Category: Events

George Bush is coming to Kuwait today (Friday) as part of his trip to the Gulf. I heard a lot of the roads will be closed, I hope that isn’t true since I don’t want to get stuck in Salmiya all day. [Link]

On Friday the 25th of January, Animal Friends League in Kuwait will be hosting a paint ball tournament on their farm in Wafra. The tournament will be comprised of five teams of five players each.

The entry fee is 20KD per player which includes:
Gun, face mask, body armor, CO2 canister, 200 paint balls and food.
Each additional 200 paintballs can be purchased for 5KD.
Each additional CO2 canisters can be purchased for 4KD.
Spectators are encouraged to attend for 3KD which includes food.

Teams need to register by January 20th by e-mail with a list of team players and a team name. Players must be over the age of 18.

For more information visit their website. [Link]

See you in 08

 – Posted by K

Dear Students and Staff,
In response to all your questions and inquiries about the Axis of Evil Show, please be advised of the following:

– Tickets for ALL ACK STUDENTS and STAFF are: 30 KD a piece
– Tickets can be purchased Tuesday and Wednesday from 12pm – 4pm at ACK ONLY—no tickets can be purchased after these dates!
– There are only 100 tickets available…buy your tickets early—there will be NO TICKET RESERVATIONS
– Students and Staff must present their ACK ID when purchasing tickets
– Students and Staff may only purchase tickets for themselves
– Tickets for family members can be purchased for 40 KD per ticket

The event will be on:
– December 17th at 6pm (ACK Auditorium)

The night of the event:
– Without your ticket and ID, you will not be permitted entry to the event.

Please note—there will be tight security for this event; Regular ACK Rules and Regulations apply.

Thanks Mr CHoCoLaTe

Mr.CHoCoLaTe sent me the following:

The Axis of Evil Comedy Show is coming to ACK! The 4 American Comedians will be having their show on our campus December 17th at 6 p.m. in the ACK Auditorium.

Ticket Sales will be from Tuesday, December 11th from 11a.m. to 3p.m. and Wednesday, December 12th from 11a.m. to 3p.m.

Price of ticket: For ACK Students with ID presentation: 20 KD

Axis of Evil will be back in Kuwait again on December 16th. It will be held at AUK again there will be two shows. Tickets will go on sale in about a weeks time.

Thanks Reema

This is a video of the Flugtag event put together by BahryTV and our team comes up in the video a few times including our flight/crash. I think BahryTV is my favorite local TV station although all I have watched are the stuff they’ve uploaded online. [YouTube]

Here are some more clips from BahryTV on YouTube. [Link]

Does anyone have any info on a skateboarding and graffiti competition thats supposedly taking place this weekend at Marina Mall?

To be honest at first when my friends were talking about Axis of Evil I thought they were either a boy band or some DJ but then I remembered they were a comedy act which I had first heard about on CNN. Well Axis of Evil are coming to Kuwait tomorrow but don’t get your hopes up, tickets were already sold out from the first day. The comedy act is being handled by AUK so if you know someone there (not a student) they might be able to hook you up with tickets. Tickets were priced at KD20 each. Is anyone scalping tickets?

Check out their website for more information. They are going to be in Lebanon from December 5 to 7th and I am going to be in Lebanon from the 6th to the 9th so I might just check them out there. Tickets start at $20 in Lebanon. [Here]

update: They are going to be at Dar Al Awadi tomorrow from 1:00pm to 3:00pm for MUNCH’s opening.

I haven’t had the chance to pass by the motor show yet but yo_ghurt has a ton of pictures on his flickr account which you can check by clicking [Here]

According to 4thring, the new Nissan GT-R will be on display at the Kuwait International Automobile Exhibition that is being held in Kuwait this month. If its true then it looks like this years motor show will be the best one yet featuring the Nissan GT-R, Spyker cars and the BMW concept car, the CS.

Probably the only exhibition at Mishref that is worth going to and its going to be held from November 28th till December 4th. One automotive event I am surprised they haven’t repeated again is the 4×4 one that was held at Marina Crescent like 2 years ago. [Link]

I have thirty Gulf Run images online now, you can view them [Here]

I am back in Kuwait after what surprisingly was an exhausting weekend. The Gulf Run was incredibly fun and the guys were all really entertaining on and off the track. Everyone either knew everybody else or had one friend in common at least. I think in total there were either 22 or 24 cars that raced on the track ranging from Porsches and Nobles to a Murcielago and a Ford GT 40. My favorite car probably has to be the yellow RUF which although didn’t participate on the race track did participate in the drag race.

Although the event wasn’t held in Kuwait it was a Kuwaiti event and like the Red Bull Flugtag that was held a few weeks ago, its good we have these events happening in Kuwait. We really need more of these events and we REALLY need a race track here in Kuwait. I would like to thank the organizers of Gulf Run for putting it all together and the sponsors who helped made it happen including Magic, Agility, Huper Optik and U Shop We Ship.

I took around 80 pictures at the event trying my best to capture the moments, the people and the cars. In this post I have only 7 pictures, I might post some more again later but the majority of my pictures have people in them and those I will only be sharing with the Gulf Run participants. I will go through my pictures again and see what else I could post but you can enjoy these for now.

More pictures [Here]

Just booked my tickets to Bahrain via Jazeera Airways. They are practically giving them away, it cost me only KD23. Weird thing is after I booked I was checking the passenger name and it was written TESTTT, TESTT. I called Jazeera Airways up a few minutes ago to fix it and I am actually still on hold waiting for someone to pick up while I am writing this post.

So anyways, Gulf Run is next week, I am going to be taking both my video cam and digital camera so I can take a ton of shots. Marzouq, Bader and Khalid are also going and I don’t know if there are any other bloggers also going. If you want to find out more about Gulf Run you can check out their website on www.thegulfrun.com

And Remember, Magic is the Natural Energy Drink 😉

By the way, I am done writing this post and I am still on hold!

update: After waiting for like 10 minutes they hung up on me, I called again and I am now still on hold

update2: Finally got a hold of someone who was very professional and straight to the point. Fixed my problem instantly. I guess they just need more operators.