Archive For The “Animals” Category

A Lost Kitten’s Happy Ending

By | January 6, 2013

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Yesterday afternoon I woke up late. It was a Saturday and my husband was out running errands. I was thinking about my lazy Saturday and my breakfast when I heard my husband call out to me”Come, come see the baby cat outside!”.

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Update: The Stray Cat Situation

By | June 26, 2012

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A month ago I wrote a post about a group of stray cats who had taken hold of our doorway (post) and asked for ideas on how to get rid of them. We began spraying the doorway with Clorex and Dettol so they sought refuge on the other side of the house. We could see [...]

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London’s Xmas Windows: Ted Baker

By | December 19, 2011

When you walk in Regents Street you will see a knot of crowd gawking at Ted Baker’s window display. Last year they had a Santa showing his suspenders Marilyn Monroe style. This year its a turkey with bugging eyes with a crazy look about them and the fella is just so funny! I wonder if Ted Baker’s [...]

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Picture of the Week: Blueberries

By | December 4, 2011

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I adore blueberries. I love the feel of them being crushed under the force of my bite, squirting their heavenly juice everywhere. When I saw a blueberry tree in London I couldn’t resist taking this picture, especially given that Mrs. Lady Bird seems to share the same love for blueberries as me. I just wish [...]

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The Chocolate Bar’s Kharoof el Eid Cake

By | November 5, 2011

Yesterday was a gloomy day. I was blue and sniffing and sad when I was asked if I had ordered a cake? I hadn’t and the driver had already dropped the cake off and left so I went to see the

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A Lost Dog Appeal

By | September 22, 2011

I received the following email yesterday asking for help in finding a lost pet, Pickles. “Please help me find my lost dog. A chinese breed female dog with light hair that gets slightly darker in winter, she’s almost 1 year old, her name is Pickles. She went missing 3 days ago in west mishref. She’s extremely friendly and lovable. Please contact [...]

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My new toy The Canon Eos Macro Lens

By | September 11, 2011

I’ve been wanting to buy myself a Macro lens for my Canon Eos for a long time. But I was a bit skeptic as I thought to myself I had nothing much to shoot let alone any photography experience. Two days ago I couldn’t resist the

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Movie: The Rise of the Planet of the Apes

By | September 1, 2011

Its been quite a while since I’ve seen a really really good movie. The kind of movie you know you would would want to buy on DVD and keep watching over and over relentlessly. The rise of the planet of the Apes is such a movie.  It starts with showing the cutest most adorable baby Ape [...]

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My Husband’s Crazy Culinary Ideas!

By | June 28, 2011

If you’ve been reading my blog for a long time you would recognize the strange purple pasta above. No I didn’t make it, my beloved husband Butootee made

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Picture of the Week: Stand Out!

By | June 27, 2011

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Stand Tall… Have Confidence… and You will Stand out… Just like this very cute Katkoot <3 Do you like this Picture? It’s available for sale in Q8Printer.com (link)

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Movie Review: The Hangover 2

By | June 14, 2011

At last! I’ve been waiting for The Hangover 2 to hit the cinema screen for so long, I was really looking forward to watching it. Yesterday we got to see it even though people kept saying it was too chopped up to enjoy in Kuwait. For starters, the movie isn’t chopped off. It is blended [...]

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Summer in Q8 Means: Brai39i Time :S

By | May 20, 2011

We are still in May, yet when I came home a few days ago I found this disgusting gray brai39i perched on the wall besides the front door waiting, biding his time g63! I am afraid of all animals, but the brai39i in particular makes me sick to my stomach. Its just too slimy and [...]

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Picture of the Week: Dusty Tracks!

By | May 16, 2011

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I found a patch of sand created by our year round sandstorms on my roof… and this bird apparently had so much fun trodding in this sandy patch! Don’t you just hate those sandstorms?!

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Picture of the Week: Beauty Sleep!

By | April 11, 2011

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Be like this cat… fall asleep happily no matter what your surroundings are… it’s the best way to preserve your beauty! You can buy this picture from Q8Printer.com (link)

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10 Reasons Why I suffer as a Vegetarian in Q8 :s

By | December 27, 2010

1- The eternal conversation you have on daily basis is: Vegetarian y3ni shino? y3ni Ma akel la7am… Inzain Dyay… wala dyay… enzain semach? wala semach… haaaaaaaaaw 3yal eshtakleen?! 2- People actually think you are putting on an act to attract attention…  like ur a daloo3a and

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March in Q8 Means: Freaky Butterflies!!!!

By | March 8, 2010

Suddenly overnight, wherever i go, i see the freaky orange buttefly looking at me, flying and fluttering it’s nasty wings at me, challenging me… Yesterday as i got out of work, the weather was nice, i almost but ran to my car because of those butterflies flying around all around! I swear they were conspiring [...]

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STOP Advertising on the Street Signs!!! O b3dain?!

By | February 21, 2010

When you wanted to announce that you kill animals in a Halal way for ppl to eat… didn’t you find a better place to hang it than on this road sign? Seriously? Why? Are you advertising a cure for cancer?! I took this while waiting for my turn at the Surra Roundabout… those signs are [...]

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Naughty Cat @ the Avenues…!

By | January 27, 2010

We were in the avenues parking lot when we saw these permanent mark on the floor made by one very very naughty cat! I wonder what 

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Rare Divorce in Swan Lake…

By | January 25, 2010

Swans mate for life. Or thats what experts thought… until the day they saw a male swan called Sarindi return from  the seasonal migration to the Arctics with another female partner… leaving behind his old partner Saruni… But did you think that Saruni has crumbled in hysterics over her divorce?

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Remembering the Smeecha Cake!

By | April 14, 2009

  Do you know the emails sent with pictures of brilliant strange looking cakes that we ooh and ahh over and think to ourselves waaay ayshawgoooon they look tooo good it’s too sad u have to ruin them in order for them to be eaten!?   I remember a few years back, when i was still a new [...]

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Hungry Pigoens attack in Q8!!!

By | February 14, 2009

We have been driving around, literally from the top of Q8 to it’s bottom, all day long since early morning… Butootee wanted to pray & we were passing  Hawali at that time, so we stop outside a mosque and i wait in the car while he prayed… A man wearing a kitchen uniform comes near [...]

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