My nephew is breath of fresh air everytime I see him, plus Im his favorite uncle! This kid has gone through some interesting phases, he seems to like rolling carpets. He would sit next to a carpet and then try to roll it up. And he likes chewing on some box that I have and he laughs a lot when I get on all fours as well and I bite the box from him too, then in turns into a big dog little dog scenario! Of course I let go because he gets frustrated and starts using his hands! I love this little kid! He just makes me laugh.

He has a few favorite words like “dadada”, “biguu”, “popeee”,  and a few other ones. Sometimes if he wants me or misses me he shouts popee and gives me that teary eye look and puts his hands out for me to carry him. If my heart was as hard as daimond, from that look it broke. I cant help but pick him up and take him to do his bidding. I let him go where he wants but I let him also figure out that this hurts if he does something he isnt supposed like if he is playing with the closet doors, but I make sure that he doesnt really hurt himself, but really boys will be boys!

Today I was the driver and with my mother we took him to Fantasy World, which I knew where it was but I have never been in there! After walking in it reminded me of Toys R Us Kuwait, but it didnt feel as big. We just wanted to take him somewhere that we knew had kids and their wasnt any really traffic around it, and that was the spot. When we walked in he kept looking up at the cieling because of the neon lights. And we pretty much wanted to get him something to entertain him while visitng our house, after walking around for a little bit he picked up one thing that he wouldnt let go off. It was a plastic ball with comic book characters on it, I thought that I couldnt love him any more, but I was wrong at that moment! The kid loves comics! He is only 10.5 months old! hehehe! And out of all the things that we could have got for him it was a 1KD ball that made im the happiest little kid in the world!  God I cant enough of him, and he makes me love him more and more everyday!

Sometimes when Im going somewhere for fu6oor Im late for one reason or another.. whatever it may be I always walk in fashionably late. I like going to my grandparents house, some people know what I mean when you walk in and see all your aunts, uncles, cousins, and babies running around. Its really interesting seeing all the kids growing up and your at a different stage in your life.

I love seeing all my cousins and extended family! You see people cracking jokes at one another, then Im trying to figure out who to talk to. I want to talk to a lot of different people. You know you have your favorite set of cousins, but you still love em all. You might not have enough time, but you still make the effort. Fu6oor is a session of statements flying across the table. After a long day of work, and not much sleep this is what I look forward to in Ramadan, I thought Ramadan will be easier when it comes to work, but I was totally wrong. It has been more work, but just that time spent with family makes it all good, even with evening commitments Im just happy for those 1 – 2 hours talking and laughing. Its nice catching up with different people, and its nice seeing people twice a week that you usually might see them once a year if you manage to catch them. I love that Ramadan unites people at the end of the day, and thats what I love about Ramadan in Kuwait.

Im trying to stuff my mouth while trying to taunt my cousin about something he was doing, while taking one of the kids and messing around with them. And its fun seeing the younger cousins coming up to you and looking up to you, asking you questions. I remember when I used to be that kid. Thats why I loved some of my cousins they were cool about lots of things, and kind to me when I was young. So now Im in their shoes, and Im close to my older cousins and try to help out my younger cousins in whatever they want. Even if they just want to talk! Its a cool thing.. its a good thing. I want to eat more, and I want to talk more.

At the end of the day its just a nice warm feeling that you cant substitute for anything. I hope every person knows this feeling!

Today has been a very long day! As I mentioned before I knew I had to get up in the morning. I was at work around 8 am this morning thinking that I would come in early to fiinish up read a lot of paper work, and making sure things would get done and get an early start. Well thats what I was hoping for, but thats nothing close to what happened. Sometimes the best of plans just go out the window!

After a meeting that didnt go so great at 10am got done at 11am I had a billion things to do. And I think I was literally in the middle of a shitstorm! Its hard to get things done when no information is being conveyed to you! So I was going nuts, and I had a short fuse today, but I made sure to thank everyone who was doing what they were doing and more, because a lot of people werent coming through on their parts. I was going nuts. I was loosing it! It has been a long week, and I couldnt stop thinking of all the milestones, time lines, projects, emails, peoples, prices, things to do, when and where, sooooo much stuff not enough time to think! At least I would always smile to people who werent causing me any havoc, I had a co-worker who is a friend just look and say “I know” and he smiled! Then I just busted out laughing! Things were getting so crazy that I was just laughing! I was tired of being tired a couple of days ago.. now it was just operating on a different level!

