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I am looking for a home for Toledo, he is 18 months old. He is half-Persian/ half-Bahraini.

Unfortunately, my child has developed an allergy to him so we cannot keep him.

He needs a new home with a loving family. He is very sweet and very well behaved and will come free with a litter box, scratching post and brushes.

Please call 38100340 if you can help.

Sana A.

Preparations are in full swing as the Bahrain Olympic Committee (BOC) is gearing up to celebrate the Olympic Day on June 23, with a packed recreation campaign scheduled to commence next week at Khalifa Park in Arad.

Flags and banners will soon be set up across different parts of Bahrain, while a recreation campaign is to be launched through different social networks like twitter, facebook and Instagram, in order to present this annual occasion to the public and invite them to take part.

The campaign will feature a variety of programmes, such as entertainment shows, a walkathon, kids games zone, exhibition on health and sport products, as well as other entertaining contests, all to take place from 5pm till 10pm.

The Olympic Day is a celebration for youth around the world to observe the Olympic values of Fair Play, Perseverance, Respect and Sportsmanship. It is also a day to celebrate the International Olympic Committee’s three pillars: Move, Learn and Discover.

It was introduced in 1948 to commemorate the birth of the modern Olympic Games on June 23, 1894, with the ultimate goal being to promote participation in sport across the globe regardless of age, gender or athletic ability.

Over the last 20 years, the Olympic Day has been associated with Olympic Day Runs all over the world. From 45 participating National Olympic Committees (NOCs) in the first edition in 1987, the numbers have grown to nearly 200 participating NOCs.

Hassan Abdullatif, Organising Committee’s Marketing and Publications Committee chairman.

You were right with last week’s review of Manama Theatre Club’s The Complete Works of Shakespeare (Abridged) at the British Club. It was an amazingly good performance.

They held us under their control the entire time. Such a shame Martyn Wharrie is moving on, Bahrain’s theatre field needs him!

Christine,
By email.

I feel quite let down having read last week’s front page article Don’t Starve in Uni.
 
Calling all teenagers, local or expat, ‘pampered’ is simply crossing all lines of basic etiquette.

I am an expat teenager studying in Bahrain and I have many Bahraini friends. I would like to inform reporter Mai Al Khatib-Camille that not all of us are pampered.

Yes, many of us don’t know how to cook but that does not make us pampered.

Many of us do have a help at home, but that does not make us pampered.

Most of us are as responsible and as upright as anyone-else. It is just that times and priorities have changed and have taken different shapes and colours.

Probably GulfWeekly has not considered the context of the current times and is still beating down the old and battered path.

It seems so much easy to paint all teenagers pampered and spoilt.

A disgruntled reader, Sam Pitroda,
by email.

Editor’s note:
Thank you for your email, it’s always important to listen to feedback from our readers.

As Editor, I happily take full responsibility for the style and content of published material, rather than the individual reporter.

On a personal note, I can appreciate the label of pampered expat/local may appear a little tired and worn, however, as a parent of four children, two having grown up in the UK and two in the Gulf, I sincerely believe the two living in Bahrain have indeed been pampered. I’ve not got a problem with that, they are just very lucky to be living in this environment.

In the UK they would NOT have a maid and they would certainly have to learn to cook as they would probably have to cope with being ‘latchkey kids’ as both parents would be working full-time (and paying extortionate taxes) just to make ends meet!

Don’t knock being pampered and privileged – enjoy the experience whilst you can!