Insha'Al-Leo

For the last few weeks I have decided to live my life in the same manner Muslems seem to approach just about everything: Insha'Allah. Translated to English this means roughly "If Allah wills it, it shall be done." Let me tell you, Insh'Allah is absolutely liberating. When my boss asks me if something is done I simply reply, "Insha'Allah." When I make plans, I no longer check my calender, I just say "Insha'allah." I have even stopped wearing a seat belt, hard hat, or jockstrap because hey "Insha'Allah." It might actually be better than "Hakuna Matata."

There is one problem I have encountered with Insha'Allah however. It appears that Allah is not interested in sweeping the floor or taking out the trash or doing laundry either. Actually, as far as I can tell, he is as lazy as I am. It also seems that writing a blog does not rank very highly on his to do list. Go figure. So now I guess it is up to me to get this blog, and the mountain of laundry in my room, done. Maybe I should change my philospohy to Insha'Al-Leo. "If Leo wills it, it shall be done." Im not saying...Im just saying.

Now on to the pictures:

So it appears that I have an astute group of readers who were not fooled by biased portrayal of Kuwait. Several of you have pointed out that Kuwait is actualy a wealthy country with one of the more progressive governments in the Middle East. So in an attmept to reconsile the previous blogs I have posted with some facts, I will now show you the other side of Kuwait. The side that few military members will ever get to see, and I have been fortunate enough to enjoy.

First the mall: You all know how much I love to shop, so when a trip to the mall was needed to price some new exercise equipmet, I was the first to volunteer. The pictures below are from the Souq Sharq, or Sharq Center.





Took this picture for Emily. MAC is her favorite place and I thought is would be cool for her to see it written in English and Arabic.


This is a clock that works purely on water pressure. We stood and watched it for a few miutes to try and figure it out. In the end I am convinced it is just magic. As you can see it was about 8:08 when I took this pic. Pretty neet.



We also went the 360 mall. It was much bigger and much busier. Definitely a different vibe here. If it werent for the women dressed like Ninja's you could think you back in America for a moment. The car below was for sale in the middle of the mall. Thought it was pretty bad ass so I snapped a pic.





The best part of the mall was definitely the indoor archery range. This just has bad idea written all over it. It wasn't even in a store, just people in the middle of the mall shooting arrows. So logically we joined in on the fun. This is a picture of one of my crew enjoying in the terrorist training. I wonder if somewhere in another mall there is an indoor range where you can learn how to throw rocks at a tank?





Dinner at the mall was an adventure all to itself. I will update this in a couple of days with all of the details. Thank you all for reading, I will talk to you soon.