Saturday 15 October 2011

MEXICAN NIGHT AT APPLEBEE'S

Every Tuesday, Applebee's Grill & Restaurant at Avenues Mall holds a MEXICAN NIGHT from 6pm to 11pm.

There will be a special menu for the Mexican night, mexican music and the staff would be dressed in Mexican outfits. So, why not go and enjoy treat yourself and your family to a beautiful Mexican Night on Tuesday.




MATT LAMB 'PAINT AN UMBRELLA FOR PEACE' PROJECT AT AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF KUWAIT

On Thursday, when we attended 'Works of Matt Lamb' Art Exhibition at American University of Kuwait, I was quite impressed by the huge amount of umbrellas artistically painted by students and visitors as a part of 'Umbrellas for Peace' project that was displayed at the Liberal Arts building. Each umbrella that was painted looked special. Painting on umbrellas represented bringing people together and spreading world peace. 

According to Matt Lamb, the umbrella is a metaphor for protection. It's devoid of any discrimination and anyone irrespective of age, race, gender or country is safe under the umbrella. The top part of the umbrella stands for shelter with our hopes, dreams and aspirations and the underneath part stands for our concerns and fears. 'Umbrellas for Peace' project encourages people to spread the value of world peace, hope, love and creativity through art. Here are some pictures of the 'Umbrellas for Peace' project at American University of Kuwait.


















WORKS OF MATT LAMB - ART EXHIBITION AT AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF KUWAIT


Matt Lamb
On Thursday evening, we visited the art exhibition by Matt Lamb at the American University of Kuwait, Salmiyah Campus. The exhibition featured 60 paintings by Matt Lamb that were unique and I quite liked the abstract work by him and the blend and use of colours in his paintings.

Along with the exhibition, in an effort to promote world wide peace, Matt Lamb Umbrellas for Peace project was held at the American University of Kuwait, that involved students and those interested to paint an umbrella with their concept of world peace. Check my next post to view the photos of the beautiful peace umbrellas there were painted.

Matt Lamb self taught artist, scuptor, philosopher and peace activist,  is an  Irish-American born in Chicago in 1932, who had a successful career as an entrepreneur before a brush with death at the age of 51 led him to reevaluate his priorities, sell his businesses, and dedicate his life to art.

Here are some pictures from the exhibtion Works of Art by Matt Lamb (American University of Kuwait)
















MOVIE : JOHNNY ENGLISH REBORN

If you enjoy comedy, or you are a Rowan Atkinson fan, then JOHNNY ENGLISH REBORN is a must watch movie, a spy comedy thriller, that promises you a good time and some laughter. The movie is a sequel to Johnny English (2003), starring Rowan Atkinson who dons the title role. He is a secret agent who must stop a group of international assassins from eliminating a world leader and prevent global chaos. To accomplish this task, Johnny English has to use high tech gadgets to unravel a web of conspiracies. Though disasters are an option in his persuits, well, failure never is! Johnny English Reborn directed by Oliver Parker, earned £ 4.97 million in it's weekend release, reported the 'The Telegraph'.

Cast : Rowan Atkinson, Gillian Anderson, Dominic West, Rosamund Pike, Daniel Kaluuya.

It's running in Kuwait Cinescape theatres. For details of locations where the movie is being shown currently and for online booking visit KNCC website HERE




WHEN ONE DOOR CLOSES

Thursday 13 October 2011

MICHAEL JACKSON'S CHILDREN AT TRIBUTE CONCERT SHOW IN CARDIFF

Michael Jackson's children, Prince Michael 14, Paris 13 and Prince Michael II aka Blanket 9, took centre stage at a Tribute concert show 'Michael Forever' on Saturday October 8,  in Cardiff Millennium Stage in Wales. The children wore outfits inspired by Michael Jackson's career. The show was hosted by Jamie Foxx.

Michael Jackson's children Prince Michael, Blanket and Paris at the Tribute Concert, Cardiff, Wales


Michael Jackson's daughter Paris




INTERESTING PICTURE FOR THE DAY

What a sweet, loving gesture from a chimpanzee!

