Archive For The “Strange” Category
I have a general rule in my blog: I don’t put pictures of people unless in very narrow circumstances. I don’t wait around for the people in the event to gather around so I can take pictures of them. When I take a shot I
Yesterday evening we were sitting outdoors in our tiny corridor/make shift tiny garden. Drinking tea and enjoying the post rain weather when a white car pulls out in front of us in the street and the driver honks to grab our attention while
Ever since I’ve crossed to the iPhone territory earlier this year I have been very happy! My iPhone is dazzling! I keep wondering why it took me so long to purchase one (it was the touch screen thing). The iPhone is like the super device that is not supposed to do anything wrong. HOWEVER! There is one small [...]
For the past week or so I’ve really had a very hard time getting up from bed. It doesn’t matter what time I go to bed: 10, 11, 12… the result is always the same. I would have a very deep almost dreamless sleep and nothing on earth would wake me up. When I eventually [...]
Every day when on my way to work we get held up for a long time in the Jabriya exit to 5th ring road. Rude drivers usually attack other drivers standing in line waiting for their turn to get out, therefore a police car and a group of traffic cone were set up to help [...]
I came home to find my No3man dolly clad in a scarf, Tuareg Nomad style :p When I asked him why he said that since the dust has been away for unusually too long he was not going to take any chances o ‘Ga3ed Yezaheb Eldowa Gabel elFal3a’. Ella 9ej wain el’3bar? Alf el 7md le Allah [...]
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 [...]
OH MY GOD! Its real and its here, sitting on my coffee table The July issue of Sarab Magazine with my interview actually sitting there! After my freaking out about the
Its really unfair. Women look their best when they are in their 20′s and early 30′s while men keep getting better looking as they grow older. How are we supposed to compete ballah? Its a good thing our men in the middle east do not age as gracefully as those guys. I wonder why that [...]
There is something wrong going on since yesterday? My OSN reciever woudn’t work well… if it shows anything it will only show me the movies channels. News channel weren’t working since yesterday aside from Jazeera and now not one news channel is working. Period. My Zain ego keeps disconnecting on it’s own. When it connects [...]
I was walking in the avenues the other day when i saw a girl walking with a plastic bag filled with water… a black little fish was swimming inside the bag o tetmasha bel avenues with the girl! Incredilous i tweeted about what i saw and my fellow Tweeps replied that Shrimpy have an offer [...]
I saw this announcement on the Life Style Channel while browsing the channel lists and i was intrigued… how exactly will they be celebrating birthdays on a channel that shows movies and other entertainment programs? I guess one way to find out… i will try and celebrate my birthday on that channel :p
Jabriya is now infested with the plaque of road works. You cannot walk a meter without finding a sewer that is dug up & surrounded by concrete thus blocking the road… So imagine my surprise when i saw a
After yesterday’s post regarding cutting nails at night, i began thinking of all the superstitions we believe in around here and whether or not they have a logical explanation? For example, at home some of the superstitions we have is if you rub one of your eyes
I am not sure how new this novel is… what i know is it’s being sold in the big libraries in KSA… it’s about a woman named hind and the 3askar denotes the society keeping her oppressed or something. Many people are saying things about some controversial sentences that appeared in the story. Some say [...]
I was in down town Kuwait the other day when i passed by the very strange parking entrance above! I have never seen such a parking entrance before.. eshda3wa?! Khara3ne ishwaya… i would feel a bit claustrophobic if i had to go through this entrance to be frank. Is there other places with similar parking [...]
Ever since yesterday when i connected my Zain’s Ego and opened the browser i get the message above. Apparently my subscription was upgraded to 1 Mbps and they thank me for being loyal! Good wallah… i never thought they cared to the extent of giving free updates to long time customers. My husband calls them [...]
Getting rude and disrespectful comments goes hand in hand with blogging. if anything it means that you are going in the right direction for you have triggered someone to attack you. What i don’t understand though is why the volume of rude comments significally increases whenever i start posting about London?! Why Q8y people are [...]
I have found this invention in an amazing travel blog i have stumbled upon recently and thought i would share it with you! Hart, a blogger who is currently living in Japan, found the above Can in a Drinks Vending Machine in Japan (post link)! Now if the Japanese are known for something it’s their [...]
I just saw this very strange very funny add in Alaan news paper website and burst out laughing! Now the question is… if that “Tais” is good o aleef o mare7 o a baby… why is it being given out for free? and why is it on the condition of not eating it or selling [...]
Ams cham kan min il shahar? 12 Ramadan mo? Laish 3yal el yahal already ga3deen yegarge3oon o dagaw 3lena jaras il bab o ’3anaw 3lena wee9 wee9 fee betkom ja3ame9? I am sorry but mo china Qerqe3an starts 13-15 Ramadan? S7 wella ana ’3al6ana? Laish 3yal il showare3 matrosa yahal iygarg3oon? In Jabriya o Surra [...]
I am at work, i take my tooth brush and tooth paste and go to our bathroom, which sadly is shared between two departments, i squeeze a little paste on my dry brush and start brushing vigorously, looking around, trying to finish up fast before someone comes in… Why? Bayga booga? 3amla 3amla? People in [...]
While browsing the shelves of our Co-Op i saw this Tang bag. I am not a fan of Tang at all but i thought it was strange to see a Pepper Shaker on the Front… i usually see fruits like mango strawberry… I pick up the bag wella it says ‘Lemon & Pepper’ EW Esta’3far [...]
A while ago i wanted to watch madry ay movie… and i coudln’t find reservations in a *decent* cinema. Killa ya Laila ya Ajyal… I thought it was because of the movie. I have been away for a while, now Shrek III is out, it is a Big Deal y3ni… i try to reserve but… [...]
