Boat Trip and Monkeys in Mauritius

Every month, the most exciting time for me is to see where I will be flying next month. Months feels like days and years feels like months. Time just flies and it feels that I went to Mauritius just yesterday. I did all my research about the place because I wanted to know where I was going. For those of you who might not know, Mauritius is a volcanic island in the Indian Ocean and is very famous for its beaches, lagoons and reefs. What makes me go all crazy and excited is the combination of mountains, rainforests, waterfalls, hiking trails and native fauna like the Mauritian flying fox.

If you are not good at geography, having the job I have will stimulate you to learn more. Every day is a new day and a learning process. Without realizing, you learn more day by day while you don’t make any effort or at least it feels like you don’t.

Losing Track of Time

I felt great. I celebrated my birthday a few days ago even though it wasn’t what I really wanted. Mixed feelings were running through my brain with all kinds of scenarios. I was continuously saying to myself that things will be different; however, deep inside of you, you already know the answer.

I read somewhere long time ago that nobody likes to see a sad face and nobody cares for your problems, and you are more likely to attract people around you by being positive, by never complaining and always showing that you are happy. I followed it for a couple of years and it worked. In fact, people asked, “How are you always happy?” “How do you do it?” How do I do it? Experience comes with practice, so I practice.

Getting Wasted in Phoenix Arizona, US

I bet that I’m the only one here who can say I got wasted out of two mojitos. Let’s say one and half because I couldn’t finish the second one. Not because I didn’t want to, but because I could barely see the glass let alone take a sip from it.

It was a friend’s birthday, so after work we took the smart decision to go out and have something to eat and drink at a bar nearby. We both dressed up elegantly in skirts and heels. I wore a body hugging navy blue skirt from Celyn B with a slit at the back that was complimenting the shape of my body and a satin shirt in a warm purple color. Since it usually got cold at night, I kept an extra blouse.

The Unfortunate Mojito in Milano, Italy

I only got drunk in public twice; once in 2007 and the other in 2011.

If you are wondering why it has happened only twice, it is because on both occasions, something comically-tragic happened, and I don’t want to feel the embarrassment I felt on those days again. 

During winter, I went to Milano, Italy, and because I live and travel all over the world, I have friends everywhere I go. A very dear friend of mine lives in Milano. We planned in advance to meet up and I was tremendously thrilled to go there.

I enjoyed Milano’s night life, but I enjoyed the company of my childhood friend and my former colleague even more. It was getting late and they had work next day. While I

The Raw Polenta

Long time ago, when I was an innocent child of about ten years, and not a devil like I am today, on the weekend and summer school break, we would stay at my grandparents’ house to help them out. I wasn’t very happy about going to my grandparents’ house because they would make me work. I know it’s selfish but children like to play, and not feed the chickens and clean the animals or go in the cornfield to collect special weeds for the animals to eat.

It was very hot outside and since I was always complaining about the work, my family decided to let me stay at home and cook. I was happy with that. They left early morning to work on the land and let me be all alone at home to cook and of course look after the animals. They left an old lady who lived

Floating market experience Bangkok

I have been to Bangkok many times, but my fun activities were just shopping, eating and getting massages. Excited that I had two days in

 Bangkok this time and the schedule of my stay was kind, I decided to do some touristic activities. I booked myself a ticket to the floating market because I always wanted to see how people here float on the boats to sell stuff.

I woke up early in the morning, freshened up and went for my tour. I dressed very summery, with white shorts and a white loose flowery blouse. I was ready to explore the city. So far so good, I had let my hair down to feel the morning breeze run through it, hanged my new camera over my shoulder and head for the adventure. Before the floating market, I went to see a local farm where they were cooking coconut oil. I learned a lot about the coconut business in this part of the world and how hard it was for them to survive. However, it was nothing new to hear. People all over the world are struggling financially, but what

Pregnant Out of Wedlock in Abuja, Nigeria

I landed in Abuja, Nigeria, full of motivation to use the gym facilities the hotel had to offer. I had the whole night to catch up on my sleep, and then head to the gym first thing in the morning. The exercises my personal trainer back home showed me were fresh in my mind and because I had a long holiday, it was the right time to put them into practice.

Once I got to the gym, I was pleasantly surprised to see that the hotel management had paid a lot of attention to it as it was quite big with new equipment, and everything was divided into rooms. I started with my routine warm up of thirty minutes of treadmill, and then I carried on with the rest of my exercises. After my cardio exercise was completed, I realized

I had done nothing when compared to the valiant man running next to me on the treadmill with weights of five kilograms in his hands, working out his biceps too. I decided to go to the weights room to do my new exercises. It was a bigger room and it made me happy that

Baggy Jeans at a Fancy Party

Less than a week ago, Miss Cool asked me to join her for a home gathering at a singer’s place she knows who will perform a few songs. I thought we were going to someone’s place and there will be someone singing with a guitar to pass the time while we munch on popcorn and chips.

I told Miss Cool that I will join her and that was it. I am not sure now if she thought I understood where we were going or what is it going to be like, but she omitted details about this event.

I took a shower before I left the house, not because I wanted to but because I was kind of forced to since I was sweating from all the gym exercises. I threw some blue baggy jeans on and a loose t-shirt with flat brown sandals and I was ready to go. I didn’t even have a look in the mirror before leaving the house.