2:48AM - Entertaining Kuwait since 2003
I am a huge fan of the Rambo movies and when I heard they were coming out with part 4 I couldn’t have been any happier. Then I found out that Matthew Fox who plays Dr Jack Shepherd on LOST was going to the be the lead bad guy in Rambo IV I was like wow, thats crazy. Now I just found out that Jack Bauer who plays Kiefer Sutherland in real life is also going to be in Rambo IV. The movie is going to come out next year, I wonder who else will end up starring in it.
Soundflavor DJ serves as your personal DJ that automatically selects and plays songs from your library based on your personal tastes and the music you’re listening to. It also makes it easy to create great playlists from your library, find new music “by sound,” and to rediscover great songs you own but may have forgotten about.
Sounds really cool and I was about to download it but guess what? Its only available for Windows XP users and will not work on Macs! [Link]
Got to work today morning to find the building next to my office on fire. What was a sad site though were the low wage workers who were living on the roof of the building. They were all gathered downstairs with whatever possession they had. Most had their belongings wrapped in bed mats while others had those small carryon travel bags and were just sitting on them. Last time the building caught fire it was back in April.
I saw a Ferrari 599 parked outside Salhiya tonight. I thought this car was supposed to go on sale next year? [Link]
If you can’t wait till the movie 300 gets released next year then you could buy the comic to keep you occupied till then. How close is the comic to the movie? I took two pictures from the comic and two screen shots from the movie trailer and you can see for yourself below.
If you are interested you can buy the hardcover version of the comic for only $18 from Amazon.com [Link]
A user in the forum posted that they were giving away free Krispy Kreme donuts at Marina Crescent TGIF on the sea side. If they opened already then thats pretty fast. It took Dunkin Donuts like what? 1 year to open?
Picture above is taken by LeP the user who got the free donuts.
update: a friend of mine whos brother has something to do with Krispy Kreme just told me they are opening on Eid.
I just found out how much my bike is gonna cost to fix.
I just got back from Razzi Hospital. Turned out Mubarek Hospital messed up my hand cast and my fingers ended up swelling. The doctor today also told me I didn’t have a fracture which is very good news. He had yesterdays cast removed and they put me another better one instead. He told me to come back next week to have it removed. Now I just need to find out when my bike will be ready. Thanks to all the well wishers. My First Crash post didn’t get more comments then the Shark of Kuwait post but never the less it was close enough.
Oh and they finally gave me some pain killers!
The official trailer for the movie 300 is out, looks really really good. [Video]
A strange Burger King triple whopper commercial. [Video]
Here are some riding tips from Marzouq to me:
– Never hit the breaks when going through a turn or the front of the bike will go out and you will end up on the floor
– Do not hold on to the bike when your falling, push away from it (I think thats why you hurt your wrist)
– Avoid the little white pucks they are the root of all evil, they make you slip!
– Always ride with a friend whenever possible in the beginning
– Know who to call in a situation
Today I met up with Marzouq again to go riding. We met in front of Galleria 2000 like yesterday and we headed off onto the Gulf road. As we were getting onto the gulf road from Salmiya I fucked up and ended up crashing onto the ground and sliding towards the curb.
I am still not sure exactly what happened. I have played the scene over and over in my head and my current conclusion is I was taking the curb at a speed faster than I was comfortable with and I stupidly pulled the brakes too hard and locked up the front wheel making it slide under me. I crashed on to the ground and me and the bike both slid towards the curb.
It all happened really fast except one part felt like it was in slow motion. The view suddenly shifted to inside the helmet and I was on the floor sliding towards the black and yellow curb and I can very clearly see my helmet visor getting scratched and finally I stopped.
I got up, and looked around to see if any cars were coming. I saw Marzouq had already stopped his bike behind me so that the cars could drive around us. I then proceeded to lift my bike up when Marzouq came and took over and told me to go sit down. He asked me if I was hurt and I looked down and saw my jeans had torn at my knees and I was bleeding. I went sat down, took out my camera and started taking pictures of Marzouq moving my bike and then of my injuries.
My left knee was scraped, the left side of my waist also, I had a tiny scrape on my left elbow and another scratch on my right leg. Finally my left wrist was hurting me a bit.
We parked the bike and noticed the left foot rest had brkoen off so we called TriStar to come pick up the bike. They told us they already had found out about the crash and the bike truck was on its way. Talk about excellent customer service. Marzouq wanted to take me to the hospital but I told him to pass by my place first so I could change and take Nats car.
I got home, took off my watch (knew I needed to take it off for the xtray), got into shorts and a tshirt and left again with Nat and Marzouq. We got to the hospital and two hours later I left with bandages everywhere and my left hand in a cast. Yes, I have been typing this post with one hand, its a pain!
I am back home now. I am disappointed my hand is in a cast because it means I won’t be riding for a while. My favorite jeans are ripped which totally messed up my wardrobe. But, I am glad I came out of the fall with minor injuries. If I was an unsafe rider wearing shorts, tshirt and no helmet you can bet I wouldn’t be here typing this post. I regret not having gotten biking jeans. I was actually gonna post about Draggin Jeans the other day. If I was wearing them me knee wouldn’t have gotten messed up.
Here are some pictures, the ones marked GRAPHIC are you guessed it, graphic pictures.
Marzouq moving my bike
My busted knee (GRAPHIC)
My waist (GRAPHIC)
My leg (GRAPHIC)
My elbow (GRAPHIC)
My scratched helmet
Me waiting to have my cast put on
I have to end this post with a special thanks to Marzouq who was a true friend today. Thanks dude!
Last year I posted pictures of the old Apple Store in Kuwait City. Their were three banners in the display from Apple’s old ad campaign called Think Different which I really wanted. I tried my best to get them and even offered to buy them but the Apple dealer (AlSane Group) refused. Finally I gave up and forgot about them.
A few days ago I was at Starbucks with the Mac&More store owner, I had met him a few years back when I had purchased his Twentieth Anniversary Mac. We were talking about Macs in the pre-ipod days and I told him about the posters I had wanted from the other Apple Dealer. He told me he would check and see if he had any left in their warehouse and would call me. Well turns out he found 3 banners and the 3 banners he found are exactly the same 3 banners I had wanted from the other dealer!
The posters are dusty but other then that they are in excellent shape. I can’t wait to put them up and once I do will take more pictures.
On a side note, I just noticed if you do a google search for Apple Kuwait the first few links are all related to me. Can’t get any cooler then that…
