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  Julie and Julia

  Posted: January 14th, 2010, 12:29pm PST by shopa

  

  As I was watching Julie and Julia for the second time now, I couldn’t stop about years ago when I 1st started blogging…How stupid I felt when I first set-up my blog….I still remember my 1st blog…..Then I decided I want to delete it…and then Shopa was born using blogspot.com…..I still remember it was q8eya.blogspot.com and then a dear friend helped me getting my own domain….

  I still remember how excited I would be to find comments and how I would make time to reply to every single comment….Then I started neglecting my blog….The place where I used to put down my thoughts on a regular basis…..People forgot all about me….And funny that today it took me a LONG time to figure out how to upload this image into my post!! This tells me alot on how bad of a relationship I have with my blog……

  Truth is, even though I do not write here as often, I am always around….I keep coming back to read old posts written by me…..Some posts that I have even removed and kept them as drafts for personal reasons….This blog means a lot to me….It teaches me about myself….How I think and react…..And most importantly that I will never be the same person I am…..Some posts does not even make any sense to me anymore…..It sometimes feel that some other girl was writing them…But it was me who wrote all of them….The girl has grown up…..Many things are the same yet many things have changed as well….

  PS: It’s a great movie, so if you have not seen it yet, do so ASAP.

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  A New Year….Not a New Start….

  Posted: January 2nd, 2010, 11:46pm PST by shopa

  It seems that this keeps happening…..It happened before where I said that my main New Year’s resolution is to not be hurt again….The year would pass by and I wouldn’t not…But soon after….The year after…I get hurt again…I just don’t understand how others are doing this….How are they surviving all of this…..I feel as if I cannot…But friends keep telling me I am a strong girl….But what if I am not a strong girl afterall….Is it possible that love can overcome the feeling of being hurt? and if you let love win, how can you ensure that you will not be hurt the same way again…..

  This is too much to think about during a nice morning plus I have way too much work to do….This is going to be a good year…2010 is going to be a good year with lots of changes……I am changing careers once again…well not really a big move but it will be a challenge, a new one that will start in few weeks….Soon I will be moving into the new house….Finally….Something that I am very excited about…Plus I have my friends that I love….Many new friends as well….and yet more new people to meet this year…..

  Happy New Year’s my readers, if there are still any readers out there.

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  To Think…..Or Not

  Posted: December 8th, 2009, 10:01pm PST by shopa

  Maybe that is the one thing I should learn from him; not to think about stuff….But I honestly do wish I was able to….I have always been a girl that analyze every damn thing and try to put the pieces of the puzzle together….I end up knowing the whole story doing so….Maybe I wouldn’t be like that if people have been honest….But again, am I being honest with people?

  Is it okay for a girl to go crazy and cry for her boyfriend was kissing a random girl in a club while he was drunk when she did the exact same thing yet not drunk? Why do we pretend to be so innocent when in reality no one of us in innocent. What is it with cheating that makes us want to do it although we know it is wrong? and is it so fucking hard to break-up with someone when things keep going the wrong way? You 2 hardly talk anymore, and when you do it is all yelling and screaming…..You two barley see each other anymore and never go out on dates anymore….There is this huge gap between you….You even feel sometimes that you have no feelings for him….Yet, calling an end it is a hard thing for both….

  Is it because we just like the idea of having someone in fear if we end it, we will be labeled as the “single” ones? Or is it because of the many years and months we invested in this relationship and just do not want to face the truth that it was a loss investment? What if it was because you loved them so much and had hope that it will eventually work….just like a love miracle…

  I don’t even want to reread this post or proof read it…..I just wrote what’s on my mind and I know it’s me blabbing once again but….This is how I feel right now…

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  Rainy Days

  Posted: November 21st, 2009, 4:51am PST by shopa

  There is something about me and rainy days….I always get a feeling every time I wake up and look out the window searching for a sign of a sunshine… All I see is the darkness of the stupid clouds… Oh those stupid clouds! I cannot feel my usual energy… After all, I am a girl that takes her energy from the sun… I step into the boiling shower and try to remember a happy sunny day…. As I leave my room, I step back to pick up a shawl to warm me… Funny I picked the one you gave me… My favorite one…. Wrapped around me, I can smell you! Is it even possible to maintain someone’s smell after all those years; I wonder! The streets seem empty yet traffic cannot get any worse… I can hardly see the highway because of the rain poring on my windshield… Stupid rain, why can’t you stop! The sky looks like the devil cursing me… Music is playing through my iPod…. I can feel you sitting next to me… I look! But there is no one…. I feel you! I smell you!!! But I cannot see you… Or is it just the hallucination of a rainy day? Feeling you makes me happy… Smelling you gives me joy… The rain has stopped….and I wonder does it rain up there where you are? I have never imagined heaven of anything but beautiful sunny days.

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  Confused Him; or Confused Me?

  Posted: November 4th, 2009, 12:40am PST by shopa

  He says go right…I go right….He gets upset….He says he means go left…He says go right…I go left….He gets upset….He says right is right!!

  He said things can get boring…So is he getting bored after those 15 months? I changed the style….So things don’t seem like a routine…On the 1st day he BBMs complaining if I am following a new style!!

