Month: December 2005

Just got back from the movies. King Kong was 3 fucking hours long!! Peter Jackson must wake up and realize not every movie can be made into a grand adventure like Lord of the Rings. I swear if it was up to him I am sure he would have turned King Kong into a trilogy. The first 1 and half hour of the movie was extremely slow, like super slow and then the ending of the movie kept on dragging on. By the 2 and a half hour mark I was ready kill King Kong myself. This movie could have easily been made into a regular sized 90 minute flick.

On the bright side the effects were the best so far. You will spend the whole movie thinking King Kong is real. His facial expressions, his fur, his movements, there is no way you could tell its a 3D rendering. Also for people who hate insects I warn you there is one scene in the movie that will gross you out, but again the insect graphics were super.

Overall though I would not recommend anyone watching this movie unless they enjoy long, boring and predictable 3 hour films.

While in the US, King Kong comes out tomorrow, in Kuwait its getting released tonight. It’s not the first time that this happens and I like it when it does.. it gives Kuwait an edge. So I went ahead and booked 2 tickets for tonight, its been a while since I have gone to the movies so it should be good. [Link]

The Sam & Max webcomic is now online. Hopefully the game will follow really soon the original was just the best. [Link]

I am going down to Beirut next week for a 10 day vacation. I don’t know if I will have Internet access there so I might not be posting anything till I come back.

Thanks to Pearl’s post I found the Yellow Pages online website and its actually pretty cool. I already tried finding a couple of numbers and they all worked. [Link]

I have been checking anonymous.kuwaitblogs.com for the past 2 days and its hillarious. I noticed more people talk about sex when they are anonymous, here is an example:

I think I’m a nymph…. I just mastrubated….. 6 times….in 10 minutes…. I came…. really hard

Its easy to setup an anonymous account and its really fun, give it a shot. [Link]

The other day I mentioned there was a competitor for Aramex, I just got the details now by email so here it is:

Dear Valued Customer,

IEC forwarding services eliminate the difficulties encountered when purchasing from US retailers. In particular:

– Many US retailers will not ship overseas.

– The US retailers that do ship internationally charge very high shipping rates.

With an account at IEC, these problems are solved!

IEC provides you with a genuine US street address that is unique to you. This is not a Post Office Box! This is your own street address that US retailers will accept as a valid shipping destination.

Account holders at IEC also enjoy very low international shipping rates, much less than rates from US retailers. Save up to 70% on international shipping!

Did anyone go to the gay party this weekend called Discock? I heard it was dedicated to Madonna or something…

Update: Someone already posted about it [Link]

The Mac store Solize has moved from Muthana Complex to Dana Complex in Salmiya (same building as Lime Light). They are located on the 4th floor, apartment 403 and you can contact them on 7215943 or 7215949. I heard from a friend though that they are selling refurbished Mac’s under the pretense they are brand new. I haven’t been able to confirm this though.

In other news, Al Ghanim Electronics are now selling iPod Videos. They are priced similar to Virgin I believe (meaning expensive like $700 for the 60GB) but at least you can get it in installments if you can’t afford the cash price. Currently only white is available but they are getting black ones in a few days.

Or should I say “was” in Kuwait. According to a reader of my blog, Vince Vaughan was in Kuwait at the end of September and he was staying at the Radisson SAS hotel. Is there anyway of finding out when celebrities like that come to Kuwait and where they would be staying AHEAD of time???

This is an Excel file with 200 logos in it. The aim of this test is to try and name the brands which belong to the logo. I was able to guess 83 right and ended up with a 42%. There were a couple of logos which looked really familiar but I just couldn’t remember who they belonged to which made things really frustrating but still very fun. [Link]

I got a video of some girls getting harassed by what I understood were some Saudi guys. The video was shot with the phone of one of the guys. I think I read about a similar incident sometime back in the papers but I am not sure if its the same incident. [3gp 1.1MB]

Google Earth is now available for OS X but only as a Beta. It was placed on MacUpdate earlier but they removed the download link. You can still get it from here though [12.53MB]

Just got a phone call from Sarita. Some of you might know her from the Aramex Shop n Ship service. She left them a while back and now works at a new place called IEC Trading who offer a similar service to Aramex except with some more advantages. I only got a few details off her but will be getting more soon. Here is what I got:

– Setting up a US mailbox costs the same, KD10
– Packages are shipped to Kuwait via FedEx and DHL
– No customs on any of your packages
– Shipping prices are the same
– On heavy packages they can give you a discount

So far everything sounds great and I will definitely be creating an account with them since Aramex have become really slow. My last package spent 7 days in UAE in transit! Once I get more details I will post them here.

They really do sell everything now. [Link]