304 : October 2010's last sunset

In two months this 2010 will end ...

Took this snap today @ 4.54pm ,, I can't stop staring at the sky this time of the year, for a few weeks now, its so charming! Every one reading this :) PLEASE take a pause in the morning and at dusk, look up at the sky and smile :]

303 : زلغ

الاسبوع اللي طاف استوعب ان سيارتي مزلوغة من ورا، و حيل تضايقت، لان اللي زالغها و ماشي ما كلف خاطره حتى يحط اعتذار! الزلغ بسيط بس الذوق مو بسيط على اللي حك سيارتي الظاهر ،، كان شي صعب عليه يكون/تكون سنع و يتعذر باقل تقدير

302 : Eat fresh

Picture taken yesterday Friday the 29th of October, 2010

For many reasons Subway is the most convenient place to have lunch from, so in my diet that I will try to stick to *as much as possible* Subway will be my bread/meat/cheese main source :> breakfast light bran flakes with milk, coffee & tea are a must especially during the day at work time, however I prepared several tea types to try to lower the caffeine intake, as for dinner it will be light :} fruits/veggies .. I haven't decided on snacks yet but I tried this routine before I was fine without a snack, yet at times in certain days where the work load is heavy & I go through a rough day I tend to have a snack, given that it wont be more than 100-150 callories.

Now the exact calorie count is not my issue but I bare in mind that I can lose weight with a 1500 calorie diet, due tot he fact that I do go to the gym daily, so I can afford a little more :p HOWEVER I do want to get this done with, I have been spoiling my self a loooooot, need to work on  a proper plan to lose, then maintaining shouldn't be so hard.

301 : Location

Spotted Giant across the street from Schlotzsky's in Salmiyah, and immediately thought that they finally picked a good spot! Salmiya USED to be a very busy area almost all weekdays now with the Avenues in Alrai area & 360mall in South Surra area, the load is really LESS on Salmiyah. Add to that, the area is a HUGE attraction to all nationalities Kuwaitis or non-Kuwaitis, and a lot of expats also live near by in the buildings around its area, so its a really smart choice this time, since those consumers in particular would appreciate the merchandises in it more, due to the high population in that area also the fact that Kuwaiti are more used to Co-ops that also has the plus of being in almost every area and block :p speaking of which, this Giant branch is less than 1KM away from Salmiyah co-op

300 : Princess Leia

Congratulations all Kuwaiti brides, Princess Leia's hair is hip, LOL!

Benefits of the Princess Leia Hair do:

- Its perfect, when the groom is a star wars fan [thanx to the dear ForzaQ8 for the inspiring tweet]
- Its perfect, to protect your ears from the speakers loud noise in the wedding
- Its perfect, to HIDE the true look of your hair and fake it till the man is glued
- Its perfect, to be used as winter ear muffs, go on your Eskimo honey moon from the wedding night
- Its perfect, if you intend to give people in your wedding a good laugh

With all do respect to those who MIGHT see the hairdo / makeup as PRETTY & might actually go for this look, but as they say a little goes a long way! The idea of makeup & hairdos is to enhance / add a touch / beautify your NATURAL look, not fake a whole new one. Change is good and simplicity puts you in a win-win situation, and whats above in the picture is simply scary to me. Celebrate your natural beauty do not try to fake-up your look, love yourself a little more :]

Personally, I love my self the way I am with ALL of my imperfections & WILL NEVER paint another face over mine!

299 : Crack

This tiny Arabic coffee cup cracked the moment hot coffee was poured in it, just like us, if we were ever under hard circumstances & weren't in the competent level to handle it!

Today a dear tweeter "Hameedosh" asked a question about if you had one memory to erase what would it be? At first I had one, a very old one that till date when ever I recall I have a bad feeling in my gut! However, that particular situation, hmm AWKWARD humiliating situation really did teach me a lot, and as an outcome the MOST intimidating woman I ever knew respects me, the outcome did not come directly, its what that situation had done to me, and what it made me become, afterward. I discovered that I would not want to erase anything, even the bad memories, simply because they formed me, who I am today, and I like me, although am full of defects & made A LOT of HUGE mistakes and at times wish that time would just go back a little. Yet, I am in peace with who I am today :] I want a better me, but not a different me.

