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I’ve had my Lotus Exige now for nearly three months and during this time I had a bunch of things done to the car in terms of upgrades and improvements. This post is mostly for people trying to google info on the Lotus, so if you’re not into cars in general, just skip this post. Before I get into the specifics of what I’ve done to the car, I do want to highlight one aspect of owning a Lotus that I wasn’t expecting, the amazing community.

The Lotus Community
The Lotus community has been pretty great so far, from the local dealership to online forums and even the main Lotus factory. Everyone is just so friendly and helpful. Like I’ve already mentioned in my previous posts on the car, the local dealer Alghanim has been incredible, I’ve got the brand manager whom I whatsapp whenever I need anything and is now more like a friend then a brand manager, I also have the same Lotus technician I deal with every time I’m at the garage whom I’m on a first name basis, so the whole experience feels very personalized. I’m also in contact with the only other Exige owner in Kuwait at the moment and we’re planning to meet up soon for a photoshoot. I want to see what he’s done to the car and show him what I’ve done. There is another Exige arriving any day now and its going to a guy who’s connected to my circle of friends as well and then there is another Exige arriving by the end of summer that will belong to a close friend. So we’re going to have a pretty great little Exige community popping up here in Kuwait soon.

But its not only in Kuwait where I’ve been having a great experience with Lotus people. When I first got the car I contacted Lotus in the UK regarding some questions I had with the AC, a guy called Tony who is their ‘Technical & Training’ guy responded to me within a few hours. When I emailed him some feedback regarding the AC system, he forwarded my email to their electrical and HVAC department so they could check it out. They actually care about their customers and since we are a small community take all feedback into consideration. A couple of days ago I had another question which I emailed him and again within a few hours he got back to me. Someone at the Lotus factory is replying to my emails in a few hours, I mean I don’t reply that fast to people who email my blog, it’s really impressive how personal the whole experience feels.

The people in the forums are also amazing. Since I got the car I’ve been an active user in The Lotus Forums and I’ve been trying to contribute to the community as much as I can [eg 1, 2, 3 and 4]. Since there are only a few hundred Exige (V6) owners around the world, there really isn’t much documentation and reviews online on various accessories and upgrades you can perform on the car. So whatever I’ve been doing, I’ve been documenting and sharing with the community.

The Upgrades
So like I mentioned at the start of this post, I went through a first round of different upgrades for the car, below is a list of what I’ve done so far.

Sound System
The first thing I did as soon as I got the car was upgrade the sound system. The car had four cheap-ass speakers and a very basic single-DIN car stereo that didn’t even have bluetooth. So I decided to upgrade the car with the following setup:

Alpine CDE-HD149BT Receiver
Alpine KTP-445A Amp
Focal 100AC Access Series Speakers (Front)
Focal 130AC Access Series Speakers (Rear)

The whole setup looks stock with the amp also hidden in the dashboard so you wouldn’t really be able to tell I changed anything. But sound wise its a huge improvement over the stock sound system and it didn’t really cost me much for basically what is top of the line stuff.

Carbon Fiber Covers for the Engine Bay
This was strictly a cosmetic and practicality upgrade. You can see the Lotus engine through the glass boot and since we have a lot of dust in Kuwait, I have to clean the engine bay every so often so that it looks presentable under the glass. I kept having trouble dusting one of the large plastic covers in the engine bay because it had a rough texture. So I ordered a pair of glossy carbon fiber covers from Komo-tec in Germany, and now the engine is sandwiched between two shiny carbon fiber pieces. If you want to see how the engine bay looked like before, click [Here]

2Bular Exhaust System
This was the biggest upgrade I did to the car, I swapped out the stock exhaust for one by 2Bular. There are three popular exhaust brands for the Lotus, 2Bular, Komo-tec and Larini, all three cost the same so in the end it came down to aesthetics and sound signature. 2Bular won on both those counts for me. The 2Bular exhausts are hand built by a guy called Jim Valentine in Aberdeen and he just does Lotus exhausts and nothing else. It took around a month from when I placed an order, had him build it and then get it shipped and delivered to my door here in Kuwait. Last year he had a backlog of orders and so was taking months to deliver the exhausts to customers which is why I was grateful it just took a month in my case. I had the exhaust installed at a local garage called Gemballa and I’m currently in the processes of breaking it in. It sounds really angry so far, but like the stock exhaust its also valved which means I can have it quiet when I want it quiet, and loud when I want it loud.

Soft Top
This is the last thing I got but won’t be using it till fall when the weather cools down. During the cold months I’ll be removing the hard top roof on the car and replacing it with the soft top. It will make taking off and putting on the roof a lot easier plus it rolls up and fits in the trunk, something I couldn’t do with the hard top. New at the local dealer the soft top costs KD900, but I found a used one on the German eBay for KD400 shipped to Kuwait. I decided it was too good a deal to pass and just bought it and will now store it till winter.

Whats Next?
Nothing, I think I’m done for now. I’m considering getting a small sub for the sound system, but because of the size of the car, it’s gonna be a bit of a headache to install and hide which is why I haven’t pulled the trigger on it yet. Other than that though I think I’m done with all the upgrades. I fucking love this car and I’m so glad I’ve got a friend getting one because we basically spend the whole time now sharing Exige videos and talking about the cars. It’s so much fun.

It’s been a month since I bought the Lotus, and in this month I managed to drive just over 3000KM and even shipped it to Bahrain to race it on their GP circuit. When I first got the car I was in love with it but after this weekends trip to Bahrain, I’m now even more in love with it if thats somehow even possible.

So far modification wise, I’ve done two things to the car, the first was to swap out the shitty stock radio with a much better one that has bluetooth at least. The second thing I did was to get front paint protection from ProTech. So the whole front of the car till the windshield is now protected with an invisible film. I wouldn’t usually do this but because its such a low car and I’m driving it daily, I figured it would be worth getting the protection for the long run. I also ordered some better speakers and I should be installing those myself sometime this week. I don’t think I’ll be doing any other modifications after I get the sound system up to spec, I’ll possibly get window tinting but thats about it.

I’ve been driving the car daily since I got it, it’s now my main daily drive while the FJ has become my going to Shuwaikh or going to chalet car. Although the Lotus suspension is pretty stiff, its not uncomfortable at all and I don’t even have issues with the front and bottom of the car scraping on speed bumps even though the car is super low. I did nearly have an issue after shopping at Allsaints, their bag was too big to fit in my trunk. But, after a bit of origami work, I managed to shrink the bag enough to close the trunk lid. So yeah I definitely won’t be picking up people from the airport in the Lotus, not unless they’re traveling with just their wallet and phone.

Sorry about the terrible angle, will fix it next time

When I took the car to track day in Bahrain, thats where I fell in love with the car even more. Racing on the track in the Lotus was a ridiculous amount of fun. It’s extremely well balanced on turns, has minimal body roll, lots of power and as expected, incredible handling. The steering wheel isn’t powered so on the track it was providing me with so much feedback that there is no way I would now want to go back to a car with powered steering for track use. I did the full track day at the Bahrain International Circuit which was from 4PM to 11PM at night and the car handled it like a champ. The sessions were divided between cars and motorbikes, 30 minutes cars, 30 minutes bikes. Over the course of the 30 minute session I never faced any issues like overheating or brakes starting to fade. If it wasn’t for the 30 minute session limit, I could keep going on and on and on.

Photo courtesy of Bahrain International Circuit

The only thing that actually would prevent me from going on and on is the size of the fuel tank, it’s tiny (43l). After every two sessions I had to drive to the gas station down the street from the race track and fill up my tank full again. I filled up like 4 times that afternoon. Other than that I didn’t really have any main issues. I need a new set of tires and thats gonna set me back like KD450 which sucks. I actually need to work out some kind of deal with Pirelli since I’m going to be visiting them quite often.

I also had two issues with the car which I’m guessing are related to my hard driving on the track. The first issue was that my car wouldn’t lock by remote because it kept thinking my rear hood was open even though it wasn’t. The second issue was with my AC blower knob, when I’d switch it to blower speed 3, the AC would shut off but would work fine on speed 1 and 2. So after the car came back from Bahrain yesterday, I dropped it off at the dealer and they just messaged me awhile ago telling me they fixed both issues and to go in and pick up the car.

I’m loving their service so far and they’re not giving me extra special treatment because I’m Mark. A friend of mine also bought a Lotus a couple of weeks ago and the first thing he told me was how much he loved their service. They really are great, I whatsapp the brand manager for example all the time with the most mundane things, and he hasn’t blocked me yet! (Thank you Waleed)

So would I recommend the Lotus? YES, for sure. Before I bought the car I was torn between it, the BMW M2 and the Porsche Cayman GT4 but now after spending a month with that car I know I made the right choice. A friend of mine just bought a Lotus as well and I have another friend who’s considering the Exige 380 Cup in the beautiful baby blue color (like in the video above). You need to get in and drive a Lotus to understand what all the fuss is about. I already told the Lotus dealer they should hook me up with free brake pads and tires for every referral I send their way but I think they think I’m kidding. I’m not. Like with all brands I love, I tend to promote them like I own them and it’s no different with Lotus, I’ve been promoting the hell out of them.

For those of you who’re interested in tracking your car in Bahrain, stay tuned for a separate post on how you could do that as well.

I’ve been a Lotus fan for sometime now and a few years ago when a friend of mine sold his, I regretted not buying it off him myself. The fact that there’s a dealership now makes me even regret it more but I got over it, or at least I thought I had until this weekend. Thursday morning I picked up a brand new Lotus Exige S from the dealership to use over the weekend, and after giving it back yesterday my feelings on it haven’t changed, I still love and want the car.

Let me get this out of the way first, this isn’t the car for you. Well at least 99.9% of you and I’ll explain why.

Notice I use the side pillars in the car like a bookshelf for my phone and wallet.

As a regular car the Exige is horrible and I don’t even know where to begin. The seats? The most uncomfortable seats I’ve ever sat in and you can’t adjust them. The car is super tiny on the inside, I mean my Datsun is tiny but it’s actually huge compared to the Exige. It’s so tiny that the passenger seat is stuck to your seat, I actually kept buckling my seatbelt into the passenger side seatbelt accidently because they’re so close. It can be pretty awkward on a first date but you know whats even more awkward? Getting in or out of the car. There is no way, and I really mean no way to get in and out of the car gracefully no matter how hard you try. This mostly has to do with the fact that there is a huge pillar you need to climb over to get into the seat and the fact the car is so low it makes the whole process very awkward. There are even videos online that show you how to get in and out of the car! Watch [This One] and then [This One]. The fact you need to watch a video to show you how to get in and out of the car should give you an idea that this isn’t a normal car. Also when I say this is a low car I mean this is a LOW car. I drove by a mini cooper on the Gulf Road and all I could see was the mini’s door handle. The Exige is so low it can drive under parking gates.

But wait I’m not done yet! There is so much more that doesn’t make sense in the car. To turn the lights on at night you press one button, to turn it off you need to press two different buttons. Why?? Before getting the car I thought the AC might not be good enough for Kuwait’s weather but my issue with the AC this weekend was that it was too much for the Exige. For a car thats slightly larger than an iPad I don’t understand why it has 8 AC vents, 4 in the front, and then 4 right behind you facing the front. At the lowest fan setting there was still too much AC for the size of the car. I spent most of the time closing vents and opening the window to balance the temperature inside the car. If there is a place I want to be in the summer its the ice skating rink and the inside of this Lotus. What else did I find terrible in the car? The stereo, easily the worst sound system in any car I’ve ever driven, it’s slightly better than my Datsun’s sound system from the 70s and that’s because I could plug my iPhone into it. I really need to go back and talk about the size of the interior again, the car is so small that without moving from my seat, I high-fived a friend who was standing outside the passenger side window. I’m not exaggerating, that incident actually happened. Interior glove compartment? Nope. Trunk space? It’s big enough to fit a backpack… maybe. The steering wheel also isn’t powered so I hope you’ve been working out since parking this car is a workout. Speaking of parking, the visibility out of the rear window is terrible and there are plenty of blindspots all around. Reversing from my parked position back onto a main road involved so much back and forth head movement, to a passerby I must have looked like I was having an epileptic seizure.

Thats how close the seats are!

But, with all that being said, when you buy an Exige you know what you’re getting into. You wouldn’t get into a Formula 1 race car and then complain that it doesn’t have a cup holder. You’re not expected to be able to pick up your visiting relatives from the airport in an Exige or even doing something as simple as dropping your mum off at the hairdresser (she either won’t be able to get in or won’t be able to get out).

The Lotus Exige S weighs only 950KG 1175KG but has a 345HP supercharged engine. It does 0 to 60mph in 3.7 seconds and a top speed that is electronically limited to 233km/h. It’s small, it’s very fast and most importantly, it’s a ton of fun. This weekend I had a blast with the car and I wish I could do it again the next weekend and the weekend after that. It’s all the negatives in the earlier paragraph that makes this car so great. Sure I would have loved a better sound system but I’d rather have a shitty sound system and keep the car small and simple, than an amazing sound system that would add weight, need a larger interior and add complications to the car. Every decision in this car was made not to sacrifice performance and performance is what you get here. Just ask Chris Harris. The car is really easy to drive fast which makes it very driver friendly.

