This hash-tag [ #stopkony ] has been spreading like fire on Twitter along with the [ Invisible Children's ] campaign to shed light on the atrocious Joseph Kony’sconduct with his own fellow citizens with their amazing video Kony 2012.

Who’s Joesph Kony:

Joseph Kony is the world’s worst war criminal. In 1987 he took over leadership of an existing rebel group and renamed it the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA). The LRA has earned a reputation for its cruel and brutal tactics. When Joseph Kony found himself running out of fighters, he started abducting children to be soldiers in his army or “wives” for his officers. The LRA is encouraged to rape, mutilate, and kill civilians–often with blunt weapons. The LRA is no longer active in northern Uganda (where it originated) but it continues its campaign of violence in Democratic Republic of Congo, Central African Republic, and South Sudan. In its 26-year history, the LRA has abducted more than 30,000 children and displaced at least 2.1 million people.

Invisible Children has been working for 9 years to end Africa’s longest-running armed conflict. U.S. military advisers are currently deployed in Central Africa on a “time-limited” mission to stop Kony and disarm the LRA. If Kony isn’t captured this year, the window will be gone.

They produced this movie [ WATCH HERE ] KONY 2012; A film and campaign that aims to make Joseph Kony famous, not to celebrate him, but to raise support for his arrest and set a precedent for

Visit this site for more info & to spread the word  * www.kony2012.com *

I cannot even attempt to imagine how his poor parents are coping with dilemma, allah ye9abberhom o yeshfee Fahad enshallah  and that would be through help we could all assist in bringing together for the sake of this child and the over priced transplant he urgently requires. God, money IS such an issue ha?!la 7awla wala qowwata ella bellah

[ Danderma ] emailed us for this and attached Fahad’s photo as we as a copy of his medical reports. You know how influential you guys can be by just spreading the word on his case here – elsewhere hoping for a miracle to happen…

Danderma’s email:

Remember last time when we tried to help the cancer patient Abdul Kareem and we made quite a buzz he actually got several sponsors. Having a sponsor is their last hope, check out this adorable little baby esh7elwah o his chin killa sa3abeel. His mother is a Kuwaiti and his father is a Syrian. He has lukemia,and needs bone marrow transplant to live but non of his family members are matches to donate to him so they found him a donor in India but they need a sponsor to donate 37 thousand KDs so he can have it.

تذكرون حالة عبد الكريم؟ من خلال نداء اطلقناه من مدوناتنا قدرنا نوصل حالة عبد الكريم للأيدي الكريمة اللي ما قصرت و تكفلت بالمبلغ اللازم لعلاجه. التفاعل مع حالة عبد الكريم كان كبير جدا و عدد كبير من الناس عرضوا يتكفلون بعلاجه عشان ينقذونه.

لكن للأسف مرض السرطان مرض قاس و ما يحرم و لا يوقف. في كل يوم حالات أصابات جديدة لكن مو في كل يوم المريض يقدر يوفر العلاج. حالة من هذه الحالات إهي حالة الرضيع فهد المولود لأم كويتية و أب سوري الجنسية. فهد مصاب بسرطان الدم (اللوكيميا) و يحتاج لعملية زرع نخاع عظم لكن للأسف لم بجدوا أي نخاع عظم مطابق من أفراد عائلته فبالتالي يحتاج إلى متبرع بالإضافة إلى عملية زراعة نخاع.

المتبرع و العملية متوافران في الهند. و لكن المبلغ غير متوفر و هو ما يقارب ال 37  ألف دينار كويتي.

في حالة عبد الكريم كان الرجاء هو منحه الأمل بإنقاذ حياته و ساقه. أما في حالة الرضيع فهد فالرجاء في منحه الفرصة ليعيش الحياة! ليكبر و يدخل المدرسة و يلعب و يفرح و يعمل و يتزوج و يموت رجلا كهلا محاطا بأبنائه و أحفاده.

For more information, contact me for the medical report – Danderma through her blog or  Q8Rain@gmail.com – Twitter: @Q8Rain

After 4 nights from the wedding reception, we hopped on a plane to Sharm El Sheikh and although I opposed the town before when my mom and siblings traveled, I found myself trying my best to extend but sadly enough Kuwait Airways el araf (and I say this enraged from what they did to us) o I know for sure it’s the last time I book with them – didn’t have bookings. I had fun, I tanned like there’s no tomorrow! I ate lots of Movenpick ice cream and did all the things I like to do with my partner :D and I thank God I lived to see this day! For those of you who didn’t visit Sharm, take your swim suit, cash for food, excursions and mainly water activities. —> of course you can take extra since locals will defiantly try to rip you off unless you got a big mouth ;)

Na’ama Bay Street – where all the cafes – sheesha joints are as well as Pacha and Little Budha ;)

We stayed at the beautiful [ Jolie Ville Maritim Resort ] which is the best ever! It’s in the middle of everything and has it all! I loved it!