298 : الشارع الأمريكي

جوني روكتس الواقع في الشارع الامريكي

الجمله اعلاه تنتمي للحقبة ما بعد الغزو، لما كان شارع سالم المبارك مركز حيوي، اهو و الديرة. كان هالمطعم مشهور و زححححححمه بالذات بالويك اند، اليوم كان يصفر لما مريناه انا و اختي

بنفس الفكرة مريت اليوم بالدوام على موضوع، و بوسط الملف اشوف تواقيع و اسامي ناس كانوا في مناصب مختلفة في مكان عملي، و طرى ببالي اهمية هالتواقيع و الاسماء في ذاك الوقت، و ببدائلهم الحين

الثابت الوحيد هو التغيير

فلنترك بصمة نحب ان نراها و تترك بالاخرين انطباع جيد عنا

297 : Mirror

Saw this mirror in Pottery Barn today, never was fond of mirrors but this one caught my attention! I didn't see the price tag but I think it might be a little over the top, Pottery Barn isnt exactly IKEA "price wise" but you can find good bargins if you search :p Might go back to it later and check it out more seriously, but it is a lovely big one.

Going to move into a new room soon & will have to decorate & do all the works for it, I was leaning towards contemporary simple, a lot of white/gray and a flashy color to break it. BUT now a little vintage wooden effect wont hurt :> need to work on that a little more. I love furniture shopping & decorating, so I'm hoping to have a lot of fun with my new room :D

296 : B&BW in Q8

B&BW will be oppening soon in Kuwait & Dubai. I love their products, what I really like about them is their lines, they have a HUGE variety of lines ranging from fruits, flowers to honey!

And another tiring day that is making me really sleepy. I want to write real posts, I want my "From here & there posts" .. Must make time

295 : معرض الكويت الخامس و الثلاثون للكتاب

مريت مرور الكرام للامسية الثقافية المتمثلة بمعزوفات حية من فني "الصوت - السامري" و استكملت جولتي في معرض الكتاب

و لاني اكتب هالتدوينة و انا نص نايمه فا بحط مقتطفات

وجود قارئ نهم و مثقف يجعل التنقل بين المكتبات ممتعاً

عفوية الناس الموجودين اسعدتني حين اشاد احدهم و هو بجانب البائع بالرواية، اللي ايضا البائع اشاد فيها، سقف الكفاية ل محمة حسن علوان

الجو كان حلو تحملنا القعدة برا

على الرغم من المنع و القمع من مقص الرقيب ،، الا اني استمتعت و خرجت بحصيلة لا بأس بها

و على الرغم من المنع و القمع و مقص الرقيب ،، اقول "لهم" لا يمكن ان يحرمونا من المعرفة، لانها ببساطة ليست ملكا لكم :) و للبشر طرق كثيرة للحصول على المعرفة

:>

294 : تقلب راسك ولا بتقلب الشاشة؟

سؤال بسيط ،، علشان تشوف الصورة بشكل واضح بتقلب الشاشة ولا بتقلب راسك؟

عندك الخيارين ،،، و عندك خيار ثالث؟ اللي اهي ذاكرتك لو كنت مار في هالمكان

في كل الحالات، لكل منا طريقته بفهم الصورة و رؤيتها بشكل واضح، فنستطيع الاتفاق على الخطوط العريضه لها مثل

الصورة بالكويت

البرج البارز فيها برج التحرير

الخ 

....

لكن لمعرفة تفاصيل دقيقة بها ،، نحتاج لتمعن و تفحص و ربما قد نحتاج لنكون في الصورة بحد ذاتها لنفهمها، فبقصد او غير قصد قد نسئ الفهم او النظر لها! فنعتقد بوجود ما ليس له وجود أو نخطئ بإسم احد المباني / المعالم المجودة بها. كالبشر :) فمثل "اللي ما يعرفك ما يثمنك" من اروع الامثال الكويتية التي اتمسك بها، و اتعذر للناس بها في حال اسأت فهمهم و استميح لهم العذر عند نفسي ان اساءوا فهمي او معاملتي ، فلا يفترض ان يعرفني شخص بهذه الدنيا بمقدار معرفتي بنفسي :> فالكل طالب ،، العبرة بمن يعلم و يتجاهل المعلومة عن قصد او يعلم و يرفض تعلم الحدود التي تم توضيحها

293 : Tetris Friends

I love Tetris this game never fades away from my arcade history. Tetris friends is probably THE BEST online tetris website. Took the shot above from it while playing, whats cool about this iste is that you can play as a visitor, you can register, in both cases you play with other people online or alone! a good variety of games are offered in it & the best new feature is that you can play with friends!

