Legendary Warda will be missed!

May 18th, 2012

we're not much into arabic music, may be because such talents are yet to be found!

legendary warda passed away at 73, leaving a wealth of classic songs, our favorite being "fi yom wa leyla" - but the arab world has lost much more than a singer, and we're really wondering what has happened to the arabic song?

in today's world, everyone is after the quick buck, releasing songs with short expiry dates - that warda's songs are still alive today is probably a lesson for every producer that quality lives and can make money on the long run.

we don't understand the music industry, may be the problem is elsewhere - is it a question of finding talents or tastes have simply changed?

rest in peace warda, your talent is one of a kind and no one can ever fill your shoes.

you can read more here.

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Evil prick!

May 17th, 2012

when is violence against women gonna end? i can't believe what i read everyday in various websites and newspapers! not sure whether the situation is getting worse or with the proliferation of media, every single story is now within reach..

the latest drama is about pakistani guy in britain who kept his 22 year-old daughter-in-law as a sex slave, until she learned enough english to call 999 and ask for help!

what a husband she married!! i forgive your waffle adventure hun ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥

you can read the full story here.

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Such a shame!

May 16th, 2012

a friend told me this story that happened a few days ago aboard middle east airlines - it seems that a woman made a big fuss refusing to take her seat because the passenger next to her was an ethiopian helper - what is really sad, is that the captain and the crew agreed to give her another seat!!

i wish i was aboard that flight to tell the captain the tale of the racist passenger - it is said that a racist passenger on a british airways flight from johannesburg objects to being seated next to a black man - she asks for another seat, the flight attendant says the flight is full, but that she'll check - she later returns to say there is one seat in first class and that the captain of the plane has approved a transfer to that seat because he feels that someone should not have to sit next to such an obnoxious person - the flight attendant then turns to the black man and invites him to the first class seat to the cheers and applause of other passengers.

whether true or not, this story gives you the chills! i believe middle east airlines had a golden opportunity to show the world, once again, that people are equal no matter where they come from or look like.

i loved the ending of the british airways article i read, it says "people forget what you said, people forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel"...

such a shame!

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Will the airline ever pay?

May 15th, 2012

i read in alaqabas this morning that the supreme court has ordered wataniya airways to pay the passengers who bought tickets prior to its collapse, a 500 kd compensation in addition to the value of their tickets - this group of passengers had already sued the airline through bassam alasousi who won the case and released this statement today.

the question is will they ever pay and where will the money come from?

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and here’s the prequel…

May 15th, 2012

before cheating on my wife yesterday, i took my son to pizzeria romana to grab a pizza, but unfortunately it was closed for some maintenance work - so we kept walking until we reached this place at the other corner called organica pasta - we walked in and frankly i was surprised by the interior, it is a bit kitsch with cheesy chandeliers, and even cheesier italien music, like "la chate me cantare".

we ordered a couple of pizzas, a margarita and a quatro formaggio to go - they brought us a bread basket, half-fresh, half-horrible then they offered us a complementary green & fruits salad which was really good, (may be to compensate for that bread basket?)

as for the pizza it was also good, can't complain - good portion, fresh ingredients, great taste!

2 pizzas, 2 pepsi for 12+ kd, i thought that was a bit too much for such a place - not sure i will go back again, though i liked the sanitizer idea that comes with the bill.

after that, we headed towards waffleland, and i guess no need to fill you in on the story that followed...

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I cheated on my wife, and it felt soooooo good!

May 14th, 2012

i know i'm gonna pay for this, but i did it for the right cause :) i took my son yesterday to this new pizza place next to our house and on our way back, he insisted we drop by this waffle place and try it out - well, though i had promised my wife to try waffleland with her, i couldn't resist cheating on her with my son and it felt sooooooooo good!!

i know i'm gonna sleep on the stairs tonight, but let me rub it in... what's done is done! waffleland has awesome waffles with different kind of sauces, nutella was our best choice, then comes the ice cream, i picked moevenpick's strawberry sorbet and then the toppings, fruit or candies so i went for candies.

waffleland is really good, however the fruits were stale and not inviting at all - the place is kind of ok, right behind olympia mall, ras salmiya.

this post is scheduled to appear after my son and i have left in the morning, he he... hope she forgets by the time we reach home, though highly doubtful.. god be with us and save us the wrath to come!