  What am I supposed to do?! I am confused! Is it me? Or is it just him too difficult for me to understand?

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  And We Are Back…..

  Posted: October 25th, 2009, 11:18pm PDT by shopa

  I was very surprised that I did not get a single comment on my last few posts…..People do not like Shopa anymore! I thought to myself….They forgot all about you Shopa, I kept repeating myself…Then I noticed that my blog is not showing in Safat…..This can be one reason…but hey, I still have some loyal readers, don’t I? Anyways, last week I went back to my blog to retrieve an older post and realized that my blog has some issues with links…..Nothing works….My archives nothing….Comment page….Nothing….all nothing….I tried fixing it but I guess I messed it up even more…..

  It was time to declare it a loss and called for help….This morning and after the effort of 2 dear friends, Shopaholic Q8eya is back to normal life and her blog is all okay…..

  Thank you Micho. Thank you Yazeed, who was the one who finally fixed it for me.

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  He Is Yours…..

  Posted: October 16th, 2009, 1:37pm PDT by shopa

  This morning…..A nightmare once again…..I woke up panicking….But I found myself in his arms….He hugged me closer to him….I closed my eyes…..I was very tired….But all I could do is think…..Nothing does matter…..Nothing….. Because at the end of the day he will always come back to me…..and that’s what love is all about….

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  Double Blast From the Past….

  Posted: October 6th, 2009, 1:23am PDT by shopa

  Sitting in a meeting, my phone rings….A number that I do not recognize….I ignore it…..It rings again within 2 minutes…..I ignore once again…..For the third time, it rings again…..I excuse myself out of the meeting thinking this might be urgent and pick up the phone….”Hellooo” I pick up….

  “Hiii….Shopa?”
  “Yes, who is this?”
  “How are you?”
  “I am good…..how are you?”
  “I am good….MAN I miss you!!”
  “Sorry but who is this?”
  “You didn’t recognize my voice, did you?”
  “Well it sounds very familiar but sorry no”
  “Guess”
  “I seriously don’t have time for this, I’m in a meeting”
  “C’mon, it’s been such a long time.”
  “Okay I am hanging up….Goodbye”
  “WAIT! Call me after your meeting?”
  “No I will not! not until you tell me who you are”
  “Go back to your meeting…I know you will call me…”
  “NO I WON”T…Good bye”
  “Okay, I will msg you something and you will”
  “Good bye”

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  TGIT

  Posted: October 1st, 2009, 4:45am PDT by shopa

  I have never been in my life been so excited about the weekend like I am today. This was one hell of a long week and I am so happy I am only 1 hour away from the start of my weekend. I have a feeling it will be a good weekend and I will make it a good one!

  Have a great weekend everybody!

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  Shopa Misses Blogging

  Posted: September 29th, 2009, 11:22pm PDT by shopa

  

  I do! I miss blogging! I miss writing my thoughts and life updates. Many times I go back and read old posts and think…..What a different person I was at the time…..Sometimes I feel that years has passed yet I still have the same feeling…I cannot believe that it has been over a month since my last post! And since I hate September and love the song “Wake me up when September ends”, I have decided to wake up through my blog…..Starting tomorrow Oct. 1st, I will be writing one post per day…Maybe then I will be able to renew my lost relationship with the Shopaholic Q8eya.

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  Love at the Office

  Posted: August 16th, 2009, 11:03am PDT by shopa

  He held her between his arms; right there in the middle of the dark street and hugged her…..She felt weird and couldn’t look him in the eye…Right then he kissed her for the first time ever…

  She spent few hours at his place staring at his unpacked luggage…. He leaned over again and started kissing her…. She felt guilty but enjoyed being around him…. She insisted to go home in excuse that she needs to pack…. He asked her to stay around and pack his bag… She refused and ran to her car…. He followed her home to ensure she gets home safe….

  The next morning was the first time he called her “7abebty”…. Then he left and she did as well….. Ten days later and she was back at the office….. Her phone rang “hello? Are you at work?” He asked….

  Her: yeh, am at my desk!
  Him: come down to my office
  Her: oh you are here?
  Him: yes! Yalla come
  Her: no!
  Him: why not?
  Her: because!! Hmmmm you come up
  Him: ok

  Ten minutes later he passes by her desk…. He smiled as soon as he saw her… She blushed…. Welcome back she greeted him and asked if he had traveled or stayed in…. He laughed answering her “I traveled”…

  Her: really? Where to?
  Him: london
  Her: oh I hope you had fun! When did u get back?
  Him: last night
  Her: me too!
  Him: you were on vacation?
  Her: yes I came back last night as well

  They kept staring at each other smiling how they pretended they are having a conversation on their trips when they have been on the phone everyday since their first kiss…

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  BBMing @ Work…..

