Danderma's Blog, page 141

How Do you React In Front of a TV Camera?

The other day when I was asked to stand in front of the news camera I knew I shouldn't I am not really an off the top of my head talk in front of a TV crew person. I always blabber and say nonsense in front of the camera, or when publicly speaking to a crowd in general. There is a famous family joke that dates to my teens when I appeared in Faker Werba7 and said something so unbelievably shameful in an answer to a question that my family still taunts me to this day x_X

I don't know why! Some people have no problem standing with a microphone in front of the TV camera and talking. Others are even more hopeless than me! I wonder if there is some training or exercise that you could take to help you talk better to the media, fashla in the age of youtube and I am still blabbering y3ni.

What about you? Do you do well in front of a TV camera or do you avoid it like the plague?

Hajj Preparations: Scent Free Toiletry Kit

I was told to search for a scent free 7ajj toiletry kit in Boots. So yesterday we went to Boots branch in the Avenues and asked around. After being directed to 3 different products we finally got the point across that we wanted the 7ajj package and we were given this little box.

It actually looks quite nice and compact. Its really tiny and comes with 4 small travel sized items: Shampoo, Conditioner, Soap, and Deodorant. Quite perfect for a 7aj trip. Price tag? 10 KD.

So if you never bought it before or are looking for it, this is the box. When we got there there was only one more box left so I advice you hurry up and go to the next Boots branch to grab your own.

Good Saturday Morning

Good Saturday morning! Rise and shine and enjoy your weekend

What are you having for breakfast? Ako a7la min Jeben Kiri? I like it plain with Iranian bread or brown toast. Butootee likes it with either honey or jam and bread. What about you?

52 Degrees First Anniversary Dinner

A few days ago I received a special invitation from 52 Degrees to a private dinner held in honor of their first year anniversary. The dinner was to take place at 8 PM on Thursday 20 October 2011.

So last night, Thursday night, we went to 52 Degrees for the celebration. 6b3an guess the first place I stopped by wain?

Of course my book. Glad to see that not many copies are left on the shelf Next we checked Lamy's Perfumes to see if maybe my perfume was out, celebrity 3eshtaw :p

Now out yet but according to Ms. Lamya Al-Farsi who was celebrating there as well the perfume is ready to be distributed but needs two more weeks in a dark storage so the scents would get their optimum mix. Great fact to know

Afterwards we took a tour to check out all the new merchandise out there especially the new season's clothing. When we were finally done we were instructed to grab a seat at whatever restaurant we liked as all the restaurant will be serving us a fixed celebratory dinner menu. We chose to sit at Baked.

There were beautiful flower arrangements on every table in baked plus a reserved sign. Then we were given the Anniversary dinner fixed menu to choose from.

As we placed our orders I was coaxed to say a word in front of Alwatan TV's camera. I refused, and refused, simply because whenever I see a camera I tend to blither out nonsense. Then I finally caved in and as expected I blabbered nonsense and god knows what I said. Shameful really *hides face in hands*.

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I returned, red faced and heart thumbing min el fashla, to our table where I was told to write a word for 52 Degrees first anniversary so that insha2 Allah next anniversary we get to read it and see how things went etha Allah 36ana 3omor. Now that I enjoyed doing

Our dinner had arrived by that point, mine a froobie and a cup of cofffee. Butootee had a green salad.

A presentation on the journey of 52 degrees was shown on a big screen as we dug in.

Good food, good company,buzzing happy atmosphere, a beautiful celebration it was. As we finished up dinner we were prepared to leave but 52 degrees had one more thing to present: A celebration goody bag!

Inside the bag was a 52 Degrees first anniversary cupcake and an envelope.

What's inside the envelope? A thank you note perhaps?

It was a a VIP Loyalty card for discounts and offers while shopping in 52 Degrees! Awsome! I have just wished to have more of these cards in Kuwait merely two days ago! Should wish for more and more stuff :p

What an happy fun filled night Thank you 52 Degrees for inviting us to celebrate your first anniversary, we wish you more success in the many years to come, you make us proud

Zaatar w Zeit Invites Customers to Inspect its Kitchens

When you open a business and put your heart and soul into it, spend endless days and nights planning and working to make your own unique establishment, then year after year you gain your customer's trust and confidence in your services. One single rumor, one paper, one picture sent over the internet, can bring down year's worth of hard work in a blink.

I personally am a huge fan of ZwZ and as a picky person who dined in all their branches I didn't care twice for the notice of closure that infested the internet two days ago.

Why? For one thing it was by the Ministry of Commerce and not the Baladiya. Baladiya is the one responsible for checking expired food and closes accordingly. Moc closes for other reasons as stated above in the court order, '3alq edari, walla a permit is not right mathalan or '3ash tejari. Plus, Pierre Marcolini, a famous chocolatier and Mcdonald's f7ai7eel were closed in exactly the same way on the very same day sob7an Allah. O another more important thing: I know ZwZ food! I know how fresh and clean it is, I've tasted it and indulged in it and favored it and I refused to believe the allegations based on a piece of paper.

So it was no surprise that the very next day Kuwaiti courts had overruled the closure order! Thank god!

Further more, in order to restore its customer's trust, ZwZ is inviting all the customers to inspect their kitchens before dining if they wish to do so. All they have to do is inform the restaurants manager and he'll happily accommodate them inside. If you ask me, only a restaurant fully confident in their quality and hygiene would invite the masses to the kitchen. Here is the official message they are sending out.

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Shino '3adakom Elyoom?

Thursday is here and the weekend is about to start! What are you planning for lunch? Eating in the office? Bel zwara? At home? Skipping lunch?

I am craving a big fat gooey cheesy slice of pizza. Sadly the pizza I'm craving is available in Leicester Square, London *sigh*. What about you? What are you craving?

