I never planned for any of the important decisions I’ve made in my life. Science major in high school? Just because I liked science then, Kuwait University? just cause I had no other options then, Administration sciences? just cause I wanted English literature however they told me I can’t join it because the priority to join is for literature major graduates so I asked for the college with the least math content, they told me business administration, so I joined. Accounting major? just cause everyone told me it’s the best and i was good at it. My first job while studying? just cause I felt like working and studying at the same time. My current job? I always wanted it but never planned to join, it just happened. My next job? long story, but never planned for it. My trips? mostly i chose countries with nations that turn me on. The languages I learned? I talk a language, it sounds nice, I decide to learn it. My car? My parents got it and parked it in the garage. My love relationships? They just happened, never picked and died for a particular girl and planned to win her, and the only one I did that for; I was 15 and she turned out to be not even from venus.
Any planning here? no. I’m I lost? no. I’m going to be lost? may be YES to some, but I’m telling you “NO”.
Planning is overrated, actually I have plans but I don’t plan, I just do my part, which is learning from my mistakes and others’, investing in myself ,acquiring skills as much as possible and be ready in case something go wrong
All my life’s important milestones and events were a result of my passion for the things I wanted to do and acceptance of the things I never thought I would do. It’s simple. It’s beautiful. It’s going to be fine. Just do your part and believe me, it’s never planning. it’s being a good person in all terms.

What’s special about the places that I’ve been to in my life is their renoun for good food. Italy, France, Turkey, Spain, Thailand…etc, Kuwait can be better sometimes. 

If you go to the right place in Kuwait, and pick wisely from the menu, you can brag about gastronomy in this small desert country.

1-Wasabi (Japanese contemporary cuisine): Skip the soup, unless you are Miso fanatic. Start with Salmon & Avocado Salad and fried breaded crab sticks. I have them combined sometimes . For main course, if you want to stick to sea food, shrimp & hamor-or Salmon- teppenyaki is ideal. If you don’t mind having La carne, go with the delicate beef teppenyaki or any of the beef dishes wasabi has, ‘coz the probability that you dislike one of them is low.   

 2-Golden Chopsticks (Chinese traditional): We usually go for winter dinner. We can’t not order the Hot & Sour soup, followed by shrimp salad, they are simple and delicious. Now for the main course we usually share mixed Shou mein(# 100 in the menu) and Shrimp-or chicken- dumplings. I loooove them.

3-Breds: any mixture of the wonderful salads they present would be perfectly delicious and nutritious. Most of what I ordered from the menu was good, be it burgers, raviolis, soups…etc. The pastries are unbelievable, and the desserts-pistacho millefuille and Strawberry delight if not all, are miraculous.

5- La biella: (Italian) it’s a combination of everything; good food, great service, cozy atmosphere wonderful location, and a great drink of lemon and mint topped with passion fruit seeds. As for the food, go for anything depending on your taste; sea food-I personally exclude oysters- or chicken. Avoid beef for it being below expectations comparing with other dishes.      

I wish you a healthy and joyful experience. :)

Hungry stomack   

Before I put my feet on the first rung of the ladder of my career,  I always imagined that I’d be one of the most competent employees in the world, or at least, in my workplace. However, that turned out to be an illusion, just similar to the ones that some of us had when we were young, about the possibility of flying like superman when we grow up.  

It’s been six months since I graduated and started working. My job was nice at the beginning, but soon it started to drag me into a typhon of responsibilities and challenges, and now it’s time to face that typhon with my skills and capabilities. Instead, my big, if not unforgivable mistakes are what I’ve been demonstrating since then. Almost everyweek, I was shocked by how unintelligent I can be. Although, by looking at my history -my transcript, CV, activities and people I spend time with- I and others find a promising and sharp person with various assets to brag about. I asked myself many times; why couldn’t I be what I though I’d be? that superemployee that would make his employers thank god everyday for guiding them to the right decision of hiring him. 

Luckily, I didn’t care as much to know the reason as to learn from my mistakes. Especially that not all the mistakes that I made were a result of me being new, some of them happened because of my character drawbacks. Whenever I made a mistake, I learned about myself more than about work itself, it helped me to recognize my weaknesses and shortcomings and thereafter remarkably minimized them, and also realized my strengths and shored them up.