  Posted: August 6th, 2009, 1:15am PDT by shopa

  A: He is sick….He was hospitalized last night…His temp. is over 40C
  H: “Allah yashfeeh”….Don’t talk to him and don’t even show him you care…I am serious!
  A: Seriously? But my hurt won’t let me…
  H: But his hear let him hurt you with his harsh words..
  A: yeh
  H: Everyone gets sick…He’ll be fine…let him think you don’t even know….Let him wonder what it would be like if you were around…Let him want you are around and miss you! and later on just tell him that you didn’t know…This is the perfect time to take advantage of the situation.
  A: But “A” will tell him that I knew…He will tell him he told me..
  H:Then kaifa…Tell him I didn’t think it was something major and you just didn’t think of calling….Bsss! 7iriiih! F**K him….Didn’t he threaten? Didn’t he ask you not call or msg!? Then don’t call or msg….It was his call…He won’t die I am sure….
  A: Yeh…I know he won’t but I might

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  My Girls, My Inspiration

  Posted: August 5th, 2009, 2:04am PDT by shopa

  Back in December 2006, I wrote/published this post . I was single at the time but was happy. My girls were my inspiration to write this….My girls, my friends….I miss living around them….

  The 1st friend who inspired was in love with someone, or at least thought she…But he was a player, he was her Kash…She thought he loved her…But things didn’t work between them….Around that time, another friend, who also was an inspiration for this, was trying to set my 1st friend with this other guy….Now, they are married and happy, I hope….

  The 2nd friend is now also married to the guy she was dating and who broke her heart many times; Wooz that is….I remember being there during many many fights/break-ups….But now flicking through their wedding pictures on facebook, I am getting hope…..

  My other friend called off the wedding few weeks before the big day….We were asked to remove all the engagement pictures from facebook and we did….He just wanted to satisfy his mother and have a little servant at home for him….She is still single although I think she is dating someone else….

  My last girl finally realized that he is not the one for her…After standing against her parents wish many time…She is finally over him….She is still single….But one day, I keep telling her one day…

  And there is me…..Back in K-Town and getting my heart broken twice already since then… You would think that as you get older such pain would be easier but no…..It doesn’t….It gets worse….The thought that you don’t want to go over the same cycle over and over again…..Now all i feel like is packing my bags and run, run far away….Run away from my past, Boo and Lee….Run away from my present, Moe….Run away from my future who will end up on the same list….I will run away somewhere far….Maybe somewhere near my girls….I will be looking over the “together” ones and stick along the “single” ones….And hope together that one day, one day we will be truly happy.

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  But Life Does Go On

  Posted: August 4th, 2009, 3:33am PDT by shopa

  He yells, you listen…..

  You yell, he yelles even more….

  He screams, you cry….

  You talk, he stops you….

  He does it, you wanted him to….

  You deny you want it to be over, he insists….

  He hangs up, you cry….

  and cry….and cry….and cry…..But the cry will eventually stop…..One day….Just like crying over many people before has stopped…..

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  ?? ?????? ????

  Posted: July 24th, 2009, 4:59am PDT by shopa

  \”?????? ?? ???? ?? ??? ???? ???????!!! ??????? ??? ??????!! ??????? ??? ??????!! ???????? ?? ???????!! ??????? ??? ?????? ???????!\”

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  Fairytales….

  Posted: July 18th, 2009, 11:03pm PDT by shopa

  They say love is a fairytale….Fairytales have happy endings….I never thought of our love as a fairytale…I guess we both knew it inside that we were never the perfect couple…..You drive me crazy…..I drive you crazy….That is not a fairytale to me….I never expected a happy ending for what we have…..I wished for one, maybe….Yet never expected one…..What I wished for though, is that what we have would last a lifetime…What is a lifetime to me after all?? Few happy years of my life….That is a lifetime….No matter what happens I cannot hate you….For those good memories I will always have…..I remember the first time you made me laugh…..The first time you bought me coffee…..And the first time you tricked me into hugging you….I will not blame you for what is happening, nor would I blame myself…..This is life and fairytales always come to an end….I will go to bed tonight thinking I am not a little girl anymore, and fairytales are meant for little girls not grown up women.

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  At The Doorstep…..

  Posted: July 15th, 2009, 3:50am PDT by shopa

  Early morning, the house is quite….Everyone is still asleep…My alarm went off….I feel dizzy….Did I cry to sleep last night?….I looked in the mirror…..My puffy eyes…..My messy hair….I don’t even remember what time I slept….I felt sad….For myself….I never feel sad for myself…But now I do….Boiling water is running through my body……The smell of the vanilla shower gel is escaping through me…I can feel the dead sea mud in me while scrubbing my face with it….I get into my black pants….My white shirt that I like….My hair still looks messy but I don’t really care…..No one important will be at work today….If I only remembered the meeting with the VP I had…..Now, I am ready to hit the road with my favorite shades covering my puffy eyes…..I can still feel a tear in my eye….But I refuse to cry….I slowly open my room door….I look into the dark hallway….No one wakes up this early but me…..I look down….What is this I wonder…Is this gift for me???

  

  I run back to my room and open it…..Funny, how some people remember tiny things you tell them…..Exactly 24 hours ago, I told mother how I liked it and left to work….I forgot about it…Now, I see it wrapped as a gift sitting waiting for me to wake up…..Thank you Mama…..For remembering….For the gift…..For loving me….For being here with me….I may not be a person who would give you a hug to show how much I love you….But I do….

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  A Do; Or A Don’t?

  Posted: July 13th, 2009, 3:59am PDT by shopa

  Messaging her colleague on a daily basis and during late hours, for the sake of flirting.

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  BBM Me…..

