Happy New Year to Me!

Yesterday it was Sergei Krikalev's birthday and it felt like new year to me. I don't know why. I think so many things happened in life since his birthday. Let's state what things I have accomplished in space-related activities:

1. Attended Space Generation Congress and International Astronautical Congress in Fukuoka, Japan.
2. Interviewed for space documentary movie.
3. Attended SIA Board meeting as Kuwait Coordinator.
4. Had lunch and nice sushi dinner with CEO of RocketPlane, a space tourism company based in Oklahoma. And we actually discuss on how getting Kuwaiti interested in space and building a space port.
5. Gave a lecture about amateur satellites communication for students of Kuwait Amateur Radio Society.
6. Coordinated first World Space Week 2005 at The Kuwait Scientific Center.
7. Celebrated Yuri's Night with young space enthusiastic in Kuwait.
8. Established new space learning center at Kuwait Science Club.
9. Coordinated radio contact for Kuwaiti Students with crew of International Space Station.
10. Had a fun trip to Failaka island with memebrs of Kuwait Science Club to watch Perseid meteor shower.
11. Interviews by various media such as TV, radio, newspapers and magazines.

Uh, I think so many things happened for a year now. It was such a good year and I think the best. I have been so busy that I don't update my blog much often but I promise to try to update it periodicaly as much as possible.

My Krikalev new year's resolutions are:

1. To attend Space Generation Congress and International Astronautical Congress in Valencia, Spain
2. To study Russian language in Russia
3. To study aerospace engineering in Russia
4. To visit my best ham radio friend, Cor in Holland
5. To open space exhibit at Kuwait Science Club next summer
6. To meet Sergei Krikalev