A short note

Good day everyone. Please allow me to say thank you for visiting my blog. I love reading your intelligent thoughts even in my simplest posts as much as I enjoy reading your wonderful thoughts and be awe with your splendid photos. In as much as I want to visit your lovely sites, I may not able to do so because I have few days off this week. I'll be back as soon as I can.

“Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything beautiful, for beauty is God's handwriting.”

~Ralph Waldo Emerson

Have a nice day everyone. God bless.

Chow time!

Well, well, well it's Friday once again and it's weekend for the Middle Eastern countries. I noticed that when its weekend, it is usually time for feasts. I am talking about the emirati population. For more than 4 years of living and staying here in UAE, mostly inside the hospital whenever I am on duty, after seeing and witnessing lots of emarati tradition, I can say that they really love feasts.....be it inside the hospital, in the hospital gardens or inside the patients room ( oh yes! that is so true!).

I can still remember my first few weeks here in UAE, that there were times I spent my whole day explaining ( or shall I say arguing...hmmm sounds nontherapeutic hahaha) with the family and visitors about the visiting policy. Oh I'm telling you, when they visit their sick relatives or even friends, they will bring their carpets, tea  & coffee pots with tsai ang gahwa and of course, bowls of food and sweets.

It was about three months when I finally told myself..."enough Misalyn! Don't stress yourself" though there were times that I couldn't help but explain again and again and again..blah..blah..blah...until I get used to it. Khalas! I just ignored it.

Enough of that stories...well, since today is friday and I am craving for something to munch, and so unlucky that it is wee hours, I will stare at these photos and try to imagine how delicious is it( I ate some steak and shrimps  and hubby ate the salmon and shrimps last week at Chilis Resto ).

grilled steak (well done) and shrimps with sauted vegetable, garlic bread and mashed potato

grilled salmon and shrimps with sauted vegetable and yellow rice

Come on let us imagine together (while sniffing some lettuce huhuhu...sounds familiar???)...so yummmmyyyy!!

Watery Wednesday- fountains and a quote to ponder

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  "In our consciousness, there are many negative seeds and also many positive seeds. The practice is to avoid watering the negative seeds, and to identify and water the positive seeds every day. "
~Thich Nhat Han

 Posted for  Watery Wednesday hosted by 2sweetnsaxy.Click here  for more watery photos.

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You may find that the quote I posted is quite irrelevant to my subject but I opted to use it for some reasons. I belong to an organization wherein we need to water all the 'positive seeds' and cast away those 'negative seeds' to keep the organization intact and function as a group with one mission and vision.

A piece of thought

With all the problems and challenges in life, with the numerous and endless concerns that we have in our everyday lives, sometimes we forget to appreciate the small things around us. That life itself is a miracle and we should be thankful for every minute of it.

Every breath we take is an enormous proof that our existence is a miracle....

Even a glimpse of a sunrise is an abundant blessing ......

And as we lay to rest, the sunset is a constant reminder that life is indeed a miracle.

Thank you Lord for all the miracles..indeed YOU are our gracious and loving Father. Exalt Thy name.

A quote to ponder

"The word 'happiness' would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness."

~ Carl Gustav Jung

I miss them so much

It was really difficult for me to get some sleep last night. I stayed on my bed with my laptop on at the bedside, wide awake, and blankly staring at the four corners of my  room. I can hear the tick tack of the clock. I didn't noticed that I was crying until I heard my husband asking  me" Hey! What's wrong? " I looked at him with my eyes shedding tears and then I hugged him. "You really miss them,right? "  asked by my hubby. I replied" Oh, I really miss them so much".

JM's smile

my spiderman (Joel)

my little engineer (JM)

Joel prepared to visit Ski Dubai (June 2009)

Even Pooh, Tigger and Eeyore misses them too. Look how sad these buddies of Joel and JM are.

How I wish I can fly. I will definitely fly so high and fast like a speedlight to see my sons.I will surely kiss and hug them and tell them how much I love hugging and kissing them. Oh! please dear Lord, please give me more strength to endure this sadness in my heart.

I know, my children are reading this blog of mine. I miss you Joel and JM. Take care my adorable boys. Mama loves you so much. I will see you real soon...at least we can chat on the net. Somehow, it will lessen the sadness.Somehow, it alleviates the pain.

Huh! I think I need to relax and get some rest.