Unsuprisingly, many persons, including my managers and colleagues, told me that it’s more than normal to err since I’m new to the organization, I was even told that there were worse newcomers than me. Nevertheless, it’s a big deal for me because before working I thought I’d be flawless, just like thinking that I’d fly like superman when I grow up.      

In our lives, there are many things that seem inconsequential and worthless, while in fact, they are of a great value. Most of us, unfortunately, tend to underestimate our possessions and abilities, but later, if we are lucky, we realize their potential contribution to a much happier and more successful life.

I see those precious things as icebergs. They calmly pass by our lives, we appreciate them but not enough, because we assume that we see them entirely, while in fact only their tips are visible to us.

Look at the picture of the iceberg, imagine the part that’s above the water as one of the many things you own but don’t appreciate much, and then look at the part that’s under the water and ask yourself whether you see those things in the same way.

Another thing in common between icebergs and the many precious things in our lives that have potential and priceless values, is that they both vanish with time.

Last summer of 2005, when my friend and I decided to go on a trip to Turkey, everybody warned us from the swindlers in Istanbul. We were advised not to talk to strangers, not to mention Kuwait as our homeland and not to go close to any of Istanbul’s crowded and dark places. In fact, we were 100% convinced of those advices that we agreed on taking them as rules. Ironically, we broke them on the second day that we arrived, and I still find that as a mystery.

We were walking in one of the nice streets in Istanbul when a little car accident occured. We turned to see what happened to find a tanned,tall and well-built man smiling at us. He said in an italian accent: “Ohh, don’t worry, it happens all the time here.” we instinctively smiled back and there was the beginning of our rules breaking adventure. We talked about the splendid panorama, topography and mixture of everything in the city. Later, he offered to give us a ride to the city’s main attraction; Takseem square. Unhesitantly, we jumped in his car and enjoyed the views while crossing Galata bridge to reach the modern part Istanbul, and leave the ancient one behind us. He took us right to the most touristic and crowded area in Istanbul, it was really fun to walk between the small shops and to have a delicious snack of fried breaded oysters. But that fun stopped and was replaced by anxiety when we suddenly found ourselves walking down stairs to a restaurant that seemed more like a CLUB. What followed, long story short: WE WERE RIPPED OFF ((The rest of the details are copyrighted, sorry:)  )) 

It was bizarre that, in the way to all that, neither I nor my friend has remembered any of the advices. We went back to the hotel stunned by the dysfunction of our  that has led us to one of the best, most rewarding and most expensive experience in our live, and I mean it, it was really fun since it didn’t involve any gore!. We spent the whole next week enjoying the most extraordinarily amazing trip in our lives. Every thing we did was so fun, every meal we had was a gourment, and every place we visited seemed from another era.         

Did it ever happen to you?! You had a dream and you wanted to make it true, and when you did, you felt cheated. You wanted something madly and when you got it, it’s not what you wished for.It happened to me when I got my first job just after graduation, I felt depressed right after the second week. Although I always wanted to work in where I’m working now, I got that feeling before the first month ended. Why? I just realized the answer.

Sometimes things inevitably interfere in our lives to tweak our decisions, that what happened to me when -while I was applying for my dream place right after graduation- another company kept calling me , insisted to interview me and later offered me a nice job with a fantastic salary. I went through the process(4 interviews) just for the fun of it, I wasn’t serious about it ‘coz I was determined to go for my dream place and guess what? I was in Sharm ElShekh enjoying my last trip before my career starts when both companies called me and told me that I was accepted in both places. Some of my friends agreed that I should go for my dream, while the majority endorsed to get the offer with the double salary my dream place offered, but for me, it didn’t make sense to me to give up my dream when I finally got it. I came back home, declined one offer and accepted the other, and wooops, it’s the reality shock I told you about.

Bottom line is, if that company had never called me thrice for interviews and later offered me that quality offer, I would have never had something to compare my dream place offer with any else one, I would have never felt that depression, and you know what ? I would have never knew that there’s more for me out there that I should cease. So this is how things work sometimes to make you wake up and realize that it’s just a dream.          

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