Archive For The “Confused” Category

The Blogging Dilemma

By | September 6, 2011

If you blog only about your self… Kila tet7al6am o 7anana o self centered. If you post about food… weh eb6aniya o botamba o mashfoo7a 3la el bal3a. If you post about fashion… weh emsawya ro7ha ma7ad y3rf bel markat wel lebs ’3airha If you post about diet… laish diet 9ekay 7aljich o teth3feen. If [...]

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Uniform elQ8yat Bel Sofar…

By | September 1, 2011

Need I say more?

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10 Things that Doesn’t Make Sense in Mosalsalat Ramadan 1432

By | August 13, 2011

1- Profanities! Malat 3leech/3leek, chalb, etc.! When did it become OK to use so many profanities in the shows? 3aib 3lekom! A bit more class please. 2- Bgara! Every mother in law calls her channa Bgara! Are there women who call their channa’s bgara and they don’t even retaliate? Nor they neither their husbands? Wain [...]

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Help: What Dishes to Order for Work Qraish?

By | July 24, 2011

Every year at work we have a great big Qraish for the entire company where everyone brings something. This year however every department will have its own designated table and the departments will be competing against each other as the best -most delicious- available dishes on that table. So I’ve been thinking, really hard, all [...]

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Aramex, this is where we part ways!

By | July 21, 2011

2003 was the golden year for internet shopping in Kuwait. The days where I was in Aramex’s office daily picking up huge shipments with competitive prices from all over the world, going home and enjoying the contents. Every thing was smooth and easy. I even subscribed to Vogue and Marie Claire magazines and I got them monthly, [...]

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Diet Ninja Camp Diet – Day 10

By | July 13, 2011

I can’t believe it, I made it to day 10 with only four more days to go! Today was a hard and a very strange day. I don’t know if

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Habba Alert: Fake Eyelashes!

By | July 3, 2011

I am used to seeing fake eye lashes worn in wedding parties with full make up on. Some use them subtly, others look just ridiculous but then you see some pretty horrible stuff at weddings. What I noticed since last week is that many girls are wearing fake eyelashes. You would go to Mcdonald’s or [...]

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Guess who performed in Kuwait in 1977?

By | June 29, 2011

Yesterday I was in 360 Cinescape when I saw an exhibition of the Cinema’s History and artifacts in Kuwait. It is so worth a visit and I enjoyed it very much. What caught my attention however is the stars who once sang in cinema Al Andalus. I knew Abdul halim, fairuz,om Kalthom sang there in [...]

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Breach of Personal Privacy on my Aramex Package

By | June 19, 2011

Yesterday I recieved a package by Aramex, on one side it had the usual sticker with my name and address… On the other side however was a long list of Aramex users with their shipment numbers and my name was highlighted in blue b3d!!! What on earth is that? Spreading people’s private information around with [...]

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Help: How to knock a finger into place?

By | June 15, 2011

Ten days ago as I was preparing for the book signing I went to a nail parlor where I had a manicure. I was watching friends, eating a cookie, enjoying being pampered when the lady who was doing my manicure decided to massage my hands after the manicure. As she was massaging my right hand [...]

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Mino hal Dobb? El Mared El Bared?

By | June 5, 2011

As I was driving into work today I saw this white huge bear eating KDD ice cream on the back of the bus. Who the hell is that? Is this the mascot KDD chose to replace el7ajji wel 7ajiya? We are supposed to identify with him y3ni now? You know because Kuwait is filled with [...]

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Help: Where to have a facial after CosmeSurge’s Horrible Service

By | May 30, 2011

I go to have a facial once every six months. I love the way my skin feels afterwards when I am done, soft and glowing. I was due to have my facial last week but I had so much to do so I booked it for 4 PM yesterday in Cosmesurge. I love their service [...]

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The car damaging accusations…

By | May 30, 2011

My dear VW Touareg was taken to the service on Saturday. My husband came home with some paper he gave me and asked me what exactly was I doing with the car? Apparently the blue marks on the Touareg’s body in the picture above are all hits and bumps? and that they were inflicted by [...]