The Pool !! *sigh*

Of course, we took a ride – full day thing (diving snorkeling) to Ras Mohammed with lunch on the boat and I got sea sick and slept on the boat! AHHH

Look at the color of the water ;(

When we came back, we sat down to watch the game between Netherlands and god know’s who (not that I care) and them Orange fans went crazy after the win!

Another cool place to visit is [ Alf Leila wa Leila Batrous] , it’s like a village with restaurants and shows after 10:30 PM, got to know about famous Pharaoh-isc ruins and stuff besides the horses show etc…

Ok! Miro is a male belly dancer! Tito’s nephew (another famous belly dancer!) Damnit he is good!

Of course we took the sand dune buggies along with a Bedouin themed dinner gathering -I drove :)

[ Aqua Park ] is also a very nice place to spend the day and get burned from the sun! It’s a hotel as well !

They have aqua aerobics as well !

We finally made it to  [ Soho Square ], basically a strip with coffee shops, restaurants, some retailers, bowling center and hotels of course oh I forgot bars, pubs and nightclubs ;p I happen to like it very very much!

So what did we do there?! Besides sheesha, eating, window shopping, all we did is walk into the [ Ice Bar ] and order a non alcoholic drink with straight faces and froze our butts off wearing sandals !

O mabrouk! ;p

I haven’t been around properly YET and by all means I will today enshallah but I just wanted to post these pics – IT IS GREEEEEEEEN! <3

I wonder what happens next! *SUSPENSE*

Banat Zayed blogged about this [ HERE ]

Swer wrote about it [ HERE ]

To those who don’t know, I’ve been away visiting my in-laws in Tripoli, Lebanon for 3 days and after that I had to drop by Jordan for an investment conference which our company participated in. All in all, it was hectic and I do need sleep and a visit to SPA Time but I sure did miss the man whilst in Jordan… I AM HOME BABEH!! I am not going to do much writing because I’ve been swamped with work lately bas I am ethically committed to this blog so updates are mandatory. here are some pics:

Church in Tripoli

Tripoli’s port side – El Meena

Fresh bell peppers in el day3a

Country House in 3ayoon – 3ekkar

aaaaaah! konafa from El Hellab’s Palace of sweets in Tripoli

Hariri’s Memorial – may he RIP

Hariri’s Mosque in the background

And if you want more pictures, here you go, from Jordan:

West Amman view from my hotel room at 6:30 AM

Not in the right order but this is the First / business class lounge at Wataniya airport

Kempinski Ishtar – Dead Sea

Kempinski’s pool! *whistles*

Jordan’s 1st Investment Conference

Wild Jordan, yummi breakfast

View from Wild Jordan

Snacking after checkup

My favorite place in town ;p

Tayyeb, here’s what happened:

Yesterday before dawn I started having a runny nose and it started getting really uncomfortable breathing but I managed to doze off anyways to wake in the morning with not just a runny nose, stuffy and ikky ekhh now and I could feel pressure in my ears and my bones were hurting badly which never happens unless I push myself exercising bas I went to work n’ got home early and that’s when the flu got worse and I started coughing o el 7arara went up @@ ! At work I was told to go to the hospital or else, she would report me to authorities lol and after speaking with another friend on the phone, he also advised to do the same bas I was kinda scared with all the swine flu crap :$ imagine!! el 7amdellah.. Straight after iftar we went to Dar El Shefa and turns out my BP is high besides the fever and the good doc did his job and he was like: “laa laaa flu 3ady ya Bana” o akhadt el antibiotic o khalas bas that was the worse feeling ever man! I mean ever since my visit to Amiri [ HERE ] I was really worried about catching some kind of infection o fe3lan that happened bas again, 7amdellaaaaaaah.

So YES, I AM SWINE FLU FREE ;p gimme a hug!

talking about disease, Shoosh wrote a post [ HERE ] on Crohn’s Disease’s website. What is Crohn’s Disease?

Crohn’s disease (also known as granulomatous colitis and regional enteritis) is an inflammatory disease of the intestines that may affect any part of the gastrointestinal tract from anus to mouth, causing a wide variety of symptoms. It primarily causes abdominal pain, diarrhea (which may be bloody), vomiting, or weight loss, but may also cause complications outside of the gastrointestinal tract such as skin rashes, arthritis and inflammation of the eye.

That is copied off their website so it’s more accurate to give their input and info and we’re writing about them to increase awareness levels on this disease which is obviously very serious and spreading .. Visit the website  – embedded in the snapshot above- and learn more about it  and find out how to help your loved ones suffering from Crohn’s Disease.. allah yeshfy el jamee3 o yeb3ed el amrad en sha2 allah!

