We had a conversation early on, and the phrase “Women shouldn’t be allowed to travel alone” was said and then followed with harsh remarks about women who do travel alone. (remarks towards the women and their families). I want to discuss this.

But first I want to say that I won’t be getting into what Islam had to say about it, I don’t know what was said, and I don’t want to get into how many “exits” are available for such a rule. That being said, I want to say a few things of what I think of that phrase:

1-First of all, I think we shouldn’t be conditioned by what people think is acceptable.

2-I think that nowadays people are being selective as to which rule they follow and which rule to skip when it comes to religion.

3-I think if a woman ever had to travel alone, it is up to her, and her husband/parents. And it is not right to judge a woman’s morals or her relatives’s solely by their decision to have the woman travel alone.

4-I have a problem with the “shouldn’t be allowed” part, because I think people should be convinced rather than forced. Or else why bother?

Ok, now that I’ve said these 4 points, I wanna also say that I partially agree with that phrase.. However, what I don’t agree with is the judging part. When I was abroad, I’ve seen many girls who were studying abroad by themselves, without any family members in sight, and some of them were far more worthy of respect than many of the girls who aren’t “allowed to travel alone”.

You have to sneeze and infect as many people as possible. You’ve got 1 shot at sneezing and the amount of people you should infect increase with every level you pass. I reached level 10 and couldn’t pass it. Play it HERE.

Just got this picture from Ali telling me that souq Wajef is on fire.

Thaks Ali

UPDATE:

Thanks Ali

I like it when a person isn’t able to express himself in his own language, and then goes ahead and translate it to another.

As I was getting out of the parking building near work, what sounded like a big wooden board fell and made a very big sound, I felt my heart in my throat when that happened. It was funny the way I flinched, but then a group of insanely terrified pigeons started flying directly at me, they managed to avoid me, but one of them while avoiding me crashed real hard in the wall next to me, the poor thing. My mouth managed to spit out a curse, Allah yakhthich, and I walked away from this hazardous spot.

2 minutes later I had to get back to the car to get my iPod, and I saw this cat eating a pigeon. I’m guessing its the same pigeon that crashed earlier. Allah khathaha. RIP.

Just found out that there is a new web site called Q8msbah.com and they are specialized in selling msbahs, So all what you need is just search for the the msbah you want and pay by your credit card and they gonna delivered it to you.

LINK

I completed 36 hours without a mobile and I have mixed feelings over this. I think it’s a relief to be untrackable for a while (I don’t like that we are always reachable), I enjoyed being a bit out of reach today.

On the other hand, it feels like you’re lost and totally out of the loop.

I’ve sent my Bold to a phone shop that my brother recommended but they don’t know what’s wrong with it. The Bold has been giving me lots of trouble, I’m actually glad that it died. Mishary is giving me his curve instead till some new Blackberry phone is released. By the time Mishary passes by and drop his mobile it’s going to be 48 hours for me without a mobile. Nice little experience, but I wouldn’t do it again.

Thanks Mishary 😉

While I was at Hilton AlMangaf I saw a couple of banners advertising a new thai restaurant that’ll open soon in the hotel. I didn’t think it was very smart to have 2 thai restaurants within the hotel, they already have the Blue Elephant.. So I asked the receptionist, and it turned out that the Elephant is going to be put down, and a new one is taking it’s place. The new one as you can see from the banner, is called Yin Yang, and they promise an authentic Thai food. (Wasn’t the Blue Elephant authentic enough?)

I asked her again, “Will the staff of Blue Elephant remain and work in this new restaurant?” And she said “yes the staff would remain unchanged,” and that it’s just a name change.

If what the lady said is true then I guess this is good news to those who liked the blue elephant. But seriously if you’re looking for a real good thai food (and can overlook the extreme modesty of the restaurant’s interiors), then you’ve got to try Oriental Cuisine. I reviewed it back in April.

Anyway, Yin Yang is opening on the 15th of this month.

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My mobile decided to die on me today in the morning. I tried to resuscitate it but it just won’t come back to life! I’ve been without a mobile for 12 hours now and it is the weirdest feeling ever!

I don’t know who called during the day, or whether I have new messages.. or bbms.. oh and rumors that goes along with bbms.

I’ll send the mobile for fixing tomorrow, but till it’s done, I’m gonna go through the day without any mean of communication. I’ll see how that goes.

Just heard that Beyoce’s next concert will be in Egypt at Port Ghalib, and it will be on Friday the 6th of November 09, Thats what I know, I think Yousef knows better than me about the pricing and all.

EDIT:

Ok Mishary, Here are the ticket prices according to a site linked by beyonce’s official website:

• Platinum: 2,000 LE
• Gold: 1,000 LE
• Stage: 250 LE

SOURCE

I hate it when restaurants start out strong and then deteriorate. This is the case with Teatro restaurant at Hilton Almangaf. I haven’t been there in years, I just remember that it used to be great. Me and my friend went there for lunch today and we both hated it. The sad thing is that we both agreed that the diet coke was the highlight of our lunch.

What a shame.

The walkathon will take place at the avenues. I find the walkathon at the avenues idea weird but then again it’s probably the best place to create awareness in Kuwait.

Zain just released the new curve 8520 and of course it will have full arabic keyboard and gonna cost you as follows:

• with one year contract it is KD 58
• without contract it is KD 125

Just spotted Friends Cafe in free zone located above Cafe Supreme.

They blocked almost all the blogs at work. I got bored. The Whiteout (corrector) and the Hole Puncher were right there… so I got creative. 😛

I’m usually busy at work.. What do you guys do when you have absolutely nothing to do?

NOT literally!!

Thanks Taymoor

Just got this sms telling me to go HERE and try to support them and help them find Fahad. Is this for real?.

From their site:

“We need your help.. Our brother Fahad is missing!
If you would like to help us find Fahad, send “fahad” to 99115858 (100 fils/SMS) and we will be contacting you when we get any helpful information about him.

If you can find Fahad, you will get the chance to win $10,000 and other valuable prizes during November.”

LINK

I heard a lot of good stuff about Signor Sassi, the newly opened restaurant, and last week I had a chance to go out with the family and we all had lunch there. It’s an italian restaurant, a franchise, brought over by Americana. This is not your typical Americana restaurant, actually when it comes to the food’s quality and taste, it’s as authentic as a n3al naydiya to elneyada 😛 know what I mean?
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Yes, it’s released in Eureka and they sell it for KD 269.

Thanks ANM