons was the excitement of meeting my uncle family and the arrival of my best friend from Arkansa who I haven’t seen for 32 years. Hence, we won’t be able to fit in at my eldest son apartment , we decided to rent a one bedroom apartment at Santa Monica.We rented the place using the app”airbnb”. The place was accessible to all the places we would like to go, safe,with parking area and  Meenu,the owner, is very friendly.

    I would say, this trip was a combination of road trip and food trip..of course! what else? it’s a HOLIDAY 🙂

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    Check out our food trip 🙂

    The Boiling crab at Korean Town – my take? Superb!

    Black bear diner at Long beach

    Shabu- Shabu at Santa Monica

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    and a lot more..burp! I know ladies, yes I gained 3 kilos, lol!

    I will need a lot of inspiration to exercise and get rid of all the extra fats 🙂

    Did I see Hollywood? or any touristic site? Well, I would love to.. but with the time constrained I opted to just go with the flow, wherever and whatever our mind and body takes us.

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    and another day has ended , another road trip and more food trip to come 🙂

    Cheers,

    Jamilamimi

     

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  • California Dream : Los Angeles to Santa Catalina Island (part 1)

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    With my 29 years of being an Expatriate in Saudi Arabia, I have never experienced a month-long holiday without a conference or dental meeting to attend to. I haven’t seen my eldest son for two years since he moved to Santa Monica, CA. I was so excited that I packed my luggage a week before my departure, only to unpacked it a day before 🙂 Why? Because he said, the weather is hot , just bring summer clothes (shirt and short), huh! What about my pictorial? I have a very talented photographer (that’s my eldest :-)) in hand, I need a nicer clothes for every place I am going to.. click! click! why not? hahaha I know, you’re smiling and smiling.. I am not a model.. of anything..I am 56 years old, a mother of two , my goodness!

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    but who cares? I managed to posed, hahaha that’s one thing my son can’t refused:-)

    And so, touchdown Los Angeles at 7pm and went to Catalina Express at Avalon port, Long Beach early morning of Sept.18, 2015. that was an awesome one hour Ferry boat trip .. smooth sailing, quiet and peaceful.

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    My youngest son, Chef Kevin who spent 3 years in Switzerland to finish his Bachelor Degree in Culinary Arts had signed a year contract with Catalina Island Company, as a management trainee.I can’t expressed in words, how happy I was ..just looked at my smile and enjoy the scenery. If you need more information : http://www.catalinachamber.com/catalina/where-is-catalina please visit the site.http://www.visitcatalinaisland.com/island-company or visit the Island itself and have a great holiday!

    As the sun rises up, we saw Princess cruise ship, sailing near Catalina Island.

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    and a lot more 🙂

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    Chef Kevin was in the meeting when we arrived,while waiting we took our breakfast at the Pancake Cottage Restaurant.The place is clean, no traffic , I didn’t see a lot of cars, mostly golf car or bicycles. There are a lot of hotel accommodation to choose from but we simply opted for Atwater Hotel. A lot of restaurant around the areas too, not to mention an arcade of shopping stalls ( no shopping pls!). We dine at Avalon Grille, of course where Chef Kevin works! We also tried Bluewater Avalon Seafood Restaurant, Restorante Villa Portofino, Big Olafs,Mr. Nings Chinese Garden,Mexican Restaurant..Oh yeah it’s a food trip for us!

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    While our main reason of being in the Island was to see Chef Kevin, we also enjoyed our food trip and had an East End Adventure tour of the Island. Traveling to 1500 feet above sea level in H1 Hummer, wow! the scenery was superb and breathtaking !

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    We also saw Bisons/Buffalo,ground squirrel ,a fox and even a bald eagle which I was not able to take a picture. If I was going to take this trip again, I will not bring a camera to enjoy the trip and the scenery. It was an overwhelming experience of taking the photos and enjoying the natural beauty of the scenery. My photos did not do justice , this is a well worth the trip.

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    And of course, I will not leave the Island without trying one of their spa treatment. Another experience I would recommend after a long day of touring the island.

    and a day trip to Avalon Theatre 🙂

    a glimpse of Catalina ballroom 🙂

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    and the famous Descanso beach club which we were not able to visit but definitely will be on my top priority next visit 🙂

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    Thank you Lord for this wonderful family trip.

    Cheers,

    Jamilamimi

     

  • Weekly Photo Challenge – (extra)ordinary

    In response to The Daily Post’s weekly photo challenge: “(Extra)ordinary.”

    Capturing the sunrise on our way to Santa Catalina Island to visit my Chef Kevin is an extraordinary and the most memorable holiday to date..spending with my two sons makes it even more (extra) special 🙂

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    soon..,I’ll be posting photos of my California dream holiday 🙂

    Cheers,

    jamilamimi

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  • soon: california trip

    hi everyone! i’m on family holiday.. will blog as soon as i come back!

     cheeers!

    jamilamimi

      
       

  • Weekly Photo Challenge : Door

    In response to The Daily Post’s weekly photo challenge: “Door.”

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    Happiness is.. having the opportunity to see the doors of an ancient civilization at Madain Saleh Saudi Arabia.

    more story and pictures  https://jamilamimi.wordpress.com/2012/11/04/slow-down-camel-crossing-road-trip-to-madain-saleh/

    and at Petra ,Jordan. https://jamilamimi.wordpress.com/2011/11/23/petra-it-has-to-be-seen-to-be-believed/

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    the end of the siq– a glimpse of the treasure

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    Cheers,

    jamilamimi

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  • The Amazing Flower Festival 2015 in Yanbu Saudi Arabia

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    Friday the 13th when we started talking about going on road trip to see the 2015 Guinness World records – The Largest Carpet of Flowers in Yanbu, Saudi Arabia. The Flower festival was opened to the public Feb. 9 ,2015. A week after ,there was no available car to take us all and surprise! the Festival got extended to March 1 , lucky us 🙂 My friend got his new car and off we went ..336 Km from Jeddah to Yanbu – 3 hrs and 12 minutes. And another lucky day for us, we were under the care of a very hospitable friends of friends 🙂 we arrived in Yanbu just in time to have lunch.

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    Yanbu al Bahr “spring by the sea” is simply called Yanbu, a very clean and well organised road of Al Madinah western province of Saudi Arabia.After lunch, we went around china harbour (I don’t have an idea about the name) why not yanbu harbour?

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    DSC_7036 DSC_7032The 9th Flower Festival in Yanbu started Feb 9 – 24 but extended until  March 1.  I am not sure what time it opens regular days but every Friday it opens at 4pm, there’s no entrance fee, it is open for the public. Again, there was no brochure and I noticed there was no sign or card names to identify what kind of flowers was planted. However, It is fascinating to note, this is a dessert and to grow flowers like that is really amazing!

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    flower portrait of the Custodian of the two Holy Mosque King Salman

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    World’s largest carpet of flowers – 10712.75 sqm(s) created by Royal Commission landscaping and Irrigation Department, Yanbu Saudi Arabia – officially Amazing!

    look at the smiles 🙂

    there were also souvenirs for sale ,fresh flowers and plants and a place to buy foods and drinks after a long walk .

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    A close up look of the flowers 🙂 Enjoy!

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    A very rewarding day!

    Cheers,

    Jamilamimi 

     

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