Well, it is still the same old  pizza, the only difference is the packaging.

Yummy! We love pizzas! You bet, especially if it’s free!

I love to invest in good and luxury bedding for there is nothing indulgent or as pleasing to the senses when we used luxury ben linens.  Hitting the bed after a days work is what I loved to do most and the bedroom is as inviting as ever if my pillow cases matched the sheets and comforter.  It lulled me to sleep with the touch and smell of crisp freshly laundered linens.

I think my husband is not aware that is one reason for me waking up not  feeling “grumpy”.  I always have a good night sleep.  Ah! Dreamland…

Lately, the usual hospital scene  is livened up with innovative medical uniforms.   Indeed, if you feel good about yourself everything follows and somehow it affects your mood.   I was somehow intrigued of the sudden proliferation of new designs  and colors of scrub sets that I’ve been seeing around.  Yesterday, a lunch mate who happened to be an OR nurse showed up in her fashionable scrub suits  so I asked her to satisfy my curiosity.   Her scrub sets are noticeably eye catching  so other nurses who were seated behind us asked too where they can buy those stylish and flattering designs.   She then bragged of her another fashion find and told us  she ordered it from Blue Sky Scrubs and swore that it is the best place on where to buy medical scrubs or buy medical scrubs online.

My mind wandered far with the thought that I should be wearing too those fashionable medical uniforms only if  I did not shifted career.  I was a midwife by profession but opted to work as a secretary.

It has been a long time dream of mine to go as far as United States, Canada or Europe.   Hopefully, I will be able to visit either one of those countries in the future.   Right now, I am so excited over the idea of making a perfect plan for  a Canada vacation.   My in-laws are happily settled in Toronto and they’ve been urging us visit them and if it materialize, I will be hopping from one house to another because of the many invitations I received from relatives and friends.

Oh well… hopefully soon.    That’s for sure!

I am already getting worried and panicky because the big day… the wedding of an officemate is in October- a month away.  Of course, need I say I want to look my best!  It will be a photo op to post in my Facebook.   Just kidding!  Primary reason is that I am not getting any younger, my clothes does not  seem to fit right,  I feel so heavy, etc.

Let me think… Detox might help.   They said that it will help cleanse specific common toxins and habits off our lives.  Toxins creates harmful effects in our body so we need to get rid of it.   How?  A home remedy was given to me long time ago but I did not try it so I believe that it’s timely while I have this nagging urge to start my self proclaimed ‘detox program.  I hope once I started this, I will continue on because for sure there will be times that I will feel like quitting.   Determination.. ah do I have it?  The mind and body should be prepared for the experience ahead.

Drink each day drink 6-12 glasses of the following mix combined in a glass or jar and to drink continuously for 10 days.

• 2 tablespoons lemon (or lime) juice (approx. 1/2 lemon)
• 2 tablespoons of genuine “grade B” maple syrup
• 1/10 Teaspoon or more cayenne pepper
• 1 cup (8 fluid ounces) of water, room temperature

I guess the mix is not so appealing but maybe this will work.  I hope you will  join me in this program.  Let us be detox buddies.  Let’s give it a try!

I will report to you the results , just give me 3 months max.

We enjoyed Hong Kong a lot.   Let us “jump” to that!  lol.

As I mused about that news, I told my husband that it’s good last December we already had visited Disneyland.  Our family made few good side trips to Hongkong before but Disneyland was still non -existent so, when it was announced that it is already operational, the family planned to go again and my immediate family  especially my Mom whose been wishing to tour Hong Kong are included in the group tour.

We started mapping up our trip as early January 2009, purchased tickets  on line by mid-March and excitedly counted the days and months till the big day.  We came in 3 separate groups.    My husband , my youngest son and me travelled from Riyadh to Hongkong,  another batch; my sister and her family came all the way from Australia and the last batch of 8 people came from Manila.  So, we , the first 2 batches met them in the airport for a happy reunion in Hongkong.   Since, we  know more or less how to go about in that place, we acted as their tourist guide.  Hong Kong is a haven for tourist.

Going out in a big group is terrible but fun!  For first timers in Hong Kong like my Mom and my siblings along with my nephews and nieces,  they were in awe at the majestic view of Victoria Harbour especially at night.   We spent our whole day in Disneyland, next day, we went to Ocean Park, The Peak and many places that offered a lot of good memories.   We were impressed too with their  transport system especially the MTR (Hongkong train ) which is very quick and efficient.  The overall impression and the tour itself is very fulfilling.

Well for now, we just have to wait till the bitter memories died down.   We don’t have any immediate plans  of going back to Hong Kong.  We might as well  explore more our country -the Philippines.

It  promises beautiful sceneries as well.

She is inferior and would shy away from swimming and get- together.   In our group we have a friend who seemed to be the epitome of beauty and know it all who endorsed a derma product which she swore to high heavens that it really worked as she was giggly showing her smooth and white armpits.  Well, we were told that exfoliating will do the initial trick to eliminate dead skin and using Sephora brand and Derma Doctor is one of their effective product lines.   It is called a brightening deodorant for she had seen great improvement in no less than 2 weeks and told us that it really brightens her day with every use because she feels confident with her underarms. She maybe is exaggerating but we had seen the results on her and we believe her.

She just wanted to share this information to anyone interested to give it a try and I am posting it, hoping it would be of help to countless women who have the same problem as my other friend. Well if it still does not do magic, a professional help is what we need.

There is still hope…

My daughter suffered for 2 days before the itching subsides.   I had it washed right away with warm water and soap to remove any toxic substance in the bite. Her body reacted negatively to the insect bite because it was worst, she was scratching and itching like crazy.  We applied soothing calamine lotion to help her withstand the uncomfortable feeling on our trip back home.   After a day, the itch was gone but the memories of that hotel stay lingers.

It was an experience to learn from.

We will be traveling by land and and our reliable Camry will take us far; about 6 hours long drive from Riyadh.   We will travel by convoy,  with 5 or more cars and I guess, the trip will take a bit longer because two cars will have children on board.  We are expecting it to be a relaxed ride with plenty of breaks and pit stops – no rush.. leisurely travel.

Since my children are all grown up, I gave some tried and tested car travel tips to my friends who are going with us along with their kids.   I told them to pack a special bag with crayons, pads, books, toys, activity sets to keep them busy.   Along with those, they needs to pack snacks, juices, towels, a small medicine kit, baby wipes for emergencies.  CD’s or tape their favorite songs so they can sing along, or a laptop to let them have a good cinema while on the highway.  Well, there are  kids who can easily fall asleep while on the car so bring their favorite pillow.  And how we wished that the kids will be easy to deal with so our  friends  will not get burned out.

We are looking forward to our happy vacation 2 weeks from now!