Category: A-Z Challenge April 2014
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P preserves PALM
Palm Sunday is the Sunday before Easter. For devout Catholics over the world, it is a day of obligation. It is celebrated to welcome Jesus’s entry into Jerusalem with palms. The priest blesses these palms at mass and you’ll find many homes having a cross made out of a coconut palm leaf. It is also…
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O offers OPULENCE
If there would be a single word to describe the UAE, it would be opulence. Everything is larger than life, and yet tastefully done. They take pride in their culture just as they embrace the contemporary, and that translates unto their architecture the most. We were lucky enough to get a chance to visit the…
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N nurtures NOVELTY
I am a sucker for ‘different’. Anything out of the box catches my fancy. I believe, that to stand out in the crowd, you ought to have the chutzpah, that zing, the X factor. And hence whenever I have found something to be a novelty, I have gone clickety click, much to the embarrassment of…
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M makes MEMORIES
The thing about the human mind is that it is a storehouse of memories. Yes, all it takes is a trigger for them to come tumbling down from the closet of your subconscious, where you intended them to stay in the first place. And yet, we never stop making memories. Our trip to Abu Dhabi…
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L labors LOVE
14th April is a very special day. You see, this was the day I learned all about the fruits of labour. Yes, I became a mother to my crowning glory who we call Tiara. Believe me when I say this, you understand unconditional love only when you become a parent. I mean what can you…
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K knows KRAFT
Whenever we had anyone visit us after a trip to a foreign land, we’d eagerly await. After all, the goody bag was a given, considering that visiting someone ’empty handed’ was a strict no-no. Yes, we love to flaunt, and if the goods are ‘phoren’, then all the more. Also it was a way of…
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J junks JEWELLERY
If there is anything the UAE is known for, other than petroleum, it is GOLD. Yes, their 24 carat gold is a craze in the country I come from. After all, 22 carat purity is the closest we get back home. And God alone knows how pure that is! No wonder then, Dubai Gold, as…
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I indulges IKEA
My husband can trust me in a diamond store, but he just won’t let me go unaccompanied to a home decor store. And if the store is a certain DIY kinda place, it is a strict no-no. Anyone who knows me, knows my love for IKEA. And since the hubby does know me, a fair…
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H has HOLIDAY
This is my second year with AtoZ and it seems to be pretty hectic. No, not just coz I am blog hopping, well, yes, that too. But because I am on a holiday trying to write in between my shopping and sight seeing sprees! Last year too, I was holidaying in Singapore. This year it…
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G glorifies GRAND
I have just visited the GRAND MOSQUE in Abu Dhabi today. And no matter what I pen, I will not be able to do justice to its beauty, architecture and grandeur. I know I am still in awe of it. The final resting place of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan ( the same premises), the…