Greetings from the Netherland!!!

just touching base with you guys.


xoxox

What I missed in London and will miss.

I came back from Africa last Septembar and London was in a state of self induced excitement about all sort of things,. In Africa we are not use to that and to be honest we can't be asked to go all hoohaa about nothing.

However, I missed all this excitement and enthusiasam for basically a night out or a good show.
Since, I came back , I made my mission to see all that I could see in London, Though my biggest regret will always be missing the fiiri bandhiga, The Somali entrepreneurs Show that was organized by the Ciyow siblings. I was planning and planning and just planning to buy the ticket and never did, not sure what happen there, I seem to be over planning things that I never flow through. My lost.
I heard it was amazing. If you don't know what I am talking about then check it out, here is the link.

http://www.fiiribandhiga.com/ or check the small clips that introduce and explain it at Youtube and search for Asli Ciyow.

I also missed Aar maanta and Hudeida( More of a Hudeida fan, though I love aar's music) playing at Hammersmith. In my diffence I was working that night but really I should've taken the night off and went,. Never mind, hope they play again soon.

For  compensation to  myself for the failure to see these major Somali events I went all gaga for westend Shows, started with Billy Elliot and ended with The Wicked.
all great shows, next on my list is The swan lake which I will be seeing december the 14th.

all in all this season started great for me, entertainment wise, and this is one of the things that I will miss about London. Greatest city on earth and it only took me a decate to realize that.


 

Me again.

It been a while since my last visit here, and a lot has changed with me, all good.

Job front, I handed my resignation letter the beginning of this month so, my last day at work will be the 28th of nov. then I will be free as a bird, No job no ties to the UK(exept for family) and will be going to join my husband on the other end of the world. first Africa then China.

                                                  I guess, the Blog title will make sense..






 

HAPPY CAMPER.

It has been so long since i updated, it is good to sit down and write few lines.
Alhamdullilaah all aspects of life has been awesome, some dept more so than the others.

Blessed to have a family that supports me in all my endovours, even the ones that they deem to be risky.

happy and content.



 

BOREDOM IN EAST AFRICA!

East Africa specially Kenya's capital Nairobi is quite hip and happening, however when you are new to the place and you don't know the people or the language it becomes very hard and quite boring to be in.  To top it we have been without electricity for couple of days.

There has been some sort of lightning that damaged the main electricity connector in our area so that meant that with no electricity there is no hot water and that itself means no washing your hair or styling it.

If that wasn't  enough, we (me and hubby) had the runner, probably it is something we ate, but it is no fun.

we been at home the last two days with no TV , no computer and our phone run out of battery so no calls, thus meaning i couldn't complain to my sister, hence the fact that i am airing myself here.

Sorry about this entree..

Ethiopian airline and The over-planner.

I have been planning for this trip for months now as you can read from my previous blogs, nothing was left to chances, from chosen luggage to in-flight beauty.

After all the planning, the day of my flight fom London to Nairobi  has been booked with Ethiopian airline as it was the only airline that was cheap enough for me to have open(1yr) ticket. So my flight itinerary changed from London - Nairobi to London-Addis then from Addis-Nairobi.

the day off the flight, I finish work at 7 am London time as i was working nights and did not sleep, went to the hairdresser to the Henna lady to Waxing and all things beauty, after all I am going to meet my Hubby after a year long separation.

The flight was scheduled for a 8 pm take off, we were to be boarded by 7 pm and had to be at the airport by 5 pm. after checking my luggage and then going through security, I should say sailing through security, (that is what you get for over planning), I bought a bottle of water and then went for a meal. Had the most expensive sandwich of all times.

boarded the aircraft that was as old as possible and found myself at the very end of the aircraft on the middle row with seats that don't recline, i was getting angry until I found out that I was the only one on that row and i had the whole 3 seater for myself,YIPPY.

All went as I planned, did my in-flight beauty regime and then drank the whole 75ml bottle of water , used the WC and then informed the Hostesses that i did not wanted to be disturbed for meals, after a 1 herbal sleeping aid , i slept like a log and only woke up for the landing, again re done my in-flight beauty and morning routing and was ready to face Addis abeba Bole international Airport.

Holly cow, this is no Inter-flippin-national Airport, more like airline hanger/warehouse. ground staff are so rude, it is impossible not to get angry. Duty free zone is a joke to African Airports,Ordered tea at a coffe house that had insects on the table, Cloude 9 that is to be the exclusive lounge was a joke and i still think that there was some sort of jokeinvolved, they must be taking the mickey, as this is no International Airport.
tried to take pictures but security stepped in, so no pics. The one thing that i really like is the way their security team is doing the job to the letter. that is brilliant in this day and age it is a must.

after 3hr transit that went from shock to the system to surrealism, i boarded my flight from Addis to Nairobi.

I heard a lot of negative things from Kenyan airport but it was amazing, the airport itself was a makeshift kinda thing as the main airport was under contraction after the fire, however, Kenyans are so friendly and smiling all the time that you forger abut the whole make shift airport thing and the cherry on the cake was when I reached  immigration there was a mural ad for safari-com and it had a painting of a Somali man  wearing somali traditional clothes , underneath it just said (THE SOMALI) and  that sold Nairobi to me..

 I fell in love.

to be continued.....


PS: any spelling error is do to the fact that i am using my Kindle to write and it is tuned in Italian, Appologies.

SURVIVING THE LONG HAUL FLIGHT.

If you are like me and travel quite a bit, you probably know this and understand where it is coming from. However if you are new to long haul flights and maybe not new but one of those slaggish flyers you need to understand the importance of having this check list.

1: make sure you wear comfortable clothes preferably cotton.

2: Water Water Water, can't recommand enough of this, you need to hydrate while inflight as the cabin air is drier than your skin is use to, thus leaving your skin quite dry and ashy. once you are through airport security try to buy a bottle of water (expensive I know but it is worth it).

3: This applies to you if you are a female: Remove all make up the minute you get seated. follow your  usual beauty regime that you do at night time and this time emphasize on Hydration, use hydrating mask to regenerate your skin for the duration of the flight , if you could re-do the whole regime one more time after 4 hours that is good if not one time is enough. also for a good measure bring a long  baby wipes  as you will need it to wash your face and clean your hands with it.

4:  To avoid  red eyes,  tiresness, headache and all that comes with jetlag, you need to sleep. Try to take with you over the counter sleeping aid like Nytol Herbal and get your self some sleep, However for this to happen you need the following: eye mask,neck pillow and silicon aerplugs for a comfortable sleep in the air.

Have a good Flight.