Category Archives: Holiday

#TeamViernes

Posted on 8 August 2017 by Jocelyn

This is my family. The pictures are at least 2 years old because I have a ton of holiday photos in my camera that I haven’t yet processed and uploaded here. This was taken during our Christmas trip to Tagaytay, to be precise this is at the rooftop of the Manaoag Shrine at Tierra de Maria on Calamba Road.

I was, of course, behind the camera. I asked them to get into the frame and pose for me and this is what they gave me. Looks normal, right? Click more to see what happened next.

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Georgia {on my mind}: Part 2

Posted on 2 March 2016 by Jocelyn

Take me back to this amazing place…

A very quiet spot in the woods. We just had to stop our tour bus and get off and smell the crisp clean air and take photos while dodging cars!

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Georgia {on my mind} (Part 1)

Posted on 16 December 2015 by Jocelyn

It seems like a lifetime ago now but we recently visited Georgia for the first time. Georgia the country in Europe, not Georgia the state in America. It’s one of the Eurasian countries where Filipinos can travel without requiring a visa, that is if you have a valid residence visa in the UAE, which we have. Yay! We are allowed to visit visa-free for up to 90 days. We only needed a few days so that was great for us. In fact, there were quite a few Filipino holiday-makers in the same flight as ours. Why not take advantage of visa-free travel, yes?

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Posted in Family, Friends, Holiday, Kids, Photography, TBT, Travel and tagged family, friends, holiday, kids, photography, Tbilisi, tbt, Throwback Thursday, travel. Bookmark the permalink.

Adventure awaits

Posted on 1 December 2015 by Jocelyn

“Whatever’s good for your soul – do that!”

We’re going back to London tonight! It will be a very different place from the last time that we visited in August. We’re packing layers and hats and gloves and an umbrella. We expect to shiver down to our toes and we will love it. We have a jam-packed itinerary for the few days that we are there including a trip to a magical place. So excited about that one.

The UAE will have a long weekend from tonight so I hope everyone has a wonderful time, whatever you are doing. Enjoy and see you on the other side.

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Posted in Amiras, Family, Friends, Holiday, Kids, Knitting, Ravelry, Travel and tagged #justgo, Brighton, family, friends, holiday, kids, London, travel, wanderlust. Bookmark the permalink.

Flashback Friday

Posted on 20 November 2015 by Jocelyn

This is how much difference three years make!

June 2012, Ras Al Khaimah

Aug 2015, London

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Posted in Family, FBF, Holiday, Kids, Photography, Travel and tagged family, Flashback Friday, holiday, kids, London, staycation, travel. Bookmark the permalink.

London: Family and friends

Posted on 15 November 2015 by Jocelyn

My output rate in blogging is way behind than my output rate in taking photos and going on adventures. This was the main reason why I succumbed to the appeal of micro blogging on social media sites. But still I’m the one at fault – if I make time to write up a post to go with the photos without such a delay, I’d be up to date.

No matter, I still have a few favourites from our UK trip so let’s get started.

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Posted in Family, Friends, Holiday, Photography, Travel and tagged family, friends, holiday, London, photography, Round Pond, travel. Bookmark the permalink.

Culture clash

Posted on 12 November 2015 by Jocelyn

…in a good way!

Our Hindu friends at work are celebrating the festival of lights, Diwali, this week. We cannot complain because there had been a steady flow of delicious sweets and treats!

Today being Thursday and everyone’s in a more relaxed mood, the ladies decided it would be fun to have everyone dress up in sarees. They, and I say this with affection, our Indian friends, brought spare sarees and blouses and earrings and glass bracelets for everyone! They even helped us get dressed in these flowing, colourful and pretty outfits.

I always assumed it took a lot of effort and tugging and sucking the belly in when you put these on. But all it took was a couple of twirls, a couple of tucks and a pin here and it was done!

I did not come prepared so I kept my white shirt and denim jeans underneath the saree. It did feel quite girly!

Thank you, Khushboo! x

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Posted in Dubai, Friends, Holiday, Office and tagged Diwali, friends, iPhone photography, office. Bookmark the permalink.

Late post: Hyde Park, London

Posted on 2 November 2015 by Jocelyn

During our first visit to London, we were welcomed by the infamous British summer. Grey skies, cool breeze and rain. Not so much that we got soaking wet, but enough to cease any outdoor activity and seek shelter in the shops or the nearest tube station! I did buy an umbrella and brought along sweaters and scarves, but I underestimated the effect of the change from high 40s in Dubai to low 20s in London. That’s Celsius by the way. My body is clearly built and adjusted for warmer climes.

During one specially clear and sunshiny day, we trekked over to Marble Arch/Hyde Park for an adventure.

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Late post: I Knit London

Posted on 25 October 2015 by Jocelyn

Note: I hit “Publish” too soon so the first post went up without any text! Sorry about that.

Okay, so I Knit is this cool shop and sanctuary for knitters and crafters tucked away on Lower Marsh in London, just off the Waterloo tube station. The owner, Gerard, is the sweetest thing, soft-spoken but warms up to you after a while. Oh and he also dyes some amazing colours on yarn!

Here is what I purchased on our little trip there with the Amiras. The project bag is a prize I won from a competition on Two Go Crafting‘s Facebook page.

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Late post: Roadtrip to Stonehenge

Posted on 21 October 2015 by Jocelyn

Better late than never, right?

Our side trip to Stongehenge was easily one of the most memorable moments of our UK trip. You’ve seen one cosmopolitan city, you’ve seen them all. Sort of. But seeing the English countryside, on board a proper train is something else. The train ride from Paddington Station actually went too quickly for our liking. But that meant that we were not late for our rendezvous with Paula at Newbury.

Without further adieu, I give you our Stongehenge trip in pictures.

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