Monthly Archives: June 2011

Social Media Day-Bloggers Gathering

Posted on June 30, 2011 by swera

I was invited by His & Hers to attend the First Social Media Day in Kuwait! An event organized by them, Q8 Stig & Omarker. This day is celebrated world wide & this is the first gathering of bloggers to acknowledge this day.

It was very coyz and limited to some bloggers. No media was there nor sponsors & that’s how the organizers wanted it to be! It was supposed to start at 2pm but people as always get late therefore it was delayed til 2:40pm! But the wait was worth it because we enjoyed the talk of some bloggers!

The event is meant to gather bloggers from the country so we can socialize and get to know each others! I hardly pronounced my name revealing my name! I’m no longer anonymous to some bloggers

Husband attended this event with me to show me his support (he knows about the blog ) but he got pissed off when it got delayed but anyways, we enjoyed the event & thanx to Laduree for their sweet gesture giving each individual a bag that contains a box of macaroons

Thanx for His&Hers, Q8Stig & Omarker for this lovely event

Cute

Omarker speaking

Take a look at Q8Stig

and finally His

The Three Musketeers

Laduree bags

The box

yummmmm

Categories: Blog, Events, kuwait | 26 Comments

June’s Top 100 Blogs in Kuwait-Alexa

Posted on June 29, 2011 by swera

Thanks to the lovely lady Danderma again for this lovely list (June\’s Top 100 Blogs In Kuwait According to Alexa) and her amazing effort to let us know about it.

My blog has moved 9 points up woohooo, i’m really happy for this progress

Here’s the list:

1	Q8 Ping	164	Same Rank
2	Meenakon	186	Same Rank
3	il Sul6ana	193	Same Rank
4	248 AM	235	Up From 6
5	Abo Flan	243	Down From 4
6	Frankom	261	Down From 5
7	Ent Ya	341	New
8	Chraimba	349	Down From 7
9	Hi Kuwait	468	Down From 8
10	His & Hers	488	Same rank
11	Blog Laish	617	Up from 26
12	Danderma	631	Up from 16
13	Pink Girl	646	Down from 11
14	965 Malls	666	Down From 12
15	Banana Q8	675	Up from 17
16	Omarker	740	Down From 15
17	Hornett	743	Down From 13
18	360 Dewan	817	Up From 21
19	Kuwait Music	864	Down From 18
20	Kumail Plus	975	Down from 14
21	Ansam 518	999	Down from 19
22	Crowsy	1112	Down from 9
23	Cake o Bake	1327	Down from 20
24	P0ach	1460	Up from 25
25	Me Blogging	1701	Down from 22
26	Habbat Q8ya	1800	New
27	blog.student-vibe.com	1917	New
28	broadcasti.com	1979	Up from 31
29	7ajidude.com	2018	Up from 38
30	kaifan5.com	2106	Down from 28
31	Kuwaitiful.com	2107	Up from 41
32	alblogy.com	2333	Down from 24
33	landeni.com	2354	Up from 37
34	tafjeer.wordpress.com	2394	Same Rank
35	q8blend.com	2396	Up from 52
36	zhgaan.net	2549	Up from 67
37	q8allinone.com	2637	Down from 29
38	salatmaiwa.com	2645	Up from 40
39	bowadh7a.wordpress.com	2654	Down from 27
40	Im Geek	2700	New
41	walladah.blogspot.com	2820	Up from 71
42	tryingtobefahad.com	2883	Up from 79
43	fereej.com	2895	Down from 33
44	tidbitdujour.com	2974	Up from 59
45	kuwait10.net	3007	Down from 32
46	bndq8.blogspot.com	3027	Up from 64
47	qortuba.org	3095	Up from 66
48	4thringroad.com	3164	Down from 45
49	13cups.com	3194	Same Rank
50	sandoog.blogspot.com	3200	Up from 54
51	auto965.com	3253	Up from 53
52	q8path.com	3266	Up from 73
53	chayaltha7a.blogspot.com	3310	Down from 42
54	3ateeja.wordpress.com	3449	Up from 98
55	Buzberry	3461	Down from 44
56	Jebla	3506	New
57	Al-Zain	3635	Down from 36
58	Z District	3683	Down from 55
59	Babble Q8	3696	Down from 35
60	Q8 Black Market	3739	Down from 57
61	Lady B	3741	Down from 56
62	T7l6m	3782	Up from 100
63	Q8 Lens	3789	Up from 88
64	Blog 37	3828	Down from 50
65	Trendy Girl	3880	Down from 46
66	Social Slave	3885	New
67	Yousif 11	3995	New
68	Buzfairy	4009	Down from 39
69	Q8 Red Flag	4054	New
70	Bel Q8y El Fa9ee7	4118	Down from 60
71	Almost Blog	4155	Up from 85
72	Crazy Yet Wise	4177	Up from 81
73	Shit We Come Up With	4213	New
74	Na3emat Al Hams	4231	New
75	Beet Al-Zain	4233	New
76	Hamad Al-Hamad	4328	Down from 75
77	Up Till One	4373	Up from 90
78	18 Seven	4412	New
79	Aklat Bent Eldeera	4447	Down from 63
80	Khaleejesque	4491	Down from 61
81	Grape Vine Kuwait	4528	Down from 30
82	Q8 Rain	4539	Same Rank
83	Slashed Blog	4558	Up from 84
84	The Side Talk	4593	Down from 62
85	Zqrt Q8	4682	New
86	6umasha	4803	Down from 65
87	Couch Avenue	5036	Down from 80
88	Bint Al Kuwait	5160	Down from 58
89	Ladies Who Lunch in Q8	5209	New
90	Feryah	5379	Up from 92
91	New Q8 Bride	5391	Down from 78
92	Confashions	5545	Down from 47
93	Nezhawya	5572	New
94	Some Contrast	5752	Up from 99
95	Thouq Blog	5879	New
96	Designer W	6249	New
97	Why Not Q8	6380	Down from 51
98	Bint Al Shamiya	6427	Down from 69
99	Duqati	6634	New
100	7achy	6916	Down from 48