The interior is very barebones, all you will get is 3 knobs for the AC, an Alpine stereo, 3 buttons for the lights and then buttons for changing gears. That’s the whole interior. Even the speedometer cluster doesn’t contain any information other than your speed, RPM, a digital read out of your speed and a few warning lights. It’s going back to basics which is something I’ve started appreciating because of my Datsun. You don’t need a large touch screen, you don’t need 12 cupholders, you don’t need automatic folding mirrors or interior mood lights, you don’t need majority of the stuff in your car. With the Exige, it’s just you, the car and the road. No distractions.

Visually the car is a work of art. From all the cars I’ve ever driven, none got me as much attention as this one did. Everywhere I went people were checking the car out. Even hotel valets who’ve come across everything where checking the Exige out. Actually pulling up to valet in an Exige was fun, I was like I want to park here and they just moved a car for me and I parked in it’s place right at the front of the hotel entrance. Park an Exige next to a Ferrari and more people will likely check out the Exige just because it’s such a rare and over the top looking car.

With all the misgivings of this car I actually loved it and I now more than ever regret not getting if off my friend. The only thing I really would want them to improve on is the seat but other than that I didn’t mind all the weird issues the car had. The price? The Exige S starts at KD27,000 which I think is a fair price… if it was a car I could drive everyday. But it isn’t which makes this price difficult to swallow. This isn’t a daily driver, it’s barely a car you want to drive even just on weekends. This is a track car first, road car second which is why it would be perfect in countries that have race tracks like Bahrain and UAE. It’s a car you can take to the track on the weekend, be competitive and then drive it to work the day after. But sadly for us, we don’t have a race track here so it’s hard to justify the Exige. But, I’ll be test driving the Lotus Evora soon which is supposed to be everything the Exige is except with the extra amenities that make it a better everyday car. So I’m looking forward to that.

For more information on Lotus cars or if you’d like to test drive one, check out the local dealers instagram account @alghanimlotuskw

A friend of mine is selling his Lotus and NegativEffect put this video together for him. I love the sound the car makes… [YouTube]

Note: My birthday is coming up if anyone is interested hint hint

Since we’re on the subject of cars, exactly a year ago I picked up my 380 Cup from the dealership and since then I’ve done around 10,000KM on the car including four track days in Bahrain. Because Lotus isn’t very popular in Kuwait (or anywhere else really), I decided I’d do a writeup, a sort of a long term review of the car and the local dealership.

As some of you know I had another Lotus before this one. That one kept giving me random problems, but this Lotus has been pretty good so far. I’ve really only had two issues and both were minor:

– Front access panel would loosen up at high speed
– Hazard light button would get stuck sometimes

Both those issues were fixed easily under warranty. Speaking of which, my car’s warranty expires today since it’s just a 1-year warranty. This is the only Lotus I am aware of that has a 1-year warranty, I think the rest have 2 or 3 years but because mine is a special edition with only 60 built, it has just a 1-year. That really sucks but Lotus have the option to extend the warranty for another year for a fee. I’m currently waiting to hear from them how much that fee is, hopefully, it won’t be much.

I actually just got the car back from Bahrain this Sunday. I had kept the car in Bahrain for a bit more than 6 weeks so I could take part in open track days on the Bahrain International Circuit while saving money on having to keep shipping the car back and forth. I got three track days done and just brought back the car to Kuwait so I can get the oil changed and 10,000KM service done. My Lotus did not miss our horrible broken roads that’s for sure.

On the track, the car has been great. I pretty much drive it hard non-stop through the whole session and don’t run into any overheating issues or even brake pedal fade. After four track days, the brake pads are also still full and even the Michelin Cup 2 tires not that worn. Having a lightweight car definitely saves you a lot in consumables. On normal roads, day to day driving I find the car super fun to drive. My car is the European spec, not the GCC spec so it doesn’t have the secondary AC unit behind the seats which my previous Lotus had. I used to find that AC freezing cold 10 months out of the year and it was super annoying because you couldn’t turn off the secondary AC unit. With this Lotus, for 2 months of the year I drive it mostly at night, but then the rest of the year the AC is more than enough. I actually didn’t really face any major cooling issues during the summer, the AC cooled the car enough but I also always parked it in shaded parking. I’d imagine the car would take a long time to cool down if you parked it in the sun, but really I don’t miss the dual AC system of the GCC spec cars. If you’re wondering what the advantage of a Euro spec car is, basically because you have space behind the seats you can install a 4-way seat belt harness and bar. You can’t do that on GCC spec cars since that gap behind the seats is taken with the secondary AC unit.

Moneywise I haven’t really spent that much on the car. I paid around KD200 for the harness bar and 4-way seatbelt, I bought a new racing helmet and gloves, but that’s really it. Oh and I changed the oil back in December before sending the car to Bahrain and it cost me KD60 at the dealership. That isn’t too bad, double what I pay for my FJ, but also like a fifth of the cost of a Lamborghini oil change. So it’s reasonable in that sense. But I do have an issue with the dealer’s prices on parts. New brake pads at the dealer costs KD358, but the same OEM pads can be ordered online for KD100 and KD200 would get you some serious racing pads. I’m not to concerned about the price of the pads since I can just order them online when the time comes. But what I am concerned about is larger pieces like body panels. I’m worried if I crash on the race track how much the body panels and carbon fiber parts are going to cost and I’m too afraid to ask. I don’t think it’s the fault of the local dealer since the local dealer gets everything through Dubai. I think Lotus Dubai are the reason to blame on the high cost of parts.

Generally, though I’m really satisfied with Alghanim who are the local dealer’s. Everyone is just extremely friendly and helpful from the mechanics to the showroom manager up to the aftersales manager. I also love the fact that I’ve got the mechanics on Whatsapp and I just message them before I head over, it makes the service feel very personalized. My only gripes with the dealership are minor, the first being the fact I hate passing by the dealership and seeing dirty and dusty Lotuses parked outside. That cheapens the brand and there is no reason not to keep them nice and clean especially since they’re the test drive cars. The second issue I have is with their instagram account, it’s not very active, the stories they post are lame and their phones camera lens is always dirty. Again I feel it cheapens the brand. Not only that but whoever is running their instagram account doesn’t know their cars well and I’ve had to leave a comment more than once correcting them. Not only that but I setup an account for my car a few months ago (@380cup) and I get more likes and engagement than the dealers instagram account, so they’re clearly doing something wrong. I should probably work out some sort of deal with them where they hand over the account to me to manage in return I get like free service or something.

In the end, I’m really really happy with the car and I’m so glad I traded in my older Exige for this one. I still look back at the car after parking it and I still get excited every morning knowing I’ll be driving the Lotus to work. If you’re looking for a sports car you can track, I’d highly recommend the Lotus and the local Lotus dealership.

Back in January I swapped out my Lotus Exige S with the Exige 380 Cup, a lighter and more powerful version of the Exige that was more track focused. I still remember when I posted about my Exige S after getting it, I had linked to a Exige 380 Sport video and I remember thinking, damn I wish I had the 380 Sport instead. It was faster, more aggressive and looked slightly better. And now, I’ve got the 380 Cup which is an even more extreme version. Someone pinch me!

Anyway, here is a rundown of the car after doing around 4,500KM on it plus taken it to the Bahrain International Circuit for a track day.

The Good
I was hoping because the car was so stiff and rough, I wouldn’t drive it a lot so I could keep the mileage low, but that didn’t happen. I’ve been driving the car daily since I got it, racking up miles like I would in any normal daily driver. I don’t have sound isolating carpeting in the car, just floor mats, so I can see the aluminum car frame as well as hear alot of the road noise. And I love the sound of the road under my car even the sounds of little pebbles hitting the underside of the car. Just makes me feel more connected to the road.

I also still love climbing in and sitting inside the tiny cockpit, and I love how the car feels on the road. Road clearance isn’t that much of an issue and since I tend to spend most of my time driving from my home to the office using the Gulf Road, I don’t have problems with crappy roads.

Unlike my previous Exige this one has a manual gearbox and I do have mix feelings about it. Not the specific manual gearbox in this car which is incredible, but more on the idea if I prefer an automatic over a manual gearbox. Car guys are going to say manual is the way to go but personally, I’m 50/50 split on this. On the one side, the thing I like most about this car is the analog feel of it. There isn’t much technology in this car, the interior is very simple and so the manual gearbox works really well with the overall feel of the car. I like the metal clunks the gearbox makes when I shift gears, I like trying to match my revs or practicing my heel and toe skills when slowing down. But, I also miss the convenience of an automatic gearbox especially when I get stuck in traffic.

The Bad
I haven’t really had any issue with the car other than the fact this past weekend while on the racetrack the hatch on the front of the car was coming loose whenever I hit 200km/h. Not fun and I had to keep coming back into the pits to push the hatch back down. You can actually see it happening in the video above, if you look at the left corner where the black carbon fiber hatch meets the blue bodywork at the 3:12 minute mark, you’ll see the front hatch lift up.

The Ugly
The only other issue I’ve had isn’t really an issue for me, but more for the cops. The car exhaust has a valve, in normal driving the car is quiet, too quiet which I don’t like. So I usually have the car in sport mode which opens up the exhaust valve. The problem then is the car becomes too loud, like I’d be driving 40km/h but from the sound of it you’d think I was doing 140km/h. It attracts tooo much attention from the cops and since I get stopped for no reason anyway, this doesn’t make life any easier. Oh and I’ve definitely been traumatized by the cops! This weekend while I was on the racetrack, I swear at some points I was worried I was gonna get pulled over or get caught by a speed camera. I’m convinced its some sort of PTSD.

Mods
There isn’t much in terms of modifications I can do to this car since Lotus already upgraded everything in it that can be upgraded. The sound system is really shit but I’m not going to upgrade it since I did that with my last Exige and the sound wasn’t that much of an improvement since the speakers that fit are pretty small. So the only upgrade I did was install a harness bar along with a 4-point racing harness for the driver’s seat. I can still use my regular seatbelt for day to day driving but for track driving, I can now use the 4-point belt instead. The advantage of the 4-point system is that it allows you to become one with the car. Once you tighten it up you can’t move anymore, you’re just glued to your seat which allows you to feel the car a lot more.

Plan B
Before I got the 380 Cup I did consider other cars. The most obvious car was the Porsche 911. They’re hot, super practical and really easy to drive. I’d love a 911 GT3 or GT3RS, and I think a black Targa is one of the most beautiful cars out there. But, the problem with Porsches is that everyone has one. They just aren’t special anymore, it’s like owning a Rolex. On track days they’re the most popular cars on track and I wouldn’t want to spend so much money and not feel special. Other cars I considered were second hand Ferrari 430’s and 458’s, as well as second-hand McLarens. My dream car right now is the baby McLaren, the 540c, but even second hand they cost around 50K. Then you’ve got the maintenance costs associated with Ferrari’s and McLarens, I don’t want to worry about that shit when I buy a car. With the 380 Cup on the other hand, because the car is so rare (1/60) it’s instantly special. On the track this past weekend it must have been the most photographed car even though there were McLarens, Ferraris, Lambos and Porsches. I like that.

So yeah, I still really love the car, I love the brand and the online Lotus community. I love the way my car looks and I love it even more with the roof off. I love the sounds it makes, the un-practicality of it, and I love watching my friends try to climb in and out of the car. Do I wish I had a McLaren 540c? For sure but I also wish I had a Ferrari F40, a Porsche 918, a Lancia Delta HF Integrale, my old Datsun 240z, a BMW E30 M3, a Golf GTI MK1 etc.. I’m a car guy so I’m always going to want more.

Last month while visiting the Lotus dealer with a friend of mine, I was given the opportunity to upgrade my car. A friend had ordered a Lotus Exige 380 Cup, but once it arrived at the local dealer he decided he wanted the more powerful 430 Cup instead. So, the dealer gave me first dibs on the car along with a too good to be true buyback offer on my Lotus. So after a lot of deliberation in my head (which mostly sounded like yada yada yada, you only live once, yada yada yada, mid-life crisis, yada yada), I decided to pull the trigger and get the car.

So what are the biggest changes over the Exige I already had? (skip this paragraph if you’re not into cars)

To start with, the 380 Cup is over 100KG lighter than my previous already super light Exige. The Cup weighs in at just 1,057KG! It also produces 375 hp compared to the 345 my previous car made and does 0-60mph in 3.4 seconds. The aerodynamics of the Cup car is also much more aggressive producing over 250KG of downforce compared to my previous Exige. You can really feel the car being pushed down to the ground once you hit high speeds. The wheels are also lighter forged aluminum, and the tires are larger and come with the track and competition Michelin Cup 2 tires. The AP Racing brakes have been upgraded and the gearbox is now a manual instead of paddle-shift and looks incredible with all the metal gearing exposed. The suspension is two-way adjustable so I can make it softer for the road or harder for the track. Finally, the car is covered in carbon fiber, everywhere, from the roof to the interior, even the rear engine window was replaced with a carbon fiber hood to save weight. So yeah, loads of changes compared to my previous Exige and that’s not even including overall usability improvements. I should also add that the 380 Cup is limited to just 60 cars worldwide (and the only one in the region), so its super rare.

I’ve had the car for around 10 days now and I’ve put just a bit over 1,000KM on the car already so I’ve gotten a good feel for it. The Cup is a lot faster than my previous Exige, and because it’s more track-focused, it rides really rough, is pretty noisy and is now even more unpractical than what was already a very unpractical car to begin with.

