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A friend of mine set up a very cool website which helps you find car prices in Kuwait. All you need to do is fill in the details about the car and the website will give you three prices, the price of the car if its in poor, good and excellent condition. He did a lot of research to come up with these numbers and right now it’s probably the best way to quickly find out how much a car is really worth. Check it out [Here]
On the occasion of the James Bond 50th anniversary, a James Bond World is going to be setup next month at the exhibition hall in 360 Mall. There will be a whole bunch of activities taking place at James Bond World but probably the biggest highlights will be the actual cars from the James Bond movies. Among the cars that will be on display is the Aston Martin that was used for the big crash scene in “Casino Royale”, the Aston Martin with mounted weapons used in “Tomorrow Never Dies”, the Vanquish DBS from “Quantum of Solace” and the DB5 featured in the latest James Bond movie “Skyfall”.
Originally the hot actress Gemma Arterton from “Quantum of Solace” was also supposed to attend the opening night but that was when the opening night was originally set for October 26th. Now that the event has been pushed back she most likely won’t be able to make it.
James Bond World is set to open to the public on November 1st. The pictures of the James Bond cars in this post were taken by my contact who also provided me with the information above.
Update: Just added all the pictures of the cars I received below.
The U.S. Embassy is hosting an (Early) Voting Day for eligible U.S. citizens. Below are some details.
Who: Eligible U.S. Citizen Voters
Date: October 21, 2012
Time: 1:00 to 4:00 PM
Location: U.S. Embassy (Masjid al Aqsa Street, Bayan)
If you have any questions you can contact them on [email protected] or visit their website [Here]
A gas leak took place while drilling an oil well wednesday at the Al-Rawdhatain oilfield, Kuwait Oil Company and security sources said, as that the pungent and repulsive smell of hydrogen sulfide reached as far as Kuwaiti City as reported by many residents. The sources said Abdali firemen and KOC emergency teams later contained the leak by burning out the escaping gas to prevent it from spreading far. [Source]
Lucky for me I’m not in Kuwait right now.
Thanks Jafar
The Kuwait Science Club sent a Kuwaiti flag into space using a weather balloon. They recorded the whole thing with a GoPro camera and you can watch the footage above. [YouTube]
Thanks Anes
Is it only me or do these rats actually sound cute? But on a serious note, it looks like we need bigger cats.
Unless an immediate plan was drawn and followed strictly to get rid of the Norwegian rats, the rodents will keep on multiplying, causing an epidemic by the end of 2014 that the state will not be able to fight, Dr Samiya Al-Tobaikh, the head of the pests and rodents combat department at the Health Ministry, has warned.
Dr Al-Tobaikh said that this dangerous breed of rats was spreading at an alarming rate in various areas around Kuwait, namely Jleeb (74 per cent), Sulaibiya industrial area (71 per cent), Ardiya industrial area, Req’ee, Jahra industrial area and across the beaches at the Chalets area. Al-Tobaikh also warned that this particular species of rodents as big as a cat was highly dangerous since it carries and spreads plague, is clever and cannot be killed easily as it can quickly recognize many kinds of poisons.
“Seeing any food, they usually send a smaller younger volunteer to eat it and if the volunteer dies, the rats never approach that food,” she said, adding that these rats were such ‘good actors’ that they can fake death when hunted and wait it out till they are thrown out. She said if one rat is spotted in a house, that means that there could be 50 others hiding in and around that house.[Source]
The Kuwait Scorpions who are probably one of the oldest sports clubs in Kuwait are looking to recruit men and women for their rugby team. If you’re interested keep reading below for a small brief on who they are along with some other information.
Kuwait Scorpions is one of the founding clubs of Gulf rugby. The club originally consisted of a group of expats training together as a hobby. They then started playing similar groups in neighbouring countries and formally became the Kuwait Scorions Rugby Footballl Club in 1946. For years rugby in Kuwait continued in this way. Following the Invasion and surrounding events the rugby club gradually reformed (after most of it’s members returned to Kuwait after the unrest) and were renamed as the Kuwait Nomads (mainly due to the style in which they reunited). We played as the Nomads until a few years ago when we returned to our original name and re launched the club as the Kuwait Scorpions.
We have several teams: Mens XV, Vets X and Ladies (who play 7s). The men play in both the Gulf Premiership and Conference Leagues, the women play in the Arabian Gulf Women’s League and the Vets form for specific events and tournaments. All teams enter the Dubai 7s competition annually, where our men have reached both the final and semi final in recent years. We currently have players of a variety of nationalities and are truly a global group.
