Who doesn't love being photographed?

I must say I'm loving all the posers out here in Kuwait.

I took the picture below at a local resto that the footballer spent many evenings at during his school days. I started off by taking a picture of the resto itself, which was followed by a conversation with the owner, who was overjoyed when I asked if I could take a picture of him. Everytime I took a picture someone from his staff would also sneak in from behind (like the guy in the blue shirt).

In return for the pictures that I agreed to email to the guy I got to sample all the sweets in the shop - which included the local sweets and some gulab jamuns even.

The weather lashes out in Kuwait

Weekend log

This weekend was a short one compared to the past few weeks where we've had either a Monday or a Friday off. Of course, we get a day off this Tuesday again (as it is Buddha's birthday), which makes this the fourth '4-day' week in a row. Happy days.

This weekend was spent:

1. Getting a hair cut from a really friendly stylist at Tony & Guy

Takeaway: Aveda is no longer a favourite. Also, everytime I leave a salon I mysteriously seem to walk out either with a whole bunch of products or with the idea that I need to come back for all the treatments they offer

2. Shopping in Central at these cute boutique stores and the newly opened Uniqlo in the mall near my apartment.
Takeaway: Discounts do not equal savings - I always buy more than what I need and never end up using a lot of it

3. At a one year old's birthday party, with a good mix of kiddos, cupcakes, some champagne and cookies. And then putting together the birthday gift, which is going to be a book with some of the pictures I took of the kiddo and the party - figured this would be better than a toy or clothes that won't last forever.
Takeaway: Sorting through over 500 pictures to get to the 20 pictures that will be printed in the book and then arranging the pages cannot be achieved without a headache and some wine.

4. Exploring the streets of HK while I waited for the footballer to get his haircut
Takeaway: The temperature at 9am is not reflective of the temperature at 1pm. Jeans and 30 degrees C aren't the best of friends.

5. Blogging and listening to commentary on the ManU game late into Sunday night (actually Monday morning now)
Takeaway: Waking up in a few hours to get ready for work is going to be a real bitch.

More than just two minutes of joy

Kinder eggs have always been entertaining only because I get to 'build' a toy. I still get my 2 mins of joy from them even though the toys aren't as nice as they used to be (they initially had miniature wooden airplanes and cars - and now all I get are plastiki things).



When we lived in Taiwan, the footballer would get me a kinder egg every Sunday morning when he went out to get breakfast. This ritual eventually led to the footballer even proposing to me with a kinder egg - and long story short, there was no need to 'build' the toy that time around but it has surely given me much more than 2 minutes of joy.

The 2pm snooze

Cooking diaries

You know what's better than having someone cook for you?

Having someone who can cook a spinach souffle like the footballer made for lunch today.

Nothing else going on today - been lazing around the house for most of today except for the much-needed 40 mins at the gym.

On a good note:
• There is only one more day left in this week
• The coming Monday is a holiday and so is the Tuesday of the week after
• Work has been slow (can almost sometimes be a negative though)
• Going on vacation in three weeks for an entire week
• Manunited has been winning, which means I have a very happy footballer at home
• I bought a new pair of wedges for the summer – very cute
• I also got myself a new pair of lens – the 24-105mm Canon standard zoom, which I’ve been planning for a long time
• I started going regularly to the gym
• I’ve made progress on learning to swim
• I (apparently) feel like blogging again – not that I was ever too regular although I did have a few good patches
• There are lots of other travel plans being put in place for the year
• I can feel my birthday month getting closer and closer
• There’s been some good progress on my role in the NGO world.


On the other hand:
• The footballer has been persistently sick since the end of March
• I seem to be developing a chronic back ache
• I have a bad throat and can feel a temperature coming on, which also has resulted in me taking a short break from the gym and swimming
• There is a large pile of dishes waiting for me in the sink
• Hmmm....that’s about it on the dark side….almost surprising