But I love it.

Its raw, it’s not bullshitting you pretending to be something it isn’t, it’s as honest a car as you can get. And it’s not just me, EVO magazine gave it a 5 out of 5 and Road & Track called it “too much fun to be street legal”. It is too much fun.

I was planning to take the car to Bahrain for their open track day on February 15th, but turns out I need to have at least 3,000KM on the car before tracking it and I don’t think I can get that done in two weeks. So not sure when I’ll have the car on the track but hopefully pretty soon.

If you’re looking for a good place to take car photos by the way, I’d highly recommend the rooftop parking of the complex in front of Mayar in Shuwaikh. I took all the photos here with my iPhone on the roof and loved the spot because of the neutral colors and clean lines. Here is the location on [Google Maps]

Yesterday while getting my FJ serviced I decided to pass by the dealerships check out if there was anything interesting. One thing I found surprising was the fact a lot of dealerships still had 2015 cars that were unsold. So for example Jeep had a brand new 2015 Grand Cherokee SRT for a heavily discounted price of KD16,000 while a new 2017 model goes for KD24,000. Same with Nissan who had 2015 model year 370’s selling for a heavily discounted price of KD9,000.

Anyway, the cars below are the ones I figured car fanatics might be interested in:

The Staged in Kuwait IMPROV Comedy Night is back for a new season and their first show is this weekend. This is by far my favorite comedy show in Kuwait and one I highly recommend checking out if you’ve never done so before. They’ll be introducing a whole bunch of new comedians this year and I’m interested to see how they turn out.

The shows previously used to take place at the Live Theater in Discovery Mall which I liked but the last one and this weekends show is being held at the new Crowne Plaza Auditorium in Farwaniya (pictured above). Nice auditorium just horrible parking outside. Last time I was lucky and since I pulled up in an intimidating yellow Lotus Exige S so managed to convince the valet guy to let me park right at the entrance, don’t think I’m going to be as lucky this time around.

Anyway for more information on the comedy night as well as a link to buy tickets click [Here]

Under the direction of His Highness the Amir, the Amiri Diwan has taken on several key projects in Kuwait. The Diwan’s project portfolio includes projects such as the new Al-Jahra Hospital, Al-Shaheed Park and Kuwait’s two cultural centers (Abdullah Al-Salem & Jaber Al-Ahmed) set to be complete by year’s end. On 20 June, the Amiri Diwan announced the awarding of a KD 49 million contract to local developer Bayan National Trading Company to design and build Kuwait’s Motor Town.

According to press reports the project aims at building seven race circuits compatible with international standards. These circuits would enable Kuwait to host Formula 1 and MotoGP races in the future.

The project is located south of the city, in Orafjan, adjacent to the Wafra road. The contract also includes the construction of a pit building and a media center. According to press reports, the project is set to include a hotel and shopping mall at a later stage (not part of the current package). [Source]

Hard to believe but it looks like we’re finally getting a race track in Kuwait. Not any racetrack might I add, but a FIA Grade 1 circuit designed by Hermann Tilke, the same guy behind a number of popular F1 tracks including Yas Marina and the Baku City Circuit.

I couldn’t find a lot of information on Kuwait Motor Town online other than the video above and a couple of renderings along with the following brief description on the Tilke website:

Kuwait Motor Town shall position itself as a new place making destination with a unique FIA grade 1 circuit as the nucleus of the state of the art facility, which will attract a wide spectrum of people. Whether professional race driver, or families seeking for leisure activities, or club members desiring premium level services, Kuwait Motor Town with its fully integrated portfolio of entertainment assets will create the upmost exciting and innovative automotive experience for the whole region.

I’m not fond of the name Kuwait Motor Town but it will probably change by the time the project is completed and honestly, even if they called it Cupcake Town it doesn’t really matter because end of the day we’re finally getting a race track. Now I just need to convince Alghanim to give me an 80% discount on the Lotus Exige S.

Thanks q8-msc

Like the Lotus Exige S which I recently wrote about on the blog, theres a lot to love and hate in the Evora 400. I actually ended up having the car over two weekends so I got to spend a pretty good amount of time with the car. I’ll get all the good stuff out of the way first, then talk about a few negatives points before telling you what I think.

When I first got into the Evora 400 and drove off I was really surprised at how civil the car was. Unlike the Exige S, getting into the car didn’t require any acrobatics since it’s like a normal car, you just open the door and get in. The interior was also a lot more fancier with leather all around, beautiful center console with controls for the AC and gear box, and with seats that were super comfy. The Evora has a Supercharged 3.5L V6 producing 400hp but you wouldn’t be able to tell when the car is in regular touring mode. I thought the Evora was too quiet, like nearly electric car quiet since you couldn’t hear the engine or exhaust, just the whine of the supercharger. The car felt too civil which was starting to feel disappointing since the reason I’m in a Lotus is because it’s a sports car and so I wanted it to sound like one. Luckily, the Evora has a cool trick up its sleeve. On regular touring mode, the car doesn’t sound any louder than a Toyota Camry, but as soon as you hit the exhaust button on the dashboard, everything changes. The Evora suddenly comes to life and the sound becomes brutal and violent. If you’re in an indoor parking lot and roll down your windows, you won’t believe how beautiful the Evora can sound.

I think that was my favorite aspect of the Evora, it can be super silent and an unassuming daily driver (just don’t go with bright orange), or it can be the loud in your face track car. Daily driver is how I kept describing the car to my friends whenever they asked me what I thought of it. Then you have the looks, god damn it’s a super hot looking car. Like the Exige S, everywhere I went people wouldn’t stop staring, it’s such an eye catcher.

But, not all is great. As I mentioned earlier in the post, I had the Evora 400 over two weekends. The reason for that is the first weekend I ran into issues with the gearbox. Something was wrong with the programming and so when I would give the car a hard kick down, the car would sometimes shift from 1st gear to 2nd to 3rd and then just get stuck there instead of continuing to shift up. On one occasion it even got stuck on 2nd gear. Then one night on my way back home, the gearbox, engine and traction control lights all came on and the car wouldn’t shift anymore and just stayed stuck on 3rd gear. I dropped the car off back to Lotus the next morning and got it back again this past weekend. I guess they reset the software or something but all the issues I had with the gearbox the previous weekend disappeared. Putting that bit of bad luck aside though I did have more issues with the car, ones that a software update couldn’t fix. One of my issues with the Exige S was the lack of storage space, not sure how it’s possible but the Evora has even less space than the Exige. There is a small pocket on the door that might or might not hold your wallet depending on how big it is, and there is also a small glove compartment that can hold your sunglasses, but other than that there is nothing. I had to keep my phone in between my legs or on the passenger seat because there was no room anywhere to put my phone. I should mention there is a back seat in this car that supposedly can hold two passengers, but unless those passengers don’t have any legs I’m not sure how they’ll fit there. The back of my seat literally touches the rear seat so there’s no way anyone can sit behind me thats for sure. Finally the last issue with the car is one that I find mind boggling. I took the car to get it washed and it leaked in water from both doors in the exact same location. If it was one side you could say it might have been a defect or whatever, but both sides? Thats just poor design which is why I don’t understand how Lotus didn’t catch this.

The Evora 400 starts at KD34,000 which puts it right in the Porsche 911 turf. But the question then becomes, do you want a car that everyone has? Or do you want a car that is less common and unique? If I’m paying that much money, I don’t want to blend in so then it becomes about how much issues can I put up with. Personally, with all the issues I had with the more affordable Exige S, I’m in love with that car. Maybe if I ask nicely they’ll let me take the Exige S back out for another weekend.

If you’re interested in test driving a Lotus then pass by them, they have both the Exige S and Evora 400 available. Here is a link to their instagram account @alghanimlotuskw

Alghanim Motors have officially opened the Lotus dealership in Kuwait. I passed by yesterday to check it out and they’ve got two models in stock, the Lotus Exige and the Lotus Evora. The Exige starts at KD27,000 while the Evora starts at KD34,000.

For those interested, according to the salesman they’ll have two test drive vehicles available in the next couple of days (pictured above). Here is their location on [Google Maps]

The Gulf Run 7 car show is going to take place this weekend. This year there will be around 60 cars taking place at Gulf Run and you’ll be able to check out most of them at 360 Mall where they will be on display for everyone to see. So make sure you pass by this weekend, they’re going to be there for two days, Friday the 13th and Saturday the 14th. For more information on the event and Gulf Run click [Here]

To check out the full list of cars participating this year follow the link below.

Gulf Run just released a list of the cars participating this year which you can check below. There will be a total of five events they will participate in: Inner Circuit Track, GP Circuit Track, Autocross, Quarter-mile Drag and Drift Competition. For more information on Gulf Run click [Here] or click the link below to check out the full car list.

cinnabon
this is a picture of cinnabon at the Kuwait Airport
2/10/2004 2:39:32 PM

breakfast at the kuwait airport
while waiting i decided to have a zinger supreme combo from kfc
2/10/2004 2:41:02 PM

my new phone
i gave my brother my sony ericsson t610 and got the new t630
2/10/2004 2:41:10 PM

starbucks kuwait
sitting at starbucks at the kuwait airport
2/10/2004 2:43:01 PM

kuwait airport
waiting in the arrival area at the kuwait airport
2/10/2004 2:46:38 PM

playboy kuwait
finally got my first issue of playboy in the mail. dont know how this got through kuwaiti customs but its here now!
2/10/2004 4:20:37 AM

bed moblogging
surfing the web while in bed and watching grace under fire on tv
2/10/2004 4:17:05 PM

4:21pm
4:21pm, still in bed. still bored.
2/10/2004 4:17:09 PM

window view
this is the view from my window…
2/10/2004 5:43:13 PM

dinner time
waiting for my order at hardees
2/10/2004 9:13:24 PM

theyre here
took this pic by mistake. fuck knows what it is…
2/10/2004 9:28:34 PM

b movie
over at a friends place watching a crappy movie
2/10/2004 9:28:39 PM

no one
taken at around 12:30am. all the shops are closed.
2/11/2004 12:36:27 AM

empty souk
souk basically means shopping area… i think
2/11/2004 12:37:43 AM

planet x
planet x is a shop filled with tons of xbox’s all connected together on a network. best place to halo
2/11/2004 12:40:11 AM

hardees
they were cleaning up…
2/11/2004 12:41:04 AM

sony ericsson?
this is the newly designed logo for one of the major arabic record labels called Rotana. the logo though reminds me “a lot” of the sony ericsson logo…
2/11/2004 12:42:26 AM

lunch time
thats the burger king logo in arabic
2/11/2004 2:24:45 PM

burger king
waiting for my order. the big fish meal takes 4 minutes and 50 seconds according to the burger king chick
2/11/2004 2:48:36 PM

bk offer
this is the latest burger king offer if anyone is interested…
2/11/2004 2:48:42 PM

watching tv
over at friends place watching tv again.
2/11/2004 8:10:44 PM

chinese food
kindu chicken, sweet & sour chicken and mixed fried rice
2/11/2004 10:53:39 PM

caught
some kid in the mall who blocked my view
2/11/2004 10:53:42 PM

the one
the one
2/11/2004 10:53:46 PM

marina mall
pic of the mall from outside
2/11/2004 11:02:56 PM

lunch or dinner?
6pm having lunch, could be dinner…
2/12/2004 5:43:41 PM

a shave
waiting for my turn to get a shave. my barber is from pakistan i think. costs me $3 for a shave and another $3 for a haircut. really good deal. i cut and shave once a week now.
2/12/2004 8:37:16 PM

jeita
with a friend who was having dinner.
2/12/2004 9:00:09 PM

ten
10 is the magic number
2/13/2004 2:36:27 AM

28 days later
streets are freakishly empty at 1:30am
2/13/2004 2:39:32 AM

TGIF
lunch at Fridays
2/13/2004 2:56:33 PM

soccer
kids playing soccer
2/13/2004 4:19:08 PM

carpenters
two pakistani workers putting together some furniture
2/13/2004 4:24:44 PM

furnished apartment
furnished apartment still under construction. this is a sample apartment for a furnished apartment project that will be made in iraq.
2/13/2004 5:31:38 PM

pakistani workers
2 pakistani workers putting together a bookcase from ikea.
2/13/2004 5:47:40 PM

trash
trash in the hallways from all the new furniture.
2/13/2004 5:50:52 PM

sbarro
hmmmmm so many choices
2/13/2004 9:44:39 PM

serpico
gonna watch serpico for the first time tonight
2/13/2004 11:19:54 PM

star acadamy
a friend watching star acadamy
2/13/2004 11:20:51 PM

old school
watching old school for the 4th time. fucking funny.
2/14/2004 4:12:57 PM

food court
having lunch at marina mall
2/14/2004 6:13:27 PM

hoop of danger
guy jumps through hoops surrounded by daggers…yay..
2/14/2004 6:47:09 PM

crowd
february is the shopping festival month in kuwait so we get these shows happening…
2/14/2004 6:48:59 PM

guy with sword
february is the shopping festival month in kuwait so we get these shows happening…
2/14/2004 6:51:14 PM