  Posted: July 9th, 2009, 4:53am PDT by shopa

  

  When someone insists that you should add them to your BBM, what do you do?!

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  !!!سلوم يبي وحدة حلوة وياه

  Posted: June 28th, 2009, 3:20am PDT by shopa

  الله ياني ضحكت ضحك لما شفت تعليق الأخ سلوم على بوستي هذا

  ولأهمية تعميم الضحك فقررت أعيد كتابة تعليقه إهني وأنا مالي شغل أهوا اللي يابه حق روحه

  سلوم
  Jun 27th, 2009 at 2:36 pm
  أحب أعش بروحي بس اتمنى و ياي وحدة حلوه— شرايج الاتصال 99852712

  !!!!فاللي يعرف وحدة حلوة وبخاطرها تعيش ويا سلوم خل تكلمه على الرقم اللي فوق

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  Sometimes….

  Posted: June 25th, 2009, 2:55pm PDT by shopa

  

  It’s okay to feel bad for no reason and decide to stay home relaxed wearing your PJs, watching old movies, BBMing friends, and crying a bit.

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  When He Cheats On Her….

  Posted: June 21st, 2009, 10:18pm PDT by shopa

  After gym, she calls…..She has not slept in over 24 hours now….I am all sweaty and tired….I feel like going home showering and going to bed…..But I cannot….Girlfriends stick together by their girls….I BBM “Boldy” saying I might stop at her house after gym since she is not feeling very well….He wonders “Why? What is wrong with her?”….

  “What do you think? The usual; “A”"….
  “And why are you mad?”
  “I am not”
  “What happens between them is none of our business”
  “I know…But as a good friend I need to be around her….Will call you once I leave :*”
  “Ok”

  I walked in to see the two girls sitting on the couch….Thank god there were no crying….I’ve listened to hell a lot of crying this weekend….I take off my running shoes and lay down on the couch….They fill me on the updates…..I think to myself “some men are jerks”! I look at her and my mind starts thinking…..She is one gorgeous girl….She is extremely beautiful with a model-like body….OMG she doesn’t even work out…She is fun and smart…..Why would he cheats on her?

  The night went on with food eating, cigarettes smoking and reading various chapters of “Why Men Love Bitches”…She kept reading to us and we all screamed “THAT’S SO TRUE”….But we knew everything that’s on the book already…..Then how come we never do what the books says?

  

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  A Do; or A Don’t

  Posted: June 20th, 2009, 6:12am PDT by shopa

  Men cheating on their girlfriends??

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  Explore Plastic Through Fashion….

  Posted: June 18th, 2009, 4:26am PDT by shopa

  

  I got one pair as a birthday gift that was shipped to me all the way from NY. Friends saw them and went back home and ordered themselves pairs of them….Now I have 3 pairs and I just love them…..

  I introduce to you Melissa + Campana. Oh and for the environmentalist girl in me, the best part that it is Melissa does care about the environment.

  “Worldwide known and recognized by their work with advanced primary and differentiated materials, Fernando and Humberto Campana transform their furniture creations into fashion accessories.
  The trajectory of the designers alongside Melissa placed in the fashion world all the multiplicity of the plastic and the geniality of those that respire other atmospheres. It was in this way that Melissa Campana Zig Zag, the first model created by the duo, and with the Carioca model, inspired by their notorious “Favela Chair”.
  Now, the Campana Brothers create another novelty. Melissa + Campana have the award winning Corallo seat as a starting point. The intertwining strings graciously embrace the feet in this new slipper. And to make the perfect pair, a bag with the same traces: the perfect duo. Eclectic, goes from day to night for it has the liberty of behaviour and attitude that are a signature of Melissa.
  As the partnerships of the brand always suprehend, it could not be different with this novelty. The Campana Brothers line is made of up to 30% recycled PVC and its fabrication and more: part of the money raised from the sales of the product will go to World Vision from Recife, an institution that the duo knows and participates developing works. Sustainability and social responsibility treated with a lot of care.
  Transformation is a key word of Fernando and Humberto Campana, which find in plastic and in the Melissa technology the ideal formula to create interesting products and to popularize their creativity, taking art to the streets.”

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  Our Past

  Posted: June 14th, 2009, 7:55am PDT by shopa

  Just when you think that you are over your past and that you have started a new life….Something happens….Something very small that triggers the memories you once thought you forgot…..Memories will hunt you down…..Memories will reuin your weekend….You will live a new moment in life….A moment in the present time….It will feel like a dijavu….You will look at the person infront of you and remember the person you blocked from your life years ago….You will try to concentrate on the present, not the past….But your past will control not just your present but your future as well….Days would pass and you will still be hanged upon that moment that brought all the bad memories back!

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  Waiting…….

  Posted: June 11th, 2009, 12:53am PDT by shopa

  

  Her status on facebook reminded me of THIS very old post….This post was written 2 years ago, many things happened during those two years yet the one thing that remains the same is that I am still “waiting”!!

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  Al-Faqma Ties The Knot

  Posted: June 6th, 2009, 11:15pm PDT by shopa

  

  She is now married!

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  Every Shopaholic’s Worst Nightmare

  Posted: May 26th, 2009, 4:10am PDT by shopa

  Designing her new closet.

