Tuesday, 26 October 2004

A day in Kuwait

The following took place Sunday, 24/10/2004


** Work 9 am.

** Out from work to Al-Sayer for car service at 9:30 am, its easy since am in a ministry... STILL :'( .

**Back to work, was told that car will finish by 2hrs.

**While wating for my ride to get me to the service garage in Al-Rai infront of me there was a parking Touareg & realised its eyes (head lights I know ;p but I like to call them that!!) are very nice



**Got to Al-Sayer at 12:25pm, one thing bothered me about their service is although I called in advance so they wash the car before I come THEY didn't @@ the workers said that" we didn't because not all customers like their cars to be washed & also don't like to wait for the wash!". I mean if they do it then call the customer to tell him/her the car is done where the delay would be? shouldn't the washing be among the regular service routine :} because although they say its free I don't think so :> for sure its taked from the amount payed for the service & if so it was free WHO doesn't want to see their car clean ??. Any how I wrote this & put it in the complains box & also sent them an e-mail & the next service at 10,000 KM will show if there is a change or not.



**After fu6oor went to @@



Soug Sharg :} these two women are standing up high in there, I absolutelly LOVED them their dara3aa's especailly because they do look like old women's dara3aa's they were very lovely if I knew or saw the artist that sculptured them I would congratulate him on the nice statues although the materials they are made from are not difficult to work with (I think) but the shape is nice LOVE THEM :D.

**Last stop of the day was for coffee also at soug sharg although I hate the starbucks there because its always busy but luckely it wasn't that day :}, had a double tall ice mocha with caramel inside & less ice. Saw this nice ad in starbucks right above my favourite table there



which somehow reminded me of moodless which once was the blog of the week.

**Thats the end of the day's pictures :} hope you like them.

Friday, 15 October 2004

Whats wrong with "Safat" & MS Explorer? << a call to nibaq

:} well check this picture



this is with MS's Internet Explorer & it occured before, but this time I used FireFox it was perfeclly normal @@, so what is the problem with the IE & Safat? are they mt7arbein ? :}

!i~ BLOG of the week ~i!

Well since I already wrote it :} will post it 36 minutes earlier than Saturday. So here goes the blog of the week post.

Art has been a passion & a thing I follow up when ever I can & have the time, mood for :}. Alot of Kuwaiti artist are out there, today's blog of the week speacks about one that I knew about only through blogging! & from m o o d l e s s blog to be more precise if you follow up that blog you probablly know my now that this week I am writing about :

and the site is designed by moodless (عذبي)
The site is for a Kuwait artist called Bader Al-Mansour & here where the english text ends to talk more freelly about a Kuwaiti Arabic written blog :}.
الموقع للفنان بدر المنصور الذي بصراحه لم اعرف عنه الكثير الا بعد قرائة مايحويه الموقع، و اسعدني كثيرا ما قرأت و رأيت. الفنان يتنوع فنه مابين

أسكتشات

كاريكاتير

لوحات تشكيلية (التي يظلمها التصوير جدا)ا

منحوتات

الأعمال المركبة

السيرة الذاتيه للفنان حافلة و فعلا تشعرك بالفخر بوجود دماء جديده شابه بعالم الفن الكويتي، بقسم الأسكتشات تستطيع رؤية افكار الفنان التي قد تصبح لوحه او نحت او تبقى سكتش ! لكن حتما جانب مثير للهتمام به نظره خفيه لكيفية تبلور الفكر الفنيه من البداية و حتى جعلها واقع ملموس و مايعجبني بسكتشاته و رسوماته هو تجسيدها للواقع بنظرة قد لاتكون واقعيه و انتهاج السيريالية بمعظم اعماله لاني شخصيا انجذب للفن السريالي و امارس التجريدي. شيء لاحظته بكل الفنانين هو العوده لشكل او لوحة ما حتى بعد مضي الوقت عليها و انجاز هذه الفكره .. لاحظت العين

هنا

هنا بلوحة وجه

وهنا

قد يكون عامل مشترك من نسج خيالي :> لكن ارى ان هذه الفكره تكررت اكثر من مره و تكررت بشكل اخر باعمال اخرى فقد تكون شعر متعلق برأس ما ! او عين المهم ان الشكل الفني يتكرر بنظري.

