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Bloggerettes’ Gathering

Posted on April 5, 2013 by swera

Last week, our dear friend SilverBlingBlack & her sister @Nouradrenaline (instagram) had a gathering at their home. Many bloggers came & we had lots of fun talking, chatting, maybe even gossiping *JK*

Tea, coffee & delicious chocolates from Chocolates&More came first, then we went outside for a beautiful outdoor dinner. The seating area was gorgeous, it had a beautiful purple lights. The buffet was delicious, not everything was perfect but all in all it was delicious. The catering company is called @CateringFactoryKW (instagram).

Thank you ladies for a beautiful night

Enjoy the pictures

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Birthday Celebrations

Posted on June 22, 2012 by swera

People who surround you with love are the ones you hold on to. Family & friends are the ones who make me stronger in every obstacle I face & help me to face it.

They celebrated my birthday with me & filled me with their love & kindness.

It started on the 20th of June. My best friend Wadha surprised me with a birthday Cake. Her little boys sang for me. It was a lovely cozy celebration. Enjoyed it alot.

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Time For Outdoor Activities

Posted on November 11, 2011 by swera

Last Wednesday, I was supposed to pass by my friend’s house & ONLY get something from her but somehow we decided to drink tea in her house outside in the garden, and then ended up having dinner outside, grilling marshmallows & chatting til 10pm

My dear high school Marawi (Love You) invited me over to her house to enjoy the weather! It was really freezing outside, our tea estikanas cooled very quickly but it was fun!

We ate fatayer, taboula & other stuff, then enjoyed tea 3la el fa7am! after that it was time to enjoy some grilled marshmallows (very delicioussssssss)

I got back home FULL! Couldn’t even breath nor sleep! We really had fun talking about the good old days when we were in highschool

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Good Friends Are Very RARE

Posted on July 4, 2011 by swera

Everybody knows that good friends are very hard to find these days & they’re really very very rare. It’s not a new issue I’m talking about but somehow after chatting with Jacqui early morning, I felt like I needed to write about this subject.

You meet new people everyday & people are used to calling them “friends” but the truth is, they’re not! You can call them “mates”, “colleagues” or whatever you want to but no one deserves the word “friends” except REAL friends!

Sometimes you get fooled by close ones thinking they’re your friends but they’re not! No true friend would wanna hurt you if you really mean something to them. True friends will always be there for you no matter what your mood, attitude, religion or color is!

What annoys me the most is when those you think they’re your friends, get jealous from you because/from silly things! and they get really envious when actually what they have (sometimes) is better than what you have! Why can’t you just be content and wish your friends well?! If you can’t do that, then you’re not a good person & you’re not a true friend.

This post is dedicated to the amazing people in my life . . . you know who you are

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Morning Walk+Prime & Toast

Posted on November 13, 2010 by swera

Yes we did it! The plan was for us me, Noon & Wrapping Mania to wake around 5 am, pray and leave around 5:45 to enjoy walking in this lovely weather and enjoy the lovely breeze! I slept around 2 am and woke up at 5 am :/ so you cant imagine what happened later on! It was somehow cold, good thing I was wearing smth warm! We walked, walked , talked, talked & enjoyed taking photos from here & there! It was very very refreshing to walk at 6 am in the morning . . . You don’t get this weather everytime in Kuwait!

Then we decided to have breakfast at Prime&Toast, which was my 1st experience and was ok! I ordered Waffles with Nutella & Maple syrup (Which I realized later on i forgot to take a photo of)! They were fine, I prefer Dean&Deluca’s!

After that, like around 8:45 am, we weren’t ready to get home yet! So we went to Starbucks Kaifan to meet up with another friend of ours (Dalooooool), she’s the Queen of Craziness, madness is her middle name hehe! we laughed like there was no one around us & enjoyed our time drinking coffee and talking about things that are not appropriate to post about LOL

Cheese Omelet

Pancakes

Cup of Cappuccino

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Praying For You!

