Shaikha’s Ramadan Gift
http://thelittersitter.com/blog/cat-body-language-angry-or-scared By danderma | July 24, 2012
My friend Shaikha had a surprise for me two days before Ramadan. She sent me a white bag filled with 3 things that made Read more »
My Bu Tootee always raves about how the Holy 7aram smells. He says when you put your head on the cool marble floors you smell the most amazing scent ever. I’ve never been there before fa I wouldn’t know but whenever he speaks Read more »
Remember my post where I asked for help in finding a place to make my Bu Tootee 7ajj giveaways (post)?
I was running out of time and I was in the Avenues the other day with Ansam & Pink Girl having breakfast when we decided to go look for giveaways in either Pierre Marcolini or Dean & Deluca. We went to Read more »
When someone asks me how was Bu Toote’s 7aj trip, I reply by saying it was a horrible trip indeed. His overpriced 7amla denied him food, starved him, gave him stale leftovers at 2 AM in the morning, lied to him, and made his one week in Mecca more stressful than it should have been. But that deserves another post entirely.
When he boarded that Kuwait Airways plane, my Read more »
As my Bu Tootee is now officially a “7aji” and as customary for 7ejaj I wanted to throw him a big reception with dinner for his family and friends. However he hates being the center of attention so he refused point blank but said I can get him 7ajj themed chocolate to distribute. Now I’ve never done this before and usually I only trust my own taste but I have no time.
So help me please, where do I buy him a good quality good wrapping very elegant modernish not khabba chocolates for distribution that would take my order for next Monday without complaint? and not obscenely priced with bya3 el ward wrapping?
Help?
A while ago I dropped my Butootee to the airport and watched him pass the gates on his way to 7ajj, leaving me alone with the feeling of someone squeezing my heart until I could no longer breathe.
For a moment there I thought about running after him, clinging to his dishdasha and asking to go with him. Wherever he goes, I go. A blink too late as he disappeared behind the security guards on his way to a spiritual journey he has been aching for since forever.
How I got the courage to pull my feet away and return to my car is beyond me. I felt like crumbling on the airport floor and staying there until next Friday when he comes back. Everywhere I look people are happy, smiling, together, flying away to enjoy the vacation I now regard as a long lonely sentence. Eyes clouding with tears I drove home through the never ending traffic to a cold silent apartment.
Allah ya7fothah o yrj3ah bel salama. May god help my poor lonely heart, I already feel lost and dazed without him 
No more posts for the day by the way.
Since Bu Tootee is going with a 7amla he must pack his bags and ship them before he travels. Yesterday we finally packed his bags and today he should drop it to the 7amla. I am listing what he -well I to be concise- packed for future reference and for anyone who might need ideas:
Big Bag to be shipped:
1- 3 E7rams. Taken out of their packaging and washed.
2- Shoes: White slippers for e7ram, Bathroom Slippers, Trainers.
3- A full set of underwear for a few days, socks, and Dishdashat noom.
4- A change of clothes for 3 days after e7ram was done. 3 Shirts & 3 Trousers.
5- Toiletries: Scent free toiletry kit (post). An extra bar of scent free soap. An extra bottle of scent free shampoo. Toothpaste, Toothbrush, Shaving Cream, Face Wash, scented toiletries for after 7ajj, perfumes, body wash, and mofraka.
6- A cream for rashes and a heat cream thing for sore muscles.
7- Toilet seat covers, travel wipes, dettol wipes, and that gel you put to kill the germs on your hands.
8- Small packages of kleenex and Ear cotton puds.
9- Pins for e7ram, and a nails and hair grooming kit.
10- Towels
When he goes to the airport he will be wearing one e7ram, the belt, and the e7ram shoes and pulling a handbag. In the handbag which he is taking to the airport he has:
1- A change of clothes: Underwear, socks, tshirt, trousers, and Dishdashat noom.
2- Dettol wipes, travel wipes, kleenex, and toilet seat covers.
