Yesterday Afternoon my mother had some fresh coals burning on the portable dowwa to make some chai fa7am… So a thought had struck me… why don’t i try to make Qer9 Moqla?!  Of course all i needed was a moqla (pan)… some butter… and the qer9 moqla mix! So i got the ingredients out to [...]

Buying a 3baya is not as easy as i thought it would be! Let me tell you what happened to my first bought abaya… it’s been a long time since i have written a long ranting post! Feels like the old blogging days… Anyways… The past week have been spent 3baya hunting… first i went to hawalli to a [...]

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 [...]

OK explain this to me because i cannot seem to be finding an explanation… My husband has a private profile on Facebook. All of his friends on Facebook are his MALE friends and family. Most of his of pictures and info are private. To the ones he shows his info he has MARRIED TO available on his [...]

I was shopping in Selfridges yesterday when i heard scream and i saw a woman running like the wend, getting out of Selfridges door and disappearing in the crowds while another woman was running after her… after a while the 2nd lady who was chasing the first woman came back and started talking to security. Apprently the [...]

The number one beloved activity in Q8 is getting together for something to eat in one of the restaurants we have dotted all around us! You sit down, flip through the menu, order half the menu or order a cup of water, whatever the circumenstances… and you enjoy the time with the company you have [...]

I parked my car in a very busy street in Jabriya… flats, taylors, restaurants, salons, stores, and gyms dotting the area and people parked in that street all the time to get to their destination on foot. As i got out of my car i saw a the crushed and apparently used needle above lying on [...]

Yesterday at 4 PM… i was ready to settle in front of the tv… i checked the OSN guide and i found there is a movie that looks promising… Caroline on OSN HD 1… i put the channel… the movie had just started… 2 seconds and BAM! I get the Message above “The Programme is [...]

I heard about this store a while back. Tucked away in the basements of the Old Souk of Kuwait in Mubarkiya is a little stand that sells grade one replicas of designer bags, wallets, belts, shoes, rings, watches, bracelets, and so much more! I had to explore so i asked for directions my self…  You [...]

I woke up this morning intending to go to work. and i found out that my left front tire was flat. I had no one to help me change the tire since it had to be changed in the garage. We had no other available car to take me to work. I had to miss [...]

My husband is a big fan of Naif Chicken so we occasionaly get takeouts on our way home from work. The last time we got him a takeout however… we noticed the new line printed below the logo on their chicken box… the one showing in the picture. Now for the past 30 years we [...]

We read that the prices of tomatoes in Q8 are on the rise… we heard that people are boycotting the tomatoes being too expensive and all. What we didn’t see coming was the effect of the price increase on the “Quality” of our fast food burger! If there is one bonus to ordering a burger [...]

Well what do you know… it’s a no brainer at all… apparently it’s a pattern and you have to swivel the thing according to the pattern a number of times and solving from one place to the end and VOILA! That’s it! I found the solution from this amazing website (http://www.rubikssolver.com/) The problem is the [...]

1- It is almost impossible to get an appointment. Everyone is fully booked weeks before hand. What am i supposed to do hire a fotrune teller to tell me when i am going to be invited this upcoming year? 2- If IF you are lucky enough to get an appointment… it is always in a [...]

OK. This is rant worthy. Lets imagine how it’s going to turn out now shall we? So it’s the middle of a movie in 360. People are lost in the plot. Suddenly the screen goes dark and the lights go on and it’s time for the viewers to go pray?! Seriously? Now how many viewers [...]

As i opened my window and turned off my engine on a hot & suffocating summer night, waiting for the fuel station worked to bestow upon me his divided attention and fill my car tank with gasoline, i began to lose my patience. You see the man is over worked. There are a LOT of [...]

For the past few weeks i have been having a hard time waking up. I tried every thing: I slept earlier, i slept after eating a very light dinner, i changed my wakeup time several times,  i have one alarm clock blaring far away and my phone alarm right under my ear, both wake me [...]

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 [...]

A year or 2 ago i began hearing women saying “Vitamin D and Vitamin D”… i thought what is wrong with women… kil yom habeen lohom habba… Vitamin D get in the sun o khalasna… especially inah No9 il q8yat imsaween tan… so why care about Vitamin D Deficiency? Read about the deficiency here… and then when [...]

You say your diet will start next Sunday. You have your last good buy free meal. You have your healthy diet breakfast and head to work/school/college… You come home hungry… and then you see those food pamphlets stuck to every corner of  your news boxes at home! Why do they always appear on the same [...]

I slave over the stove trying to make the perfect vermicille rice, i was craving a meal of vermicille rice and KDD low fat yoghurt… 2 hours later my rice is done, steaming and fluffy… Butoote asks if it’s ready and i say yes… I then find the dish above… apparently my dear husband believes [...]

On Saturday we unearthed a heart shaped frying pan we bought years ago and never used. We thought why not? Lets try it and see how the eggs will turn out… 2 eggs cracked in a bowl, whisked a bit with a hint of oregano, salt, and black peppers… and then added to the pan… [...]

6b3an ana mali sho’3ol fekom… it’s a free country o ppl barely speak q8y anymore… i am saying this about my self… why i, Danderma, never used/stopped using them… 1- “Y36eek/ch el 3afiyaa“… i feel like im in bab il 7ara greeting el3aqeed… my badeel oho Gawach/Gawak Allah… athrab 2- “Amana“… shamantah ballah? y3ni you [...]

1- When you enter the car… be it day or night, parked in the shade or under the sun, it is exactly like entering a furnace :S 2- Even with the best of cars… the AC will not start blowing cold air until you are 2 minutes away from your destination. 3- Unless you wear [...]

Standing in line at the KNCC consession stand, i read the above advertisement… ”Production: The first Magazine for Creatives in the Middle East” Now what is wrong with that sentence? When was the word “Creatives” Invented? I thought Creative was an adjective! The only was for it to have a plural form is if it came [...]

I had an appointment with International Clinic and while i was walking towards the entrance… i saw this poor Asian worker dangling from the window while cleaning it! As Ansam would say… NO NO! By the time i whipped up my camera he had stood up… he had been in a much more dangerous position! [...]

It was Thursday. Jabriya. The ugliest, busiest roundabout in Jabriya. and it was rush hour time when people returned home from work. A long line was forming. Cars were honking thier horns. In the street leading to the roundabout near Shanakel/Sable/Co-Op the left lane was not moving AT ALL. It is a two lane street. [...]

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… [...]

I was just sitting down with my cup of tea, ready to relax and enjoy the rest of my evening after a long day… I flip through the channels and there i find the movie No Reservation on Show Movies… i <3 that movie and it had just started… i watch, very happy, very absorbed [...]