Hala February
february is the shopping festival month in kuwait so we get these shows happening…
2/14/2004 8:16:09 PM

waterlemon
coffe time
2/14/2004 8:17:27 PM

reflect
bartender at waterlemon
2/14/2004 8:23:26 PM

40-Tactical
the most fucking gorgeous thing ever!!
2/14/2004 11:52:24 PM

2:07AM snack
hardees open 24hours
2/15/2004 2:08:08 AM

roast beef
all i have been eating is junk food lately. i’m lovin it.
2/15/2004 2:11:47 AM

IKEA Kuwait
2/15/2004 7:57:23 PM

dinner time
2am in the morning, time for some dinner. hardees and kfc are open 24 hours.
2/16/2004 2:56:25 AM

good food
waiting for my friends to finish ordering.
2/16/2004 2:57:09 AM

Supersize Me
had a supersized KFC combo and won a Radio Alarm clock
2/16/2004 2:57:41 AM

Triva Challenge
after dinner we passed by a pool/internet place. i sat at the bar and played some trivia games. i ended up breaking the record in the World Expert game 🙂
2/16/2004 2:59:03 AM

24hours pool place
this place is open 24 hours. has pool and internet access.
2/16/2004 2:59:24 AM

watching
watching my friend play a game called Peng or something.
2/16/2004 3:00:02 AM

sucks
just woke up
2/16/2004 5:26:41 PM

burrito
dinner time
2/16/2004 7:50:27 PM

customized
having my burrito customized
2/16/2004 7:57:47 PM

movie night
finished watching wonderland, a really good fucjing movie. now have american splendor and lost in translation.
2/16/2004 10:31:17 PM

nacho mucho
burger king has these stupid burgers with nachos in them!
2/17/2004 6:05:36 PM

KFC
dinner at KFC. my moblog is turning into a fast food blog…
2/18/2004 4:22:51 AM

hmmm
soo many choices. ended up having the zinger supreme combo..supersized.
2/18/2004 4:24:05 AM

Sultan Center
24 hour supermarket.
2/18/2004 4:25:51 AM

Sultan Center
on my way up
2/18/2004 4:27:33 AM

dvd player
cheap
2/18/2004 4:32:08 AM

power tools
my weakness
2/18/2004 4:33:07 AM

take me home
strange
2/18/2004 4:33:58 AM

Road Trip!
around 2:30am after finishing from the supermarket i felt like going on a road trip to the north of kuwait.
2/18/2004 4:34:56 AM

kuwait towers
i was cruising, on my way to the north, listening to some pink floyd which was getting broadcasted onto the car radio from my ipod when suddenly my ipod fucking ran out of battery! luckily i had mazzy star and NIN in my car and ended up listening to mazzy on the way and nine inch nails on the way back.
2/18/2004 4:36:57 AM

the kuwait towers
one of the coolest things in kuwait
2/18/2004 4:38:50 AM

3:04 AM
its 3am now
2/18/2004 4:39:59 AM

its cold
10 degrees celcius, pretty cold for february in kuwait
2/18/2004 4:40:56 AM

My Target
Entertainment City is my destination. its like disney land… just not as big.
2/18/2004 4:42:02 AM

Entertainment City
finally got there around 3:30am. It was closed of course. Good trip.
2/18/2004 4:43:28 AM

Kuwait City
the lights are up for the national holiday coming up next week.
2/18/2004 4:44:55 AM

dawn
6:30am, still awake watching tv. the sun is coming up.
2/18/2004 6:30:26 AM

chinese
lunch time. chinese food again. my vacation has been really interesting. sleep, food, movies, food then cycle repeats.
2/18/2004 6:39:20 PM

mango
accross the street from starbucks
2/18/2004 11:13:35 PM

starbucks q8
chocolate cream frapuccino
2/18/2004 11:17:07 PM

geography
i played this geography game at the pool place. i was trying to break the record but could only manage a measly third place. i signed off with the nick “ouwet”.
2/19/2004 1:31:27 AM

pool
after dinner we went played some pool. i was crap as usual.
2/19/2004 1:37:25 AM

subway
dinner time. had subway, maybe the healthiest food i have had in a long time.
2/19/2004 1:40:20 AM

traffic
sitting in traffic…
2/19/2004 9:30:10 PM

mobile phones
people buying and trading in used phones
2/19/2004 9:34:00 PM

phones
some of the used phones for sale
2/19/2004 9:37:15 PM

souk sharq
waiting for a friend to finish work.
2/19/2004 9:39:17 PM

crepaway
crepaway is a lebanese chain of restaurants that recently opened a branch in kuwait.
2/19/2004 11:24:22 PM

TGIF
went to bed 10am, now having lunch at fridays, its 2:30pm.
2/20/2004 2:24:29 PM

chinese
cousin having chinese food
2/20/2004 4:56:38 PM

spelling bee
a typical site in kuwait. poor spelling.
2/20/2004 6:41:18 PM

Clup
tons of errors here in this flyer for a gym. coffee spelt cofee, Mercedes spelt Mercides and Club spelt Clup. Lesson spelt Lessonse, Jacuzzi spelt Jacouse… unbelievable mistakes..
2/20/2004 6:45:00 PM

carnival 1
2/21/2004 10:10:42 PM

carnival 2
2/21/2004 10:12:54 PM

jarrir
outside the jarrir bookshop
2/21/2004 10:15:00 PM

feres wheel
first time i see this in kuwait
2/21/2004 10:16:46 PM

bookshop
the biggest books/office supplies shop in kuwait. just recently opened.
2/21/2004 10:18:54 PM

titanic
this mall is nicknamed titanic. before the mall opened people nick named it the titanic because of the fact the thing looks like a ship.
2/21/2004 10:20:41 PM

sky lights
really awesom view of the malls lights from above
2/21/2004 10:23:47 PM

elevator
this is the view from the malls elevator
2/21/2004 10:26:33 PM

work
today is my first day back to work after my 2 week off. sucks.
2/21/2004 8:55:09 PM

maxtor
came back to work after my vacation and found a nice fat 120GB harddrive on my desk!
2/21/2004 10:26:24 PM

office space
herman miller delta office system. very cool. thats my work area.
2/22/2004 1:45:11 AM

weather
the weather is terrible today. its windy and very dusty. visibility is bad, but not nearly as bad as last years freaky duststorm where you couldnt see the person standing right next to you.
2/23/2004 2:42:52 AM

reboot
mac crashed, waiting for it to reboot…
2/23/2004 4:19:17 AM

bmw
took this pic by mistake but looks cool…
2/24/2004 2:35:16 AM

kuwait
the kuwaiti flag is up everyone now since the national and liberation day are coming up
2/24/2004 2:35:28 AM

clouds
we get clouds only in winter, the rest of the year the sky is just plain light blue.
2/24/2004 2:47:29 AM

cadillac
not into old cars but i liked the way the exhaust pipes are part of the bumper
2/24/2004 3:07:44 AM

my dog
took my dog to the vet today. turned out he had a fever..
2/24/2004 9:04:19 AM

vet
cool fucking dogs.
2/24/2004 9:04:42 AM

falcons
falcons are popular in kuwait, they costs thousands of dollars each, maybe i could get one on installments.
2/24/2004 9:05:05 AM

hardees rules!
dinner at hardees. i can never have enough!
2/24/2004 9:57:50 AM

lunch.. hardees
hardess for dinner and now for lunch
2/25/2004 6:19:46 AM

view
mushroom and swiss combo upsized plus a roast beef and chedder
2/25/2004 5:20:13 PM

hardees
hardees from outside
2/25/2004 5:20:37 PM

bad view
bad picture of a crowd of under 10 year olds armed with foam cans and spraying any car that passes by
2/25/2004 5:23:28 PM

pigs 2
more cops
2/25/2004 5:26:39 PM

crepaway
crepaway as i was passing by
2/25/2004 5:26:51 PM

pigs
security is tight today because of the national holiday. cops everywhere.
2/25/2004 5:27:05 PM

Kuwait National Day
today was the Kuwait National Day, lots of flags everywhere
2/26/2004 12:09:22 AM

Kuwait National Day
people camping near the side of the road watching the traffic go by
2/26/2004 12:10:34 AM

Kuwait National Day
traffic stops, people get out of their cars and start dancing or spraying each other with foam cans
2/25/2004 1:11:03 PM

Kuwait National Day
a group of kids parked and dancing to music
2/26/2004 12:11:39 AM

Kuwait National Day
kids on the side of the road, most heavily armed with foam cans to spray cars as they pass by.
2/25/2004 1:12:11 PM

Kuwait National Day
keep your windows closed and your door locked. if u dont have your doors locked the kids will actually open them and spray you!
2/26/2004 12:12:44 AM

Kuwait National Day
a car getting sprayed
2/25/2004 1:13:48 PM

Kuwait National Day
a victim with a window open
2/25/2004 1:14:42 PM

Kuwait National Day
a bunch of kids on the side of the road spraying cars as they pass by
2/26/2004 12:16:06 AM

Kuwait National Day
cops closed most of the roads to try to keep the traffic down… didnt work.
2/26/2004 12:16:50 AM

speed camera
a speed camera sprayed with foam
2/26/2004 12:17:07 AM

Kuwait National Day
kids spraying foam on a car as it passes by
2/26/2004 12:17:40 AM

Kuwait National Day
traffic for miles and miles..
2/26/2004 12:18:18 AM

experimental
me and a friend found this mirror in an abandon house. we used a slow shutter speed then waved around a sony ericsson p800 and my sony clie ux40 to get this effect.
2/26/2004 12:20:51 AM

Network
maybe the coolest place to counter strike
2/26/2004 12:21:23 AM

StarBlade
we found an arcade with tons of old classic games
2/26/2004 12:21:38 AM

Killer Instinct
the best arcade game ever, i am gonna try to buy one and put it in my room
2/26/2004 12:21:58 AM

Moonwalker
anyone remember this game?
2/26/2004 12:22:23 AM

Ninja Turtles
i used to play this game sooo much when i was a kid.
2/26/2004 12:22:44 AM

ikea
friend bought some shelves
2/26/2004 5:28:22 PM

ikea
if it wasnt for this huge sign we wouldnt be here right now
2/26/2004 7:37:22 PM

Texas Chicken
went to texas chicken for the first time. not bad food.
2/26/2004 9:14:39 PM

120GB
adding an extra 120GB drive to my mac
2/26/2004 9:14:42 PM

marlboro lights
cool packaging
2/27/2004 1:57:42 AM

All Star
my favorite shirt
2/28/2004 9:26:40 PM

lick
my dog chips just about to lick my camera
2/28/2004 9:27:13 PM

Monster 80’s
GTA vicecity syndrom. am listening to too much 80’s music!
2/29/2004 10:33:54 AM

BK
can never get enough…
2/29/2004 9:52:14 PM

snack
after finishing work i decided to pass by get something light to eat..
2/29/2004 9:52:33 PM

PSX
for some reason i was expecting it to be silverish or champaign in color. something metalic.. but its actually white.
2/29/2004 9:53:46 PM

Pirated Games
i buy all my xbox games original. but, starting this week i will start buying fake games. for the price of 1 original xbox game i can get 20 fake ones. All i need to do is chip my xbox and thats gonna cost me 40$
2/29/2004 9:54:48 PM

PSX
looks pretty sweet. costs 900$ though which is more then i can afford…
2/29/2004 9:56:07 PM

The PSX
its here!!! but costs around 900$
2/29/2004 9:58:06 PM

whats playing
nothing else more to shoot in the office
3/2/2004 12:43:59 PM

white
the t630 is ipod friendly
3/2/2004 12:46:29 PM

work
really busy
3/2/2004 12:48:51 PM

looking up
this is what i see when i look up from my desk.
3/2/2004 12:50:25 PM

xbox
taking my xbox so they can chip it
3/2/2004 7:10:45 PM

BK double mushroom
had a double mushroom and cheese burger at burger king. good food, good mood.
3/2/2004 8:21:05 PM

XBOX
3/2/2004 8:21:28 PM

gameboy advance sp
attractive way of displaying the gameboy advance sp.
3/2/2004 8:22:58 PM

EOD
found these two offroad vehicles next to my office. most probably used for missions in iraq. they are not hummers. they are really big and tall.
3/3/2004 8:23:27 AM

offroad vehicle
found two of these offroad vehicles parked next to my office. most probably used for missions in iraq. they are not hummers. they are really big and tall.
3/3/2004 8:24:22 AM

hardees
my favorite place
3/4/2004 8:01:18 PM

peel & win
its been like 3 nights in a row i have been having dinner at kfc. so far i won 3 small cokes
3/6/2004 10:14:15 AM

dead guy
i keep thinking there is a guy dead in the pool
3/6/2004 10:47:57 AM

Elegance
Nice fork wanna fuck?
3/6/2004 9:50:00 PM

Need For Speed
my favorite car in Need For Speed Underground. The Honda RSX.
3/7/2004 9:18:46 AM

crash and burn
my mac at work crashed for the first time in a couple of months
3/7/2004 11:13:57 PM

Passport
my friends radar detector. i need to get one.
3/8/2004 7:19:57 PM

hasselblad
a gorgeous medium format camera. but thats 2500KD which is around 8000$, toooo fucking expensive :S
3/8/2004 10:50:35 PM

obey giant
my friend has been spray painting these all over kuwait. for more info visit obeygiant.com
3/8/2004 10:52:41 PM

