Book review .. الأبعاد المجهولة

كتاب قرأته مؤخرا أحببت ان اكتب عنه

الكتاب للمؤلف : عبد الوهاب السيد



اصدر بسنة 2004 و للكاتب المؤلفات (كما ذكر بنهاية الكتاب) التالية

1- وراء الباب المغلق اصدر عام 2000
2- خلف اسوار العلم اصدر عام 2003

عندما قرأت أسم الكتاب اثارني لان عنوانه (( الأبعاد المجهولة .. من مذكرات مراهق كويتي ..)) بصراحه شدني الفظول و الإستغراب لما يمكن لمراهق كويتي ان يجد مثيرا للإهتمام بدرجة كبيره ليسجل مذكراته بكتاب !! و يباع بالمكتبات .. كالعادة قرأت الغلاف بجانبيه و من ثم المقدمة التي يكتبها الكاتب و هي تشكل لي نسبة كبيرة من جذبي لإقتناء الكتاب ام لا .. اقتبس منها التالي

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بداية لا بد منها
كتابة مذكراتي .. خطوة صعبة ترددت كثيرا قبل أن اقدم عليها .. فأنا أعلم جيدا ان مذكراتي لن تكون شيئأ راقيا كمذكرات
(مالكوم اكس)
(Malcom X)
المناظل الأمريكي المسلم .. أو (نابليون) .. أو غيرهم من العظماء حيث تشكل الحوادث الصغيرة في حياتهم تاريخا حقيقيا تسترشد به البشرية .. إذا ما الذي يجعلني اقدم على هذة الخطوة؟! .. يقال أنه لا أحد يولد أديبا .. و من يصبح أديبا يكون إما قد قرأ أطنانا من الكتب حتى اصبح لدية فكرا مستقلا يشعر بأمس الحاجة أن يشاطر به الناس .. أو قد عاش تجارب قاسية جدا و رأى من الأهوال ما رأى حتى أصبح من الضروري أن يكتب عنها و إلا أحرقت محركات روحه!! .. و أعتقد أنني أتبع النوع الثاني من الأدباء
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اغلقت الكتاب و اخذته .. لانه الصفحة الأولى فقط من مقدمة الكاتب خاطبت ما جال بخاطري :)، كسؤال لماذا ينشر مراهق و كويتي مذكراته لكي اقتنع انا و اقرأها و رأيت بما قاله منطق شدني لأقراء ما سيقوله.

الكتاب من نوع مختلف على الرواية بالكويت التي عادة تراوحت مابين تمحورها حول الأوضاع الإجتماعية و العاطفية بالتحديد (كما ذكر الكاتب) .. قلما نجد من يخوض مجال الخيال العلمي الذي تطرق له الكاتب بهذة المذكرات بمهارة جدا بهرتني.. على الرغم من اني احب ان اخفي الكثير مما يحمله الكتاب الا اني اتحمس لكي اقول ما اثار اهتمامي به و جعلني انهيه بيوم واحد على الرغم من انه قبع بين الأرفف فترة من الزمن قبل ان اقرأه ..

داخل المذكرات ترى حالة المراهق الكويتي بالتحديد و بالعموم خصال كثيره تشمل المراهقين و عقلياتهم، يحمل الكثير من الأفكار التي اما انك عايشتها بمرحلة المراهقة أو رأيتها بمن هم حولك (سواء كانت المراهقه مبكره ام متأخره :> ) عموما نعود للكتاب ينقسم الى اربع ابواب اذا صح القول كل منها يحمل جزء من حياة هذا المراهق المثير للأهتمام (خالد) بطل الرواية و لن اتطرق لمحتوى كل باب لكي لا احرق الكتاب ..

شدني بالأحداث هو عدم قدرتك على توقع ما ستؤول اليه الحاله التي تعايشها مع خالد .. على الرغم من اني بالباب الثاني توقعت النهاية لانه جعل الكثير من الوضوح يدور حول النهاية لذا استطعت رؤيتها لكن الباب الأول و الثالث و الرابع لم اتوقع انحراف الأحداث بهذا الشكل بتاتا.. جدا مشوق السرد و الأسلوب الذي اتخذه الكاتب.

