We had gone through half of the year and this pandemic is still here. Do you feel like that 2020 was robbed from you and it has ruined most of your plans? This global distress has created a central theme of depression, anger and anxiety to most of us. We can't help but lament at the restrictions, fears, broken plans, economic decline & businesses closing, unemployment & being laid of from work, churches, major establishments & schools closing and the general sad new normal. We are … [Read more...]
3 BOOKS ON MINIMALISM
These days, we realised that we can definitely live with less things. We can make do with the things we have on hand. Most of the shops are closed anyway and the need to accumulate seem just too unnecessary & frivolous. Our situation today is a perfect time for us to embrace Minimalism with open arms and gratitude. Minimalism is a lifestyle that embodies intentional living with only the things that you need and that would support your purpose to focus on the things that matter most … [Read more...]
SOCIAL MEDIA + YOU & ME: A LOOK ON OUR CURRENT SOCIAL MEDIA USE
With the pandemic and being quarantined at home, we all find consolation in using our social media to its full potential. We use our phones even more. Many are reaching out digitally more constantly to our friends, colleagues and long-lost childhood peers. Several people would post inspirational quotes to share positivity to our family & friends. A few more would show off our new culinary skills or our latest fitness regimen. Some even started on a new online business. It wasn't long … [Read more...]
LIFE IN TIMES OF COVID 19, AS A DOCTOR & AN EXPAT
Hello everyone! How are you all doing? I send my prayers to everyone around the globe with this situation that we all are facing. AS EXPAT This pandemic Covid 19 is spreading all over the world, disrupting the state of things, taking the lives of our friends & loved-ones. I am a Filipino working as a doctor here in Oman. I am a frontliner along with the brave people in healthcare battling this horrible virus all over the world. So far, in Oman we have reportedly 252 cases (as of … [Read more...]
RAISING THIRD CULTURE KIDS
What are Third Culture Kids? Third Culture Kids (TCK) are children raised in a culture other than their parents' or the culture of their country of nationality for a significant part of their early development years. Examples of developmental years are newborn (ages 0–4 weeks); infant (ages 4 weeks – 1 year); toddler(ages 12 months-24 months); preschooler(ages 2–5 years); school-aged child (ages 6–12 years); adolescent (ages 13–19). TCKs are exposed … [Read more...]
SOMERSET PANORAMA MUSCAT: THE BEST AFFORDABLE SERVICED APARTMENT FOR FAMILY STAYCATIONS
One of the occasional indulgences of living in Oman of expats working in the interior parts of the country are staycations in Muscat. Staycations are usually for celebrations of a special occasion, sometimes to satiate the taste for a bit of metropolitan bustle for city-born expats missing it and sometimes out of necessity because a lot of errands are needed to do in the capital of Muscat & the current residence is a far drive away. In my ten months living in Oman, my family had a total … [Read more...]
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