Free Cups
with every upsized value meal mcdonalds is giving away cups for free. compared to kfc, hardees and burger king.. this offer is terrible. the others offer me chances to win cars, plasma screens and xboxes while MCdonald is giving me cups.
3/9/2004 2:21:08 PM

Apple
my mouse pad. apple written in arabic.
3/10/2004 8:26:23 AM

Speed Racer
3/10/2004 10:45:51 PM

Home Sweet Home
too many choices…. i ended up having the XXL double mushroom burger
3/10/2004 10:46:22 PM

Family Meal
should have ordered that! 2.950KD is around 10$
3/10/2004 10:46:50 PM

Nice Day
its rare to see clouds in the sky here in kuwait. today the weather is really good. not too much sun, and a nice cold breeze.
3/11/2004 2:41:55 PM

Lunch Time
decided to have KFC for lunch although I felt like having burger king. i had burger king for dinner last night.
3/11/2004 2:43:04 PM

Pills
since my diet consists of just junk food, i have decided to take multi vitamin pills every morning. i havent noticed any difference. I am not bigger or stronger… yet!
3/11/2004 3:53:25 PM

news radio
watching news radio at my friends place
3/11/2004 6:29:37 PM

Corny
i think its been on the wall since the early 90s
3/11/2004 8:29:49 PM

dinner
hardees for dinner. it was sooo good.
3/11/2004 8:34:20 PM

Largest worldwide
had lunch at chilis. chilies in kuwait is the largest in the world.
3/12/2004 2:44:00 PM

Ace
passed by ace hardware to buy some tools to put into the tool box i bought 2 weeks ago
3/12/2004 4:21:57 PM

Hardees
Dinner again at hardees. had the same thing i had yesterday night.. roastbeef n chedder combo upsized and also a mushroom n swiss sandwich.
3/12/2004 7:28:26 PM

server crash
today morning i came into work and found out our main companies server’s servers hard drive crashed over the weekend. we have no back up. hopefully now the company will realize the importance of a server and replace the old dell desktop currently being used with something a lot cooler, bigger and more expensive!
3/13/2004 8:32:44 AM

dead server
this is our companies server. it died today (hard drive crash) and we dont have a backup. if we had a proper server with an automated backup system we wouldnt be in deep shit. maybe now the management will hear my bigger better faster server request.
3/13/2004 8:57:25 AM

IKEA
passed by ikea to retrieve some gift vouchers they owed me
3/13/2004 11:17:52 AM

Printer Talk
I enjoy hovering around the printer while i wait for it to print out an artwork. its like a timeout from work.
3/13/2004 4:27:40 PM

Swiss Army
the fucking coolest shit. still need to get the swiss army ranger.
3/13/2004 10:19:54 PM

Gas
gas is very cheap in kuwait. i just filled my bmw 330ci with 3$ worth of gas and my car is now over a quarter full.
3/14/2004 7:44:02 PM

Out Of Space
High end B&O speakers
3/15/2004 10:40:14 AM

Bill: $88,750
went shopping today for a B&O set for a client. he wanted B&O and had an open budget. This is what we got: 2 Plasma screens (one for living area and one for bathroom -no bullshit here) for a combined price of $51,000. Purchased 2 main speakers for $20,000. Puchased rear surround speakers for $10,000. Got the “cheap” B&O DVD player for $1,500. Got the 6 CD Changer for $4,500. Finally got a handfull of B&O phones for $1,750. This brings the grand total to $88,750. Eighty Eight Thousand Dollars Thank You.
3/15/2004 9:47:56 PM

Marina Mall
marina mall during the day looks good. rarely come here during the day since i would be at work but today i decided to have lunch here.
3/17/2004 7:43:32 PM

Texas Chicken
had dinner at texas chicken. there is a rumor going around that because texas chicken is called churches chicken in the states, that they actually donate some of their profits to churches. a silly rumor.
3/18/2004 11:02:29 PM

sucks
graffiti in kuwait is pretty boring. this is as cool as it gets.
3/18/2004 11:04:56 PM

D2H
the Nikon D2H finally arrived to kuwait. the price.. 1300KD which is around $4000. body only.
3/18/2004 11:07:27 PM

found it!
after searching a few weeks now i was finally able to locate the dickies dealer in kuwait. sadly the shop turned out to be tiny and is run by 2 faggots.
3/18/2004 11:08:24 PM

Starbucks Q8
Now is the best time to sit outside at starbucks. the weather is pretty cool now. once it gets hot in kuwait, it gets REALLY hot. I am talking about temperatures of 55 degrees.. thats like 130 degrees Fahrenheit or something..
3/19/2004 11:01:35 AM

Roomba
my roomba hard at work.
3/19/2004 12:16:19 PM

Ruby Tuesday
had lunch at thelargest rubys tuesday in the world. so now we have the largest chilies AND rubys tuesday.
3/19/2004 4:09:23 PM

Kuwait Towers
this is the most popular landmark in kuwait. these towers are called the Kuwait Towers. There are 3 towers (1 hidden behind the palm tree. each tower has a purpose. 1 of them is a lighting thingy, 1 holds water, and the one with the 2 balls… the big ball has a rotating restaurant and the small ball is like a viewing thingy where u go up and their are like binoculars and u view the surrounding area with. good thing i dont work for the kuwaiti tourism company since i believe this was absolutely the worst description of the kuwait towers ever.
3/19/2004 7:22:50 PM

Pirated DVDs
i was walking on my way to hardees to have dinner when i found a guy selling pirated dvds for 3$ each. so i got 21 grams (was on my amazon wishlist) and hulk which for 3$ i thought was a good deal. so am over at my friends place now gonna watch 21 grams then go have dinner. hopefully hardees would still be open then..

update: ok this turned out to be the worst 6$ i spent. 21 grams turned out to be a crappy copy, and hulk turned out to be the most boring movie ever. didnt even finish it i left before it finished and apologized to my friends for making them watch it!
3/19/2004 10:34:16 PM

Hardees
my favorite hardees employee. also probably the most popular in the world cuz of gizmodo. too bad i dont know or care to know his name.
3/19/2004 11:55:55 PM

Aprilia
this is absolutely my favorite bike ever!
3/20/2004 3:07:37 PM

RX8
coool, the mazda RX8 has arrived to kuwat. a couple of months ago when we asked the dealer if he was gonna get them he said no. guess things changed since then.
3/21/2004 12:16:51 PM

HeMan
was at burger king for lunch. they are giving away heman toys with a kids meal.
3/21/2004 1:43:55 PM

Never Enough
although i had burger king just 4 hours ago, i decided to pass by after work since i had a big craving for a roast beef n’ chedder combo. i can never have enough of this amazing food!
3/21/2004 6:13:49 PM

sub
i need to get myself a decent sub. found this Paradigim Sub for around $600 but it might be too much for my tiny room. but then again the fatter the better..
3/22/2004 4:23:31 PM

DVDs
here is a picture of some pirated dvds being sold on the streets. they sell for 3$ which is cheap since they come in the plastic cover. usually the plastic cover adds around $1.5 extra to the final price.
3/22/2004 11:10:17 AM

DVDs
here is a picture of some pirated dvds being sold on the streets. they sell for 3$ which is cheap since they come in the plastic cover. usually the plastic cover adds around $1.5 extra to the final price.
3/22/2004 11:10:17 AM

HE-MAN
They are giving He-Man toys with every kids meal. Its cool that they still remember him. I am hoping for A-Team toys next!
3/23/2004 11:27:28 PM

Gameworks
we have game works in kuwait. too expensive though.
3/25/2004 3:28:56 AM

Gameworks
we have game works in kuwait. too expensive though.
3/25/2004 2:28:56 PM

Piracy
this is how to buy good pirated dvds. u walk around the computer district until someone asks u if want a dvd. if u say yes he will lead u to a room full of catalogs full of dvds. at 3$ a piece u usually come out with a whole bunch.
3/25/2004 2:34:54 PM

CD CASTLE
my favorite cd store. got my windows 2003 cd for my home server from there.
3/25/2004 2:41:14 PM

Fridays
had a really good lunch at TGIF. They have the best onion rings ever.
3/26/2004 3:58:54 PM

Diet
because of all the comment i got from people emailing me about me having too much junk food. i cant eat now without thinking i am eating too much. so i am officialy going on a diet. I had a Double Cheese Burger Combo.. not upsized today. Thats a big step since i used to have one of the XXL burgers with the coke and fries supersized.
3/26/2004 5:58:40 PM

A-L-I-E-N-S
i bought a beautiful ALIENS model. Its the Alien Queen and the thing is huge!!
3/26/2004 6:00:56 PM

Kuwait Towers
I visited Kuwait towers tonight with a frind.
3/26/2004 8:33:12 PM

Phone Holder
found good use for my Alien Queen.. its now an oversized sony ericsson phone holder!
3/27/2004 9:08:53 AM

HALF PIPE!
turns out the hotel next door to my office has a fucking skate board arena. its in the basement and they have half pipes, ramps, pipes and even rent boards and skates. the hotel and interior has an arabic design so its pretty strange to see them both mix. but fucking cool shit!
3/27/2004 2:14:21 PM

17-Inch Powerbook
installing panther on my friends 17 inch powerbook. he got an error yesterday night when he tried installing it so i am hoping it wont happen with me.
3/29/2004 8:46:40 AM

Fight
i was sitting in the mall having a strawberry milkshake when 2 guys ran past us. suddenly around 200 other guys appeared out of no where and started running after the 2 kids. the whole mall was shaking as if an army was passing by. in kuwait since there really isnt much to do, fights break out over nothing and usually end up to include anyone who is near. everyone is always looking for something to do so when a small fight breaks out they all like to participate. this is a shot of some people trying to see whats going on.
4/2/2004 10:36:09 AM

Cops
i was sitting in the mall having a strawberry milkshake when 2 guys ran past us. suddenly around 200 other guys appeared out of no where and started running after the 2 kids. the whole mall was shaking as if an army was passing by. in kuwait since there really isnt much to do, fights break out over nothing and usually end up to include anyone who is near. everyone is always looking for something to do so when a small fight breaks out they all like to participate. this is a shot of the cops who had just arrived on the scene running towards the action.
4/2/2004 10:37:14 AM

Crowd
i was sitting in the mall having a strawberry milkshake when 2 guys ran past us. suddenly around 200 other guys appeared out of no where and started running after the 2 kids. the whole mall was shaking as if an army was passing by. in kuwait since there really isnt much to do, fights break out over nothing and usually end up to include anyone who is near. everyone is always looking for something to do so when a small fight breaks out they all like to participate. this is a shot of some kids all gathered up outside trying to find the fight.
4/2/2004 10:38:56 AM

Gulf Bank
had to cash a cheque so passed by Gulf Bank at the Fanar Mall. I took this picture while waiting for the bank to open.
4/2/2004 10:39:58 AM

Chilis
a picture from the waiting area of the biggest chilies in the world.
4/3/2004 2:20:00 PM

Lambo
it doesnt get better the this!
4/3/2004 2:41:45 PM

Doom
Finally got doom running on the p900
4/5/2004 2:32:44 PM

Star Acadamy
this is bashar from star acadamy buying some stuff from armani. he came second but many believe he should have come out first since he had a better voice and more talent.
4/6/2004 10:29:14 AM

The Beach
The sea side in kuwait is pretty cool. its all public beaches with only a small percentage private.
4/7/2004 1:50:28 PM

Marina Mall
this is a pic of the fountain in Marina Mall. right behind it is starbucks.
4/7/2004 1:53:18 PM

scientific center
picture of the scientific centers main entrance. the architecture of the place is really cool.
4/7/2004 5:07:31 PM

Le Notre
this is the Le Notre restaurant here in kuwait. sitting inside feels like sitting in a ship.
4/9/2004 1:51:23 AM

Kuwait Towers
this is a picture of the kuwait towers. its not often we get deep blue skies in kuwait.
4/10/2004 4:47:50 PM

rain
this picture was taken on friday while i was having lunch at chilis. it was really windy and there were some strong showers. u can see the kuwait towers behind the palm trees.
4/13/2004 12:38:20 AM

Lord of the Rings
this is a billboard outside a movie theater advertising Lord of the Rings. it doesnt get crappier then this!
4/13/2004 12:40:37 AM

P900
running MAME on the P900 is the coolest thing!
4/13/2004 12:42:00 AM

Hard Cock
this place has the funniest name. its actually called HArd Cook but it looks like Hard Cock. Really funny shit!
4/14/2004 12:24:20 AM

Lotus Exige
Found this Lotus parked outside the office. looks like and oversized RC Racer. really hot though.
4/15/2004 5:33:30 AM

Virgin
a picture from inside the Virgin Megastore in Kuwait. They say its the second largest in the world but I think thats bullshit.
4/16/2004 11:13:05 AM

GUSTO!
had a shooting at GUSTO! tonight. lasted from 8pm all the way till 11. really exhausting…
4/19/2004 2:19:06 PM

indian food
i had indian food for dinner tonight. 2 types of chicken, 1 curry lamb, some Cheese Nan and rice. plus coke for my drink. i am feeling really sick. never gonna have indian food again. its too heavy.. will stick to chinese from now on.
4/20/2004 12:41:41 PM

