Right now i am at a cafe at Marina mall with my sister. a mall by the Gulf Coast. We are just chillin, grabbing some post lunch drinks. She is drinking mocha frapachino and i have a berry something or other without dairy. not that exciting. Today i had an "interview." I sat with the Corporate Social Responsibility manager at a company here in Kuwait. My cousin set me up with her to talk about future "employment opportunities." While i find the idea of corporate responsibility laughable I did appreciate my conversation with her. And it was nice of my cousin to arrange a meeting with one of his colleagues for me. We talked for about an hour and a half about our families and mixed nationalities (She is a Venezuelan Latina married to a Kuwaiti). Turns out she has a son named Meshari. We also talked about her job position and the idea of corporate responsibility. She regularly travels to Africa to places like Sudan, Uganda, Ghana, and helps assess the situations there, and makes recommendations on how her company can responsibly help the area develop. I think she also is involved in reviewing UN recommendations for development for her company.

well, cuz im pressed for time, lujain is finishing up the last of her whip cream, here are some lists;

Kewl stuff:

+the way my sister says cool, somewhere between cool and towel
+the weather, ohmygod i forgot what its like to be outside and not be shaking so hard your back hurts
+"Pride of Baghdad" Graphic novel by Brian K Vaughn. Its really good. A fast read but very worthwhile. It always upsets me to finish one of his books. The art is really good too.
+Joe Hill's "20th Century Ghosts." A collection of short stories. Really well done and unique. His voice and ideas are fresh, modern, but linked to old school horror writing. This collection comes across as very ranged but solid.
+The food. I get hungry just thinking about how good lunch was today. It is also relatively easy to ignore food with dairy and gluten.
+Seeing my grandmother, of course.
+i know it sounds lame but this ipod shuffle thing has really saved my ass a couple times. Beirut and Gnarles Barkley fit in really well here

Not so much...

-Driving in kuwait. Its exciting, but i now understand why coffee and tea with insane amounts of caffeine is so popular here. You cant just be awake and drive in kuwait, you need an ultra-awareness. You need to be able to smell the accident thats about to happen in front of you. I also got lost today for about 2 hours.
-The malls. its just a regular mall..with 10 Starbucks and two H&Ms.
-My arabic sucks

More soon.