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The weather is great and so the Cinemagic movie nights are back on. Cinemagic would like to extend its early EID wishes to all the fans and supporters. They wish you all the best happy life. Also note that during this occasion, the whole week of ADHA, they will not be screening any films. Happy Eid.

Thursday, November 4th at 7:30PM
THE WIZARD OF OZ
Director: Victor Fleming
Country: USA
Release: 1939
Genre: Adventure | Fantasy | Musical | Family
Running time: 101 minutes
Language: English | English Subtitle
Awards: 2 Oscars, 5 other wins and 8 nominations
Rated: PG

Saturday, November 6th at 7:30PM
A PROPHET
Director: Jacques Audiard
Country: France
Release: 2009
Genre: Drama | Crime
Running time: 155 minutes
Language: French | English Subtitle
Awards: 25 awards and 15 nominations
Rated: R

Thursday, November 11th at 7:30PM
SURPRISE FILM
Director:
Country:
Release: 2009
Genre: War | Drama
Running time: 93 minutes
Language: Arabic | French | English | English Subtitle
Awards: 9 awards and 6 nomination
Rated: 15+

Saturday, November 13th at 7:30PM
I AM LOVE
Director: Luca Guadagnino
Country: Italy
Release: 2010
Genre: Drama
Running time: 120 minutes
Language: Italian | English Subtitle
Awards: 2 awards
Rated: R

Thursday, November 25th at 7:30PM
EXILED
Director: Johnnie To
Country: Hong Kong
Release: 2006
Genre: Thriller | Crime
Running time: 110 minutes
Language: Cantonese | English
Subtitle Awards: 6 awards, and 10 nominations
Rated: 15+

Saturday, November 27th at 7:30PM
CALIFORNIA DREAMIN’
Director: Cristian Nemescu
Country: Romania
Release: 2007
Genre: Comedy | Drama
Running time: 155 minutes
Language: English | Romanian | English Subtitle
Awards: 9 awards and 1 nomination
Rated: 15+

Cinemagic Kuwait, is organizing these events as part of its efforts to contribute to the development of an internationally competitive Kuwaiti audio-visual production industry, partly by bringing the filmmakers and audiences together and by Increasing the public’s interest in – and appreciation for – the art of film-making. Cinemagic movies are screened in the old Salmiya, on the roof on top of Alghanim Electronics and LG. There is a KD1 charge for the venue fees which includes refreshments, popcorn and much more. Here is a link to their Facebook group [Link]

Spotted this new restaurant that’s opening up at the Avenues called Carluccio’s. I haven’t heard of it before but it seems to be a UK franchise that’s also available in Dubai.

Looks like Victoria Secret is finally opening a proper shop in Kuwait. The picture above was taken at Marina Mall next to Mac Cosmetics.

Note: No mention of lingerie on the hoarding so could be just their beauty products which would make sense since the space there isn’t that big

As part of Cinemagic’s efforts to contribute to the development of an internationally competitive Kuwaiti audio-visual production industry, We’re also proud to take part in spreading awareness of environmental issues and help making kuwait and the world a better place.

The Green Caravan is not only the first film festival of its kind in Kuwait, it is also one of a small handful of film festivals worldwide dedicated entirely to environmental issues.

The Green Caravan Film Festival is back for its second season with more films, a larger audience and a greater variety of venues to enjoy. And Cinemagic is one of these Venues.

This years festival shines a light upon the fisheries crisis, waste pollution and energy alternatives.

FUEL
Location: Cinemagic – rooftop venue
Time: 7:30PM Monday, November 1st
Event Link: Facebook Page

Life with Cacao is a chocolate café thats located at the 360 Mall and Nat has been working on their branding for awhile now. Just a few days ago she finished working with a very cool illustrator on some funky iPhone and Blackberry wallpapers for Life with Cacao which I found very cute and worth sharing on the blog.

There are a total of ten wallpapers that come in four different sizes to fit the various devices. You can download them all in one zip file by clicking [Here]

Update: They’re now all available on Flickr [Here]

According to Forbes, two out of the Top 10 online newspapers in MENA are Kuwait based. Al Watan came in at #2 and Al Rai at #8. The next local newspaper comes in far behind at #39 which is Al Anba. Both Arab Times and Kuwait Times didn’t make the Top 50.

1- Youm Al Sabea – Egypt
2- Al Watan Newspaper – Kuwait
3- Chorouk – Algeria
4- El Heddaf – Algeria
5- Al Riyadh – Saudi Arabia
6- El Khabar – Algeria
7- Gulf News – United Arab Emirates
8- Al Rai Newspaper – Kuwait
9- Ennahar – Algeria
10- Al Ghad – Jordan

For the full top 50 list and more information here is the [Link]

via Jad

For some reason the past two weeks I’ve been obsessed with Casio G-Shocks. I’ve already posted a ton of pictures in my twitter account and I’ve even posted about them on my other blog 248PM. I’m a huge fan of watches but I’m always worried about them getting scratched, lost or stolen so when I started checking out the G-Shocks it was like this is a watch I can get and not have to worry about.