We are currently without an official pitch and training ground as KOC (our ground sponsor) have recently started a large renovation project that includes rebuilding our usual sand pitch and facilities in Ahmadi. Regardless of this our teams are still training twice a week and we are still playing in all of the above leagues. This is not the only exciting new development in Kuwait rugby this season – as Tron mentioned previously, we currently have a female Chairperson, which, we are informed, is a first in the history of rugby in this region. We also have a recently elected Kuwaiti Club Captain also, who is hoping to lead our teams to some well earned victories this year.
Last week saw us officially kick off our season with our annual fundraiser (Masquerade Ball) at the British Embassy, which was a great success. We are currently gearing up for upcoming matches for both the men and women in Doha in a few weeks time, which is alway a great trip.
We are about to embark on a big recruitment drive and are hoping to awaken some new interest in both the sport and our team. We welcome newcomers and those with experience and any member of the club will be happy to answer any questions or give directions to the next training session. Our website was unfortunately hacked over the summer and all of the informatiion wiped so it is currently under construction, but for now we are easy to find on Facebook or I can be contacted directly for more information ([email protected]).
Yesterday a friend of mine told me a bunch of UFC fighters as well as a couple of ring girls were coming to Kuwait this weekend to visit the US troops and while ago I got confirmation from another friend who represents one of the fighters that they are in fact coming to Kuwait this weekend. The UFC fighters and ring girls will be arriving to Kuwait early morning this Thursday the 11th and they’ll be staying in Kuwait for 2 nights.
Sadly I am traveling that same morning so I won’t be able to stalk them but I might leave my UFC tshirt (pictured above) filled with with my friend so he could get me some more signatures. So far my shirt has signatures from Dan Henderson, Brian Stan, Rashad Evans, Michael Bisping and a few other fighters.
Right now I know Mike Pierce and Charlie Brenneman (who just got cut from the UFC) are coming but no idea who else.
According to the blog Qortuba Valley, Kuwait’s approved LTE frequency is 1800 MHz which means iPhone 5’s purchased from the UK will work in Kuwait while ones purchased from the US will not. [Link]
Update: Arab Times also confirms the approved frequency is 1800 MHz [Link]
965Malls posted the list above last week but I just saw it now. It’s translated from an Arabic newspaper and it shows the prices of different drugs in Kuwait. [Link]
Note: What I found interesting about the list is the list itself. Since drugs are illegal there is no official price list but this list by the newspaper is kinda like one.
According to the 2012 Happy Planet Index, out of 151 countries researched, Kuwait came in at 143! ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY THREE out of 151! The index uses global data on life expectancy, experienced well-being and Ecological Footprint to calculate this score. The happiest place? Costa Rica. If you want to check out the full ranking as well as more details on how the whole thing is ranked you can download the PDF file from [Here]
Back in 2009 Kuwait was 128 out of 143.
The Guardian published the photo above of Kuwait at night taken from space. The photo was one of many photos captured by the European Space Agency and Nasa satellites last month. The description of the photo says:
A night view of Kuwait City, the coastal city which serves as Kuwait’s political and economic capital. The metropolitan area has a population approaching 2.5 million
Check out The Guardian article [Here]
Below is another photo taken from space back in August also showing Kuwait at nigh. It was previously featured as a NASA image of the day.
NASA have a pretty good writeup on the photo above as well as a higher resolution photo which you can check out [Here]
Thanks Khalid
BurgerFuel is a New Zealand based fastfood chain with branches already in UAE and Saudi Arabia. As part of their expansion they’re now planning to open a branch in Kuwait. [Link]
I admit, I’m really terrible when it comes to business in general so I don’t understand how more burger places are opening in Kuwait, a small market thats already over-saturated with burger places. Am I missing something? Is there really still room for more burger places?
If you’re at the Avenues pass by the Kuwait Heart Foundation area setup since along with the Faculty of Medcine Students they’re attempting a Guinness World Record today and need your help. Invite your friends and family along as well since they’re trying to break the record for the highest number of BMI testings in 8 hours.
They’re starting from 12pm and ending at 8pm so pass by when you can.
Thanks BuYousef
Update: Just heard the record was broken.
Update2: Not only was the record broken but it was shattered with 9,023 measurements which is more than double the previous record. I’m curious to know if they’re going to end up sharing the total average BMI. My guess it’s going to be pretty high based on the fact we’re one of the fattest nations in the world.
Picture by The Avenues