January 9th, 2012
My sons Pride and Joy have been obsessing over electronic games on ipod and ipad. I was wondering if they would ever look away from the screen and enjoy any kind of games, until, I emptied one of the boxes. The children went wild and started playing with it and the classic power of the box won at the end. 
Posted in General wonderment |
September 14th, 2011
A very busy day and many faces to meet. I always feel that seeing so many people in one day takes away a great deal of ones energy and with two whining children things cannot be worst. There are many new changes happening at once in my life and I do glorify a moment of stillness to reflect, pray, and be thankful for everything.
Posted in Things I like |
September 9th, 2011
Each day I have is packed with some ups and downs. From the last post I had many posts that I was composing in my head. One dealing with the house move I have to make, but none compelled me to write as much as this one.
Two days ago I felt I had the worst day ever. Things seem to pile on me and I felt I was sinking in misery of added stress. I looked up to the sky and asked God for assistance. Before going to sleep I asked God to allow me to achieve things through his blessings rather than my own doing. He knows what is in my heart and how I want to be his tool to make a difference.
I woke up early the next day and felt my thoughts were in a better order. I made my to do list for the day with few tasks seeming a bit ambitious for one day. Some of my volunteers called and sent messages to check on me which always makes me feel that we are connected as one family. Each task seemed to move well to the next and at one point I had to schedule for a painter to paint the new flat. I did not know where to find one and thought of asking to call the security of the building and ask if he knows anyone. While going through the list of recently dialed phone numbers to retrieve the security guard’s number I saw a contact called “painter”.
The phone originally belonged to my husband and I had no idea he had a contact number of a painter which was dialed few minutes before I began my search, while the phone was in my 2 year old son’s hand. I dialed it and the painter agreed to come over in the afternoon with colour sheets to select from.
I ended the call with a smile and felt that I experience a miracle. The rest of the tasks seemed to sort themselves and I was lucky to see some special friends that day who made me feel full of energy and supported. A very dear friend was helping me to go over few things and organize my thoughts. We all need that kind of friend. And Yesterday I felt blessed and I was repeating one chorus, “In the arms of an angel fly away”. These are not the actual words for the song but that is how I felt after talking to my friend. I was ready to fly to the highest mountain. Not climb but fly with ease.
Not all the words match how i feel and the song seems to be about submitting to death. However, I view death as a form of rebirth. So in the case of how i was feeling the past two days the song seems fitting. I felt at peace.
Thank you God and thank you Coach 
I leave you with the song and I hope you appreciate the angels in your life.
Posted in Inspirations |
August 12th, 2011
Yesterday I had euphoric moment of realizing my dream. As a child I wanted to build an organization that promotes good work and helping others. My thoughts evolved over the years and for over a year took shape in Spread the Passion. I am blessed to have such wonderful volunteers to help it grow. I sat their watching them, last night at the UN house, their smiles like poetry and their laughs like songs. I was counting my blessings thank you Eman Khalaf, Ahmad Saad, Hessa AlJeeran, AbdulAziz AlDhubbebi and the many more volunteers that helped make this happen.
And our slogan printed on that t-shirt; “Make giving part of your living”
It is mispelled in Arabic but the message is clear
Posted in In my time, Inspirations |
August 12th, 2011
I was invited to Viva’s Ghabga last night at Marina hotel. It was my first time to attend a bloggers gathering and it was very kind of them to give out such generous gifts.
It was very nice to meet Danderma & The side walk blog owners. I was too exhausted to mingle as I just arrived from the UN youth event. Hopefully next time I would get to chat with more bloggers
Thanks Viva once more
Posted in Hapennings in Kuwait |
June 10th, 2011
I remember an old song “video killed the radio star”. Thinking about it, we still have some popular radio shows with plenty of tuned listeners. It will depend on the life style of the listener e.g. those who drive and like to hear something on the road opposed to someone bored at home who might decide to switch on the tv and watch something.
When visually engaged I think people would opt for radio or music specifically. It is very interesting how fat media platforms are evolving nowadays and as soon as accessibility is sorted a lot of people are getting hooked.
My recent preference for using twitter was just a matter of accessibility. I now have it on my phone and given the small screen size and the version i have I prefer it over facebook. Nevertheless, when I am facing my laptop i would only check my facebook and briefly browse around.
Moreover, having sat through an introductory NLP course am now thinking that it might be our preference in receiving information. Without having to go through all of the categories but for instance a person who is more visual than auditory will have one preference rather than the other.
Another factor of course is the people you want to connect with and the different media tools they are using and so you might choose to follow or see the face accordingly. Maintaing all equally is a challenge and at some point you choose what to stick to for your reasons and surely variety is the spice of life or virtual life
Friday wonderment
Posted in General wonderment, happenings around the web |
June 3rd, 2011
With theories of The Law of attraction, power of the mind and a tad of wishful thinking I often wonder. Are we getting what we wish for or six sensing what we will get? Whose will is at play here? What is even more interesting is trying to prove either one is the case. Could be as difficult as a dog chasing his own tail.
An endless argument that keeps me wondering!
Posted in General wonderment |
June 2nd, 2011
During the Gulf war of 1990 my family moved to London. I spoke few words of English, and soon after my parents realized that it will take more than the hoped for days for Kuwait to be liberated, we were then faced with the issue of settling in.
My parents tried to encourage us to learn the language and one of the methods they thought was best is through videos. A group of Christian missionaries were selling Children videos in Hyde Park and my parents bought the collections in a bid to hit two birds with one stone. Teach us language and morals.
As I was looking for some videos for my children I searched for those old ones and found them online. I recently noticed how they affected my personality.
Below is one of my favorite. Enjoy
Posted in nostalgic remains |
June 1st, 2011
What are we? but hopes for the future,
memoirs of the past,
and moments of presence.
What were we? before fixed culture,
cultivating raw dreams,
Without limits or a fence.
What would we be? In spite of it all,
pursuing our goals,
without fear or hesitance.
Would we be the sort of people
who are long remembered
for our dazzling eloquence.
or swept aside by stronger tides
having to gather evidence
in our dreams defense.
What ever the return may be
I would rather live and be me.
More than a record of absence.
Posted in Poems and Songs |
