gratitude

i have a lot of things to be grateful for today...

1. i was able to spend the day at ferrari world in abu dhabi with three dear friends without splashing a lot of moolah.don't hate us, but we were able to get in by paying 25 dirhams each (around 250 pesos). we paid for just 10% of the actual price which is at 250 dirhams (2,500 pesos)! really, really appreciated this promotion.

as a result of this, we were able to ride the world's fastest rollercoaster! more on that later :-)

2.free dinner! i got invited to a dinner which i readily accepted. it was at this asian-themed restaurant in dubai marina called chinese village.it was free because we used a lot of groupon vouchers :-) and oh, the food was great.

3.a pleasant brunch with my husband.there is this restaurant called thyme near to our place.we always passed by it, and we always said we would try it one day.so we had a chance to finally try it, and oh boy, were we pleasantly surprised! the interiors were great, the staff were friendly and the food was just right for a pleasant brunch.

4.hearing my baby's voice on the phone.she is in germany now for a holiday with her oma and opa.i felt a bit guilty when she started crying, but we don't really have a choice :-( it IS scorching hot in dubai now.talk about 40-50 degrees.baby is an outdoorsy girl, and she would just be miserable if she were here, stuck in our flat.at least in munich she can run around farms and parks, and improve on her deutsch :-)

that's why i can totally relate to this.

friday also marked the start of ramadan in the uae.here's a blessed ramadan to my muslim friends.

and to the universe, here's a little note for you :-)

gratitude

things i am grateful for today...

1. bubble baths

2. baby just finished her spring term at her nursery. her teacher sent us all her artworks that she had accumulated for the past three months. it's a delight perusing them!

3. kid-friendly brunches. we celebrated father's day with a family brunch in mazina at the address hotel in dubai marina. there were a lot of activities for the wee ones - face painting, nintendo gaming, bouncy castle jumping. there were also a variety of food choices, from asian to british fares. i am so thankful that we can enjoy this.

4. breakfasts where it is 40 degrees outside, but inside you get this view. whoa, thanks ski dubai!

these might be trivial for most of you, but i am really, really loving the universe now.

gratitude

i've read somewhere that keeping a gratitude journal is one way to enrich one's life by appreciating what you have and by actually getting rid of envy as you are already grateful of what you have.

i am starting a gratitude list of three things i am grateful for. knowing myself i am not sure if i can keep this daily. when there is a boost of overwhelming gratitude, i will surely write my thank-you's to the higher-ups.

from the mundane to the huge ones, expect me to write them down! i actually had posts already tagged as "things i am grateful for," but these mostly focused on our trips together as a family and as a couple.

i'm hoping, though, that this will not just be a simple counting of blessings, but that this will make me appreciate life more, and be aware of the positive aspects in my life. the secret is in motion? :-)

so here goes...

things i am grateful for today...

1. i am grateful that mr t and i wake up to this amazing view everyday!



2. i am grateful that mr t only feeds us healthy stuff :-) he even makes an effort to decorate the food!

3. i am grateful that baby is thriving in our community.

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so universe, here's a massive...