  

  My beloved mother made me do it….Here I am work staring at the draft sketch and thinking…..I don’t have enough space for my shoes…..OMG what about my bags? But if I give more space for my shoes, I will have less dress-space!!

  My worst nightmare…Who wants to share with me their closet design?

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  A Do; Or A Don’t?

  Posted: May 19th, 2009, 3:27am PDT by shopa

  

  I say a BIG DO!!!

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  حدث في مثل هذا اليوم

  Posted: May 14th, 2009, 3:46am PDT by shopa

  16/5/1999
  

  الرغبة السامية لحضرة صاحب السمو لإعطاء المرأة الكويتية جميع حقوقها السياسية

  16/5/2005
  

  مجلس الامة يقر الحقوق السياسية للمرأة

  16/5/2009
  

  فهل تنجح المرأة الكويتية في الوصول إلى قاعة عبدالله السالم؟

  …….بيدنا القرار

  ..فلنسجل موقف ونصنع التاريخ

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  Brown Booteek……Thank You!

  Posted: May 11th, 2009, 12:29am PDT by shopa

  

  Thank You Brown Booteek

  After a long day at work and endless meetings afterwards, I came back home to find my lovely friend the proud owner of Brown Botieque has sent me a surprise. THREE shopping bags filled with amazing tops, dresses & accessories. All items were my size and picked based on my taste…..This is like a dream come true for a shapaholic like myself. I spent the next hour trying on dress after another….I lost count on how many outfits I tried on total. I even got confused on what I like and I don’t….Honestly speaking, I loved them all but had to make choices….I hate making choices….Why can’t I just keep them all?

  With all the stress I have been going through those days, home shopping therapy was just what I need. I just got a message from my friend telling me that a new collection has arrived….I can’t wait to pick another amazing item from their collection and sneak it home so Mum would not notice my endless shopping….

  Thank you J; Thank you Brown Booteek.

  PS: Brown Booteek is located in the basement of Tala Center. Their opening hours Saturday – Thursday 9:30am – 1pm & 5pm – 9:30pm

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  يا نساء الكويت

  Posted: May 5th, 2009, 3:43am PDT by shopa

  

  أمي…..اختي……صديقتي

  ……تذكري

  ….يوم 16 مايو

  ….وإنتي بتختارين اللي يمثلك بمجلس الأمة

  …إن الشخص هذا

  …اللي بتحطين الصح يم اسمه

  ….كان رافض وقفتك هذي

  ..وصوت ضد أبسط حقوقك

  فهل قلبك وعقلك يسمحلك تصوتينله؟؟؟

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  حاررتكم أسيل؟؟؟؟

  Posted: May 4th, 2009, 1:48am PDT by shopa

  الناس تبط الكبد…..من صج بتنبط مرارتي

  يعني شاللي حاركم؟ ودي أفهم ليش منقثين؟

  ليش الحقد ليش؟؟

  !!!!مو قالكم جاسم بودي لا تنتخبون أسيل

  محد بيطقكم على ايدكم يغصبكم تنتخبونها

  !!!ماني فاهمة

  قسما بالله ماني فاهمة ليش؟

  كل هذا خوف؟

  لأنها مرة؟ وإلا عشان ماهي على مودكم؟

  خافوا الله

  نوبة تصريح ونوبة تسجيل في يوتوب وخرابيط

  !!!كل هذا عشان أسيل دخلت قلوب الناس؟؟ وإلا عشان تدرون إن اللي ما عطاها الانتخابات اللي فاتت تحسف ويايبلها غير صوته عشر

  !!بس أسيل بتفوز وقولوا شوباهوليك كويتية ما قالت

  !ويا عواذل فلفلووووو

  

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  منو يروح الجهراء معاي؟؟؟؟

  Posted: May 3rd, 2009, 3:13am PDT by shopa

  

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  وطن من جديد

  Posted: April 28th, 2009, 10:52pm PDT by shopa

  مع إشراقة صباح جديد…..أتمنى أن تعود الكويت كما عهدناها….لؤلؤة الخليج….وطني الذي عرفناه…وطنا رائدا بين الأوطان….

  ………(لذا فإني أحلم ب (وطن من جديد

  فلنحلم معا….الليلة 8 مساءا

  

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  A Do; Or A Don’t?

  Posted: April 26th, 2009, 11:09pm PDT by shopa

  Him, showing his mum her pictures.

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  Two Days Ago….

  Posted: April 21st, 2009, 10:18pm PDT by shopa

  

  Shopaholic Q8eya turned four years old……

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  Birthday Wishlist

  Posted: April 15th, 2009, 11:46pm PDT by shopa

  My friends are asking me to put a birthday wishlist to make their life easier when buying gifts for me….

  I’ve been thinking….thinking….and thinking……There is NOTHING that I want….well not really….I want many things but I have NOTHING that I am able to put on my wishlist…So I decided I am letting my blogsphere friends decide…..

  Everything written here will be added to my wishlist…..Yet I have the right to discard some items…

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  صوتي للبيع

  Posted: April 12th, 2009, 5:47am PDT by shopa

  في انتخابات 2006 لبست تشيرت مكتوب عليها” صوتي للبيع”

  طبعا صوتي ماكان للبيع لكن كانت رسالة موجهة للبعض

  هالسنة رسالة أخرى……

  شاركوني رسالتي……

  “صوتي لوطني”

  أشوفكم باكر

  

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  The Birthday Weekend…..

