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The Expat life chose me!

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I moved to Fujairah, UAE from Madras, India in the year 1992. I was 5 years old. My first memory of this move, was being reunited with my dad who had moved a little earlier to settle into his new job.  I loved our new home, the new city, the park right around the corner & mainly the fact that we were all together again. Do not recollect missing my school or anyone else! I had all my people with me. This is clearly a great age to move somewhere new 😊  We lived in Fujairah, UAE for a few years -  the most magical years of my life. It was a small town, a small parish & we were so close with all our friends & neighbours. The doors were always open for us kids to hang out & play. It was a time & place where it was safe for kids to get on their bikes and venture out alone. I made sure to be out to play at 4pm sharp every single day & be back at 6pm aka sunset - no permission to stay out beyond that. I'd then wait eagerly for my dad to get back home...

Day 1 :)

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Good evening ppl!! Sooo ‘ve got the new Chinese iphone :)!! Which is super awesome for the amount of money u get it for! People have been warning me on how its not gonna last! Which is probably true… butt I dun care now.. gonna enjoy it till it RIP’s!! ;) In other news, I’ve been trying to keep myself occupied without depending on animals I dun really like associating with(=the cat)… & decided I should do something productive with my life!! Since I am now in an Arabic speaking country I think its high time I learnt the language! .. ‘ve signed up for a 6 day program online …. Will let you know if I do learn something out of it… u see Arabic was my greatest ogre when I was a kid… I used to live here when I was a kid (1st-8th grade to be specific) & the language was a must! When I joined the school here in 1st grade I came after the half-yearly exams, and this meant that I had missed out on quite a bit of Arabic. I came home from my first day of school and gave my mom a detaile...