World AIDS day- 1st December 2007

Right, after last night's tirade here comes the sensible post.
I was working the iPod this morning and my favourite Freddy Mercury songs wereplaying. It doesn't feel like 16 years since he died of AIDS. I am a great believer that the world lost someone very special on the 24th November 1991.

So my next thought was why do we never hear anything about World AIDS day in Kuwait? I know all expats are blood tested to get residency but there is AIDS in Kuwait.
If you check the US government's World Factbook it says there is a 0.12% prevalence of HIV and AIDS in Kuwait. Small I know but surely the fact that this issue is a definite taboo in Kuwait means it can only grow?

Perhaps this is an issue that should be more freely discussed? I know I have never seen anything about it out here. I know Kuwait is a very different society to the UK but the times are changing, perhaps people's attitudes should too??

Will you be wearing your red ribbon on December 1st?

My Music for the next week will be Freddy Mercury and Queen music. I hope you like it!

Freddy Mercury (5 September 1946 – 24 November 1991)

WTF??? Men!!!

OK, I warn you, here comes a tirade!

I have just been reading Chika's post on Men wanting Women on their terms and it has firmly empowered me.

Chika, you are so right about men and their lack of fidelity. There are far too many that need a firm kick in the nuts from time to time!

I am a young, intelligent, positive young woman. OK, I'm not a size zero but I am happy and bubbly and thats what matters.

I am not a man hating, bra burning Dyke. I am a woman who has frequently been disappointed by the men who have been in her life. One day (hopefully not too far away) I really want to get married and have kids but I want to do that with a man who is respectful to me and knows how to behave towards me and other women when he is with me.

I don't think I'm going to find that man in Kuwait unfortunately for the following reasons.

1. The expat men that are out here tend to be married. I'm not into infidelity, I will not be the other woman.

2. There are very few expat men out here that are aged below 50, are single, straight, don't need a frontal lobotomy or a personality transplant and are not a complete W@nKer!

3. I am not going to randomly give my number to blokes I meet in Marina Mall, sorry I'll leave that to my students, I need to know if a man interests me on an intellectual basis not only if I like the look of him.

4. A number of the local men I have met have been looking for a size zero bimbo who looks good on their arm and knows when to shut up but has very little between the ears. Not me- I have curves and a brain for a reason

5. Local men are looking for a quick fling and what they can't get from the Kuwaiti girls their mothers want them to marry! A lot look at western women as loose and treat them in the way they treat their hookers-badly!

6. I do not want to spend time with a guy that thinks I'm only good enough to meet his male relatives down the chalet on a Friday afternoon with a drink in his hand. If I'm not good enough to be introduced to his mother he is not good enough for me!

7. I love Kuwait, it is my home but the poligamy thing is beyond me. Some men out here love it. Wife number one gets a bit old, pops out a couple of kids and gets a bit boring and domesticated, I know, I'll get a new one.
There is no wonder that Arab men struggle with the concept of fidelity. They are told from day one that they can have their cake and eat it and that it is OK (morally, religously and legally) to cheat. SHINU HATHER????

8. Some of the strongest women I have ever met are Kuwaiti and I respect them fully. Unfortunately a lot of their men don't!!!

I am so cheesed off with being crapped on from a great height. I am not going to put up with this bullshit again.

Khalas I am done with it I deserve better than this crap!

PAIT!!!

It is a major case of Hallelujah the week is done. I am shattered. Too much shit going on at school, at home in UK, at home in Kuwait. I can't wait for this week to be done and dusted. I also have a house guest for the next few weeks just to add another level of chaos. It will be good to have my guest here but it's always hard sharing your space!
Hope everyone else has a lovely weekend!
Pinky!!!!!

6kgs down!

Well, I am super-duper impressed with myself. After being on my diet boxes for about 6 weeks I have lost 6kgs. I have worked my butt of with exercise and can now wear some clothes I haven't been able to for ages!!! Yippeeeeeeee!

What a day!!!

It's been crazy crazy today! After yesterdays excitement I thought I'd have a relatively calm and serene day but no, you guessed it, not a prayer! Spent the morning in the Avenues which I swear grows larger by the second and the muppets have changed the entrance off the 5th ring so yes, you guessed it, I had a lovely drive round deepest, darkest Al Rai before getting into the car park! Half of the mall was on sale so I had to peruse and then the magnet gravitational pull of IKEA dragged me in.
I want to own a massive house with a pointy roof and view of the sea to fill to the brim with IKEA furniture (oh yes, did I mention I need a millionaire husband to pay for it too??) and a garden with flowers and real green grass to get my toes into and roll around on at every opportunity. Then I'll have a lovely pretty blue coloured Volkswagen Tuareg 4x4, Aston Martin Vanquish and a Sunseeker motor yacht to drive at my convenience. And 2 lovely children that are always angelic, clean and never have snotty noses!!!!
Got a bit carried away with that one didn't I.....I tell you it was the thought of a garden that did it.
Have changed the music on my blog again. I'm a little eclectic and the flugtag tunes inspired yesterdays bouncy music. Today I had my favourite playlist on very loud as I tidied my flat and sang my little heart out to Tomorrow by James, so yes here it is!!!

Flugtag Fun!

Well, spent the day on the beach by the Marina Hotel watching the flugtag yesterday afternoon and it was quite good fun!
Very few of the "planes" actually flew very far but all crashed and splashed with style. Must be quite frustrating when you've put months of work into something to see it end up in a heap on the beach after about 15 seconds! I think my favourite design wise was the Bahraini Baby Bottle complete with Nappy clad captain! There were also some fab kites flying, I loved the massive stingray one!
To top it off the music was good as well. Minimal American R and B more cool music, I heard everything from Men at work to Deelite!

Life goes on!

Well, after last weekend's shenanigans I have cheered up somewhat. I've been working like a demon, even doing extra classes (madness I tell you) and had a lovely dinner at the Mariott.
Now though it's a time to work out a few things. At the moment my work life balance is screwed, all work, not enough life and what life there is is not interesting enough. I have some fab ideas but I need a bit more inspiration. Here is my list of different and potentially interesting things to do in Q8 and I'm aiming to do most of them over the next few weeks.

Failaka Island
Go to Desert
Go up the Towers (again, but not in the last 10 years- perhaps the view's changed?)
Walking/cycling on sea front
Buy tickets for a holiday
Go shooting again, I wasn't half bad with a .22
Horse riding
Golf
Getting my hair cut
Having a massage and facial

If you can think of any more please let me know, a single girl needs every bit of help she can get to keep her occupied

I really fancy the idea of having a go at golf but Sahara is bloody expensive and it's just not the same on desert. I also fancy trying to meet some new people, it's not that the people I know aren't nice but I want to expand my social scene, there are loads of cool people out there and I should get to know more of them.

So where is a good place or what is a good thing to do to go meet people in Kuwait that doesn't involve Marina Mall and chucking bits of paper around???