This is cool news, Investment Dar and Adeem Investment Co have agreed to purchase a stake in Aston Martin. Yabeela! [Link]
Kuwaiti firm buys Aston Martin
Annual exhibition by KASA
The Annual exhibition by KASA (Kuwait Architectural Students Association) is being held at Bayt Lothan from 10 to 14 March. The exhibition is open from 7PM to 9PM and will be displaying work done by architecture students. Bayt Lothan is located in Salmiya adjacent to Marina Mall.
Airplane Water Landings
Has anyone ever survived a water landing by donning a vest or using a raft? An interesting short article I read yesterday. [Link]
I arrived to Lebanon I think around 1:30PM Lebanon time, left the airport and came straight to the hotel where I just lazed it out. Today is the only day where I can relax and do nothing so I am taking advantage of it. In a bit my brother is coming to pick me up and I will probably go have a drink and a bite to eat with him somewhere.
My rooms view is pretty sweet, I got the sea view this time around which is great. One thing I forgot to pack is a swimsuit, the hotel here has a roof top pool which overlooks Beirut, its an incredible view which makes swimming very tempting. Oh yeah, the weather here is like Kuwait… winter is over.
Best thing about this hotel is the location, its near the American University of Beirut which means there are a lot of things to do here when I have free time. By a lot of things I mostly mean food.
Leaving you
I need to go down to Beirut for a few days to shoot a commercial and I should be back Friday night. My flight leaves at noon so I have to pack everything tonight. I will have Internet access from my hotel room so I will continue to blog from there.
The World’s Billionaires
The Forbes list is out and its interesting to see Kuwait and Lebanon both on the list although to be honest I was expecting more Kuwaitis on the list:
Rank 52
Nasser Al-Kharafi & family (Kuwait)
Worth 11.5 billion Dollars
Rank 407
Najib Mikati (Lebanon)
Worth 2.3 billion Dollars
Rank 407
Taha Mikati (Lebanon)
Worth 2.3 billion Dollars
Rank 618
Bassam Alghanim (Kuwait)
Worth 1.6 billion Dollars
Rank 618
Kutayba Alghanim (Kuwait)
Worth 1.6 billion Dollars
Rank 618
Fahd Hariri (Lebanon)
Worth 1.6 billion Dollars
Rank 717
Mohamed Al-Bahar (Kuwait)
Worth 1.4 billion Dollars
Rank 891
Nazek Hariri (Lebanon)
Worth 1 billion Dollars
For the full list of billionaires click [Here]
Thanks cajie
Pimp your AK47
A whole bunch of accessories but sadly nothing made from carbon fiber. [Link]
Word of the day: Valley Girl
Was talking to a friend now and he used the word “valley girl”. So I checked it on Urban Dictionary and this is what I found:
Valley Girl – A name for a type of girl who likes to say OMG and like and totally and “whatever” and likes to gossip to the point where it is detrimental to their health. Usually found off the coast of California. Seemingly beautiful in nature but truly idiotic. Just watch the “Clueless” movie or TV show to see a good example of what a valley girl is. [Urban Dictionary]
This is really ironic. One of the actors from the show Prison Break is actually going to go to prison for real! [Link]
Chandelier made from gummi-bears
This cracked me up.. [Link]
First ride with Termi exhausts
Just came back from my morning ride awhile ago and the new exhausts sound ridiculous! They are unbelievably good!! Its like a completely different bike, they are loud, mean and look much better then the stock ones. The whole bike feels lighter since the new carbon exhausts are much much lighter then the old aluminum ones. Anyway below I have pictures of the bike with the new exhausts and front fairing. If you want to see how the bike looked like before click [Here]
Termignoni Exhausts ROCK!
I got my bike back today with the new exhausts installed. The bike looks a lot cooler now with the new raised exhausts and it sounds really incredible. I recorded the sound of the stock exhausts and new Termignoni ones and created a small clip which I uploaded to YouTube. I figured it would be useful in case a Ducati rider somewhere in the world wants to know how the bike sounds with the Termignoni exhausts. I will take pictures tomorrow of the bike when I go riding and post them here also.
[YouTube]
ShowBiz
I found this old ShowBiz Pizza Place promo from 1983. Anyone who has been to ShowBiz (or Chucky Cheese) should find this interesting. [Link]