The Hoppin' John String Band preformance in Kuwait

Today I attended the event of The Hoppin' John String Band from NY, I am not a country music fan but after this event I can say that I will start listening to country music ^.^


The best part was that they were preforming live! they danced, sang, and played with instruments, I found it more interesting than just listening to the music or watch a video, the whole show was awesome.. I took this video, sorry it is not clear because It was with my mobile ;p



Today was the first performance for them so for those who love country music they still have the chance to attend... there next performances will be in
June 16, 2011 8:30-9:30 pm at the Higher Institution for Musical for Arts
June 19, 2011 7:15 – 8:30 pm at Al-Babtain’s Central Library for Arabic Poetry

what else ?
oh yeah they sang this song and I loved it, It just give you some positiveness so smile, enjoy and keep on the sunny side ppl!

Japanese drums band

Before weeks, I went to the drums band event that held by the Japanese Embassy in Kuwait and I recorded some videos :)
The leader of the band playing on drums



Here is the performance of all the band members



That day was the birthday of the band leader so all ppl sang for him Happy birthday to u :D



Loved that!

Kuwait celebrations

Kuwait is celebrating its National and liberation day, all the streets, houses and buildings are decorated with Kuwait flags and Amir pictures, all people are out in the street celebrating the 50th National day, The 20th liberation day and 5th anniversary of H.H the Amir for the assumption of the leadership of the state of Kuwait .

There was a nice event in Feb,25th next to Kuwait towers, as I know that people who read my blog are not just from Kuwait so I decided to share this show with the world to show them this lovely country

The show including firworks and a laser show on Kuwait towers. Enjoy !!
If want to know about Kuwait towers please visit my post about them HERE

Who is Marilyn Monroe ?

Everyone knows her but we don't have a clear idea about her life, maybe because many of us specially me born after her sudden death. So let's see who is Marylin Monroe ?

Her name is Norma Jeane Mortenson, She was born on June 1, 1926, in Los Angeles, California. She never knew her father, and her mother suffered from a severe physcological problems that made her unable to raise her daughter .


Growing up, Norma spent much of her life in foster care and in an orphanage. She wanted to escape from the dufficulties that faced her in the foster care so she get married with her boyfriend Jimmy Dougherty in1942 who was a merchant marine. Dougherty was sent to the south Pacific with the military and by that time, Norma started to work in a Munition factory until she has been discovered by a photographer


After being a successful model Norma dreamed to become a famous actress, she divorced from her husband when he return back in 1946 because she became more busy with her career and their life together was to the end . in the same year of her divorce she signed her first movie and by this she created a new look and a new name for herself, she dyed her hair with blond color and called herself "Marilyn Monroe"


Her small part in John Huston's crime drama The Asphalt Jungle (1950) garnered her a lot of attention. after this movie she attended many auditions and her career started to be more bright .

After a series of successful movies her last 2 movies Let's Make Love (1960) and The Misfits (1961) appeared to be disappointed in the box office. and in the same time her personal life became worst.She had a string of unsuccessful marriages and relationships.

At the age of 36 years old, She was dropped from the unfinished movie "Something's Got to Give"(1962) due to chronic lateness and drug dependency, her absenteeism caused delay after delay in production, resulting in her being fired from the production in June of that year.

It seemed to be the end of her career. She was eventually re-hired, but died on August 5, 1962, in LA at her home and they found an empty bottle of sleeping pills by her bed. There has been some speculation over the years that she may have been murdered by mafia because she knew information that can destroy important persons due to her wide relationships, but it was officially ruled as a drug overdose.


On June 1, 1995, Marilyn was featured on a 32¢ US commemorative postage stamp.


Here are some of her Quotes

"Dreaming about being an actress, is more exciting then being one. " ~Marylin Monroe

"I am not interested in money. I just want to be wonderful. " ~Marylin Monroe

"I have feelings too. I am still human. All I want is to be loved, for myself and for my talent. " ~Marylin Monroe

So by now u know who is Marylin Monroe !

The reason why I wrote this post? is because I love this song Byebye

Sources
Biography Marilyn Monroe
IMDb Marilyn Monroe
IMDb Something's Got to Give

Hidden Kuwait: Tareq Museum

There are many hidden places in Kuwait that we don't know about, in fact, foreigners who live or visit Kuwait know those places more than we do because they search for them.. one of these places is Tareq Rajab Museum, the owner of the museum spent 50 years collecting those things as a hobby, and then they opened this museum for public..
well, I was there for academic proposes and I took those pictures, it is not allowed to take pictures there but when I said that I need them for my college they said okay ^^

For more details please visit their website here
and btw it is free of charge