العماله ناقص واحد، احد المنحوتات التي نفذها الفنان و قد حصد له جائزه .الكاريكاتيرات لها نصيب من اعمال هذا الفنان، سأترك للزائر التمتع بقسم الاعمال المركبة الذي يشدني باستخدام الأدوات التي قد يعتبرها الكثيرون لا تنفع وعلى العكس هنا فهي توضف حتى تصبح امثلة فنية حيه تثبت القدره الفنيه للفنان بدر المنصور على ان ينحت خياله لكي يناسب الواقع و ليس كما هو معتاد ان ينسج الفنان خياله لكي يجسد به الواقع بشكل او اخر وجميل و الفلامنكو اكثر ما عجبني بهالجانب، ايضا تعريف الفنان لنا على ما يطلق عليه الفن الفقير. من اخر المقالات التي نشرها الفنان عبارة عن صور وصلته بالايميل و اذهلتني ادعوا الكل لأن يلقى عليها نظره.و ايضا لوحة لفنان مبدع اذهلتني، و لتصميم الديكور التلفزيوني جانب من ارجاء هذا الموقع لبرامج رياضية ، قالب جاهز للأزمات! وقاعة استقبال لوزارة الإعلام. و المميز بهذا الموقع على الرغم من انه بلوق الا انه يتناول جوانب و رؤية فنان قد تختلف قليلا عن البلوقات الاخرى التي تستخدم الكلمات للتعبير عن ما يجول بخاطر الكاتب فبهذا البلوق يتنقل الفنان مابين كلمات صريحة و رسومات جميله و الغالبية العضمى لاعماله الفنيه و الجانب الفني من شخصيته الذي اراه صريحا اكثر من الكلمات ببعض الاحيان.

يحمل بطياته هذا الموقع الكثير من الافكار التي قد تفاجئ الشخص بما يمكن ان يجنح به خيال هذا الفنان:

كتابة الجمل بشكل ..همم غير اعتيادي :>

الرسم على عقرب !! ئي و عقرب صجي بعد انا حدي منصدمه :}

موهبه بالعزف على البيـــانو

الجمال يستطيع ان يتواجد بأماكن ما نتوقعها، و لهالفنان نظره بهالموضوع !! مثيره للاهتمام

H .. M !!@@ تبون عرفون شنو يعني ؟؟ شوا الرابط لاتخزون

و اذا بستمر بعد راح انشر الموقع بأكمله اهنيه :> علشان جذيه راح اخلي لفظولكم الدور انه يكمل استكشاف محتويات الموقع باكملها.

So this week's post is for Bader Al-Mansour, keep up the good work :}



مبارك عليكم الشهر :}




card taken from >> "manarcom.com"

Wednesday, 13 October 2004

The video that made me cry

The video that made me cry It's for a new Lebanese singer called

"Yara"

the song is

"7ub Kbeir"


Check it on*up dated* melody channel (click on the clip Number *up dated* 12 at the end of the web page, to view it on the net) it's on all the time on TV. I first saw it Saturday at that time I mostly liked singer's voice & the guy in the video very cute with a very innocent smile, seemed very polite & gentle. The story took my heart too but still didn't take it seriously I was on my way out. Monday when I saw it I really did cry I lived it, the singers voice was touching in the video they acted very well & was very romantic with the small things in it like the pearl!!, the places where they had time together on the beach so simple, romantic and the whole song revolves around seeking pure true love. The reason I was extra touched by this is the lack of that simple yet breathtaking love, people are more materialized here add to that the family thing where you have to check if your families are compatible or not ……… & all of that annoying PURE MATERIAL community we live in forces us to look for.

So this post is for true love where ever it may exist :}.

Child Abuse

This will probably be one of the most controversial posts I will ever post, which AI tried not to discuss since I want this blog to be quiet & a free of pain space, little nagging is ok but being so damn serious wasn't on mind BUT the "new girl at work" just couldn't stop pushing me to it. A few days ago I commented on MadM2000's child Abuse cartoon, As if this guy predicts :) this is not the first time he says something & it happens ! One way or an other not only me think so take a look at what Zaydoun had to say !!.

The story began with the new girl as a conversation she started with other girls since I decided to block her :} it started about how kids are stubborn these days etc...

So she was like
"I hit my daughter to discipline her since she was 1 year old!".Note she was proud when said that !!

