Life lately as per iPhone pictures

After a long forgotten promise... I'm back to post "life lately as per iPhone pictures". A brief re-cap... I was working and staying in Kuwait last year.... then decided to quit my job and to stay with my husband.. who had been staying in Taiwan for past 1.5 years.

My New Luv... Instagram

I joined Instagram in March this year and have been hooked onto it ever since.... Got an Instacanvas gallery too... @ http://instacanv.as/shilpainkuwait


Have a lookie whenever you can and honest feedback for the pictures I click would be highly appreciated :)


I can be found @shilpainkuwait on Instagram ~~ please read it as Shilpa-in-Kuwait and not Shil-pain-Kuwait ;-)

This was my first picture on Instagram that I posted for my blogger friend's 2-year blog anniversary contest  (Expat and the City) and fell in love with Instagram since then ❤❤❤


And continuing the tradition... my songs for the moment are:

1. Firework by Katy Perry (Talking about photography)

2. Fireflies by Owl City (When I'm talking about Instagram.. coz it makes me feel dreamy and fuzzy in a fun way :) )

I'll be posting "Life according to iPhone pics" soon :-)

Reflecting - past 6 months ~ Song for today

Time flies away as we sit and watch our life uncover itself before us, as if we are mere spectators in our own journey of life.... It's been 6 months since I landed in Kuwait... and seems like yesterday...

Kuwait has managed to take me by surprise and make me feel at home and made a lot of dreams come true... Even though while I've been here... I've lost someone close to me but I've also gained a lot of friends here.... and not sure what am I blabbing about... I guess just feeling Thankful to GOD for everything !

And even though everything's going great... There's a nagging feeling that something's not right, for which I'm at loss of words... Guess its the limitation of physical activity and not being able to go walking in a park, unable to drive though roads with lush green trees is what's causing all of this... but anyhoo...

Just like I started my blog journey in Kuwait... here's the next song for what I feel like now in Kuwait... the English readers might not be able to understand it.. as its a Hindi song...

Phir se Ud chala - Rockstar movie - Ranbir Singh link here ... and for readers (not sure if  there are any... hehehe) who do not understand the lyrics.. this might help :-)

Oh ! And if like me, you also fell in love with the actor in this song.. you can read about him here ... He's one of the awesome Indian Actors... Ranbir Kapoor... too cute for words :-D

Know any good swimming pools ?

I want to swim over the weekends but unable to find good pools in Kuwait. If any1 out there knows about any good swimming pools... pls lemme know :-) My requirement is simple.... It should be an indoor pool ( Being an Indian... I obviously don't need any tanning ! ;-) )

So, if u know any good indoor swimming pools, pls pls pls let me know :-)

Happy Summer season everyone ! Enjoy the heat and fun summer activities :-)

The world is going bonkers !! (at least around me!)

What's happening to the world? How are the governments setting their priorities ?

Local stores and supermarkets are running out of dairy products and fresh produce coz of the recent Kuwait Airways worker's strike (link here).... BUT there's no problem with the exports related to the most important thing for the nation - OIL!! Duh !!

I fail to understand... Is Oil more important that food...... This country doesn't fail to surprise me at all !!

New Avatar !

It's so easy to get stuck in a routine and stop trying new things... So, here I am... stirring things up a little bit !

Took me 2 hours to change the look of my blog... and I'm content with how it looks now... It's quite similar to what I want this blog to be... Happy Happy Happy !!

Yoga is awesome !!

This is an overdue post... so, here it goes...

A detailed review of the yoga classes :-D

I joined yoga classes more than a month back... and have already lost 4 Kg(s)... Of course, I'm not kidding !! To start with, let me clarify which type of yoga I do... A lot of people confuse yoga with meditation. Meditation is a part of yoga, but not the only thing... Yoga has a lot of exercises too, which is what I do...

The main motive for me to join yoga classes was to lose weight... and it helps you do just that while making you healthier, as you don't really need to go on a diet ! I go to the yoga studio thrice a week, for an hour (3 hours in a week) and it costs me 20 KD for a month.

I had not exercised in a looong time, so when I started exercising, I lost the weight I had gained due to extra water retention in the body (I was really bloated !) It's sooo awesome now !! I absolutely look forward to my yoga classes !!

The yoga trainer is a good man, he really knows what he's doing. And if you end up doing some yoga pose incorrectly and pull a muscle or something, he would treat u on the spot... he has treated some really bad cases of spine and other kinds of physical injuries.... he's that good !

I have a cervical problem, and cannot do any exercises that involve bending forward.... and he explained me how to do those exercises without bending, which no one else had told me yet ! He's even treated my back ache, and I feel much better, lighter now...

I would rate these classes a perfect 10/10 !! So, if you are in Kuwait (Salmiya to be specific) and look forward to getting in shape for the summers, you know what to do ;-)

If you're interested in joining these yoga classes, please send me an email and I would forward you the contact details :-)