Hanji Workshop at the New Korean Cultural Center in Kuwait
In this workshop, my daughter and I learn to decorate objects using handmade Korean paper called Hanji.
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Motherhood: FIVE Favourite Unique Activities with my 3 Year Old Daughter.
First motherhood post!
Here I share some of the great preschool activities my daughter and I have been doing. Everything from fine motor skills, sensory play, to role-play.
New Year in Azerbaijan!
We spend a wintery new year in Azerbaijan, a former Soviet Republic bound by the Caspian sea and Caucasus mountains.
Stationary Store Review: Al-Eshraaf Co.
Exploring Kuwait’s various stationary places and arts &crafts shops.
A Ukrainian Childhood and Fond Memories
Every summer I traveled to my second hometown, Donetsk, to see my grandparents. Looking back at my memories as a child in Ukraine fills my heart with bittersweet nostalgia. A lot of things in my life trigger my memories of Ukraine. One of the simplest things, like to catch a faint whiff of dill, instantaneously evokes in me a vivid recollection of my grandparent’s house, it was like a gateway to the past, a flashback to my great and active and childhood that I feel so blessed to have had. Summer was always accompanied by scraped knees and purple-stained fingers. Our neighborhood had a huge infamous Mulberry tree right in the middle of it that stained the ground with purple spots, and reaching out to the highest branches (with the tastiest and most ripe berries) was always risky because they left indelible stains on my clothes! Being sort of a jungle kid I encountered many risks. I lived and spent a large portion of my childhood time outdoors; climbing trees, building tree houses out of branches and …
Positive News
Why do we always hear about negative news in the media? Would positive news make a difference?
In Defense of Journalism and Journovation
Remember when people would say that journalism has reached its demise because print was considered dead with the advent of the internet? It’s either that or “what are you gonna do with a Journalism degree in Kuwait?” These are the two most common questions that come up during conversations about my future career plans as a reporter. Gone are the days when people would see journalism as a prestigious and hard-working profession, and gone are the days when peoples’ eyes would light up when you told them you studied journalism or worked as a journalist. Maybe its just me, but I noticed that such reactions are a handful in Kuwait, and most of them have now been substituted with with looks of confusion and even disappointment as if its something that is a thing of the past and doesn’t exist anymore. This itself is such a pity, and I always brush off this negativity. Journalism is not over nor will it ever be. What is happening is that journalism is adapting to the ever-changing world …
I didn’t think it could happen to me!
During my amazing trip to Singapore, we had a nice overdose of shopping and malls. There was one incident that I would like to share that occurred on my trip, which taught me a good lesson. One day we were at a mall doing some shopping. We walked past a kiosk called SEACREST that sold beauty products. I hadn’t heard of this brand before. An Asian saleslady handed me a sample of body lotion, and I gladly took it (BIG mistake). Before I knew it I was lured in by another olive-skinned sales lady who took me by the hand telling me “Come here, I’ll show you something amazing.” Being the naive girl, I was intrigued and followed her. My brother, sister-in-law , and her sister, stood by the sink while the sales lady applied some “sea salt” product on our hands and made us scrub them. As we washed it off she said, “see how smooth your skin is? It’s like baby skin!”. And it really was. We were enticed by the product and all …
Protected: Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
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