When other girls asked her why do u do so to a very young child? She replied with what??

"She moves a lot around!!". Made it sound like a crime committed by her child @@

At this moment I COLD NOT STAY QUITE, I was like
"its because you are not a mother!!".

She looking at me surprised since I did take the window up on her (Q80 expression رافعه الجام عليها) so

she said: N3M

Me: If you were a mother where is your heart when you beat her? la o you brag about it & claim you fear GOD !! Don't you know this is 7raam to do to a child? I don't blame her if she hates you.

Her (as I expected): Kefi hathi 6reqti blt3aml m3a my baby! This is how I treat her when I can't stand her.

Me *while she was talking was quiet, angry, sad, pitiful of the poor child & just left the office since it will be a stupid conversation & she nor I will be convinced with the others opinion*

Its not a joke nor something to laugh about as she & many others think, that you do it today & then after a few years you laugh about it with your child.

That child will hate you
You prove that you don't deserve to be blessed with a child
You are committing a crime towards YOUR CHILD, which I would not blame if she/he throws You away when you get old & lonely
That child will not be normal all of his/her life

Think about that young parents!. Change starts with a simple touch, start it in your minds for a change.

Sunday, 10 October 2004

Happened today

Things happened today at work, oddly because usually work is dull & very calm typical government administrative work with no public contact.



*On the way to work I wonder… What is it with Kuwaiti drivers and the space between cars?They seem to hate it they don’t keep it and if they see you keep it they cross over you using it! As if there is something irritating in free space between cars. Lately I spoke a lot about the traffic subject & will do more because it's crazy out there.



*In a hall I don't cross usually to go to my office but did today there was an amazing Arabian coffee aroma filling the atmosphere very refreshing, which made me want a cup but then again I looked at the heat reserving cup in my hand for my home made cappuccino & said don’t worry your still my coffee :}.



*The new girl in the departments first day was today, she apparently knew me in college but I don’t & never was much of a social girl always liked a little closed circle of friends & a very strict relation with colleagues the only activity I categorize as being social is participating in the MIS club at KU-CBA, once tried to join the art work shop in my college but didn’t have time for it. ANY how am way out of the subject back to the girl who asks about what is under your figure nail which is a thing I DO NOT LIKE; she was keeping her self busy writing numbers!! At 7:20 am till it got to 8:30 & kept doing that when ever she is free sorry her tongue is free from words!! . I like numbers too & always challenge my mind in mathematical equations all the time, but it felt freaky when she kept hiding the papers in her bag!



*Went out from the office got some news papers from a jm3eya (supermarket) branch close by to at least use some of the free time I have at work to read the news. So back to the new girl I sit at my desk she is right in front of me reaches out & TAKES one of the papers that I just put on the table to read it & after she TOOK it,

she said: Mumken ?!

I wanted to tell her are you asking me to pretend that your polite or your just telling me you will use something that I didn’t give you the permission to use yet you already did use?, but thought like she is new I don’t want to be unfriendly as appose to what I am like & somehow was in shock of her action she seemed polite!! Then I got back to NOT being judgmental :} and not be deceived by looks. So I did a small polite note in front of her luckily if she got it she would spared her self a lecture later by me if the same thing occurs.



*Back to the new girl, I go out from the office for a minute then back to see her reading MY news paper now :} the one I left open!! So I gave her a look & was about to talk & she immediately closed it then

said : tbenha?.

I was like : E ana a9ln knt ga3da agraha !o 5let'ha shwi o kani rdeit. "with a LOOK"

What is wrong with her? I hated that & took a decision to be very strict with her & talk only about work if any other subject is on the table I wont participate with her.



* Was in a meeting Female majority, the main point I got from it is :

NEVER GO IN A MEETING WITH ONLY WOMEN IN IT,

at least NOT WITH women like the women I was with today. What happened to talking? Why shouting took its place? Although the majority of them look as if they are strict Islamists didn’t Islam order women to be polite or is it about the external look only? This is regardless of the fact that they should be more politely raised!!!!. The most bad part that ruined it is the departments manager she didn’t moderate the meeting it was every one talking at the same time, me a listener disgusted one of the way this whole thing is done it’s a shame to be called a meeting.

Nedded to vent :}

Saturday, 9 October 2004

!i~ BLOG of the week ~i!