أكثر ما اثار بالبداية اعجابي هو خلطه بين مشاكل الواقع الكويتي بهذه المذكرات فعلى الهامش لابد ان تجد كلمه (حقيقة) مرفقه بنجمة تدلك على سخط الكاتب على واقع اليم بالكويت .. و لكن هناك هامش بعد تكرره لاكثر من 3 مرات اصبحت اتنبأ به الا وهو .. راجع القصة الفلانية لان البطل بكل بداية قصة يذكرنا بلمحة من سابقتها .. لكن الكتاب جدير بالقراءة و فعلا احسست بأن للكتاب الكويتيين مجالات لم يتطرقوا لها و يستطيعون الإبداع بها .

جدا اعجبت بأسلوب الكاتب (عبد الوهاب السيد) و الخيال الواسع الذي يتمتع به و على الرغم من انه خيال الا اني اندمجت به كثيرا و اعجبني .. و اعجبتني النهايات الغير متوقعة .. كتاب يستحق القراءة ان كنت من محبي القراءة بشتى المواضيع جربه .. متوفر ب فيرجن ومكتبة جرير

اتمنى ان يعجبكم

Landmark (Shweikh)

Leo resting in Landmark (Shweikh)


This is one of the pictures I took today at landmark the Shweikh branch, since i have been thinking about something to post I met a new Leo SOOO bingo !! the picture of the lion came to my mind to advice you all to go there. The home section is very nice I will post some more pictures for things i liked there.

!i~ BLOG of the week ~i!

The Blog Of The Week is ??@@?? :

None other than the FAMOUS

KUWAIT UNPLUGGED By Zaydoun

A lot of Kuwaiti & non Kuwaiti bloggers go to this Kuwaiti blog done by Zaydoun. Although in the introduction about him self he says " Failed writer" it is not true (as I think). I couldn't find a better description for the blog other than what he said about it "Random thoughts, commentary & gossip from Kuwait''.
There you will find every thing to know about Kuwait, local events, opinions and it is probably the most famous of all Kuwaiti blogs :} which started around the time that the Iraq liberation war started last year. After you read an article or two you will know why is this guy SO good ! & you will keep visiting. It's the first Kuwaiti BLOG I ever knew about through an AD in the Mad M2000 Yahoo!Group (who is now a blogger member ) that spreads the famous Kuwaiti cartoonist work through the internet.

Back to Zaydoun, here are a few articles I liked but are nothing compared to the archive he has 'these are resent articles', search it you will find a lot of interesting topics, opinions and amusing subjects.

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The chosen articles (it was hard not to list all of the ones I like but this is quick search) :

• Flattery Will Get You Nowhere With Me!! , which is the article to read if you wish to know how good is this guy.
• Playlist August 14-20, weekly-regular post :) enjoy it.
• I Want a Robot! , even movies can give this man an inspiration.
• Little Victories , do you want to know Kuwait's inside view? read some of what he has to say. This one regarding Kuwaiti women & sports.
• Read a book. It's good for you! , one of my favorites posts since I'm new reader & pro reading.
• Also there is fun :} an article not based on something controversial (which some how turned into a contreversal issue in my mind, regarding education in Kuwait & .. @@ see !! this guy makes me think alot, that makes him good):

Cambridge University English Test

• Chocolate Heaven , the YUMMY-est article.. if your not sure yet! Go try it :}.
• Mad M2000 Throws In The Towel! , The Famous Kuwaiti cartoonist has a bite from Zaydoun's blog .
• What is a LIBERAL? , GREAT post is the only comment I have about this one since it tackles a very controversial issue in the Kuwaiti society (the definition to what a liberal is !!).

The list goes on & on the archives start from March 2003 .. so you can see it's a bit hard to dig into them :} go to the blog & enjoy if you are open minded. Although I don't agree with all of his opinions but definetly admire the way he writes, very sharp in his opinions, clear, spontanious and creative.

This is one good professional Kuwaiti blogger... and it is true as the e-mail I first read about the blog says " ZAYDOUN RULES!!" & he does among the bi-lingual Kuwaiti blogs.

Cheers to Zaydoun.

SmiLe :} .. Observe the disaster afterwards!