I managed to leave work around 4:00pm, but the best part of it is that I have to go to work on Friday at 1pm to finish up a lot of paper work and fine tuning details required for saturday. i really have no problem with the extra work or even the late nights. I get pissed when information isnt conveyed to me, or something is missing because somebody failed to email. Emails should be utizilized more! When I left work I was just happy that I could get some rest, but then I was thinking of my MVP.

MVP stands for one thing to me Most Valuable Person, and thats my nephew. He has been sick the past couple of days, and I havent had a chance to pass by. So I went from work to his home to check on him. On the way I got a message telling me to take him back to our house. And thats what I did, I took him home with me. When he was with me in the car I was the happiest guy in the world. He always looked at me if I wasnt looking at him. So I was driving extremely protective, I would move away from hazords and idiots! But e kept making me laugh!

I like carrying him around like Im the big giant, and he would be entertained by everything I would be doing inbetween. After futoor I was playing with him for a while, but I know I need a nap, so while he is entertained Im going to take a quick nap and Im not that quick!

So I just finished praying after hearing the sunset prayer. Then I head over to the table where some of my family members are already seated. We are opening different dishes here and there. Then there was this one dish that wont open. So as I was picking it up with my left hand I was trying to turn the top off with my right hand because I was too impatient and there wasnt any room on the table to place it. Then it popped open and a lot of the daqoos went flying up most of it falling on my left arm (half way the distance to my elbow and to the middle of my palm). It hurt like a $%#*@#$ so I was really quiet I slowly put the dish down, and everyone was looking at me wondering what the hell happened. I went to the bathroom and poured cold cold cold cold water on my arm and that felt good, I was pouring it all over my dishdasha to wipe the daqoos off. There was streaks all over my dishdasha, but at that point it was my arm that got first contact with boiling tomato sauce. Then I went back to the table in my yellow and red dishdasha, and all I could think about was eating. I had bright red left arm! I was laughing because I was just happy I was eating! I was going to eat light, but then because of the arm I decided to stuff myself at least I should feel good for burning my arm! My brother gave me some ointment to put on my arm to help with it. One of the family friends saw my arm and he is a doctor, and put more ointment then some ice and told me its a minor first degree burn. I thought it hurt like a bitch! hehehehe! At least I stuffed myself silly and I used the daqoos thats making type with my wrist not touching the table! looooool! I still love daqoos though!

Nephew Update V2.23

He surprised me the other day when he could sit on hit butt and not fall over! I was smiling like he won the Pulitzer Prize! I was so freaking happy! I was jumping up and down like an idiot clapping for him, but he looks at me wondering whats this clown doing!

He likes my american football ball, its his size and he looks funny holding on to it. Then he wants to chew on it!
He has learned to gain some traction these days so he is dragging himself across the floor like an army platoon which is funny, I keep having to pick him up because I know he just wants to chew something, so I watch his direction!

He looks at my e3gaal (black round headgear) like its a toy so when I come from work and pick him up he looks at me then he looks up and wants to either put it in his mouth or shake it tirelessly! So I move him just far enough so that he cant grab, but then he wants to climb and my face seems to be the surface of his choice and I know his grip gotten stronger because he scratched the hell out of my nose but all I could think is that he is growing so I kept laughing while he was doing that!

When I went to the gym and came back he was getting a hair cut, but he was screaming so much it broke my heart. So when I walked into the bathroom where he was getting a haircut he saw me, and turned to me. And so I picked him up and took him out. I didnt care about the hair, all I cared about was that he was breaking my heart. And then I was walking around with him, he started crying less and then he put his head on my shoulder and relaxed. Thinking nobody could touch him now and that I had nothing to do with that I was his safe zone. So I was happy that he was feeling better, but you the know when he is sniffing and breathing quick it made me melt, but Im happy I slowly could make him laugh.

And the past couple of days he has bumped his head into a few things, but he is learning not to throw himself back. I think a few bruises and kid learns. And he is learning! hehehe!

And when he is talking its like “na na na na.. da da da da.. ma ma ma.. nananananana… naaaa. brrrr.. nanananana” and I talk to him about normal that I was doing in the day! And I know he knows what Im talking about!

I came back home tired from my little morning excursion, and all the damn meetings I had to go to! Did I mention I hate meetings!!! I came home, went up stairs and I saw my little nephew, but he didnt see me yet so I hid automatically. Just to surprise him! I took the chemaq off, emptied my pockets, and washed my face.

