we have to admit that we live in a country where it is very difficult to be inspired to do great things or pursue greatness. our whole lives are laid out for us, either the government or your family pays for everything you need, and all that is expected in return is to behave well, do what is expected, and basically become a clone of who your parents are. that is why i believe that we are lucky to see an occurrence of a person bred from our culture that pursues greatness in their life, and we should praise them and encourage them and most of all thank them for reminding us how to get inspired to do great things!

Name: Maryam
Location: St. Petersburg, RU
A Kuwaiti girl simply dreams of being an astronaut and be the first Kuwaiti, Arab, female goes to the space.
a few days ago i received a text message from an sms news service which said that a kuwaiti girl was accepted into a russian university and is on her way to becoming an astronaut. it was then that i remembered i once passed along this blog http://q80girl.blogspot.com/index.html
it's the blog of the kuwaiti woman living in russia, following her dream.
thank you maryam for inspiring us today, and good luck on your journey and wish you could reach your goals and fulfill your dreams.

com‧pro‧mise  /


- a settlement of differences by mutual concessions; an agreement reached by adjustment of conflicting or opposing claims, principles, etc., by reciprocal modification of demands.
- something intermediate between different things: The split-level is a compromise between a ranch house and a multistoried house.
- an endangering, esp. of reputation; exposure to danger, suspicion, etc.: a compromise of one’s integrity.
- to make a dishonorable or shameful concession: He is too honorable to compromise with his principles . source: Dictionary.com

"Everything in life is a compromise. So it is in love as well. The tricky part is knowing which compromises are healthy, and which are risky. Which compromises will strengthen the relationship, and which will, over time, erode its foundation. Some compromises come back to haunt you when it’s too late to change the outcome. A compromise can even change who you are."

some people say love is all about compromise, without it no two people can co-exist together. i do agree that compromises are necessary, we make em everyday, but shouldn't there be a limit of what we can sacrifice for the sake of getting along? what if the compromise you or your partner are asking for would cause a hidden resentment to build up that would jeopardize the relationship at some point in the future.

plus, isn't it obvious that we crave most that which is forbidden to us? i might not necessarily like burgers and don't eat them that often, but if my partner asks me to give up burgers for life, i'd feel the need, or more like the obsessive desire to have a burger (just to be clear, i loooooove burgers)

a compromise is an important part of any relationship, it's what makes us civil i guess, but i believe in being honest with each other, i mean c'mon a relationship solely based on a string of compromises, no matter how right it feels now, is either doomed to fail or the participants are gonna feel a whole lot of resentment towards the other.

All our final decisions are made in a state of mind that is not going to last.
-Marcel Proust

If you limit your choices only to what seems possible or reasonable, you disconnect yourself from what you truly want, and all that is left is a compromise.
-Robert Fritz

cool watches

the Dot Matrix Watch

Available in tan leather with yellow lights or black leather with red lights, the watch can show the time in 24 hour or 12 hour format and features a scrolling light effect before it displays the time

the Led-Binary-Watch

this watch uses a series of ten blue or red LEDs to tell the time. The top row of 8-4-2-1 shows the hours (you add together to get the correct hour), and the bottom row of 32-16-8-4-2-1 tells the minutes

the Pimpin' Ain't Easy pimp-watch

It's built with 72 blue LED lights that light up vertically depending on what time it is. And what would a Pimp watch be without an uncalled-for-feature that lights up every LED on the watch in a spiral and then off in a spiral every two minutes from 6:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m.?

Frank Gehry's Fossil, Positive-Negative

Frank Gehry is certainly best known for his eye-popping arcetectural desings, but his Positive/Negative Watch by Fossil may start a revolution in lazy time telling. The watch happily tells you that it's half past eleven or eight til twelve

Paul Frank Calculator Watch

Available in black or white, the watch will bring you awesome retro style and the ability to figure up your part of the rent without leaving the couch.

Breitling Eemergency Watch

this watch has a built-in Distress Transmitter that broadcasts a signal on the 121.5 MHz aircraft emergency frequency. After your plane goes down and you've woken up on the island, just unscrew the watch's protective cap, pull out the antenna and rescuers should be right over to save your ass. Cool.

wacko japo!

Richie rich japanese kids and lonely old japanese business men have gone mad! these guys are paying $3,500 to spend all of 30 seconds standing infront of Micheal Jackson and maybe saying hello or hi! wala some people have gone completly mad, i mean i can understand someone spending 20 million to go to space, hell i'll do it if i had the money, but 3,500 to sit with this guy, i mean he's not even the fucking Dali Lama. oh well.

a nice story from the new yorker magazine
LET IT SNOW
by David Sedaris
http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/articles/031222fa_fact3?031222fa_fact3