Finally...

When I woke up this morning I had an urge to call the university and ask about my withdrawal from the summer coarse and whether they accepted it or not. The committee that says "yes" or "no" were supposed to meet on the 15th of July...and they said they would call me. But they didn't so I decided to do so myself! *GRRR* And, yes, after a couple of phone calls I was finally told that they accepted my papers!!! Il7amdillah! At the beginning of the coarse I was freaking out that they might not accept, but then all the anxiety turned into power (:P) and I was always telling myself that they couldn't refuse because they don't have anything against me...I've got all my papers and a real medical excuse and all that...
So finally I can relax and concentrate on enjoying whats left of the summer holiday :)

Razzle Mr Flamhaff? Thankyou Mrs Flamhaff!

I was strolling through the rainbow coloured candy isle in Bayan Co-op today when I spotted Razzles!!! It's both a candy and a gum!

For those of you who have seen the movie "13 Going on 30" you'll probably recognize the name. Jenna (Jennifer Garner) and Matt (Mark Ruffalo) ate it all the time :) (it's one of my favourite chick flicks!)

While we're on that note about chick flicks...I watched "Just Like Heaven" starring Reese Witherspoon and Mark Ruffalo last night. It was sooo CUTE! It's definately on my favourite chick flicks list =D It's basically about a guy who moves into an apartment only to find a girl who keeps appearing (and disappearing) there and claiming that the apartment is her's. While helping each other figure out whats wrong, they fall in love...but can they live happily ever after?

Oh yes...did I mention that I'm going to see Superman Returns tonight...well I am along with my sisters and my cousins...To be honest, I'm not really excited (bas ray7a 7ag ilyam3a!) but I hope it turns out to be a good movie..

Smokey!!!

This is my baby! My kitty! Katkootati!

تخت شرقي

I went to a music concert on Thursday, titled تخت شرقي, held in AbdulAziz Hussain Theatre in Mishrif. Some amazing pieces were played by the National Band/Group. Maestro and nai player Mohammed Al-Khalaf lead the group profesionally, and the two pieces that he had composed were ones of the best that were played that night, in addition to the nahawand tukish piece (played on the violin) and Biktub Ismak Ya Habibi, played by the group and sung by Bader Nouri who proved himself a capable singer with a great-range voice. Other pieces by Mohammed AbdulWahab and the brothers Rahbani were played.
All in all, a great show!!!

P.S. The absence of oud player Fawzi Al-Lingawi was evident! No one plays it like you :)

The Jacket

I saw "The Jacket" the other day. Its the story of a war veteran who gets shot twice in the head and suffers temporary amnesia. As a result he is the only wittness ina murder crime and is put in a hospital for the criminally insane. Strapped in a straight jacket as a new treatment method he travels to the future and discovers ways to help his loved ones.
It was a nice psycho-thriller movie...A little confusing at first but it wraps up nicely so you get pretty much all of it in the end. I'd give it 6.9
If you like this type of movie (and Adrien Brody/Keira Knightly) its the movie for you

حكومة الكترونية -Electronic Government

I don't know where to start! I am just so pissed off at the "system" they use in this country. Where on Earth does a procedure (mu3amala) so simple like producing a licence take three days to get done? The same day I passed my driving test my daddy took my papers and my pictures to get the stuff done. He called me a while later and said that they will not accept the pictures because the new machine they have installed (in order to be up to date in the use of modern technology) which scans licence photos does not accept pictures that do not have a blue background!!! (GRRRR!) My dad came home steaming at the ears (due to the weather and the idiocy of "the system") and I don't blame him for that matter and we decided to go take new pictures (with a blue background) the next day.
We did just that and when my dad took them the following working day..yes..you guessed it, they sent him back home with no licence! Their excuse this time was first that the pictures were too small and then that I wasn't facing forward properly....Might I add that these problems exist only because of the installation of this goddamn device and that they take around 40 KD stamps to do their jobs terribly....I'm not a swearing person so I hope you can guess why I keep using ..... ! Now I have to go to them in the muroor place and they'll have my picture taken there, in the morning, with puffy eyes and a bad temper. Is this just my luck or is it a result of Kuwaits failing attempts at becoming an electronic government? Does this happen to you too?

