Bye bye yellow paint!

 clown

Next project: bedroom

Just google best butter cookies recipe and make some!

Why are These People Allowed To Have Children

Just Do It!!

Another addition to the laundry room

This board had something else written on it but I painted it all white and Antoine used an air brush on the stencils.. thank you Pinterest for this idea!

From meh to.. hey not bad!

I'm now on leave so I decided to clean up and paint the laundry room. Got rid of the old 1980s cabinets and installed new shelves and shoe racks. Antoine changed the lamp to a small spotlight, which made the small room look a bit bigger now. Happy with the results, never thought I'd say this but I'm now looking forward to clean the house and do the laundry!!

 Before 

 After

 

 

 

Provence region in summer

 Rousillon 

  Apt Market 

 Saignon

 The Ochre Trail near Rousillon

 Gordes

 

 Senanque Abbey near Gordes

Dance videos..

Ahhh just like kitten videos, I just can't stop after watching one.. it's the same with dance videos.. :)

These are the ones which are quite cool:

So it's been almost 10 years since I arrived in Geneva..

.. and yet I will always cry on the first day of raya when I can't ask for forgiveness from my mum and dad in person. This year is no exception and I can't say I will ever get used to it. Despite having my own little family, raya is never the same without the very people who gave birth to me and raised me to be the person I am today. Those little moments count. As trivial as it sounds.. welcoming family and friends at the front door, lighting up fireworks the night of Eid with my three little brothers... waking up at 2 am to help mum cook.. these are unforgettable memories of my childhood. I used to be responsible for giving away green packets of money to kids and remembered thinking it was such a chore, but now, I miss it. I can only listen to raya music videos on YouTube and enjoy a nice meal with my boys, but it's not the same.

Nevertheless, whoever you are, if you celebrate Eid, enjoy it and cherish every moment with loved ones..

There is just something relaxing about DIY projects..

Painting Ayden's little book shelf

Trypophobia... or however people really spell it

Trypophobia.. an irrational fear and disgust of a cluster of holes. If you don't know what I'm talking about, type trypophobia on google images and voila. An animalistic reaction that affects the senses, most likely to protect oneself from danger, as they resemble dangerous images seen in nature, like a beehive. Well I stupidly have this phobia, and the sick and twisted thing about it is, I actually make an effort to google these images and videos and look at them over and over again. Bizarre! A bit masochistic, with minor OCD tendencies? It makes me itch just thinking about them. Antoine has the same phobia. So why do some people have it and some people don't? What does it psychologically mean? And more importantly, can anyone recommend a real cure?! Pfft!!