Categories: Blog, kuwait | 12 Comments

Book Review: Rainwater

Posted on June 28, 2011 by swera

I can never ever ever express my addiction to this lady & her amazing way of writing. Her romance novels get through your heart and touch its weakest point where you feel agony & passion at the same time.

Ella Barron a single mom, running a business in her house trying to provide for her autistic kid. Mr. Rainwater comes along and turns her life up side down. Also the town’s people are affected by Mr. Rainwater.

Too bad it has a very sad ending but very realistic.

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Hardcover OR Paperback?

Posted on June 28, 2011 by swera

Which one do you prefer buying?! I like both, Hardcover for it’s shape and feeling, it makes you reading a real book but it’s too heavy to carry with you everyday! As for paperback, it can very light to carry wherever you go!

Hardcover or Paperback and why?!

Categories: Books | 26 Comments

Book Review: Steve & Me

Posted on June 26, 2011 by swera

Believe it or not, I started reading this book this morning at work around 10 am. and finished reading it just now around 3:30 pm! This is a record for me, I’ve never finished a book in 5hrs & 30 minutes! I just couldn’t stop reading & the only break I had was only a couple of minutes when I had to go pray noon prayer.

We all know Steve Irwin (If you don’t then you’re now from our age)! We all lived watching his crazy adventures catching crocodiles & snakes, saving them from hunters & keeping them safe either ins his Zoo located in Australia and run by him and his American wife or send them smwhere safe.

We all felt very sad and upset by the news of his death when he was diving! and how it affected his family deeply. I got this book written by his wife Terri Irwin once it was published, probably back in 2007 or 2008 but I only managed to read it in 2011 (I just have so many books).

*sigh* It’s written with passion & love, you can feel Terri’s love for Steve from the way she’s talking about him & my eyes teared when I reached the last chapter talking about his death so sad!

If you remember Steve Irwin then you must read this book & what a great man he was. May you rest in peace.

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Cafe Bazza Review

Posted on June 26, 2011 by swera

Everybody made a big fuzz out of this restaurant that I was dying to visit and try their food as many have recommended but to my surprise it was an average restaurant and food was regular, nothing WOW about it! I wanted to enjoy eating their food so I picked the day I was fasting! Husband asked me where do you wanna eat Fu6oor & i told him Cafe Bazza!

The place & the decoration was lovely & also the music, but the seating was very annoying and uncomfortable! either the table was very high or the chairs were very low! The service was somehow slow, we had to ask for everything by ourselves! The staff wasn’t efficient even though the place wasn’t crowded.

The menu lacked some essential Kuwaiti food like Harees & Jereesh! & they didn’t serve ma3booch with our meals neither pickles (These should be complimentary). Husband wanted Meat Machbos but the waiter told us it’s not available (finished) and it was only 6pm! What will happen around 9pm?! Nothing will be served i guess.

