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Tala Ocampo Coaching and Training

October 3, 2014

Tala Ocampo is an Associate Certified Coach from the International Coach Federation. She has a registered coaching practice based in Singapore and she is also my best friend since 5th grade. I am . . .

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BLOG CRUSH: Chuzai Living

August 27, 2014

I am so happy to start off a series called "Blog Crush," featuring bloggers I admire around the world, with Kaho of Chuzai Living Blog. Chuzai Living is one of my biggest blog inspirations and Kaho is . . .

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Making it Blissful at Home

June 30, 2014

I am happy to say that I wrote my first article as one of the Blissmakers on MakeItBlissful.com. Imagine how ecstatic I was when editor, Martine de Luna, asked me to be part of her amazing . . .

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Where am I going?

March 3, 2014

Dear friends,  I am sure you've noticed that for the past few weeks I've been mostly silent on the world wide web. I am so sorry for these unplanned hiatus. I've just been dealing with some health . . .

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The Diplomatic Wife Blog 2013

December 29, 2013

Before the year ends, I just want to say how thankful I am for another year of blogging! How amazing is it that the blog has survived yet another year? Blogging has saved my sanity many times since I . . .

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ANNOUNCEMENT: New blog look coming up!

September 12, 2013

Hello friends! I just can't keep it to myself any more. I am currently working on a new look for my blog, together with the amazing Sara from Moonsteam Design. Just to get my thoughts, pegs, mood . . .

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Jakarta Blogger Meet Up 2

May 5, 2013

Kaho of Chuzai Living organized 2 blogger meet ups at KOI Kemang the past 2 months, and I was really lucky to be able to attend both and meet a group of really cool Jakarta based bloggers! Pictures of . . .

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Help improve my blog

August 7, 2012

Dear lovely readers, will you take 3 minutes out of your time to help me improve my blog? I would really appreciate it. All your answers are anonymous and will be kept private. I value your honest . . .

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BLOGGING: Awesome Blog Themes!

February 23, 2011

Menu KOI Restaurant Kemang

In my quest for my Ocean Mist Wordpress themes I stumbled on some really nice one's. Aren't they inspiring? Can you tell I love the beach? In another life I am a bohemian surfer chick for sure! My . . .

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ANNOUNCEMENT: The baby is in the building!!!

February 23, 2011

I am ecstatic!!! Wooooohoooooo! Yesterday I set up my new blog but I touched something I shouldn't have. Ooops! Encountered many other issues that I did not know how to fix (I had to install this . . .

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Hello! I’m Ayessa, trailing spouse to a diplomat, mama to DiploBaby and DiploDog and founder of Declutter MNL. I love talking about how to achieve a minimaluxe lifestyle one step at a time.

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Every year I add a little bit more to my Halloween Every year I add a little bit more to my Halloween decor collection so it’s not so heavy on the wallet. I’m so happy with this year’s finds & make sure to carefully store them so they have many more years of use.

It was @diplobaby’s idea to add googly eyes to the bats. So we did it together! I love the one eyed bats 🦇 and I love it when we decorate together! Definitely one for the core memory banks! 👻🎃🤍

I was tickled pink coz people would pass by and take pics, stare or even tell me good job. 🎃 Halloween is really my favorite holiday!

What do you think of our Halloween prep this year?

#udwhalloween
I couldn’t stop laughing! It was still a little I couldn’t stop laughing! It was still a little too long for him this year but we sure got a kick from it.

DM me if you want to know where to order!

#udwhalloween #diplobaby
VILLAGE PUMPKIN CARVING EVENT Every year I look f VILLAGE PUMPKIN CARVING EVENT

Every year I look forward to this event for families in our village. We also invite our friends outside the village coz it’s so much fun for families. Parents and kids can come in costume. It’s done beside a fabulous park so kids can run around and play.

The pumpkins 🎃 might be overpriced (the bigger ones went from chf 18 last year to chf 23 this year) BUT it includes the free use of NIFTY CARVING TOOLS, waste disposal, clean up & cute decor that the organizers have provided.

We draw together. TD removes the guts. Then @diplobaby & i do the carving together with our son and it’s a controlled way of showing him how to use the tools in a safe way. Which is something I appreciate in Europe.

One year we tried pumpkin 🎃 carving at home and clean up was a totally nightmare. Never doing it again!

Then when kids and parents are are hungry we can buy food & drinks. 

We go home with a carved pumpkin 🎃 & don’t have to do the clean up. The pumpkin guts are also turned into soup by the organizers.

It’s also a good way for parents to unwind, catch up while the kids play in the playground. We usually see our neighbors here too.

It’s a win win for everyone & it reduces unused waste. I love it so much!

We never did pumpkins before coz it would rot@so fast in Asia. But i  the past 3 seasons of doing this I’ve learned so many tips and tricks for pumpkin 🎃 carving - especially how to prevent molds and insects. Let me know if you want me to do a separate post on that!

#udwingeneva #udwhalloween #udwholidays #halloween #halloween2023 #halloween2023🎃  #pumpkin🎃 #pumpkincarving #pumpkincarvings #pumpkincarvingideas #diplobaby #diplofamily #expatfamily
Hi guys it’s been a while since I’ve posted ab Hi guys it’s been a while since I’ve posted about our #DiploHome.

This is our BALCONY/TRASH SEGREGATION AREA.

Because we use it to entertain in SPRING & AUTUMN (too hot & too many insects in summer) I made sure that the trash segregation remains AESTHETIC by using white @ikeaschweiz SEGREGATION BINS.

So far SWITZERLAND TRASH SEGREGATION in our experience is even more complex than GERMANY but it has led to at least 50% RECYCLING rate which is pretty good, even though Germany still has the highest rate of recycling 66%

Let me know if you want to know more about how we manage trash in our village.

#diplohomegeneva #whiteliving #balcony #aesthetic #aesthetic #whiteinteriors #whitebalcony #expatliving #expatingeneva #expatinswitzerland
Come visit @fcbarcelona SPOTIFY CAMP NOU MUSEUM wi Come visit @fcbarcelona SPOTIFY CAMP NOU MUSEUM with us!

- tour their cool museum
- see the former record holder before @leomessi who was actually PINOY 🇵🇭
- view the construction site of the new stadium
- check out all the merch
- see @diplobaby beat ROBOKEEPER

Definitely a highlight of our Barcelona trip!
This place is a must for any football fan and Messi fan! It is also home to many of the women footballers who won the @fifawomensworldcup 2023 and a great training ground for future football stars.
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