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The Kuwait Young Film Festival is giving an opportunity to the talented youth to compete in the Kuwait Young Film Competition and the final deadline for submission is  March 10, 2011.

“We also aim to support the talented youth, by bringing them together and providing them with an opportunity to compete under the Kuwait Young Film Competition. This competition will pave the way for the new generation of film makers.

Supported by film workshops, screenings of different films and social productive gatherings that will create the perfect environment for a successful competition and a festive atmosphere.”

More details about the competition [Here].

Just found out that the Hooters Girls are heading out (or probably already here) to visit thousands of troops stationed in Iraq & Kuwait. Their Facebook page had this news posted on 6th December and here is what they wrote:

“4 Hooters Girls from around the country are heading out today to visit thousands of troops stationed in Iraq & Kuwait next week.  Hooters partnered with Pro Sports MVP to coordinate the tour alongside country music band BrokeDown Cadillac who will be performing during a 10-day morale, welfare and recreation tour.”

Are you serious?!

RedBull is having an event on December 18^th from 11.00am – 4.00pm at the Abu Hasania beach featuring the RedBull Kiteforce Team, a four men kite team from France. This should be a lot of fun to watch, these guys are amazing!

For more information check out their Facebook Event page or read more about the RedBull Kiteforce Team.

en.v is holding their 4th annual exhibition REUSE 4.0 on January 11th – 13th at the Australian College of Kuwait from 4pm to 9pm daily.

“The en.v Initiative (en.v), an organization dedicated to social responsibility in the Arab world, announces the launch of the REUSE exposition. In its fourth year, REUSE 4.0 will be held on January 11th -13th, 2011 at the Australian College of Kuwait (ACK) from 4pm to 9pm daily. REUSE 4.0 will serve as an opportunity for non-profit organizations, companies, professionals and aspiring creative talents to showcase their accomplishments in the fields of social responsibility and sustainability via a dynamic range of mediums and interactive activities with the general public.

Supported by a Title Partnership from Dow Chemical EMEA, a host of private sector partners and 150+ international and local participants from diverse disciplines, REUSE 4.0 will serve as an interactive means for dialogue and action amongst the private sector, public sector and civil society.”

I haven’t been to any of their previous exhibitions so we’ll definitely be there this time. From the looks of the photos on their project website it seems like an event not to be missed.

For more information contact The en.v Initiative on +965 2252- 4614 or read the REUSE official blog.

Al-Rayan Holding Co. is bringing together all six of their schools under one roof to hold the biggest school carnival on Dec 10th & 11th from 9am to 6pm. There will be a magic show, puppet show, play-to-win video games, sports and activities, along with a huge bazaar, attractive raffle draw prizes and a lot more.

I was at the school on Tuesday to take a look and the place is massive. The organizer gave us a tour and they’ve mapped out games and activities over the school’s entire ground area. The bazaar and restaurant area will be the central feature and seems like it’ll be quite interesting since they have a lot of vendors and restaurants signed up already.

Location: Fahaheel Al-Watanieh Indian Private School (FAIPS)  Opp. Sultan Center, St. 49, South Ahmadi

There is an entry ticket for KD 1 that enters into the raffle draw.

For more information contact 6768-2590 or visit the Al Rayan and FAIPS website.

Incase you missed out on this one Guns N’ Roses will be performing on the 16^th of Dec at Yas Arena, Abu Dhabi!

You can book your ticket online [here].

IKEA is running their annual Soft Toys campaign “One Euro is a Fortune” at present in all IKEA stores worldwide from November 24 – December 22, 2010. Here is more information from their website:

“The annual Soft Toys campaign “One Euro is a Fortune”, runs each year in November and December in IKEA stores globally. The IKEA Social Initiative donates one euro from each Soft Toy sold to UNICEF and educational projects run by Save the Children. Since its launch in 2003, proceeds from this campaign have totaled 23.7 million euros, and have supported over 50 projects in more than 25 countries including Albania, Bangladesh and Russia to Vietnam, the Ivory Coast, Uganda and China.”

Read more about the campaign and the IKEA Social Initiative.

There are 17 more days left to do your part in improving the lives of millions of children around the world.  Let’s join the movement.

Yesterday was the Annual Winter Fayre of the English School Fahaheel. The mood was very festive with happy faces, good music and the school choir adding to the merriment with all time favorite Christmas carols. But overall, it was very modest and there weren’t any exciting stalls or vendors except a few. There were school books, old DVDs, someone selling ancient computers for 5 KD, Color Me Mine, Starbucks, henna artists, Indian jewelry, homemade cheesecake and a few more. I would have tried the cheesecake if it wasn’t for the flies. The only ones I liked was a stall where I got Almarai Lozain chocolate cupcakes for free (!) and a stall selling unique Christmas gifts which were mostly handmade and very adorable. There were also some nice raffle prizes like tickets to London and Bahrain, laptop, newspaper subscriptions and more.

I was then on the lookout for something to eat and there was Pizza Hut, Sakura and Dawat restaurant. It was annoying to see that they hike up their prices at the school bazaars. Pizza Hut was offering a personal meal of small pizza , wedges and pepsi for KD 2.650! The salesperson was confused actually, he first said KD 1.750 and then his colleague quickly corrected him to KD 2.650, so I declined since it normally costs KD 1.950 and I didn’t want to support the hike. Dawat had samosas for KD 0.500 each and few other overpriced snacks. I didn’t bother to check out Sakura because I figured it would be the same story. Although MacDonalds were there too, but they just had the games and facepainting. Why is food overpriced at school bazaars?! Shouldn’t it be the same price or less?