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Just like a candy store!

May 13th, 2012

i went to check lakeland out the day after the opening at marina mall, and no wonder they call it the home of creative kitchenware!! the experience was so good it felt as if i am walking into a candy shop!

the place is amazing and what i liked about it is the concept and the way things are displayed - lakeland doesn't sell you kitchenware, instead it gives you ideas for your kitchen... the same goes for tableware, where you actually find ideas for healthy eating - of course quality is guaranteed and it doesn't take you long to figure that out!

i loved lakeland and will definitely go back again, without my husband of course - oh wait... may be this is why i enjoyed it so much... he wasn't there to tell me "yalla we should go"...

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It seems that walking into a disaster is now only a question of time…

May 12th, 2012

this is how we actually ended our march 28 post entitled "the cherry on top" where we saluted a group of air controllers planning to raise a complaint to the head of civil aviation for cause of safety neglect - remember the blind radar that was brought to the airport? it seems that a couple of days ago, that radar lost a kuwait airways plane going to india (flight 331) after it returned for an emergency landing, the 220 passengers aboard the plane were at great risk of loosing their lives but suddenly the radar worked again and the day was saved at the last possible moment!

5 firefighting divisions awaited at the airport, thank god a disaster was avoided - the plane could have been a jazeera airways, a british airways or any other airways for that matter! you could have been on that plane, we could have been aboard... what are the authorities waiting for? seriously???

Posted in Drama, News | 10 Comments »

Movie trailers, yesterday VS today

May 11th, 2012

incredible how movie trailers have changed! i'm a big fan of old black & white movies and a few days ago i watched casablanca again, with the legendary humphrey bogart and ingrid burgman - the movie is absolutely fantastic, it has action, i mean what used to be called action - michael curtiz directed casablanca, and with the technology he had back in 1942 i think he did a damn good job.

last weekend i watched the avengers with the kids and though this movie may never become a classic, the effects were absolutely fantastic! joss whedon directed the movie, but i can't give him as much credit as curtiz as without the technology, this action movie would have been a big fail!

personally, i prefer a classic movie over a contemporary one any day of the week - i'll download some more, meanwhile enjoy the unbelievable difference between the two trailers, see how each trailer is directed and edited.

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Opinions are always better than news

May 10th, 2012

remember last week's post "i'd say he's damn lucky"? well, the story turned out to be a big hoax and international news agencies like fox news, the los angeles times, the san francisco chronicle, huffington post, yahoo! news, msn, the new york post, and the new york daily news were all fooled!

it seems that there is no dental practitioner named anna maćkowiak listed in poland’s central register of dentists and this whole thing started as a prank!

good we always communicate our opinion about a certain story, rather than focusing on the news itself - this way, if the news turns out to be a hoax, the opinion is still valid regardless..

you can read more about the hoax here.

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Can you really blame her?

May 9th, 2012

police have arrested an asian woman, believed to be in her 20s, for cheating on her 70-year-old kuwaiti husband and having fun with her lover - of course this is not acceptable no matter how old her husband is, but is she really to blame?

this girl is so young she must be in need of a young husband, a young companion, a young friend but certainly not an old grandpa! where are her parents and how did they accept to marry her at such a young age to such an old guy!

i don't blame her...

Posted in Drama, News | 4 Comments »

Grilled for grilling!

May 9th, 2012

i was so happy to read on arabtimes that the law against grilling alongside public beaches is being finally enforced - it seems that 25 people have been arrested by police and their civil ids have been retained - finally, this uncivilized scene on gulf road will completely disappear..

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