2:48AM - Entertaining Kuwait since 2003
Just got back from watching The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. It was toooo long and verrrrrry boring. Maybe if it was an hour shorter, MAYBE it would have been interesting but it just dragged and dragged. On my way out I overheard a group of girls talk about how much they loved the movie and I guess thats how it got an 8.3 out of 10 on IMDB, its a chick flick!
On a positive note before the movie started I watched the trailer for Watchmen, now THATS going to be one helluva movie! [Link]
Proud to be Kuwaiti is a foundation that was formed to recognize and encourage the youth of Kuwait to depend on themselves and establish their own business by giving their skills and talent a chance to shine. I posted about them last year when they had their first event and tomorrow the event is back for the second time. Like last year a ton of small local start ups will be participating. I won’t be able to attend since I am in Lebanon but Nataly will be going for sure. Here are some event details:
Proud 2 be Kuwaiti
Location: Al Raya Ballroom
February 22nd from 6pm to 10pm
February 23rd from 10am to 2pm and 5pm to 9pm
Event is open to everyone and more than 100 small Kuwaiti businesses will be featured. Here is a link to their website. [Link]
Was up from 3AM because we had a 3 hour drive to the middle of nowhere today. I experienced temperatures ranging from freezing 2 degrees all the way up to a hot 20. We had heavy rain, heavy fog, light snow and sizzling heat all in one day! Anyway in one of the locations we were in there was an almond tree. I took a few pictures of it but the one above was my favorite.
From The Exhibition:
My Q8
Date: February 24th
Time: 6PM-10PM
Location: The ExhibitionAs you all know, February 25th and 26th are days for celebrating.
Come and join us in celebrating Kuwait’s National and Liberation Days at The Exhibition! We’re all here to show our love of Kuwait.
‘My Q8’ is night where these talented photographers and poets can display their beautiful and personal photographs and poems at The Exhibition.
They want to make you see what Kuwait means to them and they will be doing that by expressing their love of this country the best way they can: through their art and poetry!
Artists and poets will be donating a percentage of their profits to various charities.
Was at a semi-abandoned park today and managed to capture a lot of interesting shots with my Sony W300 which you can check below. I regret not having my D90 with me…
It’s cold, its wet but the air is so clean and fresh. No dust!
A reader spotted a car on fire early morning in the evening while out cycling and managed to capture some pictures to share it with everyone. Looks like there was a big crowd.
Thanks Hamad!
Looks like a total meltdown over there. On the plus side, there will be less traffic and cheaper rent once it turns into a ghost town. Here is a link to a really harsh (but probably very true) article entitled “Goodbye Dubai”. [Link]
via Boing Boing
I got the following in my email:
Campus Activities Board, a university funded organization at the American University of Kuwait is creating a charity carnival to help children in need. Whether they have down syndrome or autism, are orphans or in foster care, or are disabled– this day is for them.
All the money from the tickets and all donations will be spent in buying toys and gifts for the children that were not able to attend. The week after the event will be to take volunteers and go to five of the centers here in Kuwait.
The Charity Carnival will include:
Carnival Games
Raffle
Art Corner
Prizes
Face painting
Pony Ride
Bouncy Castle
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory room with movie
Free Candy
Toys
and much morePeople are invited to bring friends and family to enjoy this day!
Tickets will be sold at the American University of Kuwait from in the liberal arts lobby from:
Saturday, February 21, 2009
From 11:00 to 6:00Ticket Prices:
3 KD for adults
1 KD for childrenTickets will also be sold at the door!
If you want to volunteer for this event contact: [email protected]
They also have a facebook account which you can check [Here]
They’re big. I think that summarizes my experience with the Beats. As I said in my first impression I would post about the Beats after my experience with them traveling so here it is. Basically they are extremely comfortable, they sound amazing and the noise reduction is pretty impressive. The biggest and only problem I have with the Beats is the size. They barely fit into my messenger bag! If I had my backpack it wouldn’t be such a problem but I am now mostly traveling with my messenger bag and the Beats are too big to fit comfortably in them.
While on the plane watching an episode of Boston Legal on my iPod, a guy sitting across me in the isle tapped my shoulder. Turned out he had the Bose QuietComfort 3 and wanted to know if the headphones I had on my head had noise reduction. I gave him the headphones to try on and according to him the Beats had better noise reduction than the QuietComfort 3 which actually impressed me since I am not a big fan of Bose. He also commented on the fact how the Beats fit around the ear giving a perfect seal while the Bose fit over the ear. He thinks thats why they offer better noise reduction which makes sense.
Anyway although I really love these headphones I highly doubt I will end up buying them. I need travel headphones and although these are very comfortable they just aren’t practical to lug around because of their size. If only they folded down flatter…
Amazon is currently offering a $50 discount on the Beats by Dre. Click here to check it out. [Amazon Link]
This happened last week at a Celtics game. Its cool depending on if you like the song or not. [YouTube]
One of the newspaper today published an article explaining the meaning of a dream if it contains a pink ring in it. Nothing out of the ordinary except for the fact that whoever looked for an image of a “pink ring” to attach to that article ended up finding a vibrating ring used as a sex toy. Now that’s funny!
Here is a link to a larger version of the above image. [Picture]
Sorry I forgot to wish everyone a Happy Shani Day yesterday. Have you gotten your loved one a Shani today?