Posted on October 28, 2010 by swera

My dear ex-colleague turned great friend Ahmad is going through tough time these days! He’s hving MRI right now and they’re suspecting a tumor in his lower back! I dont know what will happen or when will the results come back! But i’m praying for him it wont be anything serious!

I remember when we used to work together, he used to come sometimes late to work saying he was at the doctor suffering from back pain! but you’d never ever see a frown on his face! He’d always be laughing, talking, interacting with all kinds of people & even those who hate him, he would sit down with them and just talk as if they didnt try to harm him before! He’d ask about me & I’ll always complain, but you never see him do that! Even though he has more troubles in life than I hv, but does he come and whine about it?

I’ve never seen such a respectful, generous, kind, white hearted, sweet man as Ahmad is! He doesn’t deserve this! Nobody does actually! I being a bad friend, didnt check on him after all these years, didnt ask about his back or his health or anything! I just kept on whining to him or just being silly and tease him about stuff! That’s me, and I admit it, I was a bit selfish! But now I really hope that nothing serious going on with him and that it would be treatable enshallah! Please pray for him!

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Bnaider Party

Posted on October 3, 2010 by swera

Happy Sunday morning people I’ve just realized that when you have incredible weekends, Sundays happen to be beautiful & full of energy and positiveness! So let’s start with the crazy/luntic stuff that happened Friday night! but before that let me start with smth, that day I felt really awful for going to a party, music, dancing & laughter, because on that same day 5 years ago, it was my mom’s 47th birthday & on the same day she was diagnosed with Myeloma! I teared a lil bit but the devil in me whispered and told me, you have to enjoy your life to the max and that crying, weeping or feeling sorry for yourself won’t bring her back! My devil is wiser than me

My bestie Wawa picked me up around 2:30 pm, her kidz were with us (yakhty) and we headed to Bnaider, reached there around 4 because we stopped at McDonald’s to hv light lunch! When we got there, we settled in and started organizing the place, the sofas, the snacks and other things! around 6 pm we headed to our rooms and changed our clothes! The music started playing outside, so we hurried and got out to find the DJ is there and already in the mood!

Me and Wawa were the only stylish girls when we first came in, it felt weird lol! The other girls were dressed for a Chalet party but we dressed for Posh Party, we just wanted to feel the luxury in us Than god later on, other girls (I don’t know) came in dressed like us Anyways, from the first song Wawa hit the ramp lol but me I had to get in the mood, good thing it didn’t take that long, the 2nd song i was among the crowd We started dancing like crazy girls on the loose, doing silly dancing moves with our hands, heads and smtimes hair! It was like we just got out the Psychiatric Ward Oh yeah, and later on, in the middle of the party, I changed my clothes and wore my Pjs, it felt more comfortable than the dress and I danced freely in them

Stylish, waay too stylish girls got in later on but never heard them say a word nor even move from their place! they were just looking at us and I felt like they were gossiping about us saying what kind of a lunatic set those girls free & in bnaider! h3 h3 h3! Actually we didnt care who was looking and who wasn’t, we just wanted to enjoy ourselves and we did When it hit 10 pm sharp, dinner was ready! We ate a lil bit and went back to continue dancing before the DJ leaves the Chalet! We asked her to play for use one last song to have a group dance! It was hilarious!

Later, we got outside, sat down infront of the moonlight and started chatting about nonsense topics! But we all weren’t in the mood for it, very tired, drained and out of this world! We literary didn’t stop dancing at all, so around 2 am we went to sleep, I cant even remember when did I put my head on the pillow! It was a very deep sleep, couldnt feel a thing, except Wawa’s son Barhoom waking up crying just for few seconds, then I was back to sleep again!

Woke up next morning/same morning around 10 am (Don’t ask why) together! It turned out we were both awake but being silent lol! The living room was very sunny and bright, breakfast was last nights food! Love leftovers! We munched on cupcakes, cookies and mini cakes (best breakfast ever)! then we spread our legs on the sofas and just sat there watching TV & talking about stuff, kidz going outside and inside the Chalet! It was great doing nothing at all, just looking and eating!