Now, let’s talk about the food. We ordered Oriental salad which was a HUGE disappointment. It only contained: cucumber, tomato & babeer (dunno what’s that in English) and the portion was hardly enough for 1 person. 3ayzaneeen etzedoon el5ethra?! and it was worth KD 1.800, wonder for what y3ni!? The Musakhan Tanoor was very delicious & we loved it el7mdellah. Their Vimto was very refreshing & i enjoyed drinking it even though I’m not a vimto person but it was recommended by my lovely friend Marawie The main courses came: Meat Biryani & Meat Rajan Joshi! The portion was also very little and our kidz in the family won’t feel full from such quantity! Seriously guys this is supposed to be a Kuwaiti restaurant not French or Italian! lesh el quantity like this! We like to see the plate full & I was fasting *sigh*! Oh yeah & the quality of the rice wasn’t that good (take a look at the last picture). But to be honest. The food was nice and cooked in a good way.

Wish they will do something about these things.

Not crowded at all

Refreshing Vimto

Oriental Salad :/

Musakhan Tannor

Rajan Joshi

Meat Biryani

Categories: Food, kuwait | 12 Comments

Book Review: Scarpetta

Posted on June 25, 2011 by swera

Finally, I’m done with this book *sigh*! I’ve been reading it for 3 weeks. Almost 500 pages, half of them are useless.

The story was good, a nice thriller and unpredictable but it was stretched far beyond imagination for no good reason. Wish it was shorter, many tiny details were added for nothing.

I’m not reading any book again for this author.

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Pick-Daily Picks

Posted on June 24, 2011 by swera

Today, we went to try the new cafe/froyo that has opened in K-Town! I’m addicted to frozen yogurt and l’m planning to try all in town (i think 2 left

). Anyways we headed to the place according to their map posted on their Website & it was easy to find, but we had problems with finding a good parking!

The place looks very neat and lovely! and the staff were very friendly

I asked for the flavors they have and they told me they have a new one called BillBerry (don’t ask me what it is, but it’s smth berry) which was very delicious! I had the choice of 3 toppings! Husband ordered mocha which was very delicious. We enjoyed our time there & next time nshallah we’ll try their sandwiches.

My verdict: everything is perfect BUT the price of the coffee is exaggerated! The mocha was for KD 1.550. Now, we would pay that kind of money for Starbucks or Caribou but for a new cafe, it should be less than that, and the cup was small! They just need price fixing and also mug sizes.

Oh yeah, the price of the froyo was just perfect: KD 1.500 for the small cup

Categories: Food, kuwait | 11 Comments

New Sandals For Sale

Posted on June 24, 2011 by swera

Model “K5″ for KD 30/-

Model “K6″ For KD 25/-

Model “K7″ For KD 30/-

New models have arrived along with the previous ones :) call 99082292 for more details.

Categories: Shoes, Shopping

A Day @ The Fish Market

Posted on June 23, 2011 by swera

My very lovely husband is teaching me how to be a good housewife & one of my tasks is to learn how to buy seafood from the Fish Market (as if I’m gonna go ). I’ve never been there, it was always either Dad or bro who go and buy some stuff. The smell just kills me whenever I go to Sultan Centre (Sharq) & actually being there inside the market wasn’t pleasant at all.

In the parking, I got outside the car and covered my nose with my hijab (veil), he looked at me and laughed! but the horror movie started inside the market itself, blood on the floor with dirty water and omg the smell, i was breathing from my mouth the whole time :/

We bought shrimp (2 kilos) & calamary (2 kilos). I asked him to let them cut it and clean it coz I ain’t doing so. Thank god they had that service!

I’m never ever going there! no matter what :S

P.S. Hubs called Dad and asked him to come have lunch with us on Friday. He told him that I’ll be cooking seafood without telling me about it first! Poor baba, he might suffer because I’ve never actually cooked seafood before except for Fish Fillet in the over

Categories: Cooking, Food | 14 Comments

What Happened To Q8TravelBud?!

Posted on June 23, 2011 by swera

Is Q8travelbud okay?! It’s been a while!

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Birthday Celebrations-Diana F+ Chrome

Posted on June 22, 2011 by swera

My sister got me this camera as a Birthday gift! Well, she didn’t know what to get me so I told her gimme the money, I wanna buy a camera It’s an analogue toy camera (ayam gabel, ta7mee’6)! I saw Shayouma get one (Another model) and I loved the packing! She asked me to check their website Lomograhy and I went crazy! OMG, it’s another world wallah, just go there n see for yourself! The effect of the pictures is just marvelous!

I’m gonna struggle in learning how to do double exposure (y3ni ekon fahma) n how to get it done the right way but this lovely lady called Nada is more than willing to help me out! So nshallah I’ll be an expert