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Comment on Older than the hills by mimi

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:12:47 +0000

Enjoy the celebrations, and you’ve a fun way of looking at things! mimi

Comment on Older than the hills by Ghinch

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:40:35 +0000

Dear Helena.

“…lit up like a Christmas tree.” Even though “Christmas” means nothing to that young nation.

Comment on A different world by Josephine

Sat, 29 Nov 2008 11:48:55 +0000

Yes, I love seeing your family as well. I think you are all truly amazing settling into another culture and language! I remember when I’ve travelled overseas and spent days in culture shock too afraid to leave the hotel room. What an incredible education for your children!

Comment on It’s a girl! by Josephine

Sat, 29 Nov 2008 11:46:20 +0000

I always love reading Bea’s updates! Pleased to read everybody is settling into life in Abu Dhabi. x

Comment on Expat dream dies with the lady in the lake by chaz

Fri, 28 Nov 2008 12:36:28 +0000

my beautiful gran

Comment on A different world by Patricia Rodriguez

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 14:08:37 +0000

What a beautiful family picture…your kids are simply adorable.

Comment on It’s a girl! by Jules Ritter

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 18:31:55 +0000

When I lived in Dubai I worked at the Dubai Offshore Sailing Club for a few weeks replacing the Manager who was on holiday. In those days the number of abandoned dogs and cats from returning expats (in the days of quaranteen) was a problem and many ended up on the beach. The cats and subsequent kittens would literally go fishing with their paws off the rocks and lived surprisingly well. Daisy, who ended up being our cat, was amongst them, only she was hopeless she couldn’t fish because she was born with club-claws and so was pathetically thin with a giant head - the super model of the cat world. A group of British children found her amusing and spent the day playing with her but none of the mothers would allow the kitten home and as I was locking up I saw how she was rejected by her feral mother. I took Daisy home, then to Zurich and then to Givrins, Switzerland where she loved the countryside and grew extremely attached to my first born son Oliver. She was always incredibly sensitive, wary of strangers and I suspect had problems with her spine as she hated to be petted on her back. In spite of a normal diet she retained the large head and spindly body look until she lost her mind at around the age of 10 years. The day I drove her to the vets to be put down - considered the only option - was sad but not tragic as I thought of the good years she had spent with us and the love and affection she had received. Daisy was always feral but we extended her life by a decade.

Comment on It’s a girl! by jose

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 17:21:17 +0000

I remember seeing Cecilia Bartoli perform in the Roman amphitheatre here where I live - magical and then when I was going out I saw her in front of me, changed from her gorgeous
gown into jeans with a rucksack on her back ducking under the
columns on her way out - alone, unassuming and anti-diva, and
the image has stayed with me. Talking of divas, we rescued a kitten off a busy road last year, so small she curled up on my shoe and now has blossomed into an attention-seeking beauty.
It feels good knowing you’ve given a better life to someone even if it’s only a cat. I’m sure yours will take the pressure off
the kids having a pet to look after so Wasta is returning the favour.

Comment on It’s a girl! by Patricia Rodriguez

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 14:39:20 +0000

Chloe is beautiful! Congratulations, she’ll make a wonderful pet!

Comment on It’s a girl! by sharyn g

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 00:20:27 +0000

I think you are raising another little journalist!