Got back around 6 pm, was very super tired! but had to sit a lil bit with Dad, coz I haven’t seen him for 1 day! He also seemed happy seeing me happy and that i actually enjoyed my time! With no warning, i saw myself hugging my pillow around 9 pm last night and woke up today around 6 am! aaahhhh best sleep ever

Saw this guy flying his boat or whatever you call that and it looked just amazing! I wanna fly that thing too! Dunno if he did it or bought it but I’m sure it brings lots of fun!

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My 1st SleepOver

Posted on September 30, 2010 by swera

Believe it or not, at this age (27) I’m going to have my first sleepover! Yes, my 1st. Well my mom (allah yer7amha) was very strict in a very horrible way smtimes but now I can understand why she was like that! She never let me sleep outside the house except at my grandma’s house and she was very clear that I only sleep in her bedroom! She even didn’t allow me to sleep at my cousin’s house, NEVER! and I always felt am an outcast because of that, friends & cousins stopped asking me to even come to their houses because again mom made difficult rules! and i thank her very much for that, now I have the best friends ever who stood by my side in good & bad situations, & even when i did smth wrong, they were there for me to make it right!

My bestie Wawa, called me a couple of days ago telling me the girls in her family are going to have a party at their Chalet in Bnaider and that I’m going with her for sure. Wooooot Wooooot, we’re gonna have a party at their Chalet, all girls and no elderlies or chaperons aha aha aha This is not the 1st party they do, I’ve been to their parties before and let me tell you, she has the best cousins ever, all of them are awesome and I can be myself and not judged at all! That’s why I got the new dress

Then Wawa called me yesterday telling me that all of them will be sleeping there and that she will be sleeping too! She asked to check with my father! I was like *OhGod*, I was too scared to even think about asking him to sleep out of the house and not to mention in a chalet! I call my dad “yuba I wanna ask your permission for smth”, “I just gave you money, what do you want now?”, “Dad I said PERMISSION, not need or want! Wawa will be sleeping at the chalet on Friday and she asked me if I can sleep with her too?”. “OK” <– just like that?! “Really? thank thank you babaty :*”, “On one condition, they pick you up” <– always conditions and rules! hehe, who cares?! I’m having my first sleepover with my best friend for the 1st time after having the raziest party ever with a DJ rocking Bnaider-hood yeeeepppeeeee!

It’s my 1st party in yrs, never been to one in a long time! Had one last yr and called it *Kaifan Disco* but i couldnt be myself completely because there were lots n lots of new people! Didn’t wanna give them the impression of who-is-that-lunatic?! So i kept myself a lil bit crazy n wise at the same time! but now I’m having the opportunity to be myself and more! I even told her “look i know ur cousins know how crazy i am, but i might just lose it coz it’s been a very long time since i had a blast”! she laughed and said “I’m the one who is gonna lose it, i’m the one who’s with 2 kids and never had fun in a very long time”! Oh yeah and her lil baby boy Barhoom will be sleeping with us in the same room, yeeey I love babies alot Can’t wait for tomorrow!

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FaceBook Dilemma

Posted on September 20, 2010 by swera

I’ve been on Facebook since 2006, i’ve met great awesome friends through that social network and met the creepy ones too but hey it’s all in the life experience category, I also found my highscool and uni friends which was awesome! But, in 2010 I got bored, and maybe coz I had other options like Blog & Twitter which were more fun than FB! I deactivated my account for almost a month, and it was a relief, I didnt miss it at all and I’m known to be an addict to it, but I lost interest! My best friends kept nagging on my head to re-activated, and eventually I did!

The problem comes now, there’s this highschool friend who is known to be creepy and weird with a very complicated personality! To be honest, I wasn’t a fan of her and used to keep my distance from her! Even one time, a friend of mine brought her name up and I said it out loud that she’s weird :/ guess what? That friend is now her best friend! You know how things works in highschool, one day you’re just mates, later in life you turn out to be besties! That friend of mine was shocked from what I said (remind me to shut my mouth next time) and replied saying “why, she’s a good girl” hhmmm, i didnt say she isn’t! she’s just weir and has this complicated persona that I really can’t explain! You know the one which you don’t feel comfortable talking too, that’s her!