Not much for the intro today :) I will go straight to it since a smile today "AGAIN" went to someone's mind in the wrong direction!.. Smiling in Kuwait is somehow turned into a crime, surely this doesn't apply to all people here in Kuwait nor always BUT in general:

• If you are a girl & smile in a man's face then your flirting.
• If your a girl & smiled in an other girls face then you have noticed something wrong in her outer look or your just a person who wants to make fun of her.

The thing is a smile is a part of being friendly not really for any other reason! Why is it so hard to smile here with out un-wanted attention. There is DEFINITELY a huge difference between a flirt smile & a friendly one! SO why not assume all smiles are just friendly & not as a gate that says : Hey !! Can we flirt. When will all people see a smile as it is ONLY & nothing behind it ?.

This Friday's lunch >> Faked spaghetti

In order not to lose my cooking passion I usually practice it of Fridays :}, unless I have a lack of sleep !! I really enjoy my day off sleeping.

This Friday I made a spaghetti with the following ingredients & recipe..

ingredients:
4 Fresh medium sized tomatoes cut in to small squares
1 Large chopped (square) onion
1 minced meat pack ( aprox. 1kg)
1/2 tomato paste pack ( small KDD ones)
Salt, pepper, dry za'atar leaves
1 pack of spaghetti
1 table spoon of vegetable oil

How To Do It ?

1- Boil the pasta in water & add some salt, after the water boils in 10 minutes add one table spoon of vegetable oil. When ready take it from the hot water & wash it thoroughly with cold water so the pasta doesn't stick together.

2- Little amount of vegetable oil in a large pan fry the onions till the are out of the white color DON'T let them turn gold .. Then add the meat .. Stir till well cooked.

3-Add the salt,pepper & with ur hand crush the dry za'atar leaves so they would be very small & add the tomatoes to the mix, then a little bit of tomato past.. Taste it till it is good enough for you.

4- Put the pasta in the plate you want to serve it in, don't forget to roll it in a way you leave a space in the middle for the meat & tomato sauce.


Garlic Bread :

1- Fresh French bread .. I advice u with the "Delice Du France" ones in Mishrif Co.Op., or the ones in Sultan center.
2- 2 large garlic mashed with half a tea spoon of salt.
3- mozzarella cheese.

How To Do It?

1- Slice the French bread the way you like, the advisable is from the side in a slight angle ( the usual cut for the garlic bread) .. Thickness around 2cm.

2- Mash the garlic with the salt (salt is added to make the mashing thing easy, if u don't like it :} take it away).

3- On each slice of bread put some garlic paste then add some mozzarella cheese.

4- Put in the oven with an upper fire only on .. Till the cheese turns golden.

Bon A'petit

Today's Chill place >> Barnies coffee

I was so busy this week & even didn't go out on Tuesday to write the Tuesday chill place thing.. Any how went to the Shweikh Port area today & passed by barnies coffee which was nice .. True the beverages are hmmm OK but not that good. The cakes are ok too but no new or surprising flavor .. The thing I liked there is the sofas :P very cumfy .. The other reason i liked it is that it is DESERTED no one is there .. Day or night people rarelly come there especially if there is no sale in Villa moda, except for a few love birds you might see there .. The place is small quiet, you really can relax there & even read a book without other eyes surrounding you thinking you are showing off ! Or just make jokes about you because you read :D.

Try it it's a nice place ..



The Place



Been Quiet like this for about half an hour :} till some people showed up then we left

Tulips

Tulip is my favorite flower then comes the orchid then lilies are beautiful too. Currently I badly need flowers every where .. Even on the blog :} .. Hope you like them .. Till I can think of something interesting to say !

Mixed post : ابعتذر .. بدر بن عبد المحسن

لطالما حملت فكرة ان الحب و أي نوع من المشاعر الصادقة التي يحس بها قلب الشخص هي له و خاصته .. و لا يحق له ان يندم عليها حتى و إن منحها لمن لا يستحق .. او حدث ان رحل لسبب أو آخر الذي احسسنا تجاهه بتلك المشاعر الجميله، رحيل اجباري او طوعي، مر ام حلو، سعيد ام تعيس .. تبقى مشاعرنا اغلى من ان نتجاهلها و لمجرد موقف عابر مع احدهم ولا يجب ان نندم عليها .. لانها صادقه .. فلكل احساس جميل حملته و لا زلت احمله بداخلي مكان لم و لن يتغير.

