JustKuwait

Mom has cancer.

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Initially, I started this post on September 12 (the same morning we got back from the hospital) but a lot of bad stuff kept on happening, so I kept on adding to it, until it became this long. So I thought, why post it in parts? Why not wait ’till the whole thing is over and post it then as one, long, whole piece, as such is my style.

I arrived in Kuwait from Cyprus around August 10th (I think)

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Ring my bell, ring my bells.. Ring my bell, ring my bells..Ring my bell, ring my bells..Ring my bell, ring my bells..Sometimes you love it Sometimes you don’tSometimes you need it then you don’t and you let go..Sometimes we rush itSometimes we fallIt doesn’t matter baby we can take it real slow..Coz the way that we touch is something that we can’t denyAnd the way that you move oh you make me feel

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Starting from today, a bunch of contestants from all around the Arab World, competing for the title of “Star”, will all be living under the same roof for four months, in the latest season of Star Academy. I’m excited! Can you guys tell I’m excited?
Let’s go over a few things first, though. I have no clue how accurate these rumors are. Just spreading the word. Allegedly, this season is going to

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My lovely guilty pleasure! Just like every year I get all excited at the beginning, then mid-season, everything sorta’ fizzles, then I lose interest, and the show ends without me ever finding out who won!* But let’s not talk about that now. Let’s talk about how happy, warm, and fuzzy I’m feeling right about now, about the latest Star Academy! It starts today! I can’t wait! Can you?

* = To be

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Just a thought.A family member of mine asked why I havent married yet, and I answered the standard answer of “I havent found the right person”. And she remarked that its not that I haven’t found the right person, its the fact that my criteria doesnt ma…

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My mom always encouraged me as a kid to solve puzzles, play scrabble, lego, etc.. games that involved exercising the brain, i didnt know that back then, but these activities helped with problem solving skills etc.As an adult, the only solving i do outs…

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Dear NBK,
Firstly, I would like to thank you for canceling all of my NBK credit cards without prior notification or warning. This was especially amusing to the retail stores to which I attempted to use my credit cards. Regrettably, I was in Kuwait while my cards were canceled, if I were traveling it would have […]

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I just want to share with you guys what an amazing guy my brother was. When he passed away (two months ago), I didn’t just lose a brother. Kuwait lost a son.

Fahad was forgiving, generous, and honorable.

When Kuwait was invaded by Iraq in 1990, Fahad who’d just graduated from one of the top highschools in the U.S. said “Someone from the Al-Gharabally’s had to serve their country”. He

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We all go nuts trying to keep away from our cravings, but sometimes our bodies are trying to tell us something, and sometimes u just want chocolate :PFor all the other times, here is something useful i found:If you crave this… What you really need …

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