That creepy weird friend exists on FB and she’s friends with that friend of mine (of course)! I saw her name over and over again but pretended not to know her! Only to be added by her after a couple of days :/ *pull hair* leeesh? why? kyoooon? *cries*! You will say, eay, just ignore her! Yeah, right I wish I can do that but she has 3 highchool girls as mutual friends and I don’t wanna hurt my friend’s feelings by ignoring & blocking her! She will be upset and I don’t want that! Oooh and later she sends me msg (before accepting) and she tells me *Saroooooona how r u girl, miss u babe. I have to see you soon” <– Saroona, babe, see u soon . . . WTF?! No freaking way! I don’t remember socializing with her ever and after Highschool we lost contact coz obviously I DONT HAVE HER FREAKING NUMBER AND DONT WANT TOO! Eventually I did accept coz I don’t wanna hurt my old friend’s feelings!

Last night, Wawa (my bestie n highschool friend) called me to tell me that she’s coming tonight to Anwar’s house (another highschool friend) coz we are having highschool reunion (only close ones) and that creepy one is not invited but our friend who’s her friend is coming, so we wont be able to gossip *cough* talk about her So I opened the topic with Wawa on the phone to get it out of my system, here’s the conversation;

Swera; Wathoooo7, guess who added me on fb?

Wawa; Who? Who?

Swera; It’s “H” :/

Wawa; eeee me too and she sent me sms asking me for my mobile number and saying that we should meet *laughter*

Swera; ohoooo the same thing happened with me, she wants to meet but she didnt ask for my mobile *phew*

Wawa; and guess what happened later on? the same day at night i go to the hospital and i see her there, how weird is that @@?! I was like huh?

Swera; no freaking way?! OMG! I don’t want her on my friends’ list but i don’t wanna hurt “h”;s feelings!

Wawa; *laughter* <— she’s always laughing mashallah. I’m coming to Anwar’s house tomorrow.

Swera; yeeeeey it’s been a long time really! we will have fun

Wawa; sure we will do!

So, for sure we will have fun tonight but ah we won’t be able to get it out of our system! but we can always whisper LOL But seriously, I don’t know what to do with this girl! I don’t wanna meet her and i don’t want her to hv my mobile number! I’m planning a huge highschool reunion but don’t wanna invite her! and I’m sure she will know, she will be upset and she will talek to “H” about it! But she ain’t my friend at all! not even near that! Such a Dilemma!!!!!

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Blabbering (2)

Posted on August 7, 2010 by swera

Warning; I’m not really in a good mood, I’m on pills (1200 brufen) and I’m being bitchy! So if you’re not in the mood for negativity don’t continue reading, just stop right here. If it doesnt make a difference to you, then well go ahead and be my guest!!

1- People who ignore you!!! What do you do with them?! Penelope asked the same question and my reply was give them more attention and lots n lots of attention with others! But what if it’s not working? Then give them SHIT! just spit at them and move on with your life, you’re not worth this kind of treatment and I’m not too! Someone will come along and will appreciate you just fine and will never ever think of ignoring you!

2- My family is almost killing me!!! Specially my grandmaaaaaa, I’m trying to avoid her! I love her so much really soooo much but I just can’t handle her words to me; “Saroona mama aren’t you in love? Is there a guy in your life? Why there’s no man in your life to love?!” <– I listen to this everytime i see her :/ “No Mama ….., I don’t hv any stupid guy to love or to love me back!!!” she continues “Why? look at the other girls, all of them are falling in love and getting married” <– Seriously, what do you answer to that? I just stare at her and say “I HV NO IDEA!!! Maybe I’m cursed (gubbesa) whatever, I just dont know”!!! and then she gives me a flying kiss lol She’s very open minded and sooo cute but these questions drive me crazy!!! Btw today is our Zawara (visiting family day) but I just skipped and now I’m in bed writing this post!