  Posted: April 12th, 2009, 2:04am PDT by shopa

  “When are you going home?” He asked for the 5th time….
  “Now!” She answered as she collected her keys and phone and ran to her car….He was still sitting by the sea….She got into the car started the engine…Her hands were shaking….She reversed the car….She could see him running towards her yet kept backing up….

  BOOM….Within seconds, her car hit the wall of the chalet…He ran to her…Throwing his glass on her car yelling at her….He opened her car door…Yelled…..”What’s wrong with you? did you not see the wall?”…She kept silent……”ANSWER ME!!” he demanded….”I don’t care about you but I do care about the people you might kill” He yelled……

  He yelled….She cried…..Minutes later she tried driving but failed to…He ran back at her asking her to stop…He went crazy….Started threatening…He pulled her hair and asked her to leave the car….She refused to leave and stayed in crying….He yelled even more….”Go drive….Enshala eb awal shabba bel highway” and left….

  For the next 10 minutes she stayed in the car not able to move an inch…Tears were coming down her eyes non-stop….He came back to her….Opened the driver’s door and asked her to move to the passenger seat…He parked the car and asked her t go inside….She sat in the living room crying….He came and asked why is she crying….She wouldn’t stop crying….People were coming in the living room but noticing her crying or maybe they were just used to seeing them fight….

  He took her hand and walked her to the bathroom….”Wash your face! You cannot go home looking like this”….She washed her face and stopped crying for a minute…..She looked for a towel but there was none….”Use my T-shirt” and she did…..He held her….She sobbed just like a baby…..He held her closer…”I don’t know why this happen” She cried….”Why do we always have to fight” She kept crying…..

  He walked her back to the car….Made sure she had her seatbelt on….Asked her to turn off the AC so she wouldn’t get sick…”Put on a nice chill music and drive slowly on the highway….There is no rush…it’s still early…Just imagine you are leaving work and going home….40 minutes and you will be home….Once you get home give me a call…”

  10 minutes later he called her…
  “Hey babe…Are you okay?”
  “Yes…..”
  “Don’t cry”
  “I’m not”
  “Okay concentrate on the road”
  “Okay bye”
  “Bye”

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  state of mind….

  Posted: April 10th, 2009, 8:42am PDT by shopa

  People are laughing around me right now and I am thinking am I really happy? Do I really wat here?!?!

  My state of mind is blank… But all I can do is look over my shoulder at him standing by sea side and smile prewtending that I am one happy girl…..

  I am thinking when will this pretending end??

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  Dreaming Of Al-Faqma

  Posted: April 4th, 2009, 11:07pm PDT by shopa

  Two nights in a row….I dreamt of her….I feel like she is hunting me….I don’t remember details of both dreams….But we are always traveling like in a hotel/resort and she is there….Both times I woke up very disturbed…

  What does it mean?

  

  **Someone mentioned that Al-faqma might be a blogger who is reading this….I would love if she was one….

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  Mini-Update

  Posted: April 3rd, 2009, 1:55am PDT by shopa

  A dear friend called me this morning and demanded that I write an update….People also say I become this boring girl when I post about politics….I guess my bolog readers are just used to the shallow shopa who talks only about guys and shopping…

  So this post is for my partner in crime that is the shopping addiction.

  Nothing much new with my life….I am bored with work to death and it’s not even a year since I changed careers….Mum is threatening me that I am not to change jobs again…but I am thinking department changing perhaps?

  I cannot beleive how long it’s been since you left us all alone in this life…..It feels like it was just yesterday when they first told me of your accident….Is it weird that I feel him around me all the time? I keep wondering, can they see us from up there? I very much want him to be able to do so….To know that I miss him….I think of him all the time…and that I love him….May your soul rest in peace….

  My mind is busy with millions of thoughts but I seen cannot to put them all down here….I woke up uset this morning thinking guys are very selfish….THEY ARE! Everytime I say I will not be bothered by this selfishness, I get even more bothered….

  What would you get a guy that you love very much but think he is selfish a gift for his birthday?

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  A Do; Or A Don’t?

  Posted: March 30th, 2009, 10:55pm PDT by shopa

  Kuwaiti women not voting.

  

  

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  !!!ماني مصوت

  Posted: March 26th, 2009, 1:22am PDT by shopa

  !!هالأيام هبة الناس لايعة جبدها من الانتخابات

  !!!واللي بيقاطع واللي يتحلطم واللي مقرر يسافر يوم الانتخابات

  !!حرية شخصية ما اختلفنا!!! لكن أنا ببدي حملة وهم حرية شخصية

  !!!!!!!!لا تصوت!!! لا تحلطم

  !دامك قررت ماتشارك بإتخاذ القرار مو من حقك تحلطم على أداء المجلس

  .وأنا بصوت فكيفي أتحلطم وأعيد وأقول ديرة بطيخ

  تهقون د.أسيل تفوز هالسنة؟؟

  

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  NBK….The Best Bank In Kuwait

  Posted: March 23rd, 2009, 11:07pm PDT by shopa

  

  Incident # 1

  January; Shopa @ Villa Moda:
  CARD DECLINED! I call 1801801.