I here confess that am a Tetris addict :p

292 : Day off

Planning for a day off, in the middle of the fuss at work I do need sometime off, I know a day doesn't count :p but am fine with it for the time being, my big time off is just not yet... Hope the plan goes well & I shall have some "me" time ...

291 : Moon River

We might not have a River in Kuwait, but we have the Moon :p

Moon River for Frank Sinatra , its my second favorite song by him, after Come Fly With Me. Moon River has a special link to Breakfast at Tiffany's, *this is where I first heard moon river! by Audri* I simply love Audrey Hepburn's style in that movie, and she is probably the ONLY skinny woman I like!

In the movie, her class, in actions and costumes is amazing & feminine. When ever I see her I recall the lovely nanonano.

Back to Moon River, this song in particular can switch my mood from ANY direction to CALM, the moment I hear it starting, I Chill .... Smile .... Enjoy it


A side note: Gym is back into my schedule. I hear a lot complain about routine BUT at times having a repeated schedule to fit all your things / activities, can make them easy, especially that we do have 24hrs per day, 8-sleep & 8-work! So in order to fit sports, weight loss & family, friends, my schedule should be very organized. I plan to finish by December... Inshallah :} ,, this should have been a post material not a note :p

290 : Girl toy

Window display of VeroModa in Avenues. I liked the creativity, finally some action into our windows, male manikins in big toy boxes, more like ken & barbie boxes but real life sized ones.

289 : Keep calm

I got a 365 "Keep calm and carry on" notes for 2011, as a gift from the lovely Ahamshay, an advance chill & be optimistic boost to face 2011. I feel that next year will hold a lot for me :}

288 : The Scientific Center

From a distance I took this pictures, love the G.11's zoom...

One of the places I really love in Kuwait is the Scientific Center, I should go on a trip soon & take pictures

287 : procrastination

Planning to stop procrastination :/ been abusing my books with that bad bad act! SO what I decided to do is to write a review about each book when am done, in a trial to keep my self committed :}

Although I have A LOT of books pending, yet I still enjoy buying books and look forward to go to the book fair. For the rest of 2010, will be a more active reader inshallah :>

286 : رزنامة العجيري

مع اني كل يوم احب اشوف شنو مكتوب فيها الا اني ساعات انساها و الهى بالشغل

احلي شي احبه ان في كل يوم شي غير، و الايام المفضلة عندي اللي يكون فيها شعر او حكم او معلومة نادرة! بالذات المعلومات التاريخية عن الكويت

الصورة اليوم حطيتها في تويتر بس اثر في نفسي المكتوب لدرجة اني قررت اخليها صورة اليوم، لاني و بالصدفة امس احتكيت بموضوع "الهموم" و الحكم اعلاه اشوف انها تنطبق على كافة الاشياء اللي ممكن انها اتسود القلب او النفس ،، مثل الهم، الحقد ،، الخ

محد خالي من الهموم و ساعات تدخل حياتك لو كنت اسعد الناس، الشطارة بالتعامل مع هالهم. العقل جزء مخيف من الانسان، و اعتقد ان الكثيرين يقللون من سلطتة على تصرفاتهم و فكرهم بانهم يقولون : بخاطري - اشتهيه - بغيت، متناسين الفرق بين الحاجة و الرغبة! الحد الادنى لضمان الحياة هو الحاجة لشيئ ما لتستمر الحياة اما الرغبة فهي شغف النفس للشيئ الذي قد لا يحتاجه الانسان

285 : @@

I parked and got inside, I forgot something in the car, I opened the door to see this cutie sitting outside :} I loved her look & color, love the tiger'ish print on its fur

I love Cats & Tigers

284 : My mobile is a dictator

As I was driving back home, my mobile's battery died! For around an hour I was disconnected, just like the old days, when in the 80s my dad was the only one with a mobile phone that pretty much looked like a mini fridge. With time we reached to the level of communicating with the whole world via voice, image, video & text. The internet made a huge revolution in communication it linked us with a BIG web, in a way that made the six degrees of separation theory seem silly, in terms of being closer with less thank 6 degrees :}

In that hour I actually had peace! No calls, no messages, no surfing or checking twitter that I am addicted to recently. I had a full hour to me, I really enjoyed it, although I could not help checking my mobile hoping that it would feel sorry for me & at least allow me to check twitter or bbm LOL, but all my hopes went in vain :p

I recalled how easy life was when we were not reachable all the time, yet in the same time how information flow was not so easy & accessible at all times, since the source of information was either written media, radio or TV and of course word of mouth. I still wonder, how much do we really need our smart phones, I think its a luxury more than a necessity to some if not most of us.

