I was very surprised to see so many participants in NBK’s walkathon yesterday as I got out of Sultan Centre, which started at 3pm but I was even much more surprised to how much they littered around. Good cause, huh? They should’ve also called it Litter-athon.

I couldn’t decide where I wanted to go to eat so I left that part for Chika and she thought we should go to La Marina Cafe in Souq Sharq. I do remember going there once before but I don’t remember what I had.

At 5pm, I met up with Chika and her co-worker Blue Dress, both of them work with my husband at the company. I had my co-worker Dodo with me and her little sister Amani came along with us to entertain Hassan lol.

All of us were starving so we agreed that we should eat first and then shop. I felt so lost when I looked at the menu because everything looked so damn good, then both Chika and Blue suggested I order Hamour fish in potato bag, I believe that’s what it was called. It was quite tasty, yum yum *licks lips!*

I have never seen Hassan so much hyper. He was so shy and quiet at first. When the ice was broken things got quite crazy. He got so attached to Chika that he didn’t want to let go of her even after waving our goodbyes. He seemed to enjoy their company more than me. I really had to literally drag him out of there. He was being extra naughty, screaming and rolling on the floors. I couldn’t believe it when he hit a guy and his son as they were walking with their family. I could see his wife roll her eyes and give us dirty looks. The guy just smiled back but I felt so embarrassed. This was out of my hands!

Before leaving we did a little shopping, catching up with a bit of gossiping and then we had to leave. I really felt relieved when he dozed away in his seat as I drove back home. It was fun but tiring for all of us especially when you’ve got a very active baby running all around the mall. Yesterday got me thinking of putting my baby in a nursery school, just to get him disciplined. I don’t think I’m doing a good job lol.

I’m planning to go out with Chika this week but I still haven’t decided where we should go to eat and she has given me the choice, I always have a hard time choosing food, so after some thought my options are as follows:

1. Choco Bar. They have a tasty chicken sandwich, great pasta and very nice food presentation. I’m in favour of it.
2. Pizza Express. I like their food but I hate their slow service and they don’t have an excuse because it’s hardly busy.
3. Nino. I love their food menu, love their place but I hate the fact it’s busy on weekends.
4. Greens. I love chinese food but I’ve never been to this place so I won’t know how good their food is, until I try it, otherwise it’s a bad idea.
5. Tumbleweed. I’m not a big fan of mexican food but their food is not bad.
6. I love Labanese food better but I don’t know if we should go to Awtar, since both of us are big fans of their food.

That’s about it, I guess, it could’ve been longer.

Baby learned a few new words:

- Says “deen” as in “zeen”

- Says “ogey” instead of “okay”

- Says “tah” meaning he dropped sth

- Says “shhh shhh” and puts his index finger over his lips

I think I’ve found a good consultant pediatrician who works at Dar AlShifa hospital. He didn’t merely prescribe my baby with all medication there is in their pharmacy like so many other private doctors would have done, as though my baby is down with a flu, an allergy, and has a vitamin deficiency.

So many times I ask them if it’s necessary to start my baby with antibiotics, some doctors would tell me to buy the antibiotics because he really needs it while others would insist that I get it just in case he needs it, if I refuse they’d reply back “you’re covered, why worry about it?”

I’m always left feeling suspicious and quite puzzled. I didn’t want to believe they were basically selling medication to me. Otherwise why would a pediatrician give a parent an antibiotic prescription if their baby doesn’t really need it unless there’s a greater cause than my baby’s well being in the long run.

Instead this doctor thought it would be best for me to wait and see before trying anything else because it wasn’t in my baby’s best interest to get started on antibiotics for a little fever, putting in mind that he was on 3 different antibiotics in less than a year, unless he has a real ear infection caused from a bacterial infection, not a viral one, which is quite rare btw but seems quite common to so many doctors here in Kuwait! I want to give my baby a chance to fight this and therefore all I’m giving my baby are fever reducing medicines until the picture is clear.

For once I trust this one doctor and I couldn’t argue with him whatsoever because I know he’s doing the right thing. For the first time I didn’t go for a second opinion. I know he cares for my baby. Let’s hope to see more of him, though it’s very unlikely.

Just finished eating two slices of Pizza Hut’s new shawerma pizza and working on the third. I choose beef as the topping and it was damn tasty, got here in less than 30 min. I really feel like ordering another one because I have an urge to finish the whole pizza all at once, that’s something I’ve never ever done before. What can I say, the taste is truly great.

P.s. I’ll upload the picture of the last slice later and maybe never, yum yum.

I cooked machboos with meat. In spite of my efforts to cook it on low heat, the meat was still not as tender as I would have liked, even the rice wasn’t any better, but I should say everything needed 30 minutes extra.