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Finding underwears in the streets

By | May 22, 2011

When I was in the Bairaq Mall last week and as we were about to get into our car I saw a weird thing underneath the back wheel of the car parked next to ours. I did a double take and got closer only to

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Farewell, the Avenues Phase II Fountain. You will be missed :(

By | May 13, 2011

May seems to be the month of good byes! First the KDD ice creams of our childhood were gone, next the old frappucinos of Starbux are changed, and now the phase II fountain in the Avenues is gone as well. I love this fountain! I loved sitting in Casper & Gambini’s and having breakfast there, [...]

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Good bye, Starbucks Frappucinos

By | May 12, 2011

Today, I have finally come to terms that I will never drink another good tasting Starbucks Frappucino again, and that I might as well give up trying. I don’t know what changed exactly, but the new Frappucinos taste horrible! They are more like chilled flavoured milk shakes rather than the lovely blended coffee I used [...]

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Why these questions? What’s it to you?

By | May 4, 2011

I am amazed by people who, if you tell them about a new business or a new place in town, would ask you ‘Who is the owner?’ before you could even continue your story about the place. Their excuse actually being ‘I don’t buy from a place without knowing who the owner is!’ Why? What [...]

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A 30% Increase in Nakhi & Bajela prices!!!

By | May 3, 2011

I was in the Co-Op a couple of days ago getting Nakhi & Bejal when I noticed the “New prices”. Two weeks ago a box of Nakhi or Bajela cost 300 fils only Now it costs 400 fils! A 30% increase! Eshda3wa? What happened? Did they increase the salaries or something? Is it because of [...]

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KDD’s Response to the Blitz email

By | May 2, 2011

Remember the yesterday’s post (link)? I recieved a response to the email i sent yesterday from KDD. Here is what it said… “Dear Danderma, Thank you for writing to us. We greatly appreciate your email and empathize with your sentiments. As brand owners, we have had to deal with a similar emotion since the names [...]

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No for Blitz Ice Cream, Bring back the old names KDD!

By | May 1, 2011

Dear KDD, I’ve been a fan of your products for over 30 years now. I grew up drinking KDD Chocolate milk. I memorized the word Columbia as a child even before i spoke English. I was familiar with the names Failaka and Burgan before i knew what they meant and as a result my eyes lit up [...]

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Dangerous Adult Ads in the Newspaper!

By | April 15, 2011

I saw a page filled to the brim f this kind of ads in the hadaf news paper today! Capsules, rings, creams, coffee, chewing gum, devices, capsules, pills, and toys! All are only a phone call away! Even though these ads cracked me up but they are also dangerous. Especially the pills! Who gives them the right to [...]

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Children Begging in Spoons… Can We Stop This!?

By | April 1, 2011

For the past two Thursday nights i have noticed something *new* in spoons while dining there… a young child would approach our table with a packed of sunflower seeds in hands and tries to sell it to the diners… people of course are sitting to good mouthwatering meals digging when this poor little child approached [...]

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The word is tweet… not ta’3reed!!!

By | March 24, 2011

Since every one is on Twitter now a days and since it has become the latest trend in our society… and as someone who has been on twitter for almost 3 years… let me tell you something very important… The name is twitter. The terminology is “Twitter, Tweet, and Tweeps” There is no arabisation for [...]

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Habba Alert: Cleopatra’s Eyeliner!

By | February 28, 2011

A while ago i stood by Chocolate Bar’s entrance waiting for a table outdoors… and to be frank i have to say i was scared. For i saw many many girls with Cleopatra’s eyeliner style makeup! You would see a thick layer of eyeliner surrounding their eyes and extending backwards until the line almost reaches [...]

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I am still afraid of the Iraqi Mines… 20 years on!

By | February 26, 2011

21 years ago on June 1990 we left Kuwait for our summer vacation in Austria and UK. Planning to return to Kuwait on 2 August 1990. 20 years ago on June 1991 we finally returned back home. It was surreal… returning at last to

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