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• How I lost 6 kg even if I am ‘lazy’

  Posted at 5:00 pm by witsandnuts, on November 29, 2016

  

  I never saw myself writing about fitness. Never. I was never a fitness enthusiast. However, I realized that I have a story to tell. Somehow. Particularly to those who are like me who relatively live a sedentary lifestyle due to the nature of job and personal interests.

  
  [Meet Winello, more than 5 years old. He was first introduced on this blog in 2011. Perdita is my other cat, who is more fit.]

  I live a sedentary lifestyle just like my cats. 

  I have gained at least 15 kg since I moved to Abu Dhabi in early 2008. Of course, the ballooning did not happen overnight. Initially, the situation was sort of ‘cute’ — just like regaining baby fats, bad angle resulting to double chin, etc. At some point I (unfairly) viewed it as a norm since most of the expats are gaining weight in the UAE. Continue reading →

  Posted in UAE, Uncategorized | 6 Comments | Tagged Abu Dhabi, Clover, Fitness, Fitness Journey, Winello

• Crickets and cats

  Posted at 4:25 pm by witsandnuts, on May 27, 2014

  Winello and Perdita are naturally calm, playful, crazy, curious — with no specific order in a given day. We discovered another means though on how to get their full attention at once. Well, aside from the sound of the kibbles (feeding frenzy!)… just let them hear the song “Crickets Sing For Ana Maria”. The Very Best of Astrud Gilberto was on last night  and as they heard the crickets in the intro their ears went straight and eyes bewildered like Mr. Bean’s. Continue reading →

  Posted in Music, Perdita the cat, Winello the cat | 1 Comment | Tagged Perdita, The Very Best of Astrud Gilberto, Winello

• Guest blogger: Winello

  Posted at 6:11 pm by witsandnuts, on July 25, 2011

  
  (Winello the Cat‘s blog)

  Hello everyone!

  Witsandnuts is still busy, hence, I am guest blogging to fill in her absence. The photo above is a replica of a normal scene at our cheerful home. I love making use of Witsandnuts’ leg as my pillow.

  Continue reading →

  Posted in Winello the cat | 0 Comments | Tagged Winello

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  Marhaba! That's "hello" in Arabic. I am an expatriate based in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE). I started writing about my adventures and misadventures few months before arriving here at winter of 2008. I have 2 cats and a dog who live harmoniously together. I am also surrounded by kindhearted, crazy, funny and indescribable humans! I was a dormant blogger for almost 3 years because of countless reasonable justifications like watching football, postgraduate studies, sleeping, traveling, caring for the world, and more! :) I am just so happy that I am back! It is never too late to catch up with the people and things we really care about. Feel free to look around.

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  8 December 2018. BTS World Tour. #BTSinTaiwan Here is one of the videos shown while they were on outfit change-break. I first heard about BTS from Little J years ago when she saw them in KCon in Abu Dhabi. In 2017, she started ‘orienting’ me about them and I thought “They all look the same...” 😂 I never thought I’d watch them perform in flesh in Spring Break of 2017 and that changed everything. Meeting the BTS Armys (yeah, not ‘armies’) in Chicago — where they treated everyone like family was another lifechanging event. Very respectful. This group’s popularity is well deserved that they were even invited by the United Nations and that their speech was more applauded than Trump’s. 🙈 Their songs and videos are interlinked, makes you appreciate them more because they ‘really use their brains’ and are passionate about what they do. I started from saying “They all look the same...” into “I know them from afar even if I am blindfolded...” 😂 Above all, I have high regard to BTS for being one of the many common denominators between my millenial teen and myself. I can understand better now how quickly she appreciated Eraserheads, Bee Gees, Beatles and more when I introduced them to her at a very tender age. (But, she still does not get the awesomeness of Batibot, that she is so lucky she got to meet Kuya Bodjie , however, without me. 😩) #BTS #bondthroughmusic #blessed #grateful N.B. I’ll upload more concert videos and photos in the coming days.

  BTS World Tour. 8 December 2018. Taoyuan, Taiwan. #btstaiwan #bts #btsconcert2018 #bangtanboys #btsloveyourselftour #loveyourselftourtaiwan #loveyourselftour

  Two years ago. One of my throwbacks to the future: “I miss being in Taipei” “Huh? But, you’ve never been there.” 😂 I AM FINALLY HERE *scratching my happy tummy* 😋🙃👣

  Happy 47th birthday, UAE 🇦🇪 #uaenationalday

  BTS Wings Tour. March 2017. Throwback to the future 🎧💫 #bts #bangtanboys #btsarmy #army

  Trying to tie loose ends before the long weekend. 👣

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