]]> http://chikapappi.com/2009/09/13/oink-oink-not/feed/ 8 http://chikapappi.com/2009/09/10/kacch/ http://chikapappi.com/2009/09/10/kacch/#comments Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:01:13 +0000 Chikapappi http://chikapappi.com/?p=3391 If you don’t know, [ KACCH ] stands for Kuwait Association for the care of children in hospital. From their name and their mission statement:

Kuwait Association for the Care of Children in Hospital (KACCH) advocates for the provision of optimal conditions for children and their families in hospital in order to reduce the adverse effects of hospitalisation on their development and well-being.

you would be able to know what kind of activities these “hardcore” volunteers do around hospitals in Kuwait and of course, visit the link provided for further information or to volunteer / donate in any way possible if you wish! My company has been generous enough this year to allocate an amount for purchasing gifts as 3edeya for kids in hospitals and boooy oh boooy I loooove shopping! ESPECIALLY, at Fantasy World! Seeing all the Barbie dolls almost brought me to tears lol – Yo, my birthday is on Jan. 13th *hint*

I must say, it is agonizing to be away from the AC in this heat – “melted Santa” is what I felt like and by the time I left Amiri Hospital khalaaaassssss I felt like ripping off my clothes men el araf! I took a few snaps just for documentation since this will not be publicized in newspaper since it’s an act of philanthropy ..

Items part 1

Items part 2

Items part 3 – stacked behind the counter

Conrad my man

I had to shove the bike rack in the front!

Had to put the car seats down as well

Voila! The car trunk loaded!

I drove like a maniac to get to Amiri on time with all the traffic madness during Ramadan and the ladies there helped me along the porters with the items but going in and out of the hospital was scary, people with masks on and the stench there ewwww midst the stupid swine flu pandemic! You should see the basement!!!!! Seriously, SERIOUS renovations required there and allah yesa3ed the patients there and I hope I don’t catch the stupid swine flue *shivers* and for that reason, visitors wishing to drop by as a good will gesture like we did before [ HERE ] are not allowed out of fear of spreading the infection. There was more than gifts but it’s all we could do to give back in return and be thankful of what we have….

Thank you Mr. Joe!

Yeeey, eid’s around the corner kids! :)

Ramadan Mubarak fellow bloggers and bloggerettes!

Although I decided to hold myself from blogging about his death, I just had the urge an hour ago and here are my 2 cents on the whole over dramatic response that the entire world is displaying for the loss of Michael Jackson.

The majority of us (people of my generation) grew up trying to moon walk and listening to his music with our [Walkman] but why is everybody  in shock!? I mean it’s inevitable – death I mean – sooner or later we’re all heading that way and excuse me but the guy spared no attempt to shorten his life span with all the unnecessary surgery he has undergone and yes, who am I to judge him but he was so stressed out throughout his entire life and let’s face the facts; his choices were not the best ones bas all we can say is may he RIP هل تجوز الرحمة عليه؟ – I am not a Muslim fanatic who chants : “الى جهنم” yet at the same time, I won’t pull every single strand off my head  just because he suddenly died leaving us with nothing but a legendary set of video clips and beautiful songs which we all love no matter how much fun we used to make at him like when I posted [ This ]

Jackson’s been through shit with all the pedophile cases against him then his bankruptcy and he was ostracized and criticized by the media with a whole’lotta bunch of other people add to that the fact that he was left alone – as in no one offered real help – and by that I do not mean facilitating his move to Bahrain or even reviving his tours! Sorry, where were all these people crying over him when he really needed them!? Dead people get more than if they stay alive don’t you think!? Remember Anna Nicole Smith!? Dude!!! She’s more famous dead than alive man! She’s like a legend ma3a enny when she was the laughing stock with all her weight and substance abuse issues! Life is funny and what’s even more funny is how we humans fool each other beh!

One hypothetical scenario Skinny Bee suggested is that the king is still alive and this is all a part of his scheme to ditch the world of fame and live away n’ peacefully ever after ! lol like Elvis as I recall her saying but come on! Didn’t people think that Saddam’s execution was fake as well!? ;) If we are allowed to wonder further into our imagination, I’d say yeah! He faked his death and split with his share of the sold out concert tickets and is off now on some remote private island where he resides with his “toys” – also happily ever after! ok, I have to shut my mouth now!

Isn’t it a shame that the same man who produced such beautiful music like the Earth Song is the same exact person involved in a life full of distress and an infamous reputation which leaves you wondering: “What the hell went wrong!?”

One of my personal favorites:

What about sunrise
What about rain
What about all the things
That you said we were to gain.. .
What about killing fields
Is there a time
What about all the things
That you said was yours and mine…
Did you ever stop to notice
All the blood we’ve shed before
Did you ever stop to notice
The crying Earth the weeping shores?

Just a thought, what would happen if Madonna, god forbid – dies any time soon!? Oh my god! mass suicide!?! This year has witnessed the fall down of some of its greatest icons regardless their religion but Madonna, ah ya Madonna… this woman has “Jesus” on her arms so I guess she’s good for now ;p