The Pink Tarha Team

The Pink Tarha Team is composed of four twenty-something Pinays who started one blog to chronicle their lives in the vast desert of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. They are the daughters of Overseas Filipino Workers who came to Saudi Arabia during the migration influx of the late 1980s. They are currently living a simple and fabulous life in the ironic city of Riyadh.


Shoegarfreeruby spent all her childhood days (embroidering instead of climbing trees or running barefoot) in the beautiful province of Pampanga. She's the eldest of three beautiful daughters of an accountant father and a teacher mother. After graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology at the Angeles University Foundation, she arrived in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia as encouraged by her father who has worked in the Kingdom for 25 years. Coming here without any work experience and adjusting to the culture was a bit tough at first, but she found Saudi Arabia to be the perfect place of solace she needed at that time.

Shoegarfreeruby is the silent type. Her weird sense of humor is mostly known by her sisters and close family and intends to keep it that way. She loves to think, dream and analyze almost anything. A known and self-admitted shoe addict, shoes are part of her monthly budget, like groceries.

She is purpose-driven and whimsical; a GOOD LISTENER, a DREAMER, and a SHOE-HOARDER.

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Sundrenched came to Saudi Arabia last May 2008. She grew up in the coastal province of La Union, Philippines but spent her college and working days in the busy district of Makati. She finished her bachelor's degree in Journalism at the University of Santo Tomas in Espana, Manila. She quit her editorial job in the Philippines to live in the Kingdom with her father, an engineer who's been in the country for almost 20 years. She admits that she expected the worst and that she prepped herself bigtime before landing in the Kingdom. Let's forgive her for being a worry wart. She's been like that since childhood.

Sundrenched looks mataray and suplada sa personal but she's not a WYSWYG kind of girl. She's talkative even though she doesn't look like it. She's very very stubborn... and she's in denial about a lot of things. If you have a very good sense of humor and is madiskarte, you'll hit it right off with her. Good luck.

Sundrenched is a COUCH POTATO, a DESSERT LOVER, a PACK RAT, and a CAMWHORE.

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Maryhadalittlehump is the eldest among the three beautiful daughters of an Oracle technical support father and a teacher mother. She grew up in Bulacan, the northern gateway to Manila, and her life pretty much revolved in the province but she spent her summer vacations in Riyadh. After graduating college with a degree in Computer Science and Information System from the Centro Escolar University in Malolos City, Bulacan, she immediately went to Riyadh to be with her family and work in one of the Kingdom's largest hospitals.

Maryhadalittlehump is a funny gal who loves her family. She likes to sing (a belter when it comes to videokes), watch movies (recently smitten by Slumdog Millionaire), and shop with her kikay sisters. It doesn't take much to make her laugh but once she retaliates, be ready to laugh your heart out. Do not eat and drink when she's talking! Also, she can beat you to a fastest crossword puzzle solving competition anytime! Sorry guys but she's currently in love with the man of her dreams.

Maryhadalittlehump is a HOPELESS ROMANTIC, a CHOCO BABY-HOLIC, and a CERTIFIED BUFFON.

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Eyecandy has lived in Saudi Arabia since she was 4. When she turned 16, she casually took an entrance exam for the University of the Philippines just for fun. Little did she know then that it would change her life forever. Apart from experiencing culture shock in her own country, living in Los Banos, Laguna for the rest of her college years taught her more lessons in life than she could have ever imagined. Upon graduating, she returned to Riyadh on a working class status.

Eyecandy theorizes that she is highly manipulated by the monthly travesty of her hormones and that if Jude Law were to converse with her for a whole day, she would deem her life overly blessed than it already is. She owns two pets: a dog named "Bush" and a cat named "Petra". Socio-cultural behavior, politics and relationships are things that highly interest her. If there is anything that she is truly passionate about, it is LOVE.

Eyecandy is a BOURGEOIS BOHEMIAN, a SPICY FOOD ADDICT, an INTELLECTUAL and whose mantra is: "WHO AM I NOT TO BE BRILLIANT, GORGEOUS AND TALENTED?"