بدر بن عبد المحسن احد الشعراء العرب الذين اعشق كلماتهم .. لانه من الشعراء الذين يقولون الكثير ببساطة جزلاء .. لن اطيل الحديث هذا

ماقاله و احسست بانه يعبر عن الافكار التي تجول بخاطري الأن

أبعتذر .. بدر بن عبد المحسن

أبعتذر عن كل شيء الا الهوى .. ما للهوى عندي عذر

و ابعتذر عن كل شي الا الجراح ما للجراح الا الصبر

و ان ضايقك اني على بابك امر ليلة الم

و اني على دربك مشيت عمري و انا قلبي القدم

ابعتذر كلي ندم عن كل شيئ الا الهوى ما للهوا عندي عذر

تصدقي ما اخترت انا حبك محد يحب اللي يبي

سكنتي جروحي غصب ياحبي المر العذب

ليت الهوى و انت كذب كان اعتذرلك عن هواي

اعتذرك لك عن هواي و ما اقول انا كوني معاي

The issue in this post simply revolves around the if you ever had love or any kind of beautifull feelings towards any person & if yur away from each other, you shouldn't give up or hate these feelings no matter what, The separation reason might be good or bad ! but never separate what is beautifull & true from you. keep the good feelings inside you & never give up on them. I also included a poem by an arabic poet called Bader Bin AbdulMuhsen, which is a Saudi prince. When I read it I felt like its on the DOT regarding what I tought about. This whole idea came when I felt like a friend is being away for a long while & dispite that I still have the same feelings inside & will never give them up :} ever.

!i~ BLOG of the week ~i!

I should have posted this post yesterday but hmm I was in a BLOCKed mood :] .. Today a little better...

Without further delay the blog of the week isssssss !!@@!! :

MOBLOGGING FROM KUWAIT done by (as in the e-mail) Mark

If your into seeing pictures around Kuwait of various issues (Hardee's is there too), probably like EVERY THING you could & couldn't think of .. Its going to be fun for you.

Add to that the nice comments he adds to the pictures where they go from sarcastic, nagging (which he is totally right about to be sure click the link!), bad Kuwait towers description (that one really made me laugh), serious, Loss of a dear friend (deepest condolences) to educational in a few pictures and never the less immages of some of the regretfully true flipped up situations in Kuwait.

I'm more of a cat loving girl but this DOG is sooo cute which I fell in love with its innocent look, its name (mentioned in the post) is "chips" :} that is one cute dog. And never the less the most amazing simplest effects picture I ever saw, simple yet attractive.. And a lot more .. It is actually one of the blogs that I must visit every day right after I check my e-mail :} to see the new pictures & comments on.

I hope every one likes it as much as I do. Last but not least a big cheer to Mark Chillout Kuwait's Blogger of the week.

Nokia 7610's AD

Did any one see what I saw in this AD for the Nokia 7610 !!




Is it just me or the model's teeth are not straight?
Is it just me or the whole theme of the model goes back to the late 80's style?
Is it just me or the earrings are HEDIOUS?
Is it just me or the model DOES NOT look nice here?

From what I know about advertising is that it should attract people, this AD didn't attract me & a punch of people around me, The woman in the AD is a model which means she should be picked carefully & if not beautiful at least good looking & in this picture in particular I don't see that.

I can like the 80's theme of the whole mobile view & model too but this picture of her in the AD is not any way close to be nice. Checked the NOKIA site for a better view (if you didn't see the originally AD spread around Kuwait's streets) & there I saw other nicer pictures of the same model. So why pick this one.

Is it because of the fact that NOKIA is widely spread among people & makes great sales!?.. Although not so efficient (in my personal opinion), has a lack of one completely full with the late technology mobile and every two or three weeks you see a new mobile with the same technology & a little better! That makes yours less in price by the third!!.. PLUS the fact you will walk around & see that every one I MEAN EVERY ONE has the same kind of mobile regardless of the person's real need to have a mobile with that kind of technologies in it or not.

