My Maid Has OCD...

I swear, my maid has OCD. It's pretty cool. She does such a great job cleaning and is amazing at her job. However, her OCD takes over and attacks my bedroom. When I come home, my items are lightly rearranged. I keep my articles clustered together and make an artistic statement with the way they are sitting on my dresser. She comes in an lines them up and spaces them out. She leaves most of the room alone. She mainly attacks my dresser. So enjoy the pictures. The first one is how she makes it; the second one is the way I keep it.

My Burka

Can you believe I bought a burka?! When I first arrived in Kuwait, the burkas and scarves were all intimidating. Now, almost three months later, I have fallen in love with them. They are beautiful and elegant. Even though burkas are mainly black, they are so beautiful and can have such detailed decorations. I was out in town the other day and saw 'the burka'. It was calling my name. So I enquired as to how much it was. We debated over the price, and in the end, I paid 12 KD. I probably could have gotten it a little cheaper, but I'm not that great at haggling. So 12 KD it was.

So this is what I look like in my burka. They tailored it to fit me right there on the spot. No, "Come back later, ma'am." They had me sit down and we talked and talked. As well as could anyways. I looked at some of the other burkas and determined that my decision to like them was a good one.

I love the long flowy sleeves on this one. Not all are this big, but I was fascinated by it. I also love the sequins and the design.

And then there were blue flowers... Blue flowers are my thing! Each sleeve also has this huge beautiful blue flower, and I just fell for it. So pretty...

This is the scarf for the headdress. They showed me how to put it on, but I fought with it so bad today. It's suppose to lay like this in the back with the flower in the middle and the decorations going up to the shoulders. I think...

And one more picture of the beautiful blue flower. In case you didn't notice in the first picture, the burka is trimmed with blue on the front.

So that's my burka! While I'll never really wear it, it is enjoyable. I'll be able to have it on display when I get back to America, and it will be a great conversation starter.

Next on my list to get, a sari! Oh, how I want one...

Kuwait's 50/20 Celebration

Kuwait had it's 50/20 celebration! What that means is that they had their 50th national day and their 20th liberation day. My day started off with this yummy meal that one of my friends gave me. I had made mention I was hungry, and he said, "Here. Take this." I felt so bad, but he wouldn't let me not take it.

It was actually really good. I was a little worried to try the food, but it was delicious! Wow. I had no clue it could be that good. I'm glad I was adventurous and tried it.

This here a picture of some random people from in the middle east. I was informed that these flags are from Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and Kuwait. The unity that they felt towards each other was wonderful. One actually said, "I will give my life for you." I was told that that is no small thing.

These are some of my dear, close friends out here. We'll call the one on the left Checkers and the one on the right Spike. lol. They'll kill me if they ever read this... :D

I hope you enjoy the pictures. I caught myself off guard and actually went out and celebrated. People were everywhere! The traffic was stop and go and mainly stop. People were walking up and down in the middle of the road. If your window was opened, they would spray you with a water gun. It was so enjoyable. Music was everywhere. People were dancing on the side of the road, and it was a once in a lifetime experience. I'm glad I went and became a part of history.