Where are yous originally from?
I am an expat kid myself spending my early on years inwards Commonwealth of Australia together with London, earlier my parents settled dorsum inwards New Delhi, Republic of Republic of India where I did middle together with high schoolhouse together with University from.
How long get got yous lived inwards Dubai?
Dec 2013 I volition consummate ix years inwards Dubai.
Please tell us virtually Marina Mums together with what inspired yous to start this community?
I started working equally shortly equally I came to the city- had a fabulous job, living the life equally a newly married couple. Its when I got pregnant, I realized I had no friends amongst kids inwards the urban nub together with absolutely no family. I moved to JBR when my starting fourth dimension born was half dozen months old, I had simply resigned from my dream job. As didn’t get got whatever trace of piece of work solid help, leaving her inwards a twenty-four hr menses aid facility was non an option.
But I was living a SAHM mums dream, beach front end apartment, the huge big plaza marking together with the novel Bugaboo which had simply come upward out inwards 2006…and met thence many mum’s simply spell sitting inwards the park, the beach on the plaza, past times the pool… Instead of having to text them every fourth dimension I left for a walk. I idea adding them on FB grouping would last improve equally yous don’t get got to add together them equally friends, nevertheless yous tin ship away rest inwards touching on via FB. It started amongst five of us coming together everyday or thence JBR, thence alone amongst give-and-take of oral cavity together with absolutely NO advertising, or spamming other FB walls. This grouping grow to 2000 active mums today. www.facebook.com/groups/marinamums/
We got a lot of media attending at the fourth dimension when nosotros started equally at that spot was cypher similar a neighborhood back upward grouping together with that made Marina Mums thence pop together with slow for other mums to acquire to know virtually us together with bring together inwards the shut group. It is non exclusive to the mums inwards the Marina, nosotros get got mums from everywhere.
Any lessons larn solitary the way?
Yes, many... mainly how maternity is rattling dissimilar inwards dissimilar cultures, together with how yous heighten yous children or prioritise discipline, schooling, extra curricular activities, diet together with social skills varies from where yous are brought up.
Also managing almost 2000 mums on the forum amongst dissimilar ethnicities together with some amongst rattling rigid opinion... I get got had to delete a few posts, ban a few members to proceed things calm.
But over all the vibe is super friendly together with super healthy, I create halt upward felling similar mummy cupid sometimes, when I catch a novel mum inwards the neighbourhood sitting at a coffe store amongst novel friends she met through Marina Mums! I myself get got made thence many virtual friends, together with get got flora thence much back upward together with I larn something novel from some other mum posting everyday. Some of my closest friends inwards Dubai are ladies I get got met mainly from Marina Mums. Plus I dear having a quest myself inwards the community- compensates for non working total time.
The grouping has a super friendly vibe to it…a rattling positive unloose energy a non bad puddle of super talented ladies, its to a greater extent than similar a social networking sit down for super ladies who are at i time total fourth dimension mums!
About living inwards Dubai?
What inspire yous in/ virtually Dubai?
I am a rattling opened upward minded individual, I soak the best from every civilization I come upward across, I am proud to tell I get got to a greater extent than than a dozen friends who arn’t from the same province or civilization equally I am from, together with dear to larn to a greater extent than virtually their lilliputian household unit of measurement tradition or agency of life, this is something I would non last able to discovery dorsum home.
Favorite affair to create inwards Dubai amongst children?
Stroll on the Marina walk, nosotros all ain Bikes the whole family, savour the swings nether many of the Marina bridges, the pick of over half dozen pools to pick out from every weekend. Catching many of the kids shows available gratis of cost during many of the festivals. Whole attain of subsequently schoolhouse activities inside a stones throw from our residence…
What's your favorite agency to pass a lazy friday?
Fridays are never lazy for us…its morning time swim, afternoon tiffin together with an eve walk past times the Marina at i time that the conditions is irrisistable, addition daddy industrial plant on Saturday’s thence nosotros brand the most of household unit of measurement fourth dimension on Fridays. We postulate to last out!!
We are a foodie household unit of measurement together with savour travelling combined amongst non bad food... My girls absolutely dear eating dissimilar types of cuisines , they get got enjoyed a expert Pho Soup inwards vietname, Game meat (Zebra steak inwards Nairobi) a expert wazwaan together with inwards Srinagar India, a non bad turkey roast on a Lord's Day brunch inwards the Lake district together with all of this was inwards the final eighteen calendar month alone!! They are a pleasance to accept out- never had to create nutrient courtroom nutrient for them, they dear Ping Pong Café, Thai , fifty-fifty Zuma adore Sushi together with Sashimi together with dear edamame thence nosotros create savour eating out a lot equally a family!