Back posting with the blog of the week post. This weeks site I knew about suddenly & I'm glad I did its a great one, mostlly attracted me with the idea behind the name !!. Creativity has always been a thing I look for around & admire highlly people who use their vast immagination :} So this weeks post is a tribute tooooo :


BLOBOZ By BLOBOZ him self :)


المثير للاهتمام بهذا الموقع هو الفكره خلف الأسم و الشخصيه التي يحمل الموقع اسمها (بلو بوز) و الشرح مثير للاهتمام جدا :> و ظريف.... الموقع جديد نسبيا حيث انه لم يولد الا قبل 3 اشهر و بالصدفه بنفس موعد ميلادي ال 24 :>... الارشيف يحمل الكثير من المواضيع المثيره للاهتمام، تم اختيار التالي بصورة عشوائية من الموقع نظرا لان نسبه المواضيع التي لم اقرأها بالموقع اهي
0.0000000000000 % :P which is none

لو بكتب بعد ماراح اخلص لان الموقع فعلا مثير للاهتمام، من ناحية المقالات اهي مو الشي اللي توقعته شخصيا انه يكون موجود ببلوق. شخصية بلوبوز مبدعه و افكارها على بساطتها الا انها تجذبني. اكثر ما يعجبني اهو حس الطفوله اللي نلقاه بالاكتشافات اللي يقوم بها للنظر الى اشياء يوميه معتاده كمعجون اسنان مثلا !! و الكثير من التجارب البسيطه و المشوقه بنفس الوقت ... اراء عفويه و بساطه بالتصميم تحلى بها هذا الموقع و التي كانت جميله بنظري لدرجة انها تجذبني يوميا لاقرأ ما لدى بلوبوز من قول .

الأرجاء الأخرى من الموقع هي كالتالي

اخيرا، موقع ظريف يستحق الزياره و المتابعه اليوميه لان كل يوم يحمل فكره جديده من عالم جديد :> و اتمنى للأخ بلوبوز التوفيق و

Keep up the good work :}

Tuesday, 5 October 2004

Saturday, 2 October 2004

Everybody loves seiMfeld !!

Every time I sit on TV to watch a sit com my sister who is not a sit com fan but likes to watch some from time to time, would come in & as me :

Hey is this is Everybody loves seiMfeld !!

P.S= seiMfeld is supposed to be seinfeld !

Its not every body loves Raymond

NOR

SeinFeld (his Yahoo HP since I like him :} )

when I asked her hmm what does he look like .. she replied by I don't know a guy ! with a weird voice !

then I was really like @@ HUH! they both have funny voices ?! .. long story but in the end it appeared to be every body loves raymond is her show :}.

No reason for this post other than have asmile on your face if you like it, if you don't ! it doesn't have to exist in your life.

Tuesday, 28 September 2004

A blast from the past

Grendiser :}

My best action cartoon EVER, and of course Duke Fleet as I mentioned before is my prince charming. So the following two places that the pictures show are in Kuwait. where exactly? that is for you to explore since they are a secret :} I can't just tell you where Grendiser gets out from.

Wonder why this post?! I used to pretend that they are long gates for Grendiser to go out from as dad drove by when I was a kid. So this post is for the old days :P


Kuwaiti Traffic solutions ! (27/9/2004 @ 4:48 PM)



Yesterday while I was out there was a traffic jam because of an accident ! Traffic stops every where in the world because of accidents.. The thing that is amazing here is the Kuwaiti way of dealing with it (assuming all 20 or more cars passed by and dealt with the situation in a very impolite way were driven by Kuwaiti people!) the car in the red square had a driver ( like the other 20 or so who were before him/her & after him/her) that thought he/she is above the traffic jam & law too ! So simply he/she can use the safety lane to jump off other people & be ahead of them .. WHY !!??

This is one of the things Kuwaiti people should change, & yeah one more thing please DO NOT let any one crossover you even if you can spare the space UNLESS they are polite enough to signal, :} because I like being "n7esa" with the people who don't use their car's yellow light to signal.


Also there is a thing I wonder about, in the end of the traffic jam there was ONLY an ambulance with a person on the floor & I found out that ALL this traffic is not from the accident it self (cars have been removed to the safe lane on the road) its from the cars passing by & the drivers STOP to watch the man on the floor !! Its the act of "6masha" as Kuwaitis say! I hate that too & wonder what is the pleasure in watching a person beside a spot of blood ?!