Nikon F4
this is my dream cam. its the Nikon F4 but at 350KD ($1100 USD) its way out of my budget!
4/21/2004 10:57:36 AM

earth and water
its really dusty today plus it started raining so everything is muddy
4/23/2004 1:35:00 PM

risk
played risk with my friends. lost but it was really fun.
4/23/2004 1:35:03 PM

monopoly
played monopoly for like 3 hours or more. lost again but really badly this time.
4/23/2004 1:35:09 PM

courtyard
sitting having dinner at the courtyard by mariott
4/24/2004 10:26:54 AM

IKEA Bristro
passed by ikea cuz i needed to kill some time. i decided to try their hot dogs. not bad if it wasnt for the psycho chick there. i asked for very little ketchup and mustard and instead she litrally drowns it with them.
4/25/2004 7:58:37 AM

AGFA JET
was at the printers today from 5 to 7 doing a final check on some proofs so they could start printing tonight.
4/25/2004 11:14:12 AM

Cannondale
so i finally decided i am gonna start riding the bike again. this would be my first time since 1996. so i do some research and find out cannondale’s are the best bikes. so i decide to get one. little did i know though that the prices start from 600$. fucking expensive stuff. now i have to save up to get one. this means i will probably end up getting the bike by the end of summer. too bad…
4/27/2004 8:50:21 PM

Gameworks
passed by gameworks tonight. was hoping to play some games tonight but the place was fully loaded with kids of all ages. although i didnt get to play any games it was nice to see all these kids in one place. when i was there age all we had was johnny rockets and fuddruckers to hang out at. now they have a lot more choices. i feel old.
4/28/2004 11:13:57 PM

traffic
12an, stuck in traffic. seems there is an accident up ahead
4/30/2004 1:16:28 AM

fastfood again
got my salary yesterday so now i can afford fastfood again 🙂
5/1/2004 12:13:01 AM

Gameworks Indy
went back to gameworks today. it was pretty empty which is better. the other night it was too crowded we couldnt play. this pic is of the indy racing game. up to 4 people can play and there is a live announcer plus mini cams on the cars which projects your face onto a big screen.
5/1/2004 9:37:08 PM

National Bank of Kuwait
cash deposit machine wasn’t working so i had to wait for a teller. i hate wait in banks.
5/3/2004 8:39:59 PM

The Temple
decided to have Hardees for lunch today. it totally empty except for me and 2 employees. very peaceful and energizing. i love this place.
5/4/2004 2:15:52 PM

Too Good
since lunch yesterday was incredible i decided to have Hardees again. though today right after i took this picture a whole bunch of people came in and the place just got too noisy. still the food will make up for it.
5/5/2004 2:14:21 PM

Third time
hardees was soo good yesterday so i decided to have it for lunch again today. this time though i had it to go.
5/7/2004 1:24:07 AM

4 times
had hardees for dinner. this is 4 times in a row now. the employees are really friendly now..
5/7/2004 1:25:41 AM

HiTech
found this weird computer/videogame/tv. and for only 60$
5/7/2004 1:27:30 AM

Star Acadamy
the finalists of star acadamy were coming to the building where my office is. i heard later that it got really crowded and the girls were attacking at superstars.
5/7/2004 1:39:53 AM

GameSkin
got my gameskin tshirt yesterday. rocks!
5/7/2004 2:44:27 PM

Skyline
kuwait city from a far. the tower on the left side (right of the building) is the kuwait liberation tower. it was supposed to be the third tallest tower in the world when they built it but now its like the 8th or something.
5/9/2004 4:59:24 PM

Champ
6 days in a row and twice in the same day. thats enough for a long time. gonna cut down on junk food.
5/10/2004 12:06:12 PM

Texas Chicken
ok so i am not cutting down on junk food but no burgers for a while…
5/10/2004 12:12:56 PM

Grendizer
anyone want to get me this for my birthday? its only $199!
5/10/2004 12:19:28 PM

Tivo
went to aramex to pick up my Tivo!
5/10/2004 12:24:02 PM

2600
chiling at jamaica blue during our 2600 meeting
5/10/2004 1:48:48 PM

The Studio
this is a pic from the recording studio where my sis works.
5/11/2004 10:27:06 PM

Ministry of Information
passed by the ministry of information today to get approval from them to let my tivo enter through customs. what a fucking day. they were friendly and all but i had soo many papers that needed to get signed and stamped from one person to the other. 4 hours worth of running around!
5/12/2004 11:46:10 PM

Getting Tivo
this is a picture from the cargo terminal of the kuwait airport. i was waiting to get my tivo
5/12/2004 11:46:19 PM

My Tivo!
finally got my tivo!!!
5/12/2004 11:47:02 PM

1.8 TerraBytes
this is what 1.8TB of hard disk space looks like!
5/12/2004 11:47:57 PM

GTA
been playing Grand Theft Auto for the past few days. Sometimes i dont touch the xbox for weeks and then sometimes i cant keep my hands off it.
5/21/2004 6:23:58 PM

Sears
came to check out whats new at sears. its like located at the other side of kuwait. too far from everything.
5/21/2004 6:26:24 PM

marina world
they opened up the bridge that connects marina mall to marina cresent. the place is huge now
5/21/2004 6:33:16 PM

marina cresent
they opened up marina cresent which is the other half of marina mall. the cresent contains tons of cools cafes. the place is gonna be really cool when it finishes
5/21/2004 6:40:27 PM

Shawerma
the coolest thing about kuwait is that u dont have to get out of your car. u just pull up somewhere, honk and someone will come out to help u. could be grocer, gas station, restaurant.. anywhere. for dinner tonight i had a shwerma and cocktail. .. drive through
5/21/2004 11:41:56 PM

ipod for sale
decided today i would sell my ipod. had enough of mp3s. am going back to cds.
5/22/2004 8:26:05 PM

Franz Ferdinand
my best friend just came back from a trip to Europe and he got me the Franz Ferdinand CD. Pretty good stuff.
5/23/2004 11:49:42 PM

Clean
finally cleaned up my desk at work and found all my missing pens including the cd marker. cant work without my cd marker.
5/25/2004 5:28:01 PM

Printers
had to pass by the printing press yesterday to sign off some proofs. this is a picture of 2 plotters i was sitting and waiting next to.
5/26/2004 11:40:05 AM

Waiting
sitting and waiting. i hate waiting.
5/26/2004 5:29:01 PM

Spray Painting
my friend got me into making stencils and spray painting. Really fun to do and the results can be interesting.
5/28/2004 3:17:00 AM

DIet
stil waiting for the day i start my diet
5/31/2004 7:13:38 PM

Tape Backup
bought a tape backup device from ebay. brand new costs $950. Price i paid with shipping.. $81. thats what i call a good deal!
6/1/2004 3:25:34 PM

Lunch Time
having lunch at my favorite place
6/3/2004 3:14:09 PM

shawerma
had a shawerma for dinner from this place called farah
6/12/2004 11:42:23 AM

Getting bored
i think i am finally getting bored of junk food. i dont feel like having burgers anymore…
6/12/2004 11:49:07 AM

PreEngagement
sisters engagement is tonight. they r still preparing the ballroom.
6/17/2004 4:19:31 PM

Printers
getting a brochure printed at the printers. nice big machines.
6/20/2004 11:18:20 AM

starbucks
i like it when its empty like this
6/23/2004 1:46:18 PM

nirvana
heart shaped box
6/23/2004 1:53:08 PM

TV
came to work today morning to find a Kuwait Television truck outside the building i work at. cant figure out what they were or will be doing here. they use these trucks when they broadcast live but there was no sign inside the building that something took or will take place. strange.
6/27/2004 10:04:49 AM

a limo
on our agencies 9th anniversary we were whisked away in a limo and taken to a nice lunch.
6/29/2004 6:28:07 PM

Q8 Books
found this cool bookshop that sells used books. i bought 2 books for 1.5$. i got Peter and Jane’s Adventure on the island, and Swiss Family Robinson. Both are Lady Bird books. I had them when i was a kid, i learned how to read because of them. i could never get enough of peter and jane.
6/30/2004 11:02:26 PM

Marina Crescent
the Marina Crescent recently opened. its the other half of Marina Mall and contains mostly cafes and restaurants. Of-course there is also a starbucks
7/1/2004 10:19:26 AM

I’m Bored
Mc Donalds has the I’m Lovin Campaign to try and ignite business. i say the problem is lack of variety. we are bored, while competitors like Burger King and Carls Jr (hardees) keep adding new items to the menu but Mc Donalds are still stuck in the 80s.
7/1/2004 10:22:14 AM

the funk
simply the coolest chairs, but at 700$ a pop they arent cheap.. but still “affordable”
7/1/2004 10:22:58 AM

LF Martyr: Ramzi El-Khoury
my best friend past away a few hours ago. accidental death by a stray bullet.
7/2/2004 11:09:13 AM

Breakfast
1 chocolate cream frappucino and 1 chocolate chip cookie please. thank you.
7/6/2004 1:13:18 AM

Fahrenheit 9/11
fahrenheit 9/11 is now out in Kuwait. i noticed recently movies are released in kuwait nearly as soon as they are released in the states. With the Day after tomorrow, it was released in Kuwait 2 days ahead of the states even.
7/6/2004 10:13:22 PM

118.4 degrees
its starting to get really hot here in kuwait. its already early july and the tempreture hit 48 degrees celcius which 118.4 farenheit. sucks.
7/7/2004 6:00:13 AM

Fit for a King
had a wonderful breakfast at mcdonalds today. they seriously have the best value for money breakfast. 2 muffins, 2 scrambled eggs, hash brownies, 3 pancakes, medium pepsi and a sausage all for something like $4.5 (1.450KD)
7/9/2004 2:41:39 AM

Ngage
the new ngage is out in kuwait and is selling for KD99. its still a nokia, its still crap.
7/10/2004 8:51:16 PM

Presentation
we had a presentation for one of our major clients today. i think it went well. luckily i wasn’t asked to speak at any time during the presentation. i am not a people person and i dont enjoy talking in-front of a crowd either.
7/11/2004 6:22:38 PM

Hidden Treasure
Found this place today called Cafeteria Shuwaikh. its a cool place where most of the customers are low wage workers. i should have taken a better picture but i stuck out enough in the place and didnt need the extra attention. anyway the place is full of tables stuck together (like in school cafeterias) and the food is really good and cheap. its located right after city center on the right hand side. i had 2 small pizzas and a cheese thingy..
7/11/2004 6:25:54 PM

Diet
i was at mcdonalds today but i didnt know what to get. after talking to zaydoun (zaydoun.blogspot.com) the other day about fast food and how i am on a diet, i really didnt know what to have anymore. i really hope we get the Go Active meals here soon. For those of u who dont know, McDonalds is introducing Go Active meals which is made up of a burger, salad and juice. A healthier option to the regular combo. Anyway I ended up having a Big Mac SuperSized…
7/11/2004 6:29:04 PM

Sheep
passed by the vet today in al-rai. my dogs vet is located next to a sheep market so there are always sheep on the side of the road or goats trying run front of my car. i also usually slow down and open the window so my dog can enjoy barking at them for a while.
7/11/2004 10:27:20 PM

Poor Dog
my dog is fucked. he had been licking his paws so much he developed lickotosis or something like that. so the vet gave him this satellite dish to wear for the next 2 weeks. sucks to be him.
7/11/2004 11:17:23 PM

Breakfast
the best thing about where i work is we have a cafeteria in the building with hotel standard food. everything looks good, tastes good and i get a 25% discount cuz i work in the building. today for breakfast i had Halloum sandwich and since i am on a diet decided to have salad replace my fries.
7/12/2004 11:26:04 AM

Takecover
passed by and saw my artwork during the day time. looks much nicer then it did at night. i am going to start doing some more spray painting soon but dont know if its illegal to spray paint old walls or not.. this pic i spray painted is a guy with a gun about to take cover.
7/12/2004 6:01:27 PM

LANVIN
LANVIN have a 75% discount. What does this mean? It means a suit that cost around KD600 is now for KD150. I got a really really nice Black LANVIN suit for 116KD after discount and another sports jacket for 57 after discount. REALLY good deals.
7/12/2004 10:58:32 PM

The Dentist
finally got the courage today to pass by the dentist. zaydoun recommended the Bayan Dental Center which i decided to try out since its so close to work. turns out this place isn’t bad at all. definitely better then my previous dentist and more technologically advanced. each dentist chair has a computer screen and the dentist had like a tiny camera and he showed me all my “issues” live on the screen. pretty cool stuff.. the place is located in Laila Gallery Tower if anyone is interested.
7/13/2004 8:03:01 PM

Marina Mall
had lunch with some fellow employees at marina mall today. the place really looks great during the day. very open and clean. souk sharq feel all dark and closed compared to here.
7/14/2004 2:45:48 PM

Hate
i don’t like this guy. he works at my local burger king branch. keeps mixing up my orders.
7/16/2004 5:21:11 PM

Breakfast
the best breakfast in the world.. by McDonalds!
7/18/2004 10:43:07 AM

KW61
was parking at marina mall when i saw this sticker advertising a website. i was like pretty cool since i figured the way it was stuck on 1 pillar only meant it was something underground and maybe with luck.. forbidden. so i got back home and checked it out. turned out it was a poorly designed site that talks about kuwait. nothing controversial or anything..
7/20/2004 12:25:22 PM