Do yous get got a dubai beauty hush-hush to portion amongst us?
I figured out what Argan Oil was together with am addicted to it for my hair… My adjacent door salon, 20 steps from habitation - dear it. First fourth dimension I tried a Hammam was 7 years back, at i time I am going i time a month. I besides get got a lady who come upward to blow dry out my hair, every Th for a quarter of the cost I would pay at a salon. My moto is "Good hair, expert day!" :)
What inspire yous in/ virtually Dubai?
I am a rattling opened upward minded individual, I soak the best from every civilization I come upward across, I am proud to tell I get got to a greater extent than than a dozen friends who arn’t from the same province or civilization equally I am from, together with dear to larn to a greater extent than virtually their lilliputian household unit of measurement tradition or agency of life, this is something I would non last able to discovery dorsum home.
Favorite affair to create inwards Dubai amongst children?
Stroll on the Marina walk, nosotros all ain Bikes the whole family, savour the swings nether many of the Marina bridges, the pick of over half dozen pools to pick out from every weekend. Catching many of the kids shows available gratis of cost during many of the festivals. Whole attain of subsequently schoolhouse activities inside a stones throw from our residence…
What's your favorite agency to pass a lazy friday?
Fridays are never lazy for us…its morning time swim, afternoon tiffin together with an eve walk past times the Marina at i time that the conditions is irrisistable, addition daddy industrial plant on Saturday’s thence nosotros brand the most of household unit of measurement fourth dimension on Fridays. We postulate to last out!!
We are a foodie household unit of measurement together with savour travelling combined amongst non bad food... My girls absolutely dear eating dissimilar types of cuisines , they get got enjoyed a expert Pho Soup inwards vietname, Game meat (Zebra steak inwards Nairobi) a expert wazwaan together with inwards Srinagar India, a non bad turkey roast on a Lord's Day brunch inwards the Lake district together with all of this was inwards the final eighteen calendar month alone!! They are a pleasance to accept out- never had to create nutrient courtroom nutrient for them, they dear Ping Pong Café, Thai , fifty-fifty Zuma adore Sushi together with Sashimi together with dear edamame thence nosotros create savour eating out a lot equally a family!
Do yous get got a dubai beauty hush-hush to portion amongst us?
I figured out what Argan Oil was together with am addicted to it for my hair… My adjacent door salon, 20 steps from habitation - dear it. First fourth dimension I tried a Hammam was 7 years back, at i time I am going i time a month. I besides get got a lady who come upward to blow dry out my hair, every Th for a quarter of the cost I would pay at a salon. My moto is "Good hair, expert day!" :)
A Dubai store yous could pass hours browsing?
Kids books shops, equally a Storyteller for kids, amongst “Story Time amongst Dee” l dear collecting children’s books. The girls get got a collection of over 400 books.
On a consumerist banking concern notation similar whatever other yummy mummy wannabe, I looove shoes! Could drive on shoes all day! I am edifice a collection of “ investment pieces” that I justify to my husband: they would last vintage i day… for the girls!
A lilliputian extra….
Things yous can't alive without?
Other than my hubby together with my lovely household unit of measurement spread all over the world. My supercalifragilistic trace of piece of work solid help! They brand living inwards Dubai thence much easier together with fun!
A vocal playing on repeat inwards the car?
This is hilarious, nosotros simply heard it on our schoolhouse run this calendar week on the Chris Fade show, it's called “personally “ past times P squared , its Africa's no 1 vocal correct now... The kids dear it!!
Any maternity tips, advices or words of wisdom on how to juggle it all?
Don’t hesitate to accomplish out... inquire for assist together with brand a friend.
Everyone is inwards the same boat equally you. Away from home, on their own. Trying to brand Dubai home, thence people are to a greater extent than approachable.
Do yous get got a life motto?
No, I simply acquire amongst the flow…
Things yous can't alive without?
Other than my hubby together with my lovely household unit of measurement spread all over the world. My supercalifragilistic trace of piece of work solid help! They brand living inwards Dubai thence much easier together with fun!
A vocal playing on repeat inwards the car?
This is hilarious, nosotros simply heard it on our schoolhouse run this calendar week on the Chris Fade show, it's called “personally “ past times P squared , its Africa's no 1 vocal correct now... The kids dear it!!
Any maternity tips, advices or words of wisdom on how to juggle it all?
Don’t hesitate to accomplish out... inquire for assist together with brand a friend.
Everyone is inwards the same boat equally you. Away from home, on their own. Trying to brand Dubai home, thence people are to a greater extent than approachable.
Do yous get got a life motto?
No, I simply acquire amongst the flow…