Will they go like
Person A : Hey I saw a nice thing on the road
person B : Wallah !!! Wein?? eshlon??
Do u thing he/she will say a new GREEN space
Person A : A dead guy !

How would that be close to be watched/told ?

Sunday, 19 September 2004

Confusion !!

There seems to be a confusion about my "blog of the week" weekly article, that revolves around picking a blog to write about each week.. the thing I would like to note that this is NOT a ranking for blogs :} usually things I like to rank are steady things at least for a while of time like a month, we all know in the internet & blogging world there is a new blog every day.. Therefore every week there is something new & hence a new blog to write about. If the number right beside the article made some people get confused or think this is a rank well its not on two bases:

1- The number included in the title indicates the article number not the blog rank ELSE I would have written that in each article.

2- I didn’t include a table or a list of the blogs there fore they are not ranked to be 1st or the 10th.

So it's not about being first or last its about writing some words about blogs I liked & by these words wish to promote them & let other people enjoy what I had a nice time reading about.

Saturday, 18 September 2004

!i~ BLOG of the week ~i!

The blog I chose this week may not have any thing extraordinary regarding the whole idea behind it :) its just an ordinary blog BUT with an extraordinary person behind it...

The blog is

Savior Machine Done By nibaq

The first & foremost thing I would like to note to is I have no idea what does "NIBAQ" means till now :} but I'm trying to figure it out, any how moving to the blog & what it contains..

He can get AMMAZING sites which you would never think that actually exist!!


I love his about Hello kitty posts :}


Grendizer has a bite of the blog


And lots & lots more, the interesting thing in this blog is you can search the posts according to categories (interests). Nibaq is in my opinion one of the people who you can call an anonymous soldier who makes an army win, does great efforts & loves to spread Kuwait.


Kuwait Blogs


Is a site he owns & gathers all Kuwaiti blogs & offers blog hosting if your interested... Kuwaiti blog listing (the main reason behind this site)... alot you can use from this site other than having a simple yet always updated list of Kuwaiti blogs you can have your own blog there & promote it.


Safat is also a thing nibaq has added to Kuwait blogs it's also a thing I like alot... want to know why I like it so much :} visit THIS link, Safat definitely saves time :). Try this LINK (RSS) which I also think of it as a mini tutorial very simple & straight to the point.


Kuwait blogs is also a blog it self :} there is an archive & very useful links for Kuwait & all about Kuwait. There I also found "mood less ::" an Arabic Kuwaiti blog I wrote about last week for being one of my favorite blogs .

The easiest way to put a link for Kuwait blogs (fully illustrated) which I have two of them in my site to promote a site I really like & get a lot of good stuff from :}. Photo blogs (which I love, I do like pictures a lot) are also there I'm telling you this guy is really working !! Check his work. Also he has a piclog/phlog too with an amazing nick (+965) rings a bell ! :).


Do you think we are done :} nope still a lot ahead because as I said this guy really works & likes to spread Kuwait around.


Q-HATE


Is an other site/project he was in with a group of others like:

Mark also has a moblog


Rampurple also has a blog

OilRig


Check it its little old but with a lot of good content, the site is aimed to talk to those who hate Kuwait & its a try to fix things up in the minds of people who get the wrong picture of Kuwait from here I thank them all for their effort.


Back to the Savior Machine blog still Kuwait takes some of the articles there :} ..So from here I thank NIBAQ for being so thoughtful, hard working, loving for Kuwait & wanting to promote for it :} . Thank you nibaq for your effort, wish you all the best & hope you come home safe since he is on a trip now.




Monday, 13 September 2004

Digitally Romantic !

While looking in a site for 3D art I spotted this picture. Any one would think so what! this is a nice digital picture done by someone... Wait & see the comment of the guy who did it quote:

"Description: Especially dedicated for my girlfriend, Felisitas Sherly on her birthday. Made using 3ds Max 5.1, Corel Draw 11, Photoshop 7."


So simple, cute, romantic & creative :}. A digitally made picture for his GF in her birthday. Well what do u think romance is still around even digitally !.


Saturday, 11 September 2004

!i~ BLOG of the week ~i!

