Most of you probably follow different blogs and have realized that today a bunch of us received a nice donut box filled with “customized” donuts from Dunkin Donuts and Blackberry. Well the real reason for my hate relationship with Blackberry just got weirder!
I arrived home and found a box of Dunkin Donuts one for me and one for . I opened hers up and found a nice set of donuts with her name on them and was like, “Awwww Cute!”.
I go over to open my box and find a set of donuts with nothing written on them except “Blackberry” and “Bonus”! I was like “Huh!” And then it clicked! I was the daughter of the black duck (Bent el ba6a el sooda!) But no really it was weird.
Going through Instagram and the blogs I was like hmmm, why me? Why out of all the people out there I would get hit with this. But then again I realized it’s because I’m an avid Apple fan! That must be it! So all in all it was quite interesting!
Along with the donuts came a press release mentioning that Blackberry and Dunkin Donuts have combined their evil forces for the month of May in which they will be giving out free donuts and coffee for all their blackberry users.
From Wednesday the 16th of May and every Wednesday after that for 4 weeks (or 1 month) during the time period of 6pm – 10pm all you would have to do if you are a Blackberry user is go into any Dunkin Donuts shop show them your Blackberry phone or Playbook (aka my nice little coaster) register your Blackberry PIN and you can receive your free donut and coffee (and an additional set for your friend).
This offer is available throughout Kuwait and it includes the branches available in 360 Mall, Al Kout Mall and Salmiya.
Not only that but you will be entered into weekly draws for prizes.
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Thanks Dareen though for the kind gesture :) I guess Blackberries and I will forever be at war! :P
So almost two weeks ago I received a cryptic invitation from the Social Team at asking me to free up my schedule on Thursday April 26th for a field trip that will not only take us to a cool place but will take us back in time to when we used to go on School Field trips and go crazy! It was interesting to say the least and of course how can one person say no to that! One of the requests made was to have our cameras charged and ready for everything and anything.
So that Thursday I arrived at a few moments after 2PM and it was right there in the nick of time since everyone had gathered there already. We were greeted by the Zain Team and our designated tour guide Mr. Mohammad Al Muhaini and his colleagues Ms. Hala Abulhasan and Mr. Abdulmotaleb Nather. Once that was done we went outside and found our trusty bus waiting for us to guide us on a trip that we would never forget (not really but I like to see how this would be a nice mythical story :P) We got on and were passed a special magical box!
National Geographic Channel in collaboration with brought over an “Extraordinary, Indescribable” experience over to Kuwait with their Augmented Reality.
What is Augmented reality?
Well in a way it is standing in front of a screen and seeing yourself up there projected with dinosaurs, leopards, astronauts, and more. [My weird explanation of what it could be :P]
A dolphin visiting two awaiting boys
The view from up above, basically you stand in the yellow square and see yourself!
I got a chance to visit them today at 360 Mall where they are available until Sunday the 25th of December from 10 AM – 10PM! If you’ve got kids, younger siblings, kidnap kids (oops I mean your cousins obviously) then head over there and let them try it out. I personally wanted to try it out unfortunately wasn’t able to because well I’m old :/ And those who were in line were all kids half my size. One thing would’ve been cool though is to have more characters but who knows 2012 will be the year of technological genius so we might get even more awesome things!
Way to go National Geographic and Thanks for bringing over this awesome thing, you are forever blowing our minds with everything!
But wait there is more, earlier on Wednesday I received an amazing gift from the amazing Social Media Team at Zain, Thanks guys! I received an awesome BBQ Set!
Packed in an amazing huge bag which wasn’t that heavy but it was amazing how things were neat and compact! In it were 2 chairs, 2 blankets (extra warm and fleecy!), grilling tools and a nice sized griller!
What a way to pass by the cold wintery days than by wrapping yourself up in the blanket sitting outside and enjoying the amazing weather BBQ-ing kastana or hotdogs/burgers.
Thanks Mohammed for the awesome gift and really thanks to the whole team for it! You never cease to amaze me!
P.S. Thanks to from for allowing me to steal her photos! I just love the colors of her wall and I could never take pictures as awesome as that!
Back on August 11th both Lujain and I were invited to attend their Ghabga Event which took place in the Marina Hotel. Most of you have already read the accounts of what happened that night but to put it in my own words and feelings I will give you a brief summary, since the post I actually wrote and saved but did not publish was extremely long.
