WANTED

Oh remember remember remember?? 2003. It was a year i will never forget. Fear. Rome. War Sirens and Fashion Fashion Fashion. I am obsessed with 2003 and 2004. Everything about that period is for better or for worse, carved into my brain forever. That was when i discovered my undying, everlasting, heartbreaking passion for Prada. how could i not? The pink lurex brocade top worn by Natalia (have it), the super heavy stone-laden elastic waist skirt (have it), the gloroius glorious flintstones-futuristic BAGS!!!!!!!!!! Predecessors to the future-tribal movement JUST taking off (7 years later). I want the sandals!! You dont know how i use to obsesses over the pure simplicity of the silver sandals, the flat, unattractive and yet insanely enticing cuts and silhouettes. Thats when i discovered fashion was more than just about looking attractive, looking good. It was the creation of an entirely different mood. It was "refashioning" the shapes, combinations and colours in your life. It was about walking different, feeling different, making the air around you move different. A cardboardish white silk mini with an equally boxy communist-style top and wispy sandals with GIANT stones on them came to represent the epitome of fantasy. It was a fantasy, an escape, a world that was directly accessible, wearable. It was a fantasy that became a part of your memory. I love it, everything about it.And no matter how much i swooned over those peices of heaven on Via Condotti, those were not the days when parents would buy their 12 year old daughters Prada ostrich handbags. But im not 12 anymore and i STILL WANT THIS BAG!!! I really, really really do!! Look at the glorious metal hoop, the giant happy plastic stones, the feel of the glory days of fashion. This was the ultimate escape. If ANY of my wonderful, fabulous, generous, open-hearted readers discovers the Prada bag pictured below on Elize Crombez. Or this sandal, please notify me IMMEDIATELY!!!! Thanks guys you're the best.

Al Kharafi Does Not Have Internet. Relies on Short Text Msgs Before Press Conferences. Needs Blackberry.

A Lesson in Class A targee3: "AlـKharafi... said that he could comment on His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah AlـAhmad AlـSabah''s statements because he had not read them. He added that he had received them in the form of short text messages that do not give the complete picture. He said that Kuwaiti democracy does not suffer from problems in terms of the relationship between the legislative and executive authorities. He described the discord as "a misunderstanding of democracy." He added that the main problem in Kuwait is not the Parliament or the government, but in the media itself, since Kuwait lacks media awareness." -Al Watan Daily

BULL. SHIT

MAS5ARA

Earlier this week, a conservative pressure group published an open letter on the internet requesting Hayef to urge MPs and government officials to ban the use of Blackberry smart phones. [because they allegedly encourage citizens to access porn sites]
Kuwait Times March 9 2010

Wow wow Mashallah 9afgaw. How How HOWWWW widy a3arf SHLON these kinds of people get elected to parliament!!! And yeeah dude thats gona happen. He'd get run over by angry mobs of girls in strassed-out Baby Ranges before he walks out of the Majlis.

Quote of the Day # 3

my favorite compliment of all time. this was last year.. after expressing my anxietes over university transfer applications:

"G... intay mithl il thahab, wain ma tin7a6ain, it-thileen mithil ma
intay, you will not oxidize." -my biochemist mother.

Walla Kint Ga3da Ashtighil!

bes i had to post this! Okay Sheikh 7amad 7adda katkoot bes PLEASE leave the talking to Moza. ahwan. the best part: "when they see me they blow their horn... tik tik" hahahahahah. i can just imagine Sabah al Salem saying that! :D

part 2

april

hey guys sorry bes wayid pressure this month so i dont think ill be able to blog too much for the rest of it. see you in may!
love,
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Lace Lace Lace!

Omg check the hat!

Of course as you know i am obsessed with Erdem's 2007 spring collection. It is my favorite out of all of them. Check this post. I was going back through it and noticed this gooorgeous detail. Check out the high necked cream lace top and lace tights! So fabulous, the continuity underneath these gorgeous dresses is just so modern! And this all before the age when the bodysuit became commonplace (It was just starting i remember i wore my first bodysuit to school in the 11th grade!). The elegance of the continuous pattern is like another skin, giving us alternative foundation for clothes. Amazing

I tried tried to find a high-neck lace top or dress like the Erdem one to no avail. But here is a good stretch alternative from American Apparel.

Im especially obsessed with wearing lace tights and tops under cutout dresses to really get the full effect! So exciting! Wear it under this Asos dress. LOVE Asos!!