WEIGHT LOSS - TEN THINGS THAT KEEP YOU FROM ATTAINING IDEAL BODY WEIGHT

Dian Griesel, PhD and her brother Tom Griesel spent 30 years working with scientific researchers, experimenting with various diets, and found interesting facts that stop people from maintaining their diets to reach an ideal body weight. Dian Griesel and Tom Griesel are co authors of TUBRO CHARGED, a book that contains ground breaking concepts that defy common weight thinking. “The best of diet intentions fail in late afternoon and evening because dieters fall for certain traps that sabotage success,” Dr. Griesel said. According to them, there are 10 things that prevent one from attaining an ideal body weight.

1. Traditional diet and exercise advice that is all wrong.
2. Motivation that is misdirected. The choice needs to be: Which do I value more? A chocolate bar now or a longer and healthier life with my family?
3. Eating when we are really thirsty.
4. Burning the candle too late, is counter productive to fat burning. A good night”s sleep burns fat and keeps us from eating.
5. Dieting and aerobic exercising together reduce calories, so primitive starvation-survival mechanisms kick in making the brain scream for food.
6. Boredom.
7. Hanging out with an overeating, unimaginative crowd.
8. Manufacturers make foods addictive by using sugar/fat/salt combos.
9. Manufacturers make foods addictive with chemicals and preservatives.
10. Commercials could make anyone hungry.

The book TURBO CHARGED highlights eight simple steps that  accelerates fat burning mechanism leading to rapid fat loss  in shorter time to attain a lean body with the promise of greater health benefits, regardless of your age or present body fat by  showing how to avoid common diet traps that are making you fat.




Dian Griesel and Tom Griesel


STEVE JOBS

TROUBLES



I have known great many troubles, but most of them never happened - Mark Twain

Wednesday 12 October 2011

WORKS OF MATT LAMB - ART EXHIBITION AT AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF KUWAIT

An art exhibtion by Matt Lamb will be held tomorrow Thursday October 13 for the general public which will also include 'Umbrellas for Peace' project workshop, at the American University of Kuwait, Salmiyah. Matt Lamb is an internationally recognized, self-taught painter whose works are represented in public and private collections throughout the world. He calls the world his home and travels extensively among his studios and art exhibitions while tirelessly campaigning for world peace. To know more about Matt Lamb and his work, visit www.mattlamb.org. As Matt Lamb shared in one of his blog posts, 'Do something different, it might be fun'. Do visit the exhibition whether you are an art enthusiast or not and have a good time.

Date : Thursday, October 13
Time : 10 am to 9pm
Venue : Liberal Arts Building - University Auditorium, American University of Kuwait Campus, Salmiyah
For further details contact:  22248359 or 1802040, Ext. 316 / 213

To see a pdf and larger version of the exhibition poster below with all the information,  click HERE


CHINA'S NEW SKYSCRAPER - LONGXI INTERNATIONAL HOTEL

LONGXI INTERNATIONAL HOTEL, China's new sky scraper  in Huaxi Village, Jiangsu Province opened to guests on Saturday October 8. It commerated with the 50th anniversary celebrations of Huaxi Village. The skyscraper is 74 story, 328 metres high (1076 feet) and it is the 15th highest skyscraper in the world. It cost 3 billion yuan (U.S.$ 470 million) and was partly financed by the villagers with an investment of 10 million yuan.  The hotel has an exhibition hall, revolving restaurant, roof top swimming pool and gardens. An Ox made of a ton of gold is displayed on the 60th floor. A once improvished farming village in the 1950's, Huaxi is China's richest village today.

Over the past 40 years since the 1960's, under the leadership of Wu Rengbao, Huaxi villagers spread the slogan of striving and co-working, and worked hard at establishing the socialistic new village, which is now known as China's No. 1 Village and a beautiful tourist destination. Currently all the villagers live in their own high ranked villas and each family owns 1 to 3 automobiles.  
Longxi International Hotel, China's new skyscraper


Party held with 1200 guests at the skyscraper



Ox made of one ton of gold!