Chichen Itza, Mexico

It has been a long time I have not visited my own blog. I'm kind of busy with my little life here in DC, adding the kids activities. I guess everyone who had been through all this thing must know what we are going through at the moment. But some how, this is what we were looking for for the past 10 years and finally we are happy and have no complain with our lifestyle. Today I decided to update a little my blog. Kind of miss it too; so quiet without any new story on it. Well, as some among us knew about our trip to Mexico and here few photos of us at Chichen Itza. It was a short trip (7 days) but it was a good break for all of us! To forget about our little routines everyday, it was great. Well, travel with little kids, we can't do so much and Yucatan Peninsula has a lots of thing to offer. We think we might going back there one day; to do what ever we could not do at this 1st time visit to Mexico. Well, I have enough courage to stay a bit longer in front of my computer this time, while children are playing in another room. Until next visit to my blog, cheers and big kiss to all from DC.

New House @ One Residency

Relocated to Borneo at Kuching, Sarawak from Kuala Lumpur. We are really happy with this place. It's really quiet even though it's only few kilometers from the city center. It is really a heaven for those who like a quiet and clean place.

Broken heart...

A broken heart (or heartbreak) is a common metaphor used to describe the intense emotional pain or suffering one feels after losing a loved one, through death, divorce, breakup, moving, being rejected, or other means.

Heartbreak is usually associated with a losing spouse, through losing a parent, child, pet, or close friend can also "break one's heart". The phrase refers to the physical pain one may feel in the chest is usually a metaphor, there is a condition - appropriately known as "broken heart syndrome" - where a traumatizing incident triggers the brain to distribute chemicals that weaken heart issue.

PHILOSOPHICAL VIEWS.
For many people having a broken heart is something that may not be recognized at first, as it takes time for an emotional or physical loss to be fully acknowledged. As Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson states:

Human beings are not always aware of what they are feeling. Like animals, they may not be able to put their feelings into words. This does not mean they have no feelings. Sigmund Freud once speculated that a man could be in love with a woman for six years and not know it until many years later. Such a man, with all the goodwill in the world, could not have verbalized what he did not. He had the feelings, but he did not know about them. It may sound paradox - paradoxical because when we think of a feeling. As Freud put it in his 1915 article The Unconscious: "It is surely of the essence of an emotion that we should be aware of it. Yet it is beyond question that we can 'have' feelings that we do not know about".

Big kiss from Delhi

Ugly weather!

When the sun arrives, we think that it will be a sunny day for the whole day but suddenly it rain. Or sometime the sun doesn't say hello at all and it stays cloudy for the rest of the day. Kind of annoying. Just this morning, I thought of keeping my winter cloths in the box but now I think that I have to keep it for a while, just in case. But by the end of this week, they will be in the box any how as I don't need them for quite sometime. I still don't know how it will be in KL at the moment and i haven't checked yet. Hopefully it won't rain when we suppose to be on the beach. I feel so excited and really looking forward to this trip; for the first time Teano and me will be away from Laurent for a long time and also to spend more time with Teano on the beach as well as being independence after almost a year and the half.

Big kiss from New Delhi.

Ranthambore National Park

Last Thursday, Laurent went to Ranthambore National Park. At the beginning he supposed to go with his cousin Béatrice but Béatrice could not make it as her train was 16 hours late from Varanasi. Even how organized we are, when we want to travel to India, we just can't be that organize. And worst is, we lost a lot of time for nothing. Pity on Laurent that he had to travel alone and pity on Béa that she missed the National Park and worst is, she could not visit so many thing even from the beginning as she had a Delhi Belly. It's kind of usual thing for the visitor who come to India will have this stomach pain experience even though if they eat at the 5 stars hotel or at family or friend's house. Hopefully she is satisfied enough with what she saw until now.







Big kiss from Delhi.

What shall I say??

Wow! It has been really a long time that I didn't visit my blog. What a shame! But what to do? I prefer to stay with my little one than sitting in front of computer. Life has definitely become more interesting when we can share it with our children!

This year will be the last year we are in India and we are really looking forward to our next adventure in the new continent - United States of America! I know that I can't expect so much and can't be so excited about it cause we never know what could happen. Bad thing happens every where! Perhaps I shall not talk about that too much!

Hello there,

Finally, I found a little time to tell you what is up here. Actually, nothing much. Life has been busy with our little Teano and the weather is seems to be enjoyable. Since the last two weeks, we have rain and for me the weather is almost pleasant as before even though and it is true that it is humid. Well, if some people cannot live with it, I can. Sound a little selfish isn't it. What shall I say as I also suffer during the winter when it is so dry. Lets put it this way: everyone has it turn.

What about our little Teano? He is about 8 and half months now and has learned so many thing already. He really enjoys the swimming pool and eat also a lot, most of the time fruits. He loves mango, banana and kiwi or I would say every fruit. He is an happy boy who's smiling all the time.

Big kiss from Ndh

Iceland's volcano

"What happens is that the magma from the volcano is around 1,200 degrees and it hits the water there, which is near freezing. What is produced is a fine ash that actually has small pieces of glass in it, and it can very easily clog up a jet engine. If you were to inhale that ash, it would literally tear up your lungs," Miller said.

So, we really hope by next week everything will get to normal. We are also worried due to our flight scheduled on 28 April.

