PARTICIPATE IN NASA'S GLOBAL SELFIE EVENT AND CELEBRATE EARTH DAY - BE A PART OF THE BLUE MARBLE

NASA participates in Earth Day this year with the agency's #GlobalSelfie event, asking people to take a photo of themselves outside and post it to social media using the hashtag #GlobalSelfie. NASA will use the images to create a mosaic image of Earth -- a new "Blue Marble" built bit by bit with your photos. 

Get more info on how to participate. Visit  NASA'S Selfie Event page

WHAT COLOR IS YOUR AURA? - TAKE THIS QUIZ AND SEE

Whenever you came across the term aura or read about it, have you wondered what might the color of your aura? I've always wondered.  I came about this quiz. It's fun. I enjoyed the questions that were asked. And as for my aura, I got green and the explanation for green aura was definitely pertaining to me!

Try the quiz and see what you get....

http://quizsocial.com/what-color-is-your-aura/

SOLAR FARM IN WAFRA

I couldn't ask the staff why the farm was named Solar farm and if they used solar energy at the farm because of the language barrier. The farm was open and there was one more family visiting besides us. The farm didn't have any vegetables or fruits yet. There were lots of green houses that had tiny plants growing. I couldn't make out what they were. With my limited understanding of what the staff tried to tell me, was that they have just planted the seeds and it will take a while for the harvest. I did get excited when I saw very young banana plants in plenty and a variety of flowers being grown for sale. Banana plants would look fabulous once they are fully grown with a large bunch of bananas. In some parts of India and few other Asian countries, the big beautiful leaves of the banana plant is used for serving food and even used for wrapping and steaming certain rice based items. Some recipes have fish in exotic spices wrapped in banana leaves are steamed or shallow fried! Large leaves are also used for serving cooked meals instead of a plate or even to decorate a plate as a base for serving!. 

There was an enclosure were deers were kept. The duck and goose farm and chicken farm was nice. I liked the wide open spaces where the birds could roam freely. We then passed by a goat farm, where three different breeds of goats were reared separately. They looked healthy and one particular breed looked unique. You will see that in the photos. We were told they are reared for their meat and not for milk. If you offer them grass, they will try to climb up and reach out. 

We visited Solar farm on Saturday afternoon. Now that the weather is fluctuating between warm and hot during the day time and afternoons, the best time to be at the farms in Wafra would be close to 4 pm for slightly after. The Solar farm is on the way while driving towards Yasmin Farms. If you look at how the entrance to the farm looks like in my photograph it will be easy to spot. I am giving a map link to Yasmin Farm. Look out for the Solar farm located around 500 metres to less than 1 km before Yasmin Farms. I would suggest for you to visit both the farms. There is no entrance fee to Solar Farm. Yasmin farm has a golf car tour of their farm for 10 KD. Their golf car can hold at least five to six persons. 

Yasmin farm location  map

FORMULA ONE RACE CAR SHOW RUN TO BE HELD NEAR KUWAIT TOWERS

On Saturday evening we passed by Marina Crescent and I walked towards what I thought was the Red Bull Formula One Racing Car and yes of course it was, while my husband waited for me near the fountain. Then I remembered, as a part of the Infiniti Red Bull Formula one showrun event, the racing car was to be displayed at several locations before the actual event, so here it was at Marina Crescent. It's the first time, I saw a Formula one car in such close quarters. In my mind, the formula one car was always bigger in size and to see how very low in height and sleek it really is, wow, that was nice. These cars are not designed for regular driving. They are built purely for speed and racing. How do those race drivers fit in the cockpit comfortably and race in high speeds? I told my husband, that was the Red Bull Formula One Racing car, in case he didn't notice and he smiled and went, 'I know'. He always finds it amusing how I find excitement in the littlest to the biggest things. 

On a serious and more interesting note, Infiniti Red Bull Formula 1 show run will be done by Spanish junior driver Carlos Sainz near the Kuwait Towers on Friday 28 March at 2pm. Sainz will perform a full repertoire of donuts, burnouts and speed stretches on an 800-meter long urban track stretching from Bneid El Gar signal light to the Kuwait Towers for the public. The Red Bull Formula one car which accelerates from 0-100km/h in 2.4 seconds will reach speeds of 250km/h and above. Chris Pfeiffer, a four-time World Stunt Riding Champion and one of the best stunt riders in the world will entertain the spectators with his tricks.

Now this is a first time affair in Kuwait and there is much hype and we do look forward to being there to watch the show run. How about you? Bring your family, your children and enjoy the showrun. 

This event is sponsored by Infiniti, Pirelli and is held with the cooperation of KMRC.

Here are two photos I took of the Infiniti Red bull Formula one car at Marina Crescent followed by the flyer announcing the showrun and the map of the stretch where the show will be performed.

Infiniti Red Bull Formula one showrun: Friday 28 March 2014
Location : Stretch between Bneid Al Gar traffic signal and Kuwait Towers
Time : 2 pm to 5 pm

 

MY PHOTOS FOR THE DAY - SHEEP GRAZING IN WAFRA

While driving inside Wafra, we came across a herd of sheep grazing. My husband parked the car for me and I got out and went close to the herd. None of them looked up. They were so busy with their heads buried in the scattered desert grass.  I think they did get a bit frightened. They began to move away from where I stood. I had to keep walking along with them to get a few pictures.