Episode: The Coliseum

Bonjourno!

This is some footage of a one-day trip to Rome back in July 2011. Here I recorded our tour to The Coliseum.

Enjoy

Episode: Horse Race in Budapest

Peace to you

Here’s another episode of my trips. This trip was in Budapest, the capital of Hungary. My Hungarian friends invited me and my friend Ibrahim to a horse race which was for free but was a great experience as it was my first time ever to watch a race live. How intense we become when we’re actually in the race field.

So as I stated in the video, out of mere coincidence—well I don’t believe in coincidence—there was a Kuwaiti rider! Unfortunately we couldn’t say hello to him. I’m sure we were the only Kuwaitis there!

The experience was very nice and the audience were all people from the countryside of Hungary, kind of traditional Hungarians.

I hope you enjoyed. Thanks for being here. Shine your lights!

Salam Group, Kuwait

Salam means peace in Arabic. ‘Salam Alaykum’ is the greeting of Muslims, meaning ‘Peace be upon you’. Salam Groups is a concept developed by Dr. Salah Alrashed to reinforce peaceful life philosophy around the world.

The concept has started back in 2009 on Dr. Salah Facebook page. As part of Salam International, a non-profit organization dedicated to spreading peace, love, and enlightenment, Dr. Salah suggested that every group of people within a certain city gathers once a week and just have a walk together wearing a blue scarf. The blue scarf represents peace and oneness.

In less than a year, Salam groups have been growing. As for now, there is a Salam group in more than 30 different cities around the world! Starting from Kuwait, Saudi Arabia (multiple cities), Palestine and Israel (multiple cities), Algeria (multiple cities), Qatar, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Egypt, Tunisia, Singapore, Paris, Morocco (multiple cities), Sudan, and others.

Episode: A Day in Vienna

Hallo! That’s how they greet you in Austria.

It’s been SO LONG since I posted a video. Well here’s one from my last summer trip to Austria. We visited Vienna for 3 days.

I am not a fan of crowded cities (such as, Vienna, Paris, London, etc.), I’d rather go to quite villages and experience their culture. But anyways I like it and I like the weatherrr!

I went with my dear friend, Ibrahim Alqattan. He never showed here because he was the cameraman.

The building we were at was an aquarium in Vienna. It was about 9 floors and we were at the top of it. The view was amazing!

Episode: Château in Saint-Émilion

Salam.

I visited the beautiful little town of Saint-Émilion with two friends, Rania from Morocco and Noor from Lebanon. Rania is fluent in French, and that was very helpful.

This footage was a visit to a château inside a cave where they produce different kinds of wine. No I don’t drink, thanks for asking.

Episode: Me Playing Piano in Kandy

Hello there!

This is me again playing piano in a hotel in Kandy (Sri Lanka). Actually, although this was the crappiest hotel we stayed at (it was 2-star), we really enjoyed its atmosphere and simplicity. We had this band that I showed in the first video singing for us for about an hour. And, the buffet was cool and very simple. And most importantly, they allowed me to play their piano haha

So, I know, I’m not that good, but here I go. Enjoy.

Peace.

Episode: Montpellier and Lyon

Bonjour!

So here’s another episode of my trips in France. We went to two French famous cities, Montpellier and Lyon. Both are nice! In this trip I went with my two dear friends Fatih from Turkey and Orsi from Hungary. It was a five-day trip.

I missed the train because of a strike that took place that day, public bus-drivers stopped working! This is very normal in France; every other day they have a strike, like sometimes teachers, other times bus-drivers, and so on. It’s called ‘grève’ in French.  I called a taxi, but it went awful as usual; I don’t speak French and they don’t speak English. It ended up that I walked for almost one hour to get to another bus stop to get to the train station.  I paid little extra and changed the time for my ticket and finally met my friends there!

Oh and that church in Lyon, I loved it I spent a peaceful time there. And if you wonder what those little buildings were @02:08, it was a small museum.

My friend’s name, Fatih, is an Arabic name. It means ‘the conquerer’. He sounds funny when he pronounces it in Arabic!

Cheers

Episode: DisneyLand Paris

Bonjour.

During my stay in France, my school had arranged a trip to DisneyLand Paris. We were about 80 students divided into two private buses. It was a two-day trip; first day was in DisneyLand and the second was free tour in Paris.

I love Disney; I love Disney characters; I love Disney songs; I love the values they promote, however I was disappointed by DisneyLand Paris. There weren’t much shows going on, plus the games were boring, and also the stores were not so fancy. But to be honest, the reason there were not much shows was the snow. It was end of December, The Christmas, and it was snowing and raining, so that’s why.

Anywho, I loved my visit there with friends and colleagues.

@00:55 Jenni and Orsi were teasing me by asking “you feel like home?” when we approached Aladdin’s place. Jenni even took a picture of me at that place. You think Kuwait is like this? Okay whatever :@

Au revoir

Paris with my brother

While in Bordeaux, my brother Abdulrahman who is studying in London (currently a PhD student specialized in Healthcare Management in University of Surrey) contacted me to meet in Paris, which by the way is closer to him than to me even though I was living in France. So we agreed upon a 2-day trip to Paris, he comes from London and I come from Bordeaux.

So, yeah, we visited several landmarks like la Tour Eiffel, the Champs-Élysées, couple of historical palaces, Notre Dame de Paris, and my favorite of all, Musée du Louvre.

The weather was cold back then! I don’t remember but was under 10 degrees.

Anyways here’s a picture of the two of us in l’entrée (French for ‘the entrance’) of the Louvre. For those who don’t know what it is, it’s the most beautiful and rich museum in the world although I’m not a fan of museums at all.

Episode: Sri Lanka, the lovely island 2

 

Salam!

Today is the 25th day of the holy month of Ramadhan. I wish you all—whether Muslims or non-Muslims—blissful times during what’s left, and hope your wishes come true. May you all be closer to God, to The Light and The Peace.

This is part two of my hilarious trip to Sri Lanka in 2009. I love my friends

In this video you’ll see random situations. I love this country it’s so peaceful and yet adventurous.

I didn’t include any background music on purpose; I wanted you to hear nature’s sound, birds and wind.. Oh.. Really beautiful.

Peace.