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I SPEAK French, English & Urdu . . .

Earlier this year, right before the start of the scorching Dubai summer, miraculously “The Bakery Company” appeared across the street from my apartment complex in Dubai Marina.  Torn between being delighted to have a specialty store at my doorstep and … Continue reading

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Raising multi-lingual children

I’m a terrible chinese person but a perfect example of chinese kids growing up in western culture. I was born in New Zealand, to Chinese-Malaysian parents, and moved to Hong Kong when I was 10 years old. I wasn’t able … Continue reading

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Que pasa USA?

With Hurricane Alex dampening the original birthday plans complete with a day of Chukkas and Mariachis , Felipe Dell’Oro, Nicola Gryczka and I managed to get seats on a flight to Las Vegas, Nevada.   Since I can’t tell you about … Continue reading

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Futebol? Soccer? Chuggu? Sakkā? Fußball? Voetbal? Fútbol?

Good guess – I am talking about the World Cup! I think it was while I was watching Uruguay v South Korea I was wondering how players that don’t speak English, manage to communicate with the officials. If there is … Continue reading

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Madrid – Teatro Real

I was regrettably running late for the Opera and I would now need to wait until intermission to claim my seat. In the meantime though I was escorted to the 5th floor of the Madrid Teatro Real where I could … Continue reading

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A Flat White please!

(menu courtesy of Thirty-Nine Cafe in Ponsonby, Auckland) I haven’t been back to NZ in 8 years and I had forgotten how great their café culture is. I had forgotten how great their boutique coffee shops are, forgotten how great … Continue reading

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Miami Ghosts

During a recent stop in Miami, I had the chance to spend some quality time with my lovely friend and song writer/singer Juliet Dibenedetto, whom I’ve known since I was 14! We met up in a local dive bar/restaurant in … Continue reading

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JAM.HOW FOR KIDS

Yummy Mummy & Delicious Daddy  1. Quiz your 18+ month toddler.  Why limit their vocabulary to just Apples & Bananas?2. Have more than one adorable little one?…get them to quiz each other 3. Two packs and you have memory snap … Continue reading

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