  NBK Guy: WE canceled your card!
  Shopa: WHAT? Why? It’s an ATM card not a credit card so you cancel it.
  NBK Guy: You need to go to your branch and get your new card
  Shopa: But how can you just cancel my card without informing me? What if I was out of the county or something? And how come no one called me?
  NBK Guy: Sorry but the computer does it randomly.

  So I went to the branch picked up one card and the other was ordered for me and was told someone will call me once it’s ready…Of course no one called.

  Incident #2
  February; Amani @ a shop in London with her sister.
  CARD DECLINED!

  She calls 1801801 and they tell her they canceled her card and that she needs to go to the branch and get her new card! She will be in London for 10 days and all her fund in her NBK account. Not to mention that once they canceled her ATM card, she is unable to log in to online banking to transfer money to other bank accounts!

  Incident #3
  March; Jassim at his university in the States
  He is trying to log into online banking using the new ATM card number but it does not work.
  He calls 1801801 and he was told that he was supposed to activate his card using an NBK Machine. No one told him he needed to do that and now he is no where close to an NBK machine….There must be a way to activate the card manually, he asks. NBK tells him that his card will not work until he comes back to Kuwait or he can fly to NY to use their ATM! But he needs the funds in his account to book his NY tickets you stupid NBK people!!

  Incident #4:
  Yesterday, Shopa @ NBK Branch.

  Shopa: I am here to pick up my card.
  Haya: Sorry it’s not here!
  Shopa: How come? I ordered it!
  Haya: Yeh but it’s not here….
  Shopa: Aren’t you guys canceling all cards in few days? So you should have all new cards ready by default.
  Haya: yes but your card is not here…I can order it and you can pick it up on Thursday.
  Shopa: Okay! Can I have my card back?
  Haya: Well, what for? I just canceled it?
  Shopa: You did what? Canceled my card? and how am I suppose to spend money without my card?
  Haya: It’s only 2 days!
  Shopa: You never said you will cancel my old card…I thought I had until April 1st.
  Haya: I canceled it because I ordered you a new one…
  Shopa: and what if I can’t make it on Thursday?
  Haya: You can just walk into any branch and get cash..
  Shopa: And you guys charge me 5 kd for each transaction right?
  Haya: Yes….

  Cheers to the best bank in Kuwait and the Middle East!

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  الوعد بعد شهرين

  Posted: March 18th, 2009, 10:32am PDT by shopa

  حل مجلس الأمة حلا دستوريا

  مو قلنالكم ديرة بطيخ

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  Zain vs. New Shoes….

  Posted: March 16th, 2009, 10:50am PDT by shopa

  It just hit me….My Zain bill that I just paid could have bought me a new pair of Louboutin’s!!

  I HATE ZAIN!

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  The Other Side Of The Fight…..

  Posted: March 3rd, 2009, 11:14pm PST by shopa

  

  As told by “H”…..

  At the really long dinning table, H and her man were sitting all alone eating….They were listening to the loud music coming from the ball room across them…..When they suddenly header screaming…..H was frightened and asked her man to go check on “HIM”….But he explained to her that he is on the phone….They wondered why were they fighting again…

  20 minutes later, he came and sat on the far end of the table…..He held the wine glass on the table and stared into space….”He just looked at nothing” H told me….He held his glass up in the air….He smiled….He yelled “Cheers”….No one was next to him….He was toasting no one….”CHEERS” he yelled once again….

  “H” went and sat next to him….”Are you okay?” She asked?…..He looked at her and put his empty glass up in the air once again and yelled even harder “CHEERS”…..She repeated “are you okay? Why were fighting with her?”…..He looked at her in the eye and started crying “I am crazy….I became a crazy man….and it’s all because of HER!!!”

  “I am crazy….I became a crazy man….and it’s all because of her….She is thousands miles away from me….Yet she manages to drive me crazy……She thinks I am at this party and having fun!! How can I have fun without her and when I miss her so much….I am her missing her and going crazy while she is cruising around XX and having dinner with “M”….The one guy I told her not go out with….I have never been to X city yet I memorized all the streets, the shops, and the restaurants….and it’s all because of her….She goes out and have dinner with “M” and her friend….”

  “You are all upset because she had dinner with a guy friend while her girl friend was there?” H asked him….”You don’t know M but I know…..He is an a$$, who wants to take her away from me…..But no one is taking her away from me….SHE IS MINE”….He took his keys not listening to his friends telling him that he shouldn’t drive like this….Once he got into his car….He dialed her number…..This time she picked up and didn’t let it go to voice mail….

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  At The Doorsteps….

  Posted: February 26th, 2009, 5:04pm PST by shopa

  

  She ran outside the apartment and sat on the building doorsteps….She kept thinking….She looked at the pack of cigarettes sitting on the step below her….She picked up a single cigarette and lit it…It was freezing cold outside….She didn’t care….She sat their in her PJ pants and tank top with her veloir Juicy jacket….Her hands were getting cold…She picked up her leather gloves from the floor and put them on….Her UGGS were keeping her feet warm…She started playing with hair….Anything to stop thinking….She put her hair in a ponytail…”I need a hair-cut” she thought to herself….She stared at her blackberry….Nothing….”NOTHING” she yelled….

