Category: Kuwait

I was coming in to work today when I briefly saw an ad on the street which at first glanced looked like Coca Cola had some sort of deal with Sony Ericsson. When I got to the office someone was talking about the new Wataniya ads with Rotana. So I go to the Wataniya website and there was the ad I saw in the morning. It wasn’t Coca Cola with Sony Ericsson, it was Wataniya with Rotana and Nokia!

I think Eureka are living in a world of their own. I past by yesterday and they had the old 15inch powerbooks for KD1115 which is $3818 making it nearly $2000 more expensive then the new 15inch PowerBooks. Way to go Eureka! I think they are officially the most expensive Mac store in Kuwait.

From the makers of Rampurple – Days Go By, Rampurple – The Evolution Continues is about the latest phase in my life. Part 2 in this series of blogging. Enjoy! [Link]

I just got the following message with bad punctuation about a rock concert that will take place in Kuwait but it doesn’t even say where the place is and I have no clue who sent it to me:

Rock Show on 24th of November ! ,thursday, doors open at 6 . Band silent scream . For tickets call: rashid 9551602 or max 6224577 . “BE THERE” !!

Someone from Aramex left the following comment in one of my posts:

Dear valued customers, we thank you for your valued feedback and comments on our very special and unique ShopN’Ship service. Rest assured that all your comments and complaints are being taken into considerations; We are taking things up to top management to plan for necessary corrective and preventive actions to make sure all these problems would never recur again and our customers are happy at the end and satisfied. We are taking some newly measures and changes which we are sure it will improve our service level drastically and provide you with utmost satisfaction. All your comments and feedback are highly appreciated and welcome to our mail address [email protected] where they will all be recorded and logged into our system for review and investigation. Always at your service. Rabih Jabboury.

Hopefully what he said is true and things are going to get better. What new service I would like to see is maybe a mail back to sender option where we could ship products back to the States incase of damages or returns.

Update: Turns out the service IS available!

Fuck my luck, I have been waiting all day for a decent shot of something and finally when it happens turns out my camera was set on manual focus! Me and Nat where standing at the traffic light which had 3 lanes. We were parked the third row middle. Suddenly a car pulls up beside us with two people in it. The passenger wearing local clothing gets out and goes to the car infront of him and starts punching the passenger there. The driver then follows him and starts kicking in the side windows of the car infront of him and smashing them. By then I had my camera out (it was on my side since I was shooting earlier) and I started taking pictures. Then I realized my camera was out of focus and wasnt focusing because it was set on manual. Suddenly the car that was getting attacked climbs the sidewalk, nearly runs over the guy in local clothing who was trying to hang on to the car, and then crosses the red light nearly hitting an oncoming car. The two attackers get back into their car and rush off in a high speed chase through traffic. Our light turned green so I tried to follow them but it was impossible since they were weaving in through heavy traffic dangerously and then they ran another red light. It was such a rush watching all this happen and it all happened so fast. Damn my luck for having my camera in manual focus. I am sure they would have been interesting pictures. The picture above was the only picture I was able to take after quickly putting my camera on autofocus again. You can see the local guy on the floor and the car jumping off the curb through traffic. You can also see where that car was parked.

Nat just scored us 2 free tickets to the Brazil Vs Kuwait soccer game next month. I’ve always wanted to watch Kuwait play soccer live and this will be my first time. I would have rather watched Kuwait vs Saudi but this will have to do.

Was flipping through my Miskan archive when I found this picture dating back to February of this year which for some reason I never ended up using. Looking at it now I think its a lot cooler then the image I finally decided to use that day.

Two days ago I posted about an offer that if you purchase a 4GB iPod Nano from zMacShop for KD88 and mention my blog you will get a free unpowered boom box for it in addition to the free sleeve. Well just to keep you updated there are only three more gifts left. So hurry up.

iPod mini
Blue Color, 4GB (First Generation)
Excellent condition, with no scratches
Will include case for Free
Asking Price: KD40

If you are interested leave a comment and I will send you contact info.

Note: These ipod’s I post about for sale are NOT mine. They are for people I know.

Todays B-Side is from a car wreck near McDonalds on the Gulf Road.
Click here for the Miskan post.

iPod mini
Green Color, 6GB (Second Generation)
Good condition, 1 minor scratch
Will include case for Free
Asking Price: KD50

If you are interested leave a comment and I will send you contact info.

A friend of mine just told me they are selling Segways at Virgin for KD1,500 each. I will pass by tonight to check it out myself.

zMacShop finally got their batch of iPod Nanos. They are selling them for only KD88 with a free sleeve. Thats over KD40 cheaper then the other Mac stores in Kuwait. So if you are interested here is their contact info.

zMacShop
116 Walla’a Complex – Basement
Hawalli, Ibn Khaldun Street
Kuwait City – Kuwait
Tel: +965-261-7575
Email: [email protected]

Update: I received a phone call earlier tonight from zMacShop telling me about the following offer. For the first 6 people who buy an iPod Nano and mention my site (2:48AM) they will get a FREE rubber unpowered boom box for the iPod in addition to the free sleeve. Everyone else will get a free pair of Apple Logo stickers in addition to the sleeves. So if you want an iPod Nano hurry up to get the extra gift, they only have 6 to give away.

Ummm is there a Hash Bar in Kuwait that I don’t know about? BusyNow was researching for his upcoming trip when he discovered this under a review of accommodations in Kuwait:

SAS Radisson, Salwa, Tel. 575 6000, Fax 575 0155, E-mail: Again we have some good eating, a reasonable gym, and hosts of many Quiz Nights. Chalets are available for long term guests and this is the nearest hotel to the (un)official Hash Bar.

WHAT HASH BAR?? Can someone post a map or something??

Here is the link to the page he found it at, do a search for the word “hash” and you will find it. [Link]