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Went back to Mauritius for 13 days

aline — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 08:39:41 +0000

Did you think that I was disappearing again? Those who follow me on Twitter or who are friends with me on Facebook probably know that I went back to Mauritius. Everything happened too fast. On Christmas eve, all job-related procedures were completed (medical check-up, work visa etc) and I phoned my youngest sis. She bought [...]

My super hula hoop

aline — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 02:57:15 +0000

It all started when I went back to Mauritius in 2007. My sisters got into a hula hoop craze and even my mum was learning a bit. haha. It was so funny. I joined in and it wasn’t long before I got the hang of it. After I went back to Shanghai, I bought a hula [...]

Glutinous rice balls remind me of home

aline — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 20:11:56 +0000

If you know me well enough, then you should have been able to guess that I’ll be writing about food. What I like to eat when I’m feeling hungry late at night or early in the morning: Glutinous rice balls! They are called tāng yuán (汤圆). (frozen and not yet cooked.) This Chinese dessert is usually [...]

Finally back from my unannounced hiatus

aline — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 17:48:49 +0000

Thanks for the emails and comments. I’ve been going through a rough time and sometimes I find it really hard to stand on my feet and keep going. I seem to be slowly finding my way to wherever I should be and I have a few persons to thank for that. Apart [...]

Some thoughts on my birthday

aline — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 18:37:02 +0000

I used to consider this blog as the place where I would pour out my feelings but ever since the number of Mauritian blogs has been increasing over the last few years, I’ve been trying to avoid talking about my feelings or anything too personal but today I will make an exception. I guess that [...]

Switching to Feedburner email subscription

aline — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 07:17:05 +0000

If you have previously subscribed to my blog and have been getting email updates from me, please subscribe again using the feedburner email subscription link instead! The old subscription will no longer work by next week. I’m switching to feedburner. thanks. === edited to add: sorry for not replying to the comments. I haven’t been very well. Will [...]

Cleaning therapy

aline — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 02:59:04 +0000

I like to keep myself busy so that I don’t have time to think. I’ve been staying at home since Monday and now I have too much time on my hands. This means that I have more time to think. I hate this feeling. Everyone says that sick people should just stay in [...]

Blood in phlegm

aline — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 14:58:21 +0000

I have a sore throat since Monday. I thought that it was because of the burger and fries I ate the day before when I went out with friends to eat at Blooies. I drank more water and slept more but nothing changed. I still had a sore throat. I was coughing a little but [...]

Webcam session

aline — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 18:30:20 +0000

D and I were chatting and I asked him to bring my little Sushi in front of the laptop. I wanted to see her. Sushi wasn’t looking at the webcam when I made the screen capture. >.< She was busy looking at D. Well she cannot really see me anyway. Dogs do not interpret the images [...]

Just smile and look happy

aline — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 16:50:28 +0000

I don’t want to go into the details but for a while now I’ve been telling myself to smile and look happy. It’s not that I want to fool people into thinking that I’m happy but it’s more like I’m trying to convince myself that I am happy. Did I do the right thing? Am [...]