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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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• About witsandnuts

  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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  Me: There’s this pendant which reminds me of a (happy) chapter of my childhood. Little J: A worm-shaped pendant? Me: 😳 No Little J: 🤔 Me: It’s a dragonfly 🧚‍♀️ #throwbackthursday #farm

  Reach for the stars, pricks are a comrade and foe rolled into one.

  Never had Monday blues in the last 10 years and 8 months. Cause my workweek starts on a Sunday. 👩🏻‍💻🌞 #expatlife #abudhabi #uae #blessed

  “You ever been to the Grand Canyon? It’s pretty, but that’s not the thing of it. You can sit on the edge of that big ol' thing and those rocks... the cliffs and rocks are so old... it took so long for that thing to get like that... and it ain't done either! It happens right there while you’re watching it. It’s happening right now as we’re sitting here in this ugly town. When you sit on the edge of that thing, you realize what a joke we people really are... what big heads we have thinking that what we do is gonna matter all that much... thinking that our time here means didly to those rocks. Just a split second we have been here, the whole lot of us. That's a piece of time so small to even get a name. Those rocks are laughing at me right now, me and my worries... Yeah, it’s real humorous, that Grand Canyon. It’s laughing at me right now.” #simon #hesaid #grandcanyonfilm #throwbackthursday

  Carpe diem. One drumroll at a time. 🥁 #seizetheday

  They’re smiling. Winter is here. 🐪🐪 #camels

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