Author: Mark

30″ wheels on a Toyota FJ Cruiser.

Like TinyURL shrinks your link to something tiny, ShadyURL takes your link and makes it sound like something shady. [Link]

So as I mentioned a few posts below I will be swapping my Wrangler for an FJ Cruiser. Before I list my Jeep on Q8car I figured I would see if anyone here was interested in it. Here are the specs:

Jeep Wrangler Sport
2004 Model
85,000KM Mileage
3.75″ Old Man Emu lift (details)
33×12.5″ Tires on Cragar black steelies
Alpine + Boston Sound System installed by me (1, 2 & 3)

Dealer serviced and maintained. Full car history available on this blog (search for Wrangler) and here is the full history of my Wrangler in pictures [Link]

If you’re interested in the Jeep [Contact Me]

Just found out about this site called Chat Roulette and I love the idea. It’s a very simple, you go to the website and it will randomly connect you with someone else to chat with. It’s not just typing chat but you also share video and audio. No bells and whistles just a simple navigation system to flip between the thousands and thousands of people there (it was over 30,000 when I was checking it out). Try it out, its pretty cool. [Link]

Note: If you see anything not rated PG just click on the “Report” button to report that person and end the video.

I got the following by email:

The fine arts and crafts association is holding its first exhibition for Embroidery art, Drawing, Knitting, Painting eggs this week to spread awareness of the activities of the society. The first showroom will be held in the astronomers house Adel Al-Saadoon on Saturday 20th of February 2010 from 10 am in the morning till 8 pm in the evening.

Address: Fintas, Block 4, Street 9, House 21 (Aladdin house)
Open Invitation

Note: Please don’t park your magic carpets on the front lawn

LoYAC is having its Annual Music Night on Tuesday, February 23rd 2010 at 6:00pm. The Music Night will be held in the AbdulAziz Hussein Theatre in Mishref and all the proceeds will be going to the victims of the earthquake in Haiti. This is considered to be the first step that the Help Haiti Committee in LoYAC (headed by Al Zain Al Humaidhi) will be taking in terms of awareness and collecting donations for the victims of the Haiti earthquake.

Many musicians from LoYAC will be performing, our main area of focus would have to traditional Arabic music and folklore. We are anticipating having people sing songs for Fairuz, Rashed Il Majed, Shereen, Abdel Halim and many more. We will also have instrumental pieces that will be played. Our pianist Faisal will be performing as well. Faisal has been sent on several scholarships through LoYAC internationally.

The tickets cost 5 KD, and 20 KD for corporate donations, the tickets are available at LoYAC in Bayt Lothan.

For more information visit the LoYAC website [Link]

Wow, can’t believe they spelled transferred right…

Thanks B!

I think these are the oldest photos I’ve seen of Kuwait on Flickr. There are only three images in this set but they’re great ones, here are their links:

Sailor in Kuwait
Camel in Kuwait carrying fuel for cooking
Sailing into Kuwait

Thanks Haya!

Negative Effect lent me his Toyata FJ Cruiser for the night and it only took the ride back home in it to be convinced about getting one. It felt really cozy, comfortable and just well built. Now its just about choosing a color and finding a good deal on a second hand one. I guess I have to prepare a farewell party for my Wrangler.

This video was shot around a month or a month and a half ago but was just uploaded yesterday. Supposedly the plane ran into very heavy turbulence which resulted in everything flying around and a person getting burnt by boiling water. [YouTube]

Thanks KA FAN!

The GulfRun 5 video is out and it’s easily my favorite from all the GulfRun videos up till now. It was directed, shot and produced by Negative Effect who did an incredible job squeezing three days worth of activities and hours and hours worth of footage into just two minutes and thirty seconds. Watch it above or follow this link for the best experience [Video]

Just went to Q8Car.com to check out the prices of used FJ’s and noticed they’ve completely redesigned the site. Haven’t used it much but so far it still feels bloated. [Link]

Pottery Barn is going to be opening up in the Avenues in place of where Top Shop and Top Man used to be. I’ve never been to Pottery Barn and according to the sign outside, this will be the first branch outside the States. That’s nice, but what about Home Depot? Costco? In-N-Out? Walmart?

The Kuwait Towers are getting a fresh coat of paint for National and Liberation Day. I wonder how long and how much paint it takes to paint the towers and how much it costs? It would be interesting if we can paint the towers different colors for different occasions. Wait, I take that back since someone might get the idea to paint it gold or peach even!

Dusty Beach from Moayad Hassan on Vimeo.

A very soothing 3 minute film by Moayad shot during a dust storm here in Kuwait. Other than a few scenes where you could see the camera reflection and some scenes with excess camera shake, this video is pretty well made.

Thanks Nasser!