Author: Maya Zankoul

  • Exploring the wild

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    I’m not ashamed to say it, I just know how to get to Ashrafieh and Down Town Beirut. No clue what happens beyond that. However I challenged my fear of the unknown and stepped into the new territory confidently, and made it back home safely, with an ISBN 🙂 With this, I wish you all a lovely start of the week! 😀

  • Sweet saturday

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    I had so much work lately that I haven’t had the chance to spend quality time with my little sister Nour. I decided to do so this Saturday night, and it was great! Children with Down Syndrome have a tendency to bring pure happiness to people around them, and I consider myself extremely lucky to have this chance with Nour.

  • Gardening skills

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    Now I have to run like the wind to the closest plant shop and get a replacement before Arine gets back! Hush not a word anyone, deal? Hope she doesn’t check the blog before she comes back 😀 With this, thank God it’s Friday. Hope you all enjoy a sunny funny week-end!

  • Prison

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    I’m trying to have the book ready by beginning-mid August. So bear with me if I’m slow in posting. It’s for the greater good 😛 Plus I have too much work as usual. So see you tomorrow 😉

  • Superstitious

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    It”s been a day already since this little story, and no sign of the other 7 yet. Therefore, I declare that this superstition is untrue, and on a larger scale, that all superstitions are untrue! Hope you feel safer now! 😀 Have a great week…

  • Perfumes & fragrances

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    Easy on the perfumes lady! Perfumes smell great when used in reasonable doses. They add a special mysterious scent to people. However, sometimes, some people forget to read the instructions on how to use perfumes, and puff the whole bottle to show how distinguished they are. I’m not sure anymore which smells better: insecticide or overused perfume! With this, I wish you a lovely saturday! 😀

  • On gender unfairness

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    And the next day I came to work to find out that he removed it… men! If you think about what the lebanese society’s obsession inflicts on humans who are born women on the “socially-acceptable-beauty” level and compare it to what it inflicts on men, you find yet another proof of gender unfairness… Anyway, let’s not worry about that now. Hope you all have a lovely week-end! 😀

  • Simple things

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    We recorded the answering machine for the new office yesterday. Don’t ask why but I just love voicing it! We should all learn to enjoy the simplest things that happen with us during the day. I think it is the simple things that make us happy for a small while that are the most important… Anyway I’m getting philosophical now, I’ll leave you back to your business! Have a lovely day 😀

  • Major Confession

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    Now that’s a sad truth! But I had to have coffee today otherwise I wouldn’t have made it through the day. But I promise that it’s the last time… 😀 Really this time 😛 I’ll go back to green tea and apples and all the lovely suggestions you so generously proposed when I took the decision of stopping coffee. Hope all your days will be as wonderful as first time in months coffee! See you tomorrow!

  • Car trouble

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    I still can’t believe what a story I had to wake up to this morning! The good thing is that it had a better effect in waking me up than the alarm I had already snoozed 10 times. But what I can’t understand is how our dear concierge was able to miss the car parked right in front of his door (as it is most of the days) and think that another Toyota Yaris was actually mine! I mean OK there are a lot of Yarises, but mine was in its right location all calm and waiting for me! Funny how UN-focused people can be sometimes … Keeps amazing me … With the hope that your mornings will be merrier than this one, I wish you a lovely day 😀

  • The joys of moving #2

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    Oh I forgot to mention a small detail: the office size is about double, and that’s the *real* reason why we moved. Anyway, I will be broadcasting to you from the new office starting this week! Things should get back on track in the coming days hopefully: we should get the phone, get internet… and get used to the new setting! With this, I wish you all a lovely week 🙂

  • The joys of moving #1

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    As I told you before, we are moving office! Well, we’re not going far, I’ll tell you in the next post all about the new office, so stay tuned! 🙂 The whole experience of moving was a challenging procedure, to find bags, to empty everything and then to PACK the HEAVY stuff we have. I feel all in shape now 😛 . It’s funny how much stuff a room can accumulate over two years! Take some time to look around you and count what you have around you. You’ll realize how much you’re missing!
     
    With this, I wish you all a lovely sunny week-end  🙂 see you monday! 😉