Diario de un Sidecar

Mafi Ras means in arabic "without a head" or the "brainless" and that is the name of our `"peña" in the paella contest that is being celebated today in Fahaheel. We are more than one hundred fiends divided in peñas all with our peña-outfit, ours is a nice white T-shirt with a drawing stamped on it, white or beish trousers and a red scarf. We are cooking two paellas, one typical and one made with pasta (Fideua called in Spain) for the kids. We also bring extra food. We have a big surprise for everyone because one of us is going to call everyone´s atention by playing a violin, and then we are going to dance!!!! Kids are going to play their electric guitars so we expect to win at least one of the prizes. Como ya os conté hace unas semanas hoy celebramos un concurso de paellas en Fahaheel y nuestra peña se llama Mafi Ras o los "Descabezados" Llevamos una camiseta blanca con un logo impreso en ella y un pantalón blanco o beish. De esto os dejo foto ...

Yesterday I had to stop at City Center in Salmiyah to buy a couple of things and I was wearing my swimming pool outfit so it was a little bit uncomfortable to be there surrounded by all this people completely covered with their Abayas and veils. I remember when I arrived to Kuwait this experience and decided not to do it again, but you know humans are the only ones that stumble twice with the same stone. Today the weather has changed from the 32ºC of yesterday to 20ºC and rain. Ayer me metí en territorio comanche, lease City Center de Salmiyah, vestida con ropa de piscina, cholas y vestido veraniego cortito. Por suerte tenía un pareito que me combinaba por que si no me hubiera tenido que quedar en el coche. Lo de territorio comanche es por que es un centro comercial donde todo o casi todo el mundo va vestido con look total árabe, Abaya y velo para ellas y Disdasha para ellos. En algunos casos ellas llevan tapada hasta la cara y solo muestran sus ojos, en algunos casos no m...

Gallery Tilal will be hosting an exhibition for the artist AbdulRasoul Salman titled RHYTHMS staring (15th to 26th April 2012). La galería Tilal presenta al artista  AbdulRasoul Salman titulada RHYTHMS que será desde el 15 al 26 d abril de 2012. Al final de la foto podéis leer una carta del autor en inglés en la que explica en que consiste su pintura. Lo siento pero no he podido traducirla. Seguro que me comprendéis. Letter from the artist; AbdulRasoul Salman My relationship with reality is not a direct portrayal, but meeting that exceeds reality in an attempt to connect transcendence with unconsciousness, freedom and bringing uncustomary symbols from life with my interest in idea and colors. I believe that freedom in art does not shatter everything and brings mere thoughts. However, it’s the free commitment which accepts personal aspects in their own adjectives, and addressing more attention to what is human. Painting for me is an aesthetic and a form...

There is always some one new in my life, every day I am lucky to now some one new and when I tell them about my blog they always wonder what I talk about and are surprised to hear about exhibitions, concerts and others. Here there is something I´ve just received in my email and that I a sure most of you are interested in. It´s a workshop in CAP Kuwait . I hope yoy can join them. Es increible lo afortunada que soy ya que cada día conozco alguien nuevo en este país, debe de ser el sindrome expat y casi siempre al contarle que tengo un blog se sorprenden al saber que hay actos culturales casi cada día en Kuwait. Aquí os dejo esto que CAP Kuwait me ha mandado a mi email y que seguro que a mas de uno interesa.

Me han llegado multitud de correos preguntandome por San Fermin en Pamplona y por ello os dejo este enlace donde saberlo todo. ¡Viva San Fermín! Many people have asked me about the San Fermin in Pamplona so here I give you a fantastic link, in english,  where you can find everything ¡Viva San Fermin!

Hola Anónimo, padre de un niño y casi otro. Si no me das tu correo solo puedo ayudarte por este medio. Entiendo que eres español lo mismo que tu mujer. La sanidad pública aquí es muy buena y han nacido muchos niños en este país sin problema alguno. El calendario de vacunas es muy similar al de España aunque incluye alguna mas. Cuando he tenido que ir al pediatra lo he hecho por la "seguridad social" aquí que es de obligatorio pago cuando llegas a vivir a Kuwait y quieres tener tu civil id (dni). Existe el copago ( de 1 kd) que te incluye la consulta y todas las medicinas que el médico te prescriba. Con esto solo quiero tranquilizarte y animarte que os vengáis todos juntos a vivir a Kuwait si la oferta que os hacen es buena y os compensa tanto curricularmente como económicamente. Hola MJ C*, nueva amiga de Cambrils ¡Aquí te estamos esperando!. La comunidad no es muy grande pero si muy unida, tenemos desde misas en español, cenas de navidad, alguna fiestecilla, concurs...

As we discussed in previous post, the Spanish fashion has a big representation here. Once again, the Inditex group is in all world and markets but "Not only of Zara can the human being dress", right? Companies such as Condor have been installed in this country for a long time and that for moms like me who like the quality and variety of brand socks is helpful (in Baroue find them). Hoss Intropia is also in Kuwait (In The Avenues Mall) rather more expensive than in Spain but the truth is that it's good to go to the store and see the richness of the fabrics and skill in designing clothes. I have a dress that once landed in Bilbao I'll see if I can still find it and buy it.  And we are also fortunate to have Adolfo Dominguez (also in The Avenues Mall) the store is huge and has the entire collection including U the young brand. Something I realy miss is a good brand of Spanish Shoes with good prices. We are lucky to have  Pretty Ballerinas and from time to time Casta...