Upon our arrival we were welcomed and greeted by the Social Media team Mohammad Yagoub and May Al Subaie. The event was hosted by Mic Embalta3 (as most of you know he used to be one of the Marina FM presenters and an awesome personality). Both Lujain and I sat with our friends from 7ajidude, Ansam, Swera, Danderma, PinkGirlQ8, and I believe that was all whom I remember. In this event we were given a glimpse at an exclusive breaking news announcement which included a funny sketch listing the name of most blogs in a form of news broadcast, it was insanely cute but unfortunately mine was not included. To listen to this broadcast click .
The event included segments which gave us Talal Al Yagout talking to us about an upcoming project he would have in collaboration with Mic, Omar Al Othman (aka Omarker) spoke to us not as a TV Presenter but as a fellow blogger, Abdulwahab Al Essa spoke to us about the importace of Twitter, Mubarak Ismail (HiKuwait) also came up with a short interview as an everyday Blogger.
But that is not all, Lujain came up next and stole the stage while being interviewed as the youngest Kuwaiti Blogger in Kuwait, upon completing her segment she came back to me and told me “I gave you free publicity, I said your name and blog address while talking so people can know more about you” she made me feel as if I was a new blogger and she’d been blogging for years! Crazy little girl! [P.S. I've been blogging for almost 8 years now!] Games and activities soon followed and blogger friends of ours won prizes which ranged from a couple of Motorola Xooms, an iPhone 4, and a trip to Manchester United.
Upon the completion of the event we left with a full stomache and a with a lovely gift presented by VIVA (a Gerge3an basket and an Android phone) in short it was a lovely event and filled with excitement. Thanks Mohammad Yagoub and May Al Subaie for the invitation and here is hoping to attend more events where we see other blogger friends.
P.S. I loved the fact that I got to meet old bloggers and new ones! And Lujain was basically known all around hehe everyone came to our table to say hello to her hehehe it was fun! :P Enshalla I’ll see you guys in future events!
For even better coverage of the event which has already happened check out the following blogs:
7ajidude (has amazing photos and videos which I would steal but I’d like you to go see them there!)[]
7ajidude: Lujain Hosts []
Crazy Yet Wise []
PinkGirlQ8 []
Al Gaylah, New Afternoon Show on Kuwait FM
A little over a week ago and I were invited to attend the Press Conference announcing the new show “Al Gaylah” to be presented by Mic Embalta3 and Talal Al Yaqout (previously from Marina FM) if you didn’t know already they were on hit shows such as Al Diwaniya, Balanty, and so much more.
Unfortunately due to Lujain starting school again and my weird work hours I was unable to attend however a bunch of my cool awesome blogger friends attended and it is through them that I am able to share the news that was circulated. The idea of the show is so cool that it has to have some sort of coverage. The press conference took place at Lenotre on the 19th of September.
As reported by :
Al Gayla is the first radio show to be run and organized by a private firm (Senyar MB) as Mr. Khalid Al Roudan announced during the conference, and is to be presented by Talal Al Yaqout and Mic Embalta3 on Kuwait radio station [Kuwait FM 103.7]
The cool thing about this show however is not the fact that they will be talking about a variety of topics but instead it will be that they will be welcoming Bloggers on the showing and allowing them to put their input in (something that is uber cool and awesome since instead of having only your written word reach thousands of people now you can have your voice out there as well!)
The show will start airing October 2nd which is next week and will have the time slot from 1:00 – 3:00 PM.
One of the nicest things about this show was back when we were invited to the VIVA Ghabga both Mic and Talal came on stage and announced that they will be taking Twitter considerations on choosing the name of their new show. The winning name was “Al Gaylah” which in traditional Kuwaiti it means “noon time” or “mid-day”. The name was chosen due to the broadcasting time and to promote the use of traditional Kuwaiti terms.
Other awesome coverage of the event was seen on the following blogs: (with an awesome video provided) and here is from them as well, , (and her awesome coverage), (His has some lovely photos up there), (there are only two bloggers out there that make me jealous with their coverage and she’s one of them), and finally (the other blogger who I am jealous from their coverage and the ones whom I “stole” pictures from but it’s cool we’re homies!).
Thanks to Mic Embalta3 for the invitation I’m sorry I couldn’t attend but I wish you and Talal Al Yaqout the best of luck!
a 28 year old Kuwaiti Gadget Freak who is obsessively in love with Apple Products so much that she probably has everything made by Apple. Currently she's being a lazy bum and putting off writing and everything else but when she does this is her space where she likes to vent and release everything, so welcome to it.
A blogger for the past 8 years and still loving it.