McArabia
had a McArabia from McDonalds with a bottle of water yesterday. part of my diet is to cut down on fried food and sugar drinks. so no fries and coke for me.
7/21/2004 1:46:03 PM

tooo hot
this is how my car AC is set for the whole summer. always the coldest with the highest fan setting! its toooo hot here!
7/23/2004 1:11:36 AM

send a cow?
huh?
7/23/2004 1:13:57 AM

Pro Kebabers
this is the most active kebab shop in the world i think. its in kuwait and the place is called Kebab el Hejat. The place employs over 20 people. All they have on the menu is Kebab and the place is always crowded. Once a year the place closes down for 2 months and all the employee go to Iran for a vacation. Place reminds me a lot of the Soup Nazi place in Seinfeld..
7/23/2004 1:17:08 AM

Kebab ‘R’ Us
there are like 6 people whos job is just to put the meet on the skewers… a lot of meat.
7/23/2004 1:17:42 AM

New Place
this is a new place that just opened 2 days ago. its called Homes R Us. pretty crappy place to be honest. nothing new nothing special prices expensive.
7/23/2004 1:19:00 AM

Not very “Kreativ”
one thing i hate is when people think they are being cool and witty when they are just really being corny. this brand for kitchenware i saw is 100% corny.
7/23/2004 1:21:40 AM

ripoff
the 20GB 3rd generation ipod is sold in kuwait for KD155 which is 525 american dollars. Compared to the states where the 4th generation 20GB ipod is sold for 299$… people here are getting ripped off like there is no tomorrow.
7/25/2004 11:02:31 AM

Shops
this is a picture of a shopping street during the afternoon. in kuwait shops mostly open from 10am to 1pm, and then reopen again from 5pm to 9pm. recently though some shops stay till 10 while shops in malls usually open from 10am to 10 or 11pm.
7/27/2004 9:12:13 AM

yeah baby
63″ plasma. anything smaller is trash!!
7/28/2004 9:56:31 PM

Clubbing
dance floor, lights, sound system and lots of seating. pretty cool.
7/28/2004 11:14:53 PM

colors
i want a wall like this in my place!
7/28/2004 11:15:13 PM

Gay in Kuwait
While waiting to pick up my brother outside Marina Mall I spotted this Porsche Cayenne parked outside. Nothing unusual since Cayenne’s are as common as busses. What struck me was the Rainbow flag stuck on the back near the right headlamp. You can barely make it out in this picture. For those of you who don’t know the Rainbow flag is a symbol of whats the word.. Gayness. I never ended up seeing the driver so I dont know if it was a male or female. If it was male thats just gross but if it was a female it would have been really cool to see a Local Lesbian Chick… you can’t get anything hotter then that!
7/31/2004 3:26:10 AM

Raver Cops
for those of you outside kuwait.. these r the new colors on the cop cars in kuwait. gone r the black and white old school colors and instead they have been replaced by fluorescent blue and yellow plus some white. the colors look cool on the BMWs and only on them. on the fords and tow trucks they look gastly. for some reason also on some cars the yellow (although a week old) has already faded into a pale yellowish beigh color. Definetly some quality control issue.
7/31/2004 3:49:44 PM

Bird Bridge
had dinner at bour al hamam finally. its a nice cozy place. the service was extremely proffesional and the food was just amazing. everything tasted really good and the prices were really affordable. i had heard the place was expensive but when the bill came i thought they forgot to add stuff. turned out to be cheaper then chilis but similar to TGIF. good stuff, definetly going back.
8/2/2004 10:05:10 AM

Skateboard Arena
I was telling a friend about the Skateboard Arena located in the basement of Ghani Palace in Salmiya and he asked me if it was still there. so i passed by today during my lunch break and yes its still there. Price is 1.5KD for entrance and u can skate as much as you want for as long as you want. good stuff.
8/3/2004 9:15:42 PM

CRASH
was on the way back from kuwait city when i stopped on traffic light and saw this accident. not a strong one but a strange one.
8/5/2004 11:40:28 AM

Baalbak
Yes we have our very own Baalbak here in Kuwait. Baalkbak is a place in Lebanon which has these famous pillars but now we have our own in Kuwait. The Baalbak Sheesha place recently renovated and they built these pillars in the middle of the place. looks pretty good to me.
8/5/2004 1:08:57 PM

My first piece
just got my first piece of furniture for my new place today. i was at The One today and when I saw this cabinet system on sale I couldnt resist. Now i need to figure out where to put it..
8/6/2004 9:37:18 PM

Airport
i had to drop my friend at the airport. I don’t know why they have made checking in too complicated. We went into the airport to check in through the main door. We tried finding the Middle East Airlines checkin but we couldnt find it anywhere. So we asked a security personal and he told us we had to exit the airport and come in from another entrance to the right of the main entance. Ok what the fuck, put some signs up atleast telling us middle east please enter using door #1. Why do we also have to exit the airport, couldnt you create an entrance from the inside also!
8/10/2004 9:55:59 AM

Cannondale
while walking around the airport mall we decided to stop by Eastpak and check out what new bags they had. To my surprise, there was a Cannondale F400 bike on display in the back corner of the store. This is like my dream bike. Extremely light, excellent looks and easily upgradable. Problem though is the price… at KD300 it isn’t cheap.
8/10/2004 9:57:50 AM

My PowerMac for sale
i am selling my powermac if anyone is interested. Its a G4 733mhz, 896MB RAM, SCSI card, Geforce 2 vga card, 8x internal cd writer, 12x external cd writer. Excellent condition. Could later be upgraded to a G4 1.4GHZ and upto 1.5GB of RAM. Price is KD300 only. Email me if interested.
8/11/2004 6:54:02 PM

SVC Chaos
SVC Chaos on the negeo costs $319 which i cant afford. BUT, luckily i was able to get it for my xbox! been playing it all weekend. one mother fucking crazy game. definetly the best 2D fighter ever!
8/13/2004 1:47:48 PM

Simply the best
although i mentioned this before but i have to say it again. the best breakfast in kuwait can be found at mc donalds on the gulf road. open till 11:30 you can have the best value breakfast for the money. 3 pancakes, scrambled eggs, 2 muffins, 1 hash brown, sausages and orange juice for 1.200kd.
8/14/2004 9:50:08 PM

woohoo
the janitor at the office just washed my apple mousepad. its soo white and clean now again. as if its new. for those of u who dont read arabic, the large grey type says Apple.
8/15/2004 6:29:51 PM

FURY!!
i got my Reebok Insta Pump furys in the mail today. these are the coolest sneakers. They are from 1993 and Reebok had some left which they were selling on their website. I was really lucky and got the last size 12 furys!!! now i dont know if i should hide them and keep them all clean and nice or if i should wear them. if i do wear them.. what goes with fluorescent yellow?
8/15/2004 7:26:30 PM

Paint it Black
they started painting my new apartment today. for now they are painting it all white. i still need a few days still to finalize what the final color should be for every room. until i decide though i figured the walls should atleast be white and clean before another color goes on top of it.
8/16/2004 3:12:59 PM

Moleskine
my moleskine plain notebook arrived. it was recommended to me by nibaq (kuwaitblogs.com). i will be using it to scribble down ideas in and other stuff. Van Gogh, Matisse and Hemmingway all used molkeskine notebooks.. and now me! the size is pretty good. i put it next to my phone when i took the pic so u can get an idea of the size. its pocket sized.
8/17/2004 5:08:09 PM

New iPod
just picked up my brothers new 4th generation ipod from aramex. i love amazon.
8/17/2004 6:30:30 PM

NBK 801801
passed by the NBK offices at Al Raya. Turns out this is the NBK call center HQ. I was expecting it to be larger and more hektic. I was actually expecting the offices at al raya to be much larger but i would say they were medium. anyway sorry i couldnt get a better pic but there were 4 security cams over me and u know with the new kuwaiti law and all…
8/18/2004 6:59:24 PM

Al Jazaeera Bookshop
found this street where bookshops named after news stations. this is the aljazeera one.
8/19/2004 11:54:55 AM

CNN Bookshop
found this street with bookshops named and branded after news stations. this is the cnn one.
8/19/2004 12:01:00 PM

BBC Bookshop
found this street with bookshops named and branded after news stations. this is the BBC one. ofcourse non of these bookshops are official.
8/19/2004 12:04:57 PM

Lebanese Forces
it was my birthday a few days ago and i was given this cross as a gift. its not a normal cross its the Lebanese Forces cross, The diagonal cut at the base of the cross symbolizes the strength of the Lebanese Christians’ will and their determination to keep the cross planted in this region of the world. For more info check http://lebaneseforces.com/lfcross.asp
8/24/2004 7:04:45 PM

GAS
the coolest thing about kuwait seriously has to be the gas prices. 2kd worth of gas lasts me a week!
8/24/2004 7:05:18 PM

Pebble Beach Golf
a hobby of mine is collecting vintage video game systems. i am lucky to be in kuwait since there are a lot of old systems that are lying around gathering dust while the owners dont know how much they are really worth. Did u know a brand new boxed Super Nintendo fetches over 300$ on ebay? I purchased a brand new NeoGeo AES system for 60kd. Its sells for $1200 in the states! Yesterday i was able to get a game for my Panasonic 3DO videogame system. Cost me 3KD only. Its such a classic.
8/24/2004 7:06:58 PM

WindRider
past by the wind rider store in muthana complex. it was closed so i wasnt able to get any prices or info. looks like a cool store though but i doubt they have a lot of business. selling only 1 product to a minority group isnt gonna bring the cash in.
8/24/2004 7:08:10 PM

Adventures of a Video Game Addict
since it was my birthday and i got some cash, i decided to go shopping for a gift for myself. i decided i wanted to get a vintage gaming system to add to my growing collection. (i got tons of stuff from commodors and collecos to atari jaguar and a boxed neogeo). this time i was hoping to find a Brand New Super Nintendo system which fetches for 300$ on ebay, a boxed Sega Saturn system which fetches 150-200$ on ebay, and a Sega Nomad which also fetches around 150-200$ for a new one on ebay. I started off at Rehab complex but didnt find them there, i went to the old souk in Kuwait city, i found the original first generation gameboy but they wouldnt sell me cuz the guy incharge of the videogame section was on vacation. i then passed by souk al kabeer, muthana, the street between muthana and sheraton.. and nothing, couldnt find them there also. Seems the left over vintage game systems are being bought by people who cant afford the new systems not knowing the infact these vintage systems could sell for a lot more then an xbox or ps2.
8/24/2004 7:16:49 PM

CSI: Kuwait
Yesterday we had 2 laptops stolen from the office. so we called the cops at 9:30AM yesterday so they could come and investigate. today at 12:30PM they finally came. took them over 24 hours to come! anyway i think i have been watching too much CSI and CSI: Miami. Actually I know i have been because i was watching CSI: Kuwait collect forensics and i was going in my head “why arent they wearing gloves?”, “no don’t do that, you are contaminating the evidence”, or “where are their flashlights?”. they didn’t even have a proper tool kit!
8/25/2004 7:40:28 PM

Dirty
i was just flipping through my pics on here and i noticed that my old pictures were sharper and more vibrant. so i realised my lens had gotten so dirty that the camera was having a hard time focusing and adjusting the brightness. as u can see from this pic, i cleaned my lens now so the pics should come out better again.
8/27/2004 5:44:27 PM

Worst Shawerma
i am the biggest shawerma fan u will ever meet. i have tried it all and have never been disappointed by any shawerma… until now. I had shawerma at a place called Famous Shawerma. Its a popular Lebanese franchise.. i dont know why. the place offers shawerma in international flavors ranging from chinese, mexican, italian, indian and more. i decided to try the chinese which is sweet and sour shawerma and the indian which is shawerma with curry. i had a bite from each and decided no way i was gonna force myself to finish them. they tasted terrible. i quickly trashed the shawermas and headed to the nearest burger place which was mcdonalds. never gonna have famous shawerma again. and they are not cheap at 400fils for a small shawerma.
8/28/2004 10:21:17 PM

Knet
you saw it here first! this is a pic of the new knet machines. they look a lot cooler then the older beigh machines and more compact.
8/29/2004 1:22:32 PM

used phones
sooo many used phones, even stuff that just came out. this place is the best place to trade in your phone since they buy used phones and sell used phones. which means u pay a small difference and u can upgrade your phone to a new version. place is located right across from Al Raiya mall in kuwait city. the shop is green from the inside.
8/30/2004 11:28:18 PM

Aramex
i love getting packages in the mail. today i got my Exabyte 33/66gb firewire backup tape drive. The previous one i purchased used SCSI instead of firewire and turned out to be a big hassel for me so I got the firewire version which makes things a lot easier. The box it came in was huge. I got it off ebay, guy really knows how to pack stuff!
8/31/2004 11:25:49 PM

Exabyta
this is the Exabyte backup drive i got yesterday. someone emailed me asking me it does. basically u back up your computer data on tapes that fit 33GB worth of info. These tapes are very reliable and will store the information on it for decades, unlike cds which last an average of 2 years.
9/1/2004 1:29:24 PM

Choose a number
was down in the city when i passed by a couple of phone shops. seems the latest trend is to plaster all the available cellphone numbers they have onto the display window. this guy had a cool bunch of numbers though.
9/7/2004 9:34:43 PM