Then I tip toed to the living room, and his back was to while he lay on the floor, and my sister in law sitting on the couch watching me. Then he turns around and smiles! So of course every little ache and pain in my head and body suddenly went away. I started playing with him. And I gave him this shopping bag that he was flapping about, and then he smacks its. While he was sitting on my lap he would bite it and enjoy it! Then i could tell he looks up at me and smiles and says “entertain me”, so I took the shopping bag and tore it down the middle. And the look on his face was priceless. It said “ooohhh its bigger, its different, its newww, I have discovered a new dimension” all that from the look on his face.. and then he started laughing. I was laughing, because he was laughing shaking the bag like crazy and kicking around since he was entertained. My sister in law said I just entertain him for 20 mins and he is laughing and giggling, but she is with him all the time and sometimes nothing! lol!

After that I put him on the floor and he kept shaking the bag, then suddenly he stopped and had this serious look on his face. The look of extreme concentration. I was wondering what he was thinking about. By this time he was closer to my sister in law, and then he smiled since I was smiling. Then she shreikhs “shino haathaaaa” hehehehe.. then he was giggling! He pooped to his hearts content! And he knew she had to change him! hahahahahaha! I was really really laughing my ass off! And he was giggling and she was pissed at both of us! Of course I help her change him, but it was hilarious! Its as if he was doing this to drive her nuts! He knows I pretty much dont mind anything he does! lol

Just got back to Kuwait after a being gone for a month for some medical check ups, and making sure my mother relaxs a bit after all the check-ups. When I left it was hot in Kuwait and now its even hotter!!
I was so jet lagged when I got back from all this traveling. I was at work at 7:30am! Which means I get to leave early! Got a lot to write about from visiting my friends in the Bay Area to visiting New York City for the first time in eight years. I have to say this was an interesting trip. Got a lot pictures too, which im going to post!

When I got into work, I had a choice of any parking spot which was fun for once. And when I checked my email I had 52 new emails, and 192 junk mail. Which isnt too bad. I was only replying to the urgent ones when I was abroad! It was a bit hard coordinating work, trying to get some sleep, and waking up in the morning for appointments.

I managed to visit some family over the weekend since I came on wednesday. And I slept really early two days in a row, but I went to the shalaih friday morning! And we went to Garoo Island which was amazing! I wish I brought my camera, but I forgot it at home! On another note I drove my landcruiser all the way to Al-Zoor while the Gasoline was set at empty! I wanted to test it out, and I knew everything was going to be ok since the landcruiser has two tanks. But it lasted the whole way, about 70kms! on Empty! Which is pretty damn good! Im really impressed! I think Toyota makes the most durable cars in the world!

And now I shall continue my work and all the emails I have to reply to!

I have been in Minnesota for about a week and a few days now. Medical check ups for my mom, and a few other things to help her out. Things are coming to an end here with these appointments. So I have been pressured by family and other family members to get a check up done while I was here, and to check up on my family history and stuff.

So I said ok, everything was done in one day. But I have to say that I have never felt so violated in my life! I havent had a physical in almost five years. They did the works on me, and I thought the doctor is just going to look at the results and tell me if Im healthy or sick! Well I was suprised when he told me to take my cloths off… I was stunned for second.. and I felt a shiver down my back! Lets just say I have never had some of these physical tests before.

Doctors Conclusions:

1) Healthy Body Movement

2) I have a Healthy Sex Drive

3) I am Over-Wieght and need to drop about 12-15Kgs..

After all that tests and he didnt tell me something I didnt know. hehehe

Going to be gone for about two weeks from Kuwait. Gone with my mother for medical check ups in the states. She is feeling ok, but not great. Hopefully they can help her and everything turns out alright. At least it aint freezing cold!!

My baby nephew is a few months old! He confuses me and his father! hehehehe.. so he gets confused when he sees us both! hehehe Im the crazy uncle the makes the world around him bounce! So he is happy when Im around! I always take him and walk around, and do pretty much what ever he wants!

He has this look that says “OOHHHHH thats going in my mouth next! IT JUST HAS TO!” and if you dont help him to get there he will give you this look saying “HELP ME U USELESS PIECE OF MASS! MOVE!!!”

I really wonder what he is thinking, but I think he has the voice of Stewie from Family Guy!! “I SHALL TAKE OVER THE WORLD, but for now I shall chew on this shiny plastic block” (my phone)

He cant really crawl yet, but he rolls around when he needs to! lol! And when he wants to do something he thinks “Chew first … react to you later!”

Im very sensitive about my gadgets and stuff, but when he is around I dont care what he breaks, or slobbers on, or anything of that matter! I think he has threw up on me quiet a few times, but it doesnt bother me one bit! It makes me laugh! Just like your uncle do what you want when you want! I love this kid! hehehe

Update: He has just stuffed his foot in my mouth and started laughing… and then he tried to put the other one in! “Your mouf is my shooeee so say aahhhh”