283 : Kuwait Towers

It says:
Hayat 4 Cancer

يومي كان طويل و متعب، و قفت على اسمنت بحولي و زعلت على توايري ، قالي اخوي عادي بس لما تمشي السيارة يطلع اللي داش بالتاير، فا قررت اني اطول الدرب لي البيت مع اني تعبانه و امر بشارع الخليج لاني ولهت على الابراج، ابراج الكويت فيها سحر يردني لها و بمجرد ما اشوفها استانس

هالمرة كان فيها ليتات غريبة و مع اني دايخه بس نزلت و صورتهم :) و قريت "حياة لرعاية السرطان" و لما دريت لقيت ان لشهر اكتوبر بتم هالليتات شابة على الابراج و هالمجهود اللي يهدف للتوعية بمرض سرطان الثدي تقوم فيه مبرة رقية عبد الوهاب القطامي - للاعمال الخيرية و مرضى السرطان. اللي لهم مجموعة في الفيس بوك و مختصر المكتوب فيها عن مؤسسة حياة اللي اهي تندرج من مبرة رقية القطامي:

السيدة رقية القطامي عايشت مرض السرطان مع احد احفادها و الذي تلقى/ت العلاج في الولايات المتحدة الامريكية، و قررت بعد عودتها للكويت ان تساهم ولو بالقليل، قامت ببيع اعمالها اليدوية و التبرع بالمبالغ لمستشفى مكي جمعة لعلاج مرضى السرطان ، و كبر المجهود لان اصبحت لها مبرة، مجهودات بسيطة من تلك السيدة الفاضلة لمساعدة الغير

عندما تفحصت و علمت بالمبرة و اهدافها و مساعيها، سعدت كثيرا لوجود مثل السيدة ام قيس، رقية القطامي بيننا، فالايثار و حب الغير من الخصال الراقية التي تثلج الصدر و تسعد الخاطر

على الهامش

مدونتين من خلال بحثي استفدت منهم كثيرا ،، و استعنت بروابطهم في موضوعي فلهم جزيل الشكر

Many thanks goe to two blogs that have informed me a lot about what I have seen in the Kuwait Towers :) I used links from them in my post above, and they are:

The Buz Fairy

Ladies Who Do Lunch In Kuwait

282 : مجمع ولاء ،، حولي

هالمنظر البديع في حولي شارع بن خلدون، الزحمة شي يغمت و لازم بالك يكون طوييييييييل و اعصابك بثلاااااجة علشان اتحمل اللي بتشوفه و تمر فيه بهالشارع
 

قوانين المرور ما لها اهمية و كأن هالشارع مفصول عن الزمن و الوقت الطبيعي بالكويت و الكون، فلا اهمية لوجود سيارة لها حيز و فيها اوادم الوجود للأقوى و الاعند! ولا فيه اهمية للقانون بعد، المهم انك تسلك و توصل لمبتغاك

المواقف شي مو اساسي بالنسبة لاصحاب المجمعات في هالمنطقة الحيوية، يمكن مجمع المهلب الوحيد في حولي اللي اقدر اقول انه وفر لرواده كم معقول من المواقف؟ و بلازا / العثمان يعني نبلعهم ،، حسيت لما طبعت مجمع العثمان طلع من الشاشة غبار

ناهيك عن مشكلة مرتادي هالشارع مع لفة الفوق حدر "يو تيرن" عندهم مشكلة مع منعها في تقاطعات شارع بن خلدون، اللي وصلوني لي مرحلة قمت اصدق ان علامة "ممنوع الاستدارة" انها مسموح الاستدارة و ان الاحمر يساوي الازرق و الخط الاحمر اللي بوسط العلامة معناته اخذي اللفة

ننتقل الى كره السائقين للمسافة بين السيارات، و كان المفروض ان قبق السيارة يلزق في دبة السيارة اللي جدامها، الالتحام من احب انشطة مرتادي هالشارع، و يحسسوني اني خفية و سيارتي مالها وجوة و انهم ممكن يطوفون من خلالها