3- Yesterday I went to my bestie’s house after getting out of her 40s (el arbe3een, 3ad madre how do u translate that) to see her lovely daughter, my baby girl (Nour) who was born on the same day of my birthday, Can you believe that! I mean it’s just awesome! born on the 21st of June 2010 and she’s a Gemini! I’m sooo in love with her! but that’s not the issue! My other bestie called me and said that she’s going too and that she’s bringing her baby boy coz she doesn’t hv maid and that there’s another girl coming n bringing her son too! I was like okay, and who do i bring? (sad tone) she said: ah don’t bring anyone, I’ll give you barhoom to hv fun with and u can also enjoy ur time with Nour”! Okay, but when I went there, it kinda made me feel happy and sad at the same time! I mean I’m happy for Dodo, she went through hell til she had this cute lil baby girl, 4 years trying to conceive and 9 months of awful pregnancy!!! I was really happy that I even cried when I knew she was pregnant and when I saw her lil girl and all the other kidz surrounding me! But I want one of my own! I really do! and I wonder when will that happen?! pppfffff

4- It seems that whatever I do or not do, I’m always BORED!! It’s like it’s never enough!! I’m into photography right now coz I hv nothing to do, I read books to kill time, i watch LOTS of TV Shows to kill more time! I log in to Twitter, Flickr, Facebook, WordPress, Google Reader, gmail daily to kill MORE & MORE TIME! WTF?! There’s always time to kill and less activities!

5- I don’t know what triggered this but i’m feeling these days that i’m losing my charm, my character, my persona! It’s like I’m not me anymore and that I’m not interesting enough to others Why am I feeling this way? Is it true or just my imagination?! Am I becoming boring, silly, a girl who makes no sense of what she says?! I don’t know but it’s what I’m feeling right now!

6- My stupid weight is not going down!!! it’s stuck stuck stuck stuck and it’s pissing me! I might lose it any minute and just blow my diet plan . . . I’m still cool or acting so but why it wouldn’t go down?? It’s been 2 or 3 weeks and the number is the same?! What should I do? Starve myself!!!! Maybe I need to exercise more but I get back home around 5, i’m almost exhausted and not really in the mood for gym!!! and Ramadan is on the way, how am I supposed to prevent the fatal seduction of Lgaimat?! how?

7- I miss old TV Shows; Third Watch, ER, McKenna, 90210, The Flash, Kung Fu (RIP David Karadin) & Central Park West.

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Girls’ Talk! Never Ends

Posted on July 10, 2010 by swera

I’ve just realized that! Our talking and blabbering never never ends at all! There is always a new thing to talk about, even at the same time, when you think finito, that’s it everybody will hang the phone or just log out of msn, no another subject comes in mind and it leads to another hundred subjects aren’t we the greatest?!

Last night, I spoke to Lady Joreya who’s a university friend which I didn’t know about but met later on through my work in uniQue magazine. Anyways, I talked to her for a while on the phone but then we decided to switch to msn, my god MSN!!!!!! It’s been ages since i’ve really sat down in my room and chatted with sm1! it was around 10 or 10:30 PM and it continued up until 3 AM, woooohoooo! and believe me it was continuous TALK! it never stopped and there wasn’t a single pose, never! We shared sm life funny experiences and funny moments in our lives! Also, there was the sad depressive moments, which made me learn alot from her experiences! Then came along DK The Houston Lady, we chatted for a while but she had to go! Couldn’t talk for that long!

It’s great to hv such great people to open up to from time to time! Even though when I woke up today, I was like “What the hell?, What happened last night?” LOL! it’s great to have this realization hehe coz we had our own long-crazy moments on msn and believe me when I say crazy, then it’s Extra-CRAZY but it was fun! I really needed that and i guess Lady Jow needed it too! and we will be meeting today in the evening to continue our ride of craziness but this time face to face!