There were a few different models I liked, I first liked the G-5500 special editions which came in two colors (pictured above), a bright yellow representing Tokyo and a gark gray one representing New York City. I then saw the GA-100 (pictured below) and loved how dark and evil it looked. Finally I saw and read about the GX56 (pictured on top of post and the very end) and knew right away that was the watch for me.

The GX56 is Casio’s largest G-Shock ever made. It not only huge but it’s also super tough and I personally think looks really great. It comes in three colors but the Casio dealer in Kuwait gets them in just one color which is the one in the picture above. I ended up getting that and so far I’m loving it. Price wise it’s not cheap since it costs KD50 which is on the expensive side of the Casio spectrum. The GA-100 is for KD35 while the G-5500 special editions are for KD40 each.

The Casio dealer is pretty decent, their prices are slightly more expensive than Amazon but when you add shipping costs and tax it turns out to be exactly the same as Kuwait. The branch I kept passing by was the one behind Souk Al Kabeer in Kuwait City. All the models I posted above are available at their Kuwait City branch. Their phone number is 22458727.

KUWAIT: The national holiday celebrations next year will be completely foamless, reported Al-Qabas. The Environmental Public Authority (EPA) recently announced that an agreement was reached to ban the use or import of foam sprays in the country. The move is an attempt to control the chaotic use of the substance that has experienced an increase in popularity these past few years. “The EPA has reached an agreement with the Interior Ministry, the Kuwait Municipality and the Ministry of Health to ban the substance for being a serious health risk,” said the Director of the Industrial Environment Department at the EPA, Mohammad Al-Enizy. The substance has been accused of causing allergic reactions to the eyes and skin in addition to containing carcinogen material. “A detailed report was sent to the Ministry of Commerce and Industry to stop importing or selling foam sprays in the country,” Al-Enizy added. [Source]

This was in the papers a few days ago, not sure how I missed it. I guess I am now looking forward to national holiday celebrations.

Thanks Mike

Very nicely done. [YouTube]

Fahad just started his own health and fitness blog! For those of you who don’t know who he is, Fahad is the owner of the Core Fitness gym and is a guest writer on this blog. You can check some of his previous health related posts [Here]. According to his new blogs “about” page this is what he will be posting:

Essentially, anything associated with health and fitness is trying to be Fahad. As such, this blog will hopefully offer the latest and updated news on the world of health and fitness, including bodybuilding, sports performance, nutrition and achieving overall well-being. You’ll also witness all my trials and tribulations (some might fail, and some might succeed) in achieving maximum potential both physically and mentally.

I’ll be documenting my meals, workouts and dietary supplements. As an avid health-seeker, I’ll also be roaming around the streets of Kuwait reviewing what products, foods, restaurants, drinks, etc are worth your hard-earned (or not so hard-earned) cash.

So check out his new blog and don’t forget to bookmark it. [Link]

I passed by with some friends last night to the Pro Kart Racing track off the 6th ring road. The track is located next to the drift track and a motocross track but to get to that whole area is a bit tricky since you need to take an unofficial exit off the 6th ring road but I’ve got a link to the area on Google Maps at the end of this post to help you out.

The track opened up a few months ago but the weather now is perfect for it. You don’t need a driving license to race on their track, you just need to be 14 years old or older. The cost is KD5 for an 8 minute session which is a lot longer than it sounds and I would say is 4 or 5 laps around their large track. The last time I had done go karting was in Lebanon back in 1995 so don’t really have much experience with it. The karts seemed pretty fast once they picked up speed but acceleration was pretty weak. The karts mostly had incredible grip on the track which made my ride back home in the FJ seem like I was driving a boat.

We raced at night which I highly do not recommend. They had issues last night with their flood lights (some were not working) which resulted in patches of the track that were pitch dark. Even the patches that were lit up weren’t really that bright. I would imagine things would be a lot more fun during the day since other than the fact you would actually be able to see the track but you would also be able to see your friends. Since they open up at 5PM there really isn’t much daylight hours so you would have to get there early.

The track is fairly big with a lot of great turns and a good amount of straights. One of the guys in our group races on the Bahraini national karting team and he obviously kicked all our asses. I came before last on my first try since my first couple of laps I was still getting used to the karts and then managed to pick up pace on my last laps. My second race was a total disaster since I came in last. After my good last laps in my first race I came in to the second race too confident and ended up going into the turns too fast and spinning out. I spun out at least 6 times and by then I was just too far behind to catch up.

Karting was a lot of fun but next time I would definitely want to go back during the day. Here is the location on the [Map] and here is a link to their [Website]. They’re open daily starting from 5PM, each race session is KD5.

This is the sequel to “How to be a Kuwaiti” [YouTube]

Thanks Basboosa (and everyone else who emailed it in)

A reader emailed me to tell me that tomorrow tonight on the “Taw il Lail” show they will be showing the Seabreacher and interviewing the local dealer . I hadn’t heard of the Seabreacher until a few moments ago and after watching the video above all I can say is where do I sign up for a test drive?! [YouTube]

Thanks Clark

Update: The episode has been pushed back till next week

Anyone have any info on this Motocross School. Do they provide you with bikes? This could be a cool outdoor activity now that the weather has improved. [YouTube]