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

Lots of people feel the frustration of wanting to know about an event before it happens as they feel they can contribute and add a special touch for a more memorable event.

Now, here is an announcement for such an event that is in support of a community project. Bayt Abdullah hospice is a children’s hospital for the terminally ill to spend recreational time with specialist care. Having a child with illness could be very restrictive for the whole family and in a place where the family could be supported to cope well with a professional staff and enjoyable surroundings is a dream that is coming true. It is a project for the community and needs the community to support it.

The dicovery mall together with Afaq united and Spread the Passion team are organizing a charity bazaar at Discovery mall from 22nd to 27th Dec in support of Bayt Abdullah. Anyone interested in joining can register at Discovery mall from 5-9pm (started yesterday ) or email info@spreadthepassion.org or call 99955897

Together we make dreams come true

Saw it in London many years ago and loved it so much. British international productions are usually very good. I look forward to seeing this one

I have seen parts of the rehearsals and am very excited to take my children. There is a 50% discount offer until 22nd Aug 2010 so book now to take advantage of the offer. Original ticket prices are 8KD for 8 first row seats and 6KD for the back seat. Tickets are selling fast so make sure you book early to avoid disappointment.

An initiative by Candlelight to Spread the Passion.It is a membership scheme where by members are given special offers from different companies that have special products and services through special events.

“Spread the Passion is our way of working with other companies to offer the best possible products and services in Kuwait, with special promotions for our members to take advantage of.”

The official campaign launch is on 13 March 2010, from 2pm to 8pm at Marina Hotel, Salmiya, Pearl meeting room under the theme of Beauty & Wellness, with a range of companies participating to present their products and services at special offers. The campaign will support different charities at each event.

You can also join the campaign if you have the passion that you would like to share or have special request for certain products.

For more information visit www.spreadthepassion.com

The CBA open day was the perfect end to the holiday.

The smile of a child, priceless

The weather was perfect and the children had a great time. Special thanks to the organizers, including Pink Coffee and The Exhibition. I think the same people should organize all open days

There was a fair amount of participants in the bazaar, some with more unique ideas than others. It is always nice to be around creative minds. I wished more of my loved ones would have been present that day to enjoy it

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Yes, I caught the bear chilling on Sunday at the CBA open day. Teddy.B is a social experiments that explores different facets of daily life and you can follow his daily go about on www.yearofteddy.com

I thought that the idea is brilliant and I might not agree with recent events but nevertheless the whole thing is pure genius and the creativity involved is one that we come across every so often. I have to give a big Hi5 for the creative team behind the blog and who ever helped to make this possible.

The whole idea is meant to be for a good cause as Teddy B will be auctioned off at the end of the project. The pictures are very well thought of and I hope there will be a book out at the end A big cheer to Teddy B and the people behind him as he is over a third of the way on his journey. I highly recommend that you check out his blog.

Postcards of Art

It was Thuraya AlBaqsami’s 55th exhibition. I have heard a lot about the artist, as she is well renowned in Kuwait. I finally got the chance to see her work and have few words with her. A very inspiring and humble being who transported me with few words into a world of her own. Magically traveling through space and time into her past and travels. “I painted this in Germany.” She explained, with passion synonymous to her name.

I was escorted across her painting to a world I have never knew and ended up buying few postcards, as I did not know where to hang her artwork. I wanted to own more than one and the one that caught my attention the most was already sold.

As I left she told me she was proud of her work and I replied that I think, “your life itself is an art work.” A personality to admire for many reasons too many to mention.

Her exhibition runs until Thursday 24th Dec 2009 and you can find out more about the artist and the Ghadir Gallery by clicking on this link http://www.ghadirgallerykuwait.com/mainartist.htm

Yesterday, as I checked my messages, I found one from a facebook group I recently joined (Yalla shabab). It was an invitation to attend a business conference for small businesses, run by youth. I saw a list of lectures so I thought I will try to squeeze it in my schedule. It is a day off, I reasoned, so I better maximize the use of every hour before I bury myself in my studies again. After a long day of hopping between different locations I arrived to the conference in time for the first talk which already had started. It was by one of the first female MPs, Dr Rola Dashti, followed by two more talks, by Fowzi Althinayan and Adnan AlQinaie and then two entrepreneurs of an environmentally driven recycling project took to the stage and told their success story. I thought the event was handled very well and was happy to meet the organizers, sponsors, speakers and the attendees. I just wished more youth attended it or knew about it. It is a start of hopefully many more events to come from the organizers to encourage a dialog between young minds and funding bodies to help launch bright ideas. The event continues today with talks starting at 7pm.

Program

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