The funniest thing about this whole post is that I own the Nokia 6600!! ( I guess you can figure that out from the picture I took) Which is now like looking for 1KD with every person In Kuwait...? hmm naa its more of lets say 10 FILS! .. And since life is experiences & we learn from our mistakes & I bought it in a GOOD price (which I could have got a p900, or an i-Mate with a little more added) I decided to keep it for the sake of telling my self... ((Remember your 6600 & what happened then?? then don't do the same mistake again.. Also got the lesson that popular is not necessarily GOOD))... Although I kinda liked it with time... But still crap.

FriDay

يوم الكسل و النوم .. في هذا اليوم اعلنت الإخلاص للنوم و الإستسلام التام له .. استمتعت بما يزيد عن ال12 ساعه من النوم ولازلت اتعطش للعوده و النوم مجددا .. لذا لن اكتب ماهو مفيد ولكن سأعتبر ان هذه المقاله كتذكار ليوم الكسل العالمي الذي احتفلت به اليوم .. مع نفسي. مع تمنياتي لنفسي و للكل بيوم عمل جميل غداَ بأجواء الكويت البارده و لا تنسوا فالأمطار العاتيه تستلزم ان تأخذوا الحيطه و إعداد المظلات الواقيه من الأمطار و البردي :) .

Taliban's BARBIE !!

Today stopped by Sultan Center the one in Soug Sharg to be more specific .. On the way out right opposite to the AD board which I stopped to take a look at, there was some stationary for school displayed among them I saw a kid's sketch book & was SHOCKED. The following pictures that I took will tell you why !!



I was like HUH !! ... Then took a closer look & an other shoot of it !!




OK I know barbie I had it as a child & that is not how mattel made it !! Since when do we see this kind of dolls in Kuwait ? .. Or this is a TalibanISH wave ?

Will the Kuwaiti youngsters be badly effected by a barbie while in Kuwait all the FEMALES are free to wear what ever they want?

Will the barbie in the Abaya & hijab solve all the pervert things in this world ?

Is Barbies a member of التنظيم الصهيوني العالمي ??

If any one can give me an answer why did the poor doll get to become like this ?? Please be my guest.

Tuesday's chill place >> Starbucks .. Marina crescent

For me Tuesday is the best day to go out because:

1. its not the weekend yet here in Kuwait therefore not a lot of people are out :).
2. Since I was a kid I liked Tuesday because the day after it is TADAA: Wednesday the last day in school which passes very fast then the weekend is by the door ( I know some might think why not love Wednesday then ! If I loved it then I wouldn't be me, without the tendency to be different NEVER @!@) .. So the Love for Tuesday is pretty old.

ANY HOW the bottom line this Tuesday's chill place was Starbucks at marina crescent. I know most people already went to the coffee place also know that a lot go there to look at other people more than to enjoy a nice beverage or a bit !, which is a thing that makes me think very carefully which branch to go to & in which day. Some people might not believe it but I actually go there for the coffee I do LOVE their Ice Mocha with caramel inside NOT ON TOP :} & an extra shot of espresso YUMMY!! Also occasionally might take the chocolate surprise cake, although the biscuit's layer in it is a little hard to cut through but still I like it. So their branch at marina crescent is very nice, quiet, not a lot of people we actually sat there for 15 minutes alone till the next customers came in & I liked the couches fabric it had nice colors, a warm blend of brown & dark purple goes nicely with wall's color. Its nice if your a coffee fan try going to that branch where you can really sit down chill & relax.

BIG SMILE :D

Click the title to see the picture, which is form some production company in this world !! But its the closest to what my smile looked like after the comments.

I really didn't expect to see any comments on this deserted BLOG at this time, it was "THE" nicest thing that ever surprised me although I'm not much of a surprise fan, but definitely LOVED it. Its so amazing to come across a simple thing like a comment that would make you happy for the rest of the day :} & the next day too.. So this post is a big thank you for the guy's who found my blog & cared to comment .. I will chill here & keep up posting.

mean while I hope you enjoy THIS LOVE by Maroon5 .. Although my favorite song from this album is SHIVER but I'm still looking for it on the net.. Till then :) chill with "THIS LOVE".

Wonder if the blog thing is for me !

Looks like I'm not a blogging kind of girl ! .. very lazy to think of a subject & also totally thoughtLESS .. but will continue to BLOG :}.. in a commentLESS BLOG too :>.