Well, we'll see. Téano has packed up his luggage today. Funny to see him standing at his age and he can stand for a quite a while. No tricks this time...it is all about him and what he does. Amazing.......

Teano and Anthony's family

It is nice to spend a little time with Anthony and his family. Téano looks really comfortable to be with Anthony, his wife and his daughters. We hope he will continue to be as easy as he is now.

Big hug from 3 of us in Delhi

Paques - Easter

It was a nice short break for everyone at the office. We decided to stay in Delhi for this long weekend and had a BBQ with others. Christine has arrived from Tanzania and will spend a few days with us here. For that, Susanne and me organized a BBQ and we also played hide and seek eggs. It was fun even though we are no more children. Other than that, we go trough a normal Delhi's life; hot and very hot.......

The weather is getting unbearable and we are looking forward to be on the mountain in Switzerland. Only after 5.00pm we can be a little outside but then we have to be careful with the mosquitoes. It's a typical human being isn't it? Always ask for more!!

Big hug from Delhi

Sun and swimming pool.....

The weather has changed and we can feel it....it's warm (perhaps too hot already). But the pool is still cold. I don't when we can start to swim. For the moment, I feel a bit sad that we can't take any of Téano's photo. Unfortunately, our camera felt on the floor few days ago. For these two months, no photo.

A little update about our little Téano; he started to turn himself for about a week now and he is so eager to move forward already and even tries to sit most of the time. At the same time, he is teething and we believed that might be hurt but he looks okay with that.

This week, we can feel the hit already. It is hot and I think it would be the best if we don't put Téano too much on the sun. So, perhaps we enjoy the swimming pool at 5pm only. We'll see about that.

Big hug to all from Delhi

Enjoying our weekend

From last Thursday, we started to have a noise on the roof but can't blame those men in blue. Some work has to be done whether we like it or not. With Téano, we went to the pool side enjoying the nice spring temperature with the blooming flowers everywhere and the chanted bird on the sky. And Téano sleep well every where he goes, so no problem about that.



The weather become a bit hot at the moment and also on the weekend. We can see everyone want to be outside as the summer will be here in any moment. Spring in Delhi does not last for a long time...perhaps maximum for only three weeks. On Sunday, we were also at the Lodi Garden, to be outside with few friends and also to celebrate Quinn's 1st birthday. Quinn is Téano's Malaysian friend (mother is Malaysian and father is Belgian). Happy Birthday again to Quinn.





Last weekend, it was a long weekend for us and also for the rest of the country to celebrate the Holi festival or color festival on Monday. We were invited to celebrate at the Farm House by our Indian's friend. It was really fun and we love this festival. Something that we will definitely miss once we will be out of this country.

Big hug from NDH

Spring in Delhi

Today, it was a nice day and for the first time Téano and me enjoy the outside temperature (25۫۫ C). We spent most of afternoon at the poolside and Téano even slept there for at least an hour. He's 4 month old from today. He looks so happy watching the leafs moving around when the wind blew. At home, it is almost impossible for him to sleep as the work on the roof top has started since few days ago. If he can sleep at the poolside, it will be nice for as summer will be here in any moment. Today, the water in the pool was still cold but still few couldn't wait. Lucky for them, but for me, I will be in the pool only in May:-))

Big hug from 3 of us in NDH.

BBQ......

Today is a perfect day for a BBQ lunch. Hummmpph...my menu today will be;
1.Lamb chop marinates with mustard and honey
2.Chicken tikka ( chicken marinates in yogurt sauce)and of course
some grilled vegetables too with a "salade du jardin". Vivement le regime....hahahaha. And the desert will be a fruit salad, same like in the picture above.

Big kiss from Delhi...

The final decline of the West is high

I found this article very interesting;

IN 2040/2050, will demographers speak of "the white man's loneliness" in the way historians once referred to "the white man's burden" to describe the so-called "imperial responsibilities" of some European nations?
Demography is not an exact science. Countless dire predictions, from that of Malthus to that of the Club of Rome, have been proven wrong. But, according to a recent and very convincing essay published in the magazine Foreign Affairs, a dual demographic and economic trend is taking place that will result in spectacular shifts by the middle of this century.

The Western world will represent only 12 per cent of the world's population, with Europeans reduced to six per cent. (In 1913, a year before the outbreak of World War 1, Europe was slightly more populated than China.)

Economically, the West will account for around 30 per cent of global output--a level that corresponds to Europe's share in the 18th century, and down from 68 per cent in 1950.

What we are witnessing can be seen is a return to the past, with the West returning to its old place in the world before dominance is ending, encouraged and accelerated by its own mistakes and irresponsible behavior.

We are entering a new historical cycle, in which there will be proportionally fewer Westerners, more Africans and Middle Easterners, and -- with greater relevance economically and strategically -- many more Asians.

It is with these figures in mind that one must consider Barack Obama's decision not to attend the next European-American summit that was due to take place in Madrid in May. It would be tempting to use a formula coined during the Cold War to describe the comparative evolution of the United States and the Soviet Union and to apply the notion of "competitive decline" to the relationship between the US and Europe.

An America that may be undergoing a process of relative if not absolute decline chooses to ignore a Europe that in US eyes is no longer a problem compared with Asia or the Middle East, and that offers little help in finding solution to the problems that most vex Americans.

By DOMINIQUE MOISI.