Or this gaudily and obviously printed Motel dress (i like more obvious prints now cause im sick of those vintagey-hipsterish-grungy-bungy dresses-everyone at my university wears them khalas!). I think the lace looks especially striking when you wear it with a print which has just the barest traces of cream in it like this one. Then you get the blown up print contrasting with the minute pattern of the lace as well. Makes for AN OUTFIT! Also available at Asos.

Or to just try it out, play it safe with this Seneca two-piece dress. (I Know i know this is my idea of playing it safe hahah) Or to play it super safe and fab, go Wang.

Chanel Snowcavewomen. Faaaahhh!bulous

Look at this pure white torn down gorgeously rough and ripped mini dress!! So wild! So powerful! This is the dress for the queen of her snowcave. "For dinner... get me a yeti!" "Done my lady" Fabulous.

The giant, primitive-looking tie, the wonderful contrast between it and the slim-fit, rough-edged, multi-patterned jacket combined incredibly with this simple, longer-than-we've been-seeing lately pencil skirt makes for an unnervingly sensual combination. I don't think many people would mind this teacher whacking her club on their desk as a reprimand! :) Cavewoman schoolmistress extravaganza!!

Absurdistan: One of the most hilarious movies i've ever seen!

Aya on her roof

This is Temelko being romantic

Exactly what the title says. This is a Russian movie (with subtitles 6ab3an) about some forgotten village. The water pipe has rusted and the men of the village are too lazy to repair it. Out of frustration, the women of the village decide to withhold their conjugal duties. This creates a schism in the village (which goes so far as to have the woman draw a literal line between the men's and women's section and defend it with rifles and he barbed wire). Aya, a young girl, consults her Babushka about consummating her relationship with her long-time boyfriend Temelko and the grandmother tells her she must wait four years until both their star signs unite. Amid all the chaos, the young couple try to reconcile their own conflicts (without too much talking) and fix their problems before the 6 days where their star signs are united end. HIL.A.RIOUS. Ya3ni im talking things like strapping the girl on a rocket as a sign of affection, stringing up the men in the village onto trees in sacks, the men sending one of their own into the "enemy camp" wearing water melons as a disguise etc. etc. NETFLIX IT!

Infectious! this girl is infectious!

Her beats are unparalleled!

Hahahahah. What brought this on?

The ministry just sent us this! I would LOVE to know what made them make this up and what exactly "al mo7afatha 3ala som3at dawlat al Kuwait" entails! What kind of convo with your advisor would this be?:
Advisor: Hello (for example) May, how are you?
May: Fine thanks and you?
Advisor: ya so look i heard you have been consuming some alcoholic beverages recently and posting the pictures on Face, therefore the ministry has concluded that your actions do not qualify for "7osn al sayr wal solook" and must revoke your scholarship.
May: ...
Advisor: So... i guess this is goodbye.
May: [hangs up] will do damage control now.
Its not that i have a problem with it but i just think its SO funny that this is a part of our scholarship reqs. Oh and let me not forget another requirement: NOT marrying a non-Kuwaiti while on scholarship! Ya3ni okay ma7ad (with a brain) ra7 yitzawaj ib no9 il jam3a bes ohma shako? God!

Things are Getting Desp

once again, i fall into the trap of suffocating amounts of work (a 40-page paper on Kuwait's social security system plus 4 other essays and at leat 6 more books to read by the end of april anyone?), and horrible rotten luck (just today i spilled 3 things i cooked on the floor and the rest tasted like crap) and an extinct social life can only mean one thing: im back on Granola. as i let you know previously, granola is worse than crack for me. WHY? because i can eat a 1500 calorie bag in one day thats why!!!! thats not including the stupid flipping granola BARS that i consume by the truckload! so check this.
i am in my university's grocery shop and i tell the shop attendant "please! stop me from buying this stuff! seriously, can you do that? can you impose a ban on my, missg, university ID # 8*****, from purchasing any more granola products until the end of the semester?" the shop attendant looks at me, kind of freaked out by my desperation and directs me to the manager's office. i implore him, trying every possible method. he tries to think of a way of not getting them to ring up on the register, proposes hiding them from plain view and then says he cant do anything excwpt get the cashiers to agree not to sell me any more, PLEASE REMEMBER NOT TO SELL ME GRANOLA PRODUCTS!! PLEASE!! so this is what it comes down to ladies and gentlemen. i am officially a nutcase.