الاهم من كل هذا، ودي اشوف احد بهالمنطقة من حولي ،،، مبتسم؟ كلن مهموم و قاعد يفتر و شايل هموم الدنيا مع كمبيوتره و يفتر من محل لي محل، و اللي زوجها شوي و يبجي في محل الذهب

على الهامش

باجر البر كامب :) اللي يبي حياه الله

حدث اول مره يصير بالكويت و كلي فضول شنو بيصير هناك :> بحاول اني اروح و الزين فيه ان الوقت مفتوح من ٢ العصر لي ٨ بالليل

281 : Plastic Balloons

عيال اخوي زايرينا اليوم، و شلون للحين موجودة هالتفافيخ "اللي  تكون على شكل معجون بالتيوب ،، تاخذه و تتفخه" ماااااادري لوول،، اذكرهم قبل و كنت احب هالتفافيخ بس ريحتهم اتصك الراس و احس انها مو شغله صحية، بس الوناسة ما تعرف عقل

و اخيرا شكر كبير لل "هاند موديل" بنت اخوي اللي ما تعرفني الا اذا بغت اتصبغ اضافرها او تشوف فلم الاميرة و الضفدع، شريره  و مصلحجية بس شالعه قلبي و احبها

280 : K-Net

One of the best unities ,, 6alabat.com & K-Net

279 : Honey Lemon Flu ..

Love the honey lemon combination & the drink from Panadol family is VERY nice, better than lemsip! In taste that is, effectiveness is yet to be discovered since I just had a sachet. came to work very early today expecting a hectic day, to my surprise it was way over what I expected it to be. Had coffee at around 8am and the next time I checked the clock it was 2pm! I did not eat nor have anything healthy, I am on a diet "more like organizing my meals quality/quantity & timing" and today I ruined it BIG time. Then I felt something wrong, sore throat, dizziness and my nose was not the same, I couldn't go to the gym had a lot to do with family, cam home 9pm'ish loaded with the above, to help me fight the flu, had soup lots of lemon squeezed on it, continued the journey with lemon :p and now enjoying Stripsils.

278 : Mc Chicken

ليش اختاروا الماك تشكن علشان تكون شعار للمصنفين حسب رؤية "البعض" انهم متأمركين

277 : Early Bird

Had a quick stop at the early bird after a long morning to finish up the car registration renewal, which was a first time experience :} Had a lot of fun and although it took long to convince dad but when he did I was just thrilled. The whole processes is boring but its very simple! Just like any other government related formality, takes time and patience.

Beat, have a lot in mind but cant write. I wonder when will they invent the mental reader to PC thingie

276 : Nano

A while ago I lost my nano classic, which I got as a gift from a dear friend, who I didn't tell till the moment that I lost her gift :( I am still on the hope of finding it, who knows! So I started searching, to find out what is the BEST option for me, to fit my needs, since I only use it in the gym and want something light, comfortable to be worn with any outfit, compact. I know previously that the nano is the best for me, since I can not stand the tiny space of the shuffle nor the dull wheel thing, I love to see a screen in my gadge, and the big iPod touch is out of the question I wouldn't hold something this big, am already REALLY bored & bothered with the BlackBerry's size! And can't get another hand held device that size or close to it.

So of the Nano's available, the 6th generation made perfect sense to me:

- easy to attach, no additional accesories required
- clips on to almost any piece of clothing
- has a touch screen
- easy to scroll through
- size 8GB perfect for my play lists & podcasts
- found it in a VERY reasonable price @ Eureka 59KD [Blink : 63KD - Apple almost : 42KD with shipping it could reach 50?]
 - adorably tiny & cute!

Ok the last one was a bit shallow but its true lol, i love holding it, reminds me of my canari when I was a kid,,, not sure why nor how are they related! hmm guess its the size :/

ANYHOW am happy with it so fond of exploring it, took the Cherry Blossoms background and chose the play lists & podcasts to sync and am good to go :D

275 : Blushing

Highlight of the day, BLUSHING well

Make up is an art, if you don't over do it, get the right amount applied on you win, over-do it a little! you're a disaster. When it comes to blushing, adding blusher in the exact amount can light up your face, lack would make you pale and over would just make you a clown :p

274 : Ray Ban

Very blank tonight, had a lot to talk about but, all that I have are random thoughts and this was right next to me, so I made it today's picture :p