Random Occurences

I haven't heard from firefighter, it's been just over a week. I am guessing he's found other fires to put out, as this one is just inextinguishable (is there such a word? i don't know!) Well, he can sod off... ;-)

A relative of mine has left Kuwait for the next two months and has entrusted me with her maserati. I suppose this must be some compensation for having to endure the summer heat while everyone's flown away. I drove the car home tonight. It's not quite my thing; i found the seat slightly hard for my soft bum and the car's a little too low for my liking.

I've come to realise, I am a 4x4 girl at heart, despite the fact that I love speed (something my father, a former pro-am car racer, passed onto me genetically). Ask any coworker of mine and they will tell you that I am a wrecklessly good driver. ;-)

Oh! I have completely forgotten to mention that I have found a flat. It's a one-bedroom in Shaab and has sea view. Infact, my friends will be able to tell whether or not I am home just by looking up at the building while driving on Gulf Street, just please do not get into a wreck! ;-)

I had hired a painter to come and do the place and had selected a (wrong) shade of yellow for the livingroom, which left me positively ill every time I set foot in there. The colour's energy was too loud, and one could not chill out easily in that room, so I had the painter redo it in a less obtrusive shade of yellow, by adding some white and red, giving it a sandy-yellow hue. Very nice:-)

The bedroom is a sort of medium purple-lilac, to set a contrast with the living room colour. Will have photos posted soon.

Right now I am working on getting wooden flooring. I am going to be quite broke this month! But it's for a good cause (shopping!) so I'm still smiling:-D

I went over to Sultan Center in Sharq last night to buy a digital camera so I could go to IKEA and The One to snap photos of their furniture (to be made). The model I wanted was the last one left, and it was the one used for display.
I told them I would buy it if they gave me a discount on it, cause afterall, everyone, myself included, had fiddled with it, so it was practically a used camera.

"No!" came back the answer. I was aghast. "Sexcuuuuse me! This is a used camera, and you expect me to pay full price for it?! You must be joking!"

They wouldn't give, and neither would I! What is wrongwith these people?!

"They don't care (x3)" said DesertGirl when I ranted on about it. Still however, I am ranting about it here as well because I am positively pissed over the sheer moronicity (my own made-up word) of it all!

Bowling for Sunshine

Not much except work happened on Thursday.

Friday:

Spent it in B'naider, or Kuwait's Malibu (as I like to call it). Visited Magazine Girl's beachhouse and got roasted again. Mag's husband bought 'his girls' a floating deck and anchored it some ways away off-shore, the tide was high and the wind blew in a south westerly direction, so it took a while to swim to it. Once on it, seasickness crept in about a half hour later... splash! Back to shore.

The water was surprisingly cold, but very refreshing nonetheless. the only thing I could have done without were the 2 dozen jetskiers in the area. They all zoom out at about 3'ish. Most annoying!

Later on that night I joined Desertgirl and her group of friends over at City Center's bowling alley.

Great bunch of guys. One of them, a Moroccan, who I think had never bowled in his life provided us with some laughs as he tried to bowl. Every swing almost led his nose to the floor. At one point he tried playing soccer by positioning the ball and kicking it down the alley. Needless to say, his game ended there with a cup full of ice and a pout.

Then there was Spasmo. Funny, funny man. Read on to find out how he earned his nickname. I have to say that he's the cantankerous one of the bunch and Desertgirl has maybe met her match?

Another one of the guys was wearing a dishdasha and on account of it refused to play, even though we tried getting him to.

Second round, I almost beat Spasmo who won the game.

All 7 of us went to Pizza Hut for a late, late dinner just as they were closing down, and this is where we laughed, and laughed, and laughed, and cried, and laughed. Spasmo had everyone at our table, including the next, in stiches. At first he choked a little on some peppered pizza and got into a fit of sneezes which were like held in spurts, but with added sound effects. Almost like a squeeze-toy.

Got home super late and zzz'ed.

Shut the friggin Bab-tain!

Ok, so I went ahead and called TBWA and spoke to their head-honcho, and very politely told him what I thought about the radio spot and asked him in turn how TBWA felt about it.

"We feel terrible" he says, and "We made the spot and now we are stuck with it, cause the client loves it".
When asked if they planned on making any changes to it, the answer came back as "Yes, we do, and right now we are suggesting various ideas to our client in hopes that they will change their mind".

So people, I've been given an email address to which you can email your feedback to TBWA regarding this annoying ad. They are welcoming your thought, and whatever you write will be used to convince Nissan to get it off the air.

So email them today! Just be nice about it (if you can, because I am aware that some people are incapable of courtesy).

Polygyny Schmolygyny

Polygyny, not Polygamy. See the definition.

I met this interesting Kuwaiti (Firefighter) online and we've been having sporadic discussions regarding the cultural differences between us. Despite the fact that we are both Kuwaiti he says I am so unlike the average kuwaitia, and due to that, the chances of me hooking up with a Kuwaiti are extremely slim, lest he be like myself in mentality. And needless to say I agree with him. Infact, I was helping my aunt pack for her trip the other night and I expressed to her that I didn't think I would marry a Kuwaiti and she herself advised me against doing so. Point in case.

The thing that left me feeling frustrated with Firefighter was his belief surrounding Polygyny. My Islamic belief on polygyny is that yes, it is allowed, but men are advised against it by God because they risk (big time) being inequitable with his wives.

Firefighter's reasoning for polygyny is purely based on his immense desire to have kids; if wife #1 turns out to be barren, then he plans on marrying a second wife. Naturally, this ruffled my feathers. Even if there was nothing wrong with marriage #1, he'd still do it. I told him by him doing so, he'd be unfair to wife #1, let alone cruel in taking another wife. Unfair because he'd be having a complete family with #2 and would not be able to give himself fully to #1 as he would with #2 (and child).

I told him that marriage is about two people being together and children are a consquencial occurence thereafter.

It was at this point he exclaimed that I would most likely not find a Kuwaiti man who thinks differently from him (meaning like me). Whatever dude... I beg to differ.

Your polygynous thoughts?