Hello Bloggers and Sports fans a like,
I was reading some of my blogs recently and I realized that one of the topics that we did not go into on my site is the topic of sports. I think that sports and the love for sports are one of the only things that can translate internationally. Well, no. That’s not true. Money is the only thing that can translate internationally, but sports is also still important.
Happy belated Easter bloggers,
My friends’ boyfriend came to visit her from NY this past weekend and since I don’t own a vehicle, my friend and I rented a car to pick him up from the airport. This afternoon, I went to a gas station to fill the car up before returning it. I left the gas station cursing. I spent a total of $41 on filling up this car. I could not believe how much it cost. I totally can relate to people here now and how much they are upset at paying this much money for their cars, especially people who have to commute. Kuwait is part of OPEC (The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries). This means that we produce and export our own oil. Ok are you guys ready for this? This is gonna hurt! GAS is CHEAPER than WATER in Kuwait. I swear it. I had not paid any attention to it before, until one day I was telling my dad a bout how people complain here about the price of gas and he told me these facts.
Hello Bloggers,
It’s been a while. I hope I was missed just as much as I missed every one of you. This Blog is going to be a celebration in remembrance of my country’s Independence Day and liberation day. Hat’s right we get two not one day where we had our freedom back, Here’s a little history.
In 1962 Kuwait got its independence from Britain. Before that time Kuwait and Britain had an agreement where Britain would protect Kuwait form other Arab countries around that were bigger and more powerful and also from foreign countries that would want to take over our tiny land or our oil (Oil was discovered in Kuwait in 1938). That is basically the story of our independence; summarized of course.
Liberation is a much more entertaining story. In 1990, Kuwait was invaded by it’s neighbor Iraq whose rulers i.e. Saddam, claimed that we have always belonged to Iraq and we were one country and that it was time for us to go back to our roots. The real reasons behind the gruesome Iraqi invasion of Kuwait are much too political and complicated for our purposes. So if I was in Kuwait right now, I would go out with my family or my friends and we would join the thousands of people who would already be in the street with canned foam and silly strings flying everywhere. Kids holding Kuwaiti flags in their hands and just having a good time would surround us. You guys have nothing like it here in America except maybe for mardi gras, maybe, but in Kuwait you loose all the alcohol. Yeah we don’t have alcohol in Kuwait at all, it’s against the law. That’s a topic for another day, things that are against the law in Kuwait.
See you all soon.
Dalal
Hello to all you fine people out there. As you have seen from the horrible picture that Professor Dennis posted, my name is Dalal AlJaser. I am from Kuwait and I have been a student at OSU for about 3 years now. I used to go to school at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis before I transfered here. Over all I have been in the U.S. for about 5 years. I came here when I was 17 years old. I am 23 now and I’m going to graduate in May with an Advertising degree.
As many of you can imagine, Kuwait is a lot different than the U.S. People are different, names are different, food is different,… you get the idea. Lately I have been noticing a lot of daily life activities that are some times similar to activities that occur in Kuwaiti daily life and some are different. What I would like this blog to be is a view of these differences and similarities through the eyes of someone who has lived and experienced both cultures- ME.
Having lived in both countries and learned from both cultures I would say that I am somewhat qualified to talk about this topic- for all you skeptics out there!Think of it as a cultural journey into not only my world but maybe yours as well. By looking at the world through some one else’s experience, especially mine, you will be able to learn and notice many things that you normally would not have thought of. I hope that this topic won’t be too boring for all your tastes and I hope that I will manage to keep you entertained. Stay tuned to find out more about what I mean. Oh and remember! It may seem like it’s a really big world out there, but you will soon learn that it’s really pretty much the same. Pretty small. peace.
Dalal