Crabtree & Evelyn is opening up in the Avenues Phase II! and very soon from the looks of it!!!
I am crazy about their products… esp. the rose water hand theray which makes your hands instantly smooth and silk like! At last! No need to buy a stash from the UK anymore! I cannot wait!
Thanx A2m [...]

I was really pleased to hear an interview early this morning on KTV1 with a member of the Kuwait Dive Team (I think it was Waleed Al-Fadhel) who spoke at length about the recent clean up operation in the Niqa’at Shamlan or the docking area near Souq Sharq market which is evidently full of sunken [...]

Sounds reasonable.
From the Arab Times site:

New Kuwait private sector labor law detailed Following is the full text of the Kuwait Labor Law for the private sector which was passed by the National Assembly recently. The law has still to be approved by the Kuwait Cabinet before it is sent to HH the Amir for his [...]

Member of parliament Hayef Al-Mutairi expressed his astonishment that his “pro-women” proposal was turned down by women MP’s in a parliamentary committee.
His  proposal would  entitle women who chose to stay at home and be homemakers to a monthly salary of 250 KD. In other words, a woman who stayed at home to look after her [...]

A new Q8y RSS aggregator for local blogs… www.Botamba.com … it’s not every day you use a url that makes you sing and laugh and reminice about your childhood
It’s clean, fresh, easy on the eyes and has the cutest blog logo collection on the right… for some reason my blog logo is not showing yet [...]

V magazine has featured the size issue and there are some pretty seductive photos of lovely curvaceous women.
More here
Posted in Links, News, Women

With so much news that brings us down, it is always heartwarming to hear good news and to read stuff that uplifts us.
I enjoyed this story tonight:
This Love Story Had a Perfect Ending by Deb Gruver
Posted in Life, Links, Love, News, Relationships, Stories

Such excitement from the one and only Arab Times.
This would make such an interesting short story.
“KUWAIT CITY, Nov 25: A drunken boyfriend of a Kuwaiti woman sustained injuries to his hand when the woman tried to hide him on the rooftop of her husband’s home in Meshrif, after the man announced he was coming home.
Security [...]

Recently in Kuwait, a man was arrested for voyeurism:
Arab expatriate in Salmiya arrested for watching husband and wife having sex
KUWAIT CITY, Nov 17: An Arab expatriate was arrested in Salmiya on charges of voyeurism.
Reportedly, a man discovered that the Arab had been watching from his balcony as he and his wife had sex, and immediately [...]

Sometimes there is just no way you can please a man.
On their second wedding anniversary, a Saudi woman wanted to surprise and please her husband so she used one of those artificial virginity hymen kits distributed by the Chinese company Gigimo.

Did he enjoy deflowering her again?
No.
He divorced her and accused her of faking her virginity [...]

Labna lover? you will be happy!!! My hubby found this in our Co-Op and i can’t wait for Futoor time to try it! New Creamy Kiri Labna!!! Samoon? Check, Cucumbrs, mint, olive oil, green olives, and zaatar? Check! Only few more minutes…
Posted in Food, News, Shopping

A few nights ago I switched the tv onto a controversial talk show I had heard about in passing hosted by  Nada Fadhel Dbouk. The show is called For Women Only and aired very late on Scope TV channel. Some women at a recent gathering had mentioned her and how vulgar and risque she was [...]

There has been lots of discussion and speculation about the horrific tragedy in Kuwait a few days ago in which scores of women and children died and suffered from very serious burns. (Link)
Today, there are new developments to the story. The daily Kuwaiti Alqabas  newspaper published the detailed confession of the woman responsible for setting [...]

The following short film was made to shock teenagers into thinking twice before texting whilst driving.
I think that this kind of awareness campaign should be also directed to all adults considering the number of drivers in Kuwait that think they are invincible.It’s downright frightening because once something like this happens, there is just no turning [...]

UCLA professor of linguistics Pamela Munro has put together with her students the newest edition of  “U.C.L.A. Slang 6″ with more than a 1,000 entries of popular slang words and phrases in current use.
Referring to slang, Munro says:
“Slang seems to originate on the West Coast and move east because of Hollywood and the recording industry,” [...]

Lauren Luke started off on YouTube doing make-up tutorials. She did amazingly well that she now has her own make up line. Her YouTube is the most subscribed to in theUK
Here is her Web site; Make Up by Lauren Luke

Posted in Film & Ads, Inspiration, Lifestyle, Links, London, News, Women [...]

CLIP
More here
Posted in Film & Ads, London, News, Women

“Princess facing Saudi death penalty given secret UK asylum…Woman feared she would be stoned after giving birth to an illegitimate child in Britain”
When I read the headlines on the front page of the newspaper, I didn’t expect it to be the Independent but rather one of the newsy tabloids that grab readers’ attention through such [...]

The latest trend is headshots  in the airplane lavatory.
See:
Link 1
Link 2
Photos
Posted in Humour, Links, News

Two Arab music teachers were caught kissing in a car on the 6th or 7th ring road motorway recently (the location varies according to different sources). They were spotted and reported by a good law abiding citizen and consequently apprehended.

I wondered as I read the news paper, were they kissing as the car was being [...]

I was contacted by a reader of my blog to announce an upcoming photography competition held by The Green Initiative Organization. 
The Green Initiative is an organization that works with the British Councils Global Changemakers project and it hopes to raise awareness about environmental issues, help combat climate change and help businesses, schools and individuals take the Green Initiative for [...]

I’m sick. It’s the third bad cold I’ve gotten within a month and a half. I’ve always thought I was as robust as a horse but I’m buckling at the knees this season. Overworked. Stressed. Sure I am happy but my immunity is low for some odd reason. I read last night about the Black [...]

Posted in News, Polls      

Well, well, well…
The truth is out about us ladies at last!
Wealthy Men Give Women More Orgasms…
The latest study reveals that women with wealthy partners had more orgasms during sex than others.
Maybe that is why the price of dowries in Kuwait has skyrocketed and men are  reportedly miffed with females whose families ask for a very [...]

What price would you place on virginity? $3.7 million?
When a rich man is willing to pay that much money for one night of unattached sex with a virgin, what is that saying about our priorities as human beings and how we spend our money?
What does it say about the way men perceive women? That there [...]

Killing children can never be justified nor morally right.
A distraught Palestinian father decries the murder of his four children by the Israeli aggression.

Link found as I browsed from Hning’s blog (wonderful post there), to Clouddragon’s post on Dictionary (Another great post with a thought-provoking discussion and interesting links in the comments).
Posted in Children, Death, Family, [...]

LINK
How convincing is this message for the atheist campaign?
Posted in Faith & Spirituality, Life, London, News      

I like this word:   Sorceress!
I am astounded:   She says she has earned 85,000 KD through black magic!
(And I am increasingly thinking that a university degree does not always guarantee you a hefty salary…it must be how resourceful a person is)
I wonder:  Why do female university students go to a sorceress?
I think:   that the policemen who [...]

Thousands Of Shoes Mysteriously Appear On Miami Highway

Thank you for throwing your shoes

Send a shoe to the White House

And Thousands Throw Shoes At Downing Street

LINK

It’s the Year of Shoes……and it’s not just in the Middle East.

Posted in Links, News