  The neighbor passed by and asked if she is okay….She nodded….Why does he think I am not…She wondered… Was it the puffy eyes…Or the tear that was coming down her eye….She smoked a second cigarette….Looked at the people passing by the street…It was late yet the streets were packed will people….This city just never goes to sleep…. She picked up her phone and dialed her voice mail…Her body started to shake….Click 1 to listen to the 1st saved message…As soon as the message started plays, she cried… Like a baby….Press 7 to delete…..She deleted….She listened to the 2nd, followed by 7 delete….The 3rd, 7 delete…..The 4th, delete…..She couldn’t get over the fact he said all those nasty things…..She cried and cried…..

  Her phone beeped…It was him….”Hey babe” he yelled….”hey” She responded crying…..”what’s wrong baby?” he asked worried……

  “Nothing….I was just having a drink and now I am outside smoking”
  “Babe I just checked your weather and it’s freezing…Go back inside the apartment”
  “Okay…I will….as soon as I finish this cigarette”
  “Are you worm?”
  “Yes”
  “You know I love you…Do you?”
  “I do”
  “You know I miss you and would do anything to be with you right now”
  “I know”
  “Okay then….Just got to work….Text me when you back in the apartment…”
  “Okay babe”

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  Three Weeks Of Shoppping….

  Posted: February 24th, 2009, 11:36pm PST by shopa

  Dresses: 7

  Tops: 14

  Pants: 4

  Jeans: 2

  Tracksuits: 2

  T-shirts: 4

  Shoes: 8

  Bag: 1

  Headbands: 5

  Makeup & Perfumes: unknown number

  Camera: 2

  I-pod: 1

  Blackberry: 1

  Pure Euphoria: Priceless

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  $5000 Worth Of Shoes…

  Posted: February 23rd, 2009, 4:29pm PST by shopa

  

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  LOVE……….

  Posted: February 21st, 2009, 9:20pm PST by shopa

  Define love for me!

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  A Do; Or A Don’t?

  Posted: February 18th, 2009, 8:08am PST by shopa

  Getting back with him after calling her a “SLUT”…

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  Confession Of A Shopaholic

  Posted: February 16th, 2009, 9:16am PST by shopa

  

  The book that inspired the start of this blog almost 4 years ago. After reading her novel “can you keep a secret?”, Sophie Kinsella has soon became one of my favorite authors. I fell in love with the series of “Shopaholic” that I actually saw myself in every crazy thing that Becky does.

  Two years ago and when I heard they are making a movie out of the book, I got so excited and couldn’t wait to see it. I finally saw the movie yesterday. Since it’s always the case that books are always better than movies, I didn’t put my hopes up high for the movie. However, the movie turned out to be great. I loved it. It was nothing like I pictured it while reading the book. The story was twisted and although I loved the fact they filmed it in NYC, the 1st book is based in London. Becky in the movie is just the Becky I loved; funny, smart, spontaneous, and a true shopaholic. Luke, on the other hand is just as sexy and charming as the book described him….

  I just wish they sticked to the original story in the book. “Confession of a Shopaholic” is totally worth the $12 spent on the ticket and the 2 year wait.

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  Friends Should Be Your Valentine’s…..

  Posted: February 14th, 2009, 7:12am PST by shopa

  

  Laying down on the couch….Crying non-stop….Eyes are filled with tears….Face make-up is all ruined….I can barley breath….I want to stop crying but I cannot….I close my eyes….I cry even more…It’s freezing out there….I pull up the comfy warm throw to cover up my bare legs….I am still crying….She is watching up across the room….All I hear is her typing through her laptop….The same laptop I am using now to write this post….She is probably facebooking, I think to myself….I am still crying…I cannot breath….She looks at me….”Are you okay?”, she asks….I cannot even answer her back….I nod a yes but I am not Okay….She knows I am not Okay….I am still crying….I cannot hide it anymore….She comes to me…..Lay next to me on the little couch…She hugs me….It will be okay…She tells me…I cry even more…She hugs me tighter…She plays with my hair…Oh my hair…I spent an hour doing it this morning….For nothing….Our night was ruined….I am still crying…She is still there comforting me….I don’t feel as bad as I did a while ago…But I am still crying….I wish I could stop crying….Not for me, but for her….But I don’t….Now I am crying with no tears….She tells me stuff….I tell her stuff…We put the TV on and watch “The Millionaire Matchmaker”…..We both laugh…I am not crying anymore….I then fall asleep….

  Someone once told me “A hug is worth a thousand words. A friend is worth more”. Thank you my dear friend for being with me that night…Now I know I did the right thing choosing you to be my Valentine’s this year.

  Happy Valentine’s Day.

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  I LOVE YOU…..

  Posted: February 3rd, 2009, 12:03am PST by shopa

  

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  What The F Am I doing…

  Posted: January 29th, 2009, 12:12pm PST by shopa

  Being here? I kept asking myself…Repeating it again & again….He asked me the same…I replied back asking the same question!

  Time went by so fast…I enjoyed every bit of it…We laughed….Towards the end I started freaking out…Is it love?