Maybach
finally was able to take a picture of a maybach. was on the way to the office when i spotted it and decided to fall it to take a pic. they are pretty fast and i could barely keep up. it was the size 57 and it was driven by the owner. right after i was done i saw the new bentley GT coup and it was driven by this blonde chick. will post pic later.
9/9/2004 1:33:00 AM

BMW
past by the BMW showroom this week. i think its like the biggest BMW showroom in the world? Anyway its really cool, they have a starbucks inside and the whole place made me feel like i was in an airport. very cool.
9/9/2004 1:59:14 AM

BlueWhale
they r nearly done with my new apartment. today they finished my entertainment room. vibrant blue walls and dark wooden floor. it matches this sweater i have. i realized the easiest thing to do when choosing colors is to match them to stuff i like. my Art room color matches that of my favorite website for example.
9/11/2004 3:46:06 PM

Washy Washy
finally after 3 months i went and washed my car. thing is the building janitor washes the cars daily, so my car is always clean on the outside. the inside on the other hand was really dusty and i am to lazy to go wash the inside of my car.
9/12/2004 12:36:29 PM

Corny
having dinner at johnny rockets. they brought us the ketchup with a smile.
9/14/2004 10:26:11 AM

Entertainment
was shopping at this mall for some household items when i decided to check out this arcade that was on the top floor. figued it would be a small crappy place but instead the place turned out to be huge and even had a rollercoaster inside.
9/14/2004 6:53:41 PM

SBARRO
this is a pic of fanar mall and a nice range rover. was having lunch at sbarro when i took it. sbarro have the best pizzas.. the stuffed sausage and pepperoni pizza is the ultimate.
9/16/2004 10:42:54 AM

Firefox
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9/16/2004 1:07:32 PM

Moving
today i started moving to my new apartment. i was planning to store everything in my Art Room at the new apartment but after a night of moving i realized that my books and stuff took up the whole fucking room. need to get more shelves thats for sure. i have magazines from the early 90s that are tucked away which i would like to display now since i got the room.
9/18/2004 2:06:12 AM

Entertainment City
went to entertainment city yesterday. its like disneyland except smaller. i was worried since it was a national holiday the park would be full. when we got to the parking the can fit thousands of cars, turns out there were only 3 cars parked. the place was empty. got on each ride like 4 times in a row!
9/19/2004 1:56:08 PM

Giant Stapler
found this really cool stapler that would allow us to staple brochures and booklets when we present them to clients. the thing is huge though.
9/21/2004 11:24:56 AM

Magical Kingdom
I found this tiny shop in the shopping center under my building. they sell items related to hair. all for chicks. anyway the place is like ultra packed with thousands and thousands of items crammed next to each other. its the strangest place. feels magical when u enter. its like something out of a fairytale where instead of the place being built out of candy and sweets its built out of these colorful hair items.
9/26/2004 8:49:39 AM

McArabia
tried the new Kofta McArabia yesterday. was good. i prefer the chicken one but this wasnt bad. would probably have it again.
9/29/2004 9:12:05 AM

Kei
havent had sushi for like 3 years maybe then suddenly i had 42 pieces. actually me and my fiancee had 42 pieces together but still, i am the one who did most of the eating. now i can spend another 3 years without sushi!
10/2/2004 3:10:05 PM

Formula 1
was at marina mall this weekend when i spotted the MTC-Vodafone competition. Teams made up of 3 people competed to see who could change the cars tire the quickest. sounded like a good idea except this weekend was REALLY humid. there were maybe a total of 20 spectators and the majority were under 18 which was the minimum age to enter the competition. at one point it took them like 10 minutes to find a third person to make up a team.
10/2/2004 3:12:39 PM

tire
i noticed one of my car wheels was losing air, turned out i had a tear on the side. so i had to go get a new wheel. since i got 17inch rims i get a lot of flats and rips, so i am like a good customer at this one place. now when i visit i get like VIP treatment with drinks on the house and a nice clean chair to sit in.
10/4/2004 10:48:00 AM

Bread
To an untrained eyed this person might be mistaken for a terrorist. In reaity he is just a baker.
10/6/2004 10:51:37 AM

Bentley GT
the Bentley coup is becoming more popular. i have already seen a couple in different colors. now all we need is to see more Maybachs.
10/6/2004 3:23:09 PM

Panasonic
was walking in Salmiya when i passed by the Panasonic shop. its being renovated and there was a small gap in the wall where you could see inside. so i took a quick pic.
10/9/2004 9:20:38 AM

Paradigm CC370
got a new center speaker, a Paradigm CC 370. My older cernter speaker was too small and was being overpowered by my left and right channel speakers. now the 3 compliment each other.
10/9/2004 11:05:50 AM

Fishy Fishy
yesterday i drove down to Fahaheel to check out the new mall called Kout (i think thats the old name for Kuwait). i heard the mall had opened up but when i got there tuned out only the fish, meat and vegetable markets were open. the actual mall is still closed. this is a picture of a fish seller.
10/11/2004 11:25:12 AM

VW Launch
am sitting at the moment at the VW Golf launch party. its too humid tonight.
10/12/2004 10:02:26 PM

VW Golf Launch
Here is another pic from the VW Golf Launch party. It was a pretty lame event except for one incident. They had a fire jugglers show at the end of the launch, they messed up and ended up setting fire to the stage and surrounding greenery. that was definitely the coolest moment of the launch.
10/12/2004 11:35:01 PM

Villa Moda
Passed by villa moda yesterday. they were suprisingly open but the place was totally empty. it felt like in the movie 28 days later where the whole city was empty. really cool.
10/16/2004 12:35:07 PM

Fridge
a really cool fridge. a rerelease of an old model. classic edition. cost.. 750kd. thats like nearly 3000$
10/17/2004 1:37:35 PM

28 Days Later
for lunch i passed by marina mall today. since its ramadan its opens at 5pm. so i got there as they were opening the parking gates. i got into the mall and the escalators werent even on. there was nobody there also. the mall was empty. no employees or anything. felt really weird. only till i got to the food court did i see anyone. it so reminded me of the movie 28 days later.
10/18/2004 3:57:10 PM

Moon Landing
look mum and dad, i am on the moon!
10/20/2004 11:38:48 AM

Artsy Fartsy
a landscape picture of the marina cresent.
10/20/2004 11:41:16 AM

Cookie Monster
the best chocolate chip cookies in town. a dozen for 1KD at Fudruckers. really they are th best.
10/20/2004 11:44:24 AM

No one… again
back at marina mall during iftar. once again no one there. totally empty. wish it was always like this. no more waiting in line at the chinese place.
10/21/2004 10:27:13 PM

Bosch Siemens
i think the new Bosch – Siemens home appliance store in Sun City is the coolest appliance store in Kuwait. very trendy.
10/21/2004 10:27:51 PM

The Landing
anyone know what this is? is it a modern light house or something? some people told me there is a diwaniyeh located at the bottom which can only be accessed by sea. i checked it out from up close and it didnt seem so.
10/21/2004 10:29:26 PM

Deformed Sheep
passed by the Educational Science Museum in Kuwait City. Was expecting to pay like 3KD atleast for entrance but it turned out to be free.. what a deal. So i was checking out the place when i came accross this section which was totally out of place. the weirdest things really. They had deformed animals in large glass jars. This is a pic of a Sheep with a deformed face. there were goats with 8 legs, there was a “rabbit-cat”, deformed chickens, faceless goats… just really strange stuff. This deformed sheep looked kinda cute though, like something out of a cartoon.
10/21/2004 10:32:33 PM

Kuwait Times
todays issue of kuwait times (23-10-04) has an article about blogging in kuwait and my moblog was mentioned. it was a cool article except for a misprint… the qhate url is actually www.qhate.com
10/23/2004 11:37:31 AM

Bookshop
i was going on a random walk in kuwait city when my girl friend spotted this old bookshop. at first i didnt think they had any english books but turned out they had tons of them. actually they only have english book. the guy there was very nice. told me the book shop is over 35 years old and that he has been working there for over 20 years. i was in a bit of a rush so i couldnt spend too much time browsing but from what i saw he had some interesting stuff.
10/24/2004 12:05:17 PM

Bony
i was at the zoo today, it was pretty cool. so we were walking and we kept seeing signs that point towards a Bony. I thought that was a funny name for an animal. later my girlfriend realized that they actually meant Pony! ALL the signs in the zoo pointing towards the pony were spelt with a B. I thought that was pretty funny.
10/25/2004 2:33:51 AM

Planetarium
I passed by the Planetarium today. Haven’t been there since I was a kid. Its the large grey dome you see on the way to Kuwait city on the sea side road. Its a really nice place and i was very suprised it was open. The whole museum looks deserted except for the Planetarium and the Heritage Museum which are open. Everything else seems to still be closed since after the iraqi invasion.
10/26/2004 10:40:53 PM

Inside the dome
I passed by the Planetarium today. Haven’t been there since I was a kid. Its the large grey dome you see on the way to Kuwait city on the sea side road. Its a really nice place and i was very suprised it was open. The whole museum looks deserted except for the Planetarium and the Heritage Museum which are open. Everything else seems to still be closed since after the iraqi invasion. This is a picture of the projector in the dome. Creates a very, very realistic starry night.
10/26/2004 10:41:40 PM

Planeterium
I passed by the Planetarium today. Haven’t been there since I was a kid. Its the large grey dome you see on the way to Kuwait city on the sea side road. Its a really nice place and i was very suprised it was open. The whole museum looks deserted except for the Planetarium and the Heritage Museum which are open. Everything else seems to still be closed since after the iraqi invasion. This is the pic of the dome from the outside.
10/26/2004 10:42:04 PM

Cannondale
A couple of months ago i fell in love with a Cannondale bike. Well it seems like i might finally be getting one. Passed by them yesterday and they gave me a really good deal on an F400, so now i am seriously contemplating on getting one. I have gained 3KG since i moved to my new apartment and i need to find a way to lose some weight.. WITHOUT cutting down on the food intake.
10/28/2004 1:44:37 PM

Ostrich
went to the friday market this weekend. while i was there i found ostriches for sale. only 100kd. i thought that was pretty cheap. would be cool as a house pet. imagine u walk in to your house and this 6 foot beast comes running to you happy to see you. it would feel like Jurassic park.
10/31/2004 10:22:31 AM

Shownet
my internet subscription is with show-net. i believe they are one of the fastest internet providers in kuwait which you can afford. a couple of days ago my internet stopped working. 2 days later it was still not working. so i call them up and they were like oh yeah, your internet hardware doesnt work anymore. we decided to use a new system and the hardware we gave you doesnt work with the new system. you have to come down to the workshop to replace it with the new one. i was like what the fuck, atleast call me ahead of time, email me, someone fucking tell me. not out of the blue after 3 years of use you decide to change the system and disconnect everyone without warning. anyway the new hardware is a lot faster. my download speed test at bandwidthplace.com hit 1.1Mb. That means i can download a 1MB file in 7 seconds. good stuff.
10/31/2004 10:27:44 AM

Lord of the Rings
This tree is so out of place in the store. it kinda looks like one of these talking trees from the movie Lord of the Rings.
11/3/2004 2:50:19 PM

Hard Rock Cafe – Kuwait
went biking today near marina mall. i passed by hard rock cafe, seems its gonna open soon since it was nearly done and i think the waiters/waitresses are training.
11/3/2004 8:04:43 PM

Fire Fire
Was listening to some music at home when i heard sirens outside. so i looked out of my window and i saw a large fire in the parking lot near my house and a fire truck on its way. Just when you think the night is over some excitement pops in. love it when that happens. spent the next 30 minutes hanging outside my window watching all the action. oh and before that earlier in the night there was a large fight under my building. around 30 kids were beating the crap out of each other with blood everywhere. This is Salmiya, never ending entertainment!
11/7/2004 10:49:51 PM

Double Decker
i took my camera with me when i went biking yesterday. while i was biking i found this old abandoned junk yard where i went in and found these 2 double decker busses. Haven’t seen those since I was a kid. Dont know why they stopped using them.
11/9/2004 11:06:07 AM

Ghost Town
this is another picture i took at the junkyard. the whole place looks like a ghost town with abandoned housing units. it seems the place is a military dump because i found containers that had toilets built into them, and another container that was a kitchen. thats what the military uses, the US military atleast. I also found an old Radar vehicle. Cool stuff in a strange place.
11/9/2004 11:09:08 AM

Pimp My Ride
i biked past the hard rock cafe yesterday and decided to take a picture so that everyone can see how its gonna look inside. i dont understand how this place has soo many windows. Didnt they know it gets really sunny and hot here?? I am sure these windows must be the new ones where they can dim them during the day. if they arent they must be really stupid. so anyway they have this old car hanging from the ceiling, looks like something that was on “Pimp My Ride”.
11/9/2004 11:10:51 AM

H2 Stretch
the H2 limo, i keep seeing it everywhere.
11/14/2004 1:45:37 AM

Shepherd
went biking in ahmadi today. had to wake up at 6:45 am to be there at 7:45.. and its a fucking friday. an hour into the ride and i get a rear puncture, no spare tube meant i had to get back to the cars and go home. thats when i spotted this shepherd standing next to our cars. so i took a picture of him. it was cool because i pretended i was a tourist who couldnt speak arabic, after a couple of hand signals and me pointing at my camera then at him, he got the point that i wanted to take his picture and proceeded to pose for me infront of his herd. cool guy.
11/19/2004 11:21:53 AM