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My Writing Journey | The Creative Passport Book Project
The Writing Journey | Updates & Backtrack 2019 I was unemployed for almost 2 & half years by now… I went on a vacation in the Philippines and back after 5 months. As I boarded the plane, I was listening to a podcast that talks about dreams, goals and how we tend to procrastinate the most important thing we actually want to accomplish. We start to question our capacity and all other things… But this podcast has encouraged me to write my ugly draft and completed it as the year ends. I submitted to some publishing houses, with refusal emails week after week after week… but it didn’t…
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Our MAY 2024 Stories | BNK | #ByaheNgKokobears
Hello Creatives, This blog post is a quick one, it is only a recap of the all video stories that happened this May. If you have been following me, you’d probably know that MAY is a very special month for me and Kokobear. It is our anniversary and birthday month! Here’s the vlog I made on this day! 🙏 The month started with our MFC Dubai’s Section GA. 🚎 Celebrating our new car Fudgee Bar – we had an unplanned trip on a Sunday. We had mass, lunch in Umm Al Quwain and a beach trip to RAK! :) 💚 Hope JD’s 10th Anniversary We had…
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Understanding Ramadan
It has been almost 15 years and that means it’s been 15 years that I get to experience this season called Ramadan. What is Ramadan? Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar. During this month Muslims believed that that first verses of Quaran were revealed to the Prophet Muhammad. It is the season of prayer and fasting specifically for a month for our brothers and sisters in the Islam religion. Throughout Ramadan, Muslims undertake fasting – abstaining food and drinks from dawn to sunset. They believed that this is a process of purifying the soul and draws them closer to Allah (God). They also mark this period with…
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Camping Season in Dubai 2024
I know that most of you might probably think that Dubai (UAE) is a desert place and might be mostly hot. But think again, we also have our own version of “winter” where we go down up to 2 degrees Celsius and even have hails dropping in some areas of the Emirates. In this blog post, allow me to share what is “Camping season” in Dubai and the rest of the Emirates usually looks like. When and Where to Camp What to Bring & Prepare Things to do 1| When and Where to Camp Dubai and the nearby Emirates is blessed to have natural and man-made sites that can be…
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AGAPE Love | UAE MFC Handmaids Congress 2023
This will not tackle the whole talk I delivered during the UAE Handmaids Congress, but I’ll give a brief of how it goes. The session talks about LOVE. Where it all began, how it is used in the world right now and what kind of love we must possess and do. It all begin three ways: First, From the beginning -we know God the Father being the creator of the heaven and earth. He loved us from the very beginning. “We love, because He first loved us.” (1 John 4:19). Pope Francis was once asked by a child, “What did God do before creating the world?” The Holy Father replied,…
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UAE Flag Day | 3 November
Like every country, UAE or the United Arab Emirates (U.A.E) also honours the their flag through a Flag Day. Flag Day is an occasion where people of the UAE remember the efforts of the founders, Sheikh Zayed and Sheikh Rashid, and their brothers who sacrificed for their nation. Renewing the national spirit – this event is to reflect on the achievements of the era of the late President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan. The UAE flag represents justice, peace, tolerance, power and moderation, that all Emiratis have come to live a decent life and enjoy security and stability – a legacy of the late Sheikh Zayed. On this day,…
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Online Contract Verification 2023
Gone are the days when you need to keep watch of appointment schedules on the POLO Dubai website, because finally they have introduced the Online Verification system! This isn’t totally new, it has launched back in August 2022 but it was only recently that I get to experience it myself. There are three (3) options to get your contact verified. You can visit this website to know more (INDIVIDUAL CONTRACT VERIFICATION | Migrant Workers Office in Dubai & Northern Emirates (polodubaiportal.org)) But for this blogpost, I’m sharing my experience with the ONLINE VERIFICATION option! Step 1 – Prepare all necessary documents: Passport Emirates ID Visa MOL Contract Payslips…