A Pirates Life for Me

Ahoy! I went to see The Pirates Of The Carribean: Dead Man's Chest movie last night and it was a BLAST! Whoever said sequels were always bad is definately wrong because this one was just as good as the first. Great acting, non-stop action and breath-taking scenery plus it ends in the most wonderful cliff-hanger e-v-e-r! The same charming rum addict- Captain Jack Sparrow ;) the galant Will Turner and the rebel Elizabeth Swann are back with their old friends and many more new enemies...If you haven't yet seen it you just have to!
P.S. The soundtrack adds to the magic of the movie.

Hello...I have just come back from my driving test and I passed!!! I should probably be jumping for joy now but I'm just slouching on my favourite couch :S It's not that I'm not happy or anything, I am..I'm glad that I passed and that I'll be out driving soon but the experience itself was so ridiculous and silly. Here is what happened:
I did the written test, easy-peasy lemon-squeezy...then I had it corrected and the police-man signed the istimara and said to go get a car and go to lane 3 in the driving test...O-K! I got a car and did just that. The first part of the test apparantly was the parking test..I watched the little cars bump into the pavements and the barriers as I waited for my turn :) When it was finally my turn and after I reversed perfectly (in my opinion :P ) I heard someone shout something but I couldn't quite make out the words. I looked outside my window and realised that the police-man was talking to me. He asked what my name was and I told him, and he was like: "7ayach Allah oboy, tfathilay."
Huh! What?! Excuse me??!! What, is it over? I didn't do anything! I drove out and I headed to the waiting room and after a while the police-man came with a handful of OK-ed istimaras, on of which was mine..."NAJ7A" it said. End of story.
Just to make things clear...I went without a wa96a...I went with my humble daddy alone, although I could have brought along a trail of officer relatives but I am totally against wa96a so I didnt. So I'm baffled, I am dumbfounded...I don't get it...why the special treatment? What if I drove like a drunkard? How could they give licenses to people like that..without a real test?!
I'm glad I can get a license now..and I will accept it because I know that if I had been tested accordingly I would have passed...They should test everyone properly..this is just not right...no wonder there are so many lunatics on the streets!!!

Vrooooom!

Hey everyone! I'm happy to announce that during the past week or so I have been attending driving lessons!!! Well, to tell you the truth I was never really excited about driving and unlike many young people didn't really give a damn (excuse my french :P )
But now that I'm actually behind the wheel it isn't really that bad, and I think I'm starting to like it. My test is tomorrow so wish me luck because I'm not going to be happy if I need to get more lessons...
I just hope everything goes right and I pass and nothing funny happens while I'm there WISH ME LUCK O:)

Italy Win World Cup

So the world cup is finally over..and Italy have made it to the top.
To tell you the truth it was never clear this year who was going to make it, there were just so many possibilities. Anyway congrats to the Italian supporters..
Note to Zidane: What got into you man?! OMG! What a shame, what-a-shame! Its your last match EVER in front of MILLIONS...what did you do that for?!?!
What are your comments on World Cup 2006, on the final and I wouldn't mind hearing what you thought about the surprise headbutt that sent Zidane off the pitch!

Wimbledon Champs

The Wimbledon champion for ladies single : Amelie Mauresmo
The Wimbledon champion for mens single : Roger Federer
The ladies' fainal was fun to watch..very well played on both parts..congratulations to Amelie who won her first Wimbledon title ever! Hard luck to Justine Henin-Hardenne...
The men's final was just great...Rafael Nadal was clearly nervous in the first set when Federer won 6-0..but he picked up his pace and showed us the real fighter he is, but it was clear that Federer wanted that trophy so bad that he wasn't letting Nadal have any cheap points...they were both fighting till the end! The scores were : Federer 6 7 6 6
Nadal 0 6 7 3
Congratulations to Federer and Mauresmo, hard luck to Henin-Hardenne and Nadal :)
PS I'm sure we'll see Rafa hold (and bite) that trophy sooner rather than later ;D

Wimbledon Finalists

I know I've been long, but my internet connection wasn't its fabulous self last week! So we are down to the final two for the men and ladies singles in the Wimbledon championship...(drum roll please):

Amelie Mauresmo (frn) VS Justine Henin Hardenne (blg)

and

Roger Federer (sui) VS Rafael Nadal (esp)

I don't really mind who wins from the ladies, they are both great tennis players. As for the men, well Federer is great and he's won before, yeah yeah, lets hope it's Rafa's turn this time...I really hope he wins!! Wish him luck you guyz!!!