Can you Eat with Chopsticks?

When I was in college I passed by Mcdonald's in the cafeteria one day for lunch and I found that they had a new item on their menu, spring rolls. The small box of 3 vegetarian spring rolls came with a set of wooden chopsticks and soya sauce dip if I am not mistaken.

I ordered the spring rolls, discarded my books on a secluded table in the cafeteria and sat concentrating heavily on how to grab the spring rolls with the pair of sticks. Those were in the days before the Japanese food mania hit Kuwait and everyone became an expert on raw food.

Anyways I took over an hour but I finally figured out a way to handle those chopsticks in a way that would help me grab the spring rolls, dip them in the sauce, and then direct them to my mouth for a bite. Afterwards I always had the confidence in grabbing a pair of chopsticks and using it to eat noodles.

Do I know how to in use a pair of chopsticks? Yes but in my own way and not the right way. I can eat with them but not as fast as Asian people can of course and I cannot eat very small stuff, but I can eat with them all right, I don't enjoy eating Asian food a9lan unless I eat them with a chopsticks.

What about you? Can you use a pair of chopsticks? If you can, how did you learn?

Zero Degrees's Loyalty Card

One thing I really enjoy and we really don't have enough from in Kuwait is loyalty cards! I don't know why exactly but whenever I see one it makes me happy!

Given that I am a big fan of frozen yogurt and consume it almost on daily basis, I was beyond excited when I was paying for my frozen yogurt in Zero Degrees yesterday and they took a little card and punched it in front of me

6 more days and I will be getting myself a free froyo from frozen degrees! Not a bad move considering I spend a big chunk of my salary on my guiltless daily treat! Way to go Zero Degrees, you sure have caught my interest and gave me one more reason to choose you over the one million other Frozen Yogurt joints in Kuwait -aside from your good tasting yogurt that is-.

I truly wish more stores and businesses provide a similar service in Kuwait. Why not y3ni? You should see the amount of loyalty cards I've got in the UK! might make an entire post about them soon.

Ask About your Medication During Hajj Campaign

Going to 7ajj or know someone who is going? Then this might be of interest to you.

Dasman Diabetes Institute is launcing a a community outreach campaign, "Ask about your Medication – During Hajj" which aims to enhance the awareness of the public in the state of Kuwait about medication and travel in particular at the HAJJ season.

Location: Marina Mall

Date & Time: Friday, October 21, 2011, from 10 a.m. till 10 p.m.,

I will sure be taking Butootee and heading there on Friday. I have a lot of questions for both him and me. I usually don't go to 7ajj receptions because I always get miserably sick with weird illnesses I catch from 7ajj returning people. I need to know if I can have anything that may help me avoid that fate this year.

10 Things you Should Never Say to a Woman

1- "Are you pregnant/when is your due date?" If you don't know for a fact that a woman is pregnant or you are an Airline check In employee then don't assume it. She could be just a bit too fat in the abdomen area and a comment like that could incur her wrath.

2- "You are old" Never ever utter the words: Old, Kebeera, Akbar min, Kobartay. Especially if you are joking. Getting older is not a joking matter for women. Use the word in comparision with a another younger female and you have just signed your own death certificate. If you are unwilling to say young, then don't say anything.

3- "Flana is 7elwa/Jameela/Rasheeqa/3jeeba" especially if you are saying it to your wife, unless you complete the sentence with "bs entay a7la/ath3af". Otherwise it would look like an indirect insult to her own beauty/figure/intelligence. Do not compare other women with your woman if you want to keep her hers.

4- "Is it that time of the month?" Especially if you are having a discussion or a fight. It translates to: You are acting crazy because of your hormones, you are not normal while I, the man, am normal. Do not under any circumstances throw that line in a woman's face. 3aib.

5- "There is no need for dessert" If you are in a restaurant and you decline dessert without checking with the woman first, its double trouble: 1- You would look cheap and 2- It might mean that she should skip dessert because she has gained weight recently. Sometimes we secretly want you to order dessert so we can steal a bite and feel the thrill of a guilt. Not always though. Learn how to read your woman's signals.

6- "Get to the point" When your woman is telling a story, she is telling it as a woman which means it includes a LOT of details. If you are not in the mood to listen to her story then simply stop her before she starts or pretend to listen and nod in the right intervals. DO NOT interrupt her in the middle of her story saying "B3dain? Get to the Point? Ekhta9ray?" It will hurt her deeply, her eyes will fill with tears o her booz will be 2 metres long. Let her finish if you let her start.

7- "Don't you have the same thing at home?" If you are shopping with a woman chances are you are already a nuisance on her trip. If she picks something don't perk up and say "You have the same you don't need it". Women know what they have at home and the thing she picked up is different in her eyes! 3n el legafa!

8- "R you sure you don't need a bigger size?" Again, while shopping, and the woman asks for a medium or a size 30 shoes, la etno6. A woman knows her size exactly, and has her reasons for buying something different. Again, 3n el legafa if you want to avoid a scorn and a fight. You've been warned.

9-  "Entay Eshfahemach Fi…" Women give their ideas and try to help out. If they give out advice even if its a totally ridiculous one do not shoot her down and insult her intelligence. Supress your mocking laugh and gently point out why her idea wouldn't work. 3n el tefelsef, we know you are supreme begins who know all about everything, you just don't have to hurt our feelings while you remind us.

10- "You look *pause* different" You might as well have said you look ugly. As a matter of fact, never EVER say anything about her looks unless you are planning to complement her like You look gorgeous mathalan. Anything else you should drop it, especially if you are on your way out or if the woman is sick/tired/having a bad day. There is no worse insult to a woman than insulting her looks, its equivalent to insulting your manhood.

Girls, do you have anything to add?