2:48AM - Entertaining Kuwait since 2003

It’s been awhile since I posted about Mishaal Al Roomi. For those of you who are new to the blog and haven’t heard about him, Mishaal is a young and extremely talented weather forecaster whom I’ve posted about a number of times before. He had a website which he used to update daily with the weather forecast even though he was only 17 years old. His site ended up having technical problems and then the updates suddenly stopped. Well he emailed me today telling me that his website www.q8weather.com is now fixed and getting updated daily.

So if you want to get an accurate weather forecast you can now head over to his website and check out his predictions. I’m also going to check with him and see if there is somehow I can implement his forecast into the Kuwait Blogs app. Here is a link to his 5-day forecast which is what I used to check [Link]

Me and Nat passed by Sidekick Academy earlier tonight and signed up to their courses. Nat’s going to be taking their Be-Safe womens program which I previously posted about while I’ll be taking private lessons in mixed martial arts.

It was my first time passing by their training facility and I was really impressed. The place is huge and feels like a great place to train in. They also told me Royce Gracie will be coming back to Kuwait in around 2 months time which is great.

So now I’m pretty much set up with activities on a daily basis. I’ve got Core Fitness four times a week, mixed martial arts once a week and I’ll be building and racing radio controlled cars with Pro-Hobbies also once a week. And people say there is nothing to do in Kuwait…

Update: Here are the prices if anyone is interested

Program Pricing (6 times a week)
1 month = KD70
3 months = KD200
6 months = KD375
1 year = KD720

Be Safe Program (twice a week/women only)
1 month = KD45

Private Lessons (per hour)
KD10 = Private lesson with a red belt instructor
KD20 = Private lesson with a brown belt instructor
KD30 = Private lesson with a black belt instructor

Their phone number is 99965562 99975562

Update: Sorry I posted their wrong phone number, the correct number is 99975562

I just read about this on Autoblog and thought it was a pretty cool idea and one they should apply here in Kuwait as well.

Police in Abu Dhabi take traffic violations very seriously, and they’re reportedly adding a new tool to their arsenal – public shaming. After the evening news bulletin, videos will be shown of various traffic offenses along with the fines and penalties they incur. They have already lined up 30 such video violations and plan to run the series for a month.

It would be cooler though if the show was more like the popular reality American TV show COPS. [Link]

Remember the goal keeper I posted a video about 2 weeks back that caught a penalty kick and started celebrating not noticing the ball continue to roll into the goal? Well he screwed up again but this time he ended up running off the pitch topless obviously very upset. [YouTube]

Thanks Rob

The U.S. Embassy, Kuwait has organized a photography exhibition that is hosted by Dar al-Athar Al-Islamiyyah. The photography exhibition is of famous American jazz musicians who traveled the world on U.S. Department of State-funded tours to promote cultural diplomacy.

Time
September 23rd to October 8th
Saturday to Thursday 10am to 2pm & 4pm to 8pm
Friday 4pm to 8pm

Place
Dar Al-Athar Al-Islamiyyah (Americani Hospital)

You can view the flyer [Here]

Van Cleef & Arpels will be launching tomorrow evening (September 28th) at Salhiya Complex.

Additionally, Bvlgari will be relaunching on October 4th in the same location as their previous store in Salhiya but this time it’s under new ownership.

Did anyone feel an earthquake around 2:25PM?

Update: Looks like an earthquake with a magnitude of 5.7 hit near a city called Kazerun in Southern Iran. More information [Here]

Thats some really old footage. Not sure if all of it was shot in Kuwait or just the airport bit since I don’t recognize any of it. [YouTube]

We take great pleasure in inviting you to celebrate the end of Teddy B’s 365 day journey. An exhibition of photographs depicting Teddy’s life will be presented at the Sultan Gallery, Sabhan. Teddy will be auctioned, and a publication of his year’s story is available for sale. We are also excited to showcase a painting donated by the profound artist Ghadah AlKandari. All proceeds will be going to children’s charities in Kuwait.

We would appreciate your support and attendance for this good cause and one of a kind exhibition!

P.S: For simplicity, please note, only cash will be accepted.

Time
Tuesday 5th October: 7pm – 10pm
Wednesday 6th October: 10am – 2pm, 7pm – 10pm
Thursday 7th October: 10am – 2pm

Place
The Sultan Gallery
Sabhan, southern entrance, Sadeer Co., block 8, street 105, building no 168
Telephone: 24714325/26 ext 110
Here is a map [Link]

Information
Email: [email protected]
Facebook: Link
Website: www.yearofteddy.com

Great news which you can read over [Here]

I’m more interested in the Reuters photo used in the article which I’ve posted above. I thought Reuters was against photoshopped images yet the one above looks fake. It looks like someone took all the skyscrapers in Kuwait and then shoved them next to each other… but I could be wrong.

If you’ve missed the previous 3gal self defense videos click here and here. [YouTube]

After posting the videos of the Kuwaiti rappers earlier in the month one of my readers contacted me to tell me about his cousin. He told me his cousin was an extremely talented piano player… and was blind. I thought that would be great to share on the blog so he recorded a short video of his cousin playing the piano which you can watch above. Naser was born blind and has been playing the piano since he was 4. [YouTube]

I spotted new speed cameras on the First Ring Road. I think they measure your average speed because there are two cameras located at the start of the First Ring Road and two more located at the end. The first pair is located right after the highway 50 bridge if you’re heading from the Sheraton roundabout towards the Gulf Road. The road is only two lanes at that point and there is a camera pointing at each lane. The second pair is located right after the Istiqlal Highway bridge (road 30) when the multi-lane road becomes two lanes again.

The way these speed cameras work is they take a picture of your license plate at the first camera and then take a picture of your license plate after the second camera. It calculates the time it took from Camera A to Camera B and then calculates your average speed, if it’s higher than the maximum speed limit then you’re fined.

PechaKucha Night #6 will be held on Wednesday, September 29th.
20 images x 20 seconds to be presented by:

Rania Abulhasan
Ayesha Al Humaidhi
Aziz Al Mudhaf
Bedour Al Saleh
Dalal Al Hashash, Fatma Al Obaid & Khawla Al Hussaini
Dalal Al Sayer
Fatemah Al Mosawi
Ghalia Al Othman & Raweya Al Sedairawi
Sahar Shawa

Date: Wednesday, September 29th 2010
Time: 7:30 pm
Place: Infiniti Showroom at Al Rai
Email: [email protected]
Website: https://www.pecha-kucha.org/cities/kuwait-city
Facebook group: Pecha Kucha Kuwait

I know being 40 isn’t like being #1 or in the top 10 or top 20 but it’s still an accomplishment since Kuwait according to Newsweek is the best Arab country in the world. The results were based on Education, Health, Quality of Life, Economic Dynamism and Political Environment. Kuwait came in 24th place for Quality of Life while it loss mostly in the Education category coming in 76th place. That’s not good news. Lebanon on the other hand didn’t even make the list! Now that’s embarrassing. [Link]

Thanks Ahmed