Its non other than the weekly post of @@ Blog Of The Week, it got one week late because last week was the emptiness week :} lots of long blank of thoughts days .. BUT this week will be different insha' Allah.

So the Blog of the Week is:


m o o d l e s s . n e t By moodless (3athbi)

Since its an Arabic blog its better if I describe it in its own language.




البلوق المختار لهذا الاسبوع هو احد المحطات اليوميه التي ازورها على الرغم من كسل الكاتب نوعا ما لانه لا ينشر الموضوعات يوميا لكن لديه ارشيف خصب ..لايوجد موضوع واحد يدور حوله الموقع ككل الا كونه بلوق .. افكار
مبعثره هنا و هناك مواضيع مختلفه متنوعه تتراوح بين ان تكون
بالنسبة لما يحويه الموقع بأجزائه الأخرى هي كالتالي:
عن الموقع .. نبذه بيد صاحب الموقع -- عذبي.على قولة برجوازي اللي عنده فظول يقرا عن صاحب الموقع ، اللي عرف عن نفسه بطريقه حيل عجبتني و فريده من نوعها :> ،ايضا بالموقع جزء ل نبض الخاطر :) لن اتحدث عنه كثيرا القراءة تعبر عن المحتوى لمن يعي معنى الكلمات البسيطة التي لا تحمل الكثير من التكلف. و للجرافكس و التصاميم جزء من هذا البلوق، جزئين لا يمكن الا تواجدهم بكل موقع : سجل الزوار و المراسلة
رأيي الشخصي بالموقع .. التصميم اكثر من رائع ليس لانه مبهر او غريب بل لانه انيق وبسيط و البساطه تجذبني.. الالوان مريحة للعين و التصميم بسيط لابعد الحدود بعيدا عن تعقيدات التصاميم و المبالغة بالصور هنا و هناك .. التصميم ككل رائع و اعجبني كثيرا.
المحتوى رائع اعجبتني اراء الكاتب بأمور كثيره و اتفقت معه بنظرته للكثير من الأمور .. و اترك باقي الحكم لمن سيزور الموقع و يستمتع به بقدر ما استمتعت به انا :] و اخيرا و ليس اخرا اتمنى لصاحب الموقع الاخ (عذبي) التوفيق بدراسته بالخارج ان شاء الله .

Thursday, 9 September 2004

Cute :}






To see the comic strip better .. copy then paste the URL in the pic.'s properties.

SleepLess

If there is a thing on the top of the list of the things I don't like in me, it would be my sleep time thing. What I mean about that is if I'm sleepy at 10 & I don't go to sleep at that time for one reason or an other then I'm sleepless for at least 4 hours later if not ALL night LONG. Suddenly I feel like my bio. Clock is English! .. So here I am surfing my favorites sleepless....

-This site would be funny if ur ASP is Quality Net .. Don't know if it got serious again I left Qnet along while ago

http://fashion.net/


-The Leb. Designer :) no need to give an intro.

http://www.georgeschakra.com/main.htm


-Lots of ideas but hard to find a whole piece

http://www.indiangarment.com/


- Make over ??

http://beauty.ivillage.com/es/mom/?arrivalSA=1&cobrandRef=0&arrival_freqCap=1&pba=adid=10654185


- Sleepy?!

http://www.go2sleep.be/


- Nice stuff for bedrooms

http://www.spiegel.com/shop/thumbnail.asp?nav_cat_id=3259&gp_cat_id=2901&category_id=3261


- Looking for tomorrows movie, actually short movie :) since time is valuable here in Kuwait even the KNCC doesn't dare to let us waste our time in a FULL movie !

http://www.kncc.com/index.asp

P.S = if ur at night & have the speaker vol. high, nothing playing on ur player.. don't press the icons above, might scare you.


:} Nighty.

Monday, 6 September 2004

Blank

Suddenly, for two days & today is the third I have nothing in mind to write about .. as if my brain just went blank from thoughts !!

Links:

http://www.sonyamoran.com.au/

http://www.discoverarts.com/

http://www.3dlinks.com/galleryIndex.cfm

Duke Fleet my first love
http://www.cartoni.it/newgal/2002/273463.php?counter=0&iBig=5&mod=0

http://sinfest.net/strips_page.htm

http://www.dccomics.com/wildstorm/

thats about it for now :)

hope you like them.