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I just found out that I need to hop on a plane in a few weeks 

to attend my sister's wedding with an extended

Christmas holiday back home at the same time.

Theme of the blog post is:

"What Makes You Happy?"

I'll be featuring your blog posts on both

Design Gourmande & Travel Gourmande

during my absence. 

Deadline is on the 12th November 2012

For those interested, please email me at :

arniderivera@gmail.com

Thank you so much!

XOXO,

Arni

The once eyeglass-wearing man, my Clark Kent, transformed. He stopped wearing glasses (laser eye surgery).  Cape-less, wearing an engine behind his back (like a gigantic electric fan) holding on to a glider, he took off.

"Seriously?"  --  That was my first reaction when I first heard of Ice Land, followed by , "Why would they do that?"   My curiosity led me to look for it on Youtube. Thinking out loud, "No way.."  That evening, my husband returned home with entrance tickets for some deals he found on Cobone.  

I'm grateful for all the comments you leave everyday. I read through each of these messages and they always make me happy.  I will, however, make some changes henceforth. I hope you do understand if I don't reply to each comments on the comment form. My main reason is that I'm unable to manage it.   I have also realized that my comment replies may not even be seen,  as some may forget to check them back.  Instead, I'll return the visit and leave you a message on your blog or by email.   If you would like to reach me or for questions, please feel free to send me an email  arniderivera@gmail.com.

Thank you for reading Travel Gourmande.

Have a great weekend!

XOXO,

Arni

I'm getting forgetful lately.  Is it old age?  I hope not.

I forgot my wallet  inside a busy food court.  I went about my planned activities and drove to another place 10 km / 6 miles  away. Two hours later, when I was about to enter the supermarket,  my wallet was nowhere to be seen inside my huge bag. I hastily returned to the parking lot and sat in the car for the next 15 minutes searching around and retracing my steps. To cut the long story short, I drove back to the food court with a faint idea that that might be the last place where I left it.   I asked the man at the fast food counter if he had seen a small black leather wallet.  Luckily, I didn't sit far away and he pointed out that the nice young couple  sitting next to me that afternoon found and handed it over to the security control (all valuables in tact). That was a great relief because all identification cards (resident ID, driver's license, health cards etc) would have been a nightmare to re-apply.


This is the second time it happened to me.  I lost my work mobile phone once inside a cubicle in a public toilet at the mall.  The woman who found it, returned it to me.  Lesson learned: I should be more attentive and careful.  These experiences, however, strengthened my belief in the goodness of people.