Archive for April, 2008

Smoking In Kuwait

Thursday, April 10th, 2008

Why is it taboo for women to smoke in Kuwait? I never actually understood it. When I ask my friends or family, the usual answer would be “3eib” or “mo 7elwa.” Umm.. why? How is that different from men smoking?
Back in the old days, sheesha was popular with the women. And I think it was [...]

Tips For Freshmen

Tuesday, April 8th, 2008

It’s getting to be around the time seniors graduate (I’m actually bouncing after summer school), so I thought I’d spread my college senior wisdom to the blank slates that are freshmen. These are golden pieces of information that would usually take four years to develop through experience. In fact, after reading this post you probably [...]

Just Shameful

Sunday, April 6th, 2008

I clean up Monday mornings so that when the cleaning lady comes to clean my bathroom she doesn’t think I’m a total slob.

I do laundry only when I have nothing left to wear.

I wear sweat pants, a t-shirt and socks to bed because I sleep on top of the covers so I wouldn’t have to [...]

Body Count

Saturday, April 5th, 2008

About two weeks ago, the American media were highlighting the fact that the death toll of US soldiers in Iraq has reached 4,000. The 4,000th body was confirmed on March 23rd, three days after the the 5th anniversary of the invasion. That is a significant number of men and women sacrificed to avenge the death [...]

I Hate April Fool’s Day

Tuesday, April 1st, 2008

I’m not getting pranked or anything but the internet just sucks for a whole week afterward. You don’t know what the hell is real or not! I read that Spain was expelled from Euro 2008 and that England were chosen to step in, that Maldini was thinking of not retiring and instead moving to Newcastle [...]