3- A first aid mini bag: Panadol, Vitamin C, Limesip, Zirtec, Buscopan, Gaviscon, Plasters, and mini sweets.
4- Chargers for the Galaxy Tab and the Phone.
5- Money, Passport, and 7aj and prayer booklets.
6- Extra set of pins.
I hope we didn’t forget to add anything. Do you have something to add maybe? Or something you or a relative is taking and should be helpful.
The most important thing to buy for a man going to 7ajj is his e7ram. Butootee had already bought 3 normal e7rams but he heard that there is a certain type of e7ram that can hold itself up and doesn’t need a belt or pins. It has velcro strap that is stapled on and sticks together quite nicely.
So we went to Mubarkiya and asked around. The only place that seemed to sell it is an old and well known shop “Al-Mosallam”. There were two kinds one Chinese and one Kuwaiti. One of them sold for 5 KD and the other which we got was for 7.5 KD and we chose it because it closes better. Lets just hope Butootee still gets to go to 7ajj, given that he is flying on Kuwait’s ariways who cancelled all their 7ajj flights
If you are still looking for an extra e7ram you can go and visit Al-Mosallam store in Mubarkiya to get yourself one. Tel: 22431322.
I was told to search for a scent free 7ajj toiletry kit in Boots. So yesterday we went to Boots branch in the Avenues and asked around. After being directed to 3 different products we finally got the point across that we wanted the 7ajj package and we were given this little box.
It actually looks quite nice and compact. Its really tiny and comes with 4 small travel sized items: Shampoo, Conditioner, Soap, and Deodorant. Quite perfect for a 7aj trip. Price tag? 10 KD.
So if you never bought it before or are looking for it, this is the box. When we got there there was only one more box left so I advice you hurry up and go to the next Boots branch to grab your own.
The upcoming Eid holiday is going to be 9 days long! In any other circumenstances I would have been out of my mind with joy and out on the first plane. Since my Butootee is going to 7ajj and everyone I know will be travelling and I cannot travel anywhere, it will be the loneliest, most boring 9 days of my entire life
What do people do during Eid in Kuwait for entertainment? What do lonely people do? Its bad enough that I am going to miss my husband whome I’ve never been separated from since we got married years ago. Its bad enough that I hate hate HATE the Eid crowds in Kuwait. What am I supposed to do, all alone? Stay cooped up inside the house for 9 days?
Maybe that’s not a bad idea. Provide munchies, friends dvd’s, LOTR extended editions, Rocky, install the WII in my room, start on my endless list of unread book and hibernate. Maybe I will spend 9 days in bed ordering through 6alabat and paying by K-Net and having food brought up to me. After all there is no one to nag on my head to wake me up. No one to interrupt my reading or talk to me while eating? No one to look presentable to. Mo?
Anyways… what will you do during your 9 days off? Any na7sha plans?
This year my Butootee has decided to go to Hajj insha2 Allah. Its his first time going to 7ajj to “explore” before he takes me in the years to come insha2 Allah 😀
So he has done his homework and searched for the best 7amla to take him to Mecca especially considering he is going all alone. He chose a small 7amla called Labeek and will be sharing his room with two other men he doesn’t know. So recently all we’ve been doing is preparing for his trip.
First he had to go get his 7ajj vaccinations which took us several days going from one medical center to another until we found the right one. Then we had to go buy him the 7ajj e7ram’s. He bought 3 only but I think we need to buy him some more. he bought white slippers and a black belt so I guess his e7ram outfit is complete? Bought the dettol wipes as well and the 7amla gave him a big bag and a handbag that must be packed and ready to be shipped on October the 27th.
What else do people buy to prepare for 7ajj? I remember hearing about a scent-free toiletry kit for 7ajj but I don’t know from where to buy it. Tried Al-Shaye3 and they only had the deodorant. I suppose he needs towels mo? and a clean change of clothes for when he finishes his 7ajj rituals. What about socks? Or blankets?
Have you been to 7ajj before? Is there something you recommend we buy? and from where?
