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2:48AM [The B-Sides]
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A blog by Mark and Nat, a married couple who are living in Kuwait. Mark works in Advertising while Nat works in TV.
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American School of Kuwait – Summer of 1988 video

Video from the last day of school at ASK back in 1988. I didn’t know they had the bubble back then. Very cool video, wish I had a Sunshine School 1988 video.. [YouTube]

7 h ago

Marijuana ‘grown’ in homes to meet local market demand in Kuwait

The source suspects the peddlers to be cultivating marijuana inside Kuwait, “as it’s not worth the risk to smuggle it in. It is not worth it unless you are smuggling the goods in very hug...

2 days ago

Mariam Erzouqi, the second Kuwaiti woman to compete at the Olympics

Mariam Erzouqi grips her German-made air rifle with carefully-manicured hands, steadies her footing, eyes the target and slowly pulls the trigger until a soft crack echoes through Kuwait’s cave...

2 days ago

New Magazine: The City

I was having breakfast at The Early Bird when I spotted a new magazine called The City in their magazine stand. I brought the magazine home with me and have been flipping through it and there are thi...

2 days ago

miu miu coming to 360

According to Q80 High Street there is now a miu miu “coming soon” hoarding at 360 Mall (she doesn’t mention where in the mall exactly). Miu Miu is a high fashion brand of women̵...

2 days ago

Qatar Airways to Osaka

When I finally decided to travel to Japan the first thing I did was try to find out how much the airline ticket cost. I wasn’t sure what to expect and I had an unrealistic astronomical price in...

3 days ago

Stormtrooper Shemagh

That’s kick ass! It’s by Mohamed Kanoo and Khaleejesque have an article about him [Here]

3 days ago

The Fuji X-Pro 1

Over the weekend I was at the Avenues and ended up passing by Xcite’s new photography section. Two things grabbed my attention, the first is the fact they have 4 incredibly expensive Nikon lens...

4 days ago

A Camel Burger

Two days ago I get an email from Smoke House telling me they’re planning to launch a Hashi burger and if I was interested to try it out. Hashi turns out means baby camel and since I hadn’...

4 days ago

Back in love with DHL

I tend to flip flop between shipping companies A LOT and most of my long time readers know that. Not sure why shipping companies can’t stay consistent but I love the fact we have options to cho...

4 days ago

Shawarma Shuwaikh

Tonight I invited myself to Shawarma Shuwaikh, a new shawarma place that’s opening up soon. The place actually belongs to a friend of mine, Bader Alsalem who also happens to be Basil Alsalem...

5 days ago

Reflex your inner beauty

Spotted on Failaka. Photo by q8tifarmer

5 days ago

The Camry Accident

[YouTube] This video has been circulating the web for the past 2 days (warning it’s graphic) but I was wondering if anyone else thinks it could be a fake? For some reason this feels like a Saud...

5 days ago

BBC report: The Secret of the Indian Business Community’s Success in Kuwait

The number of Indians living in in Kuwait has quadrupled in the past decade to an estimated 650,000 – making them the country’s largest foreign population. For a long time seen as blue co...

6 days ago

My trip to Japan

I was recently in Japan and Mark thought it would be interesting if I posted about it. Growing up in the late 80′s and the 90′s in Kuwait I was exposed to a lot of Japanese culture from S...

6 days ago

Shuffle

[YouTube] Looks like it’s a new restaurant(?) that opened up in Jabriya. The video wall looks pretty cool. Blogger HeshoQ8 has a review of it over [Here]

26 may 12

Kuwait Metro to be operational by 2020

Partnerships Technical Bureau (PTB) has stated it expects the Metro to begin operating by 2020, and that the first phase of the development will extend more than 54km and be serviced by 28 stations, ...

26 may 12

Amazon Kindle Fire in Kuwait

While at the Avenues I spotted the Kindle Fire at Office Depot. They’re selling it for KD85 which is around KD25 more expensive than Amazon (without tax and shipping). They also had a few acces...

25 may 12

Volunteers needed for Kubbar Island Cleaning Campaign

[YouTube] Ajarco Services & Equipment are planning to do a cleanup of Kubbar Island tomorrow, the details are below: We would also like to take this opportunity to announce our Second KUBBAR Isl...

25 may 12

WiMD is back to normal

In my “WiMD Internet – 3 Months Later” post I noted on how my connection’s overall speed had decreased. Turns out the issue was with the wireless connection from my building t...

24 may 12

Prada not coming to Kuwait?

Last September I got a tip saying that Prada was coming to Kuwait and opening up at 360 Mall but according to a recent interview with the CEO he stated the following: “We are expanding in Moroc...

24 may 12

965 Crew’s Doss Dancing on the Edge of Kuwait’s Shoreline

With a massive dust storm still clearing up 965 Crew’s Doss felt the need to head down to Marina Waves and dance on the Edge Of Kuwait Kuwait’s Shoreline. He did two completely different ...

24 may 12

Automotive Photography Contest

The Historical, Vintage & Classic Car Museum is holding their 2nd ever Automotive Photography Contest starting from now till June 2nd which will be the last day you can submit your shots. The fo...

23 may 12

Ward 10 or 17?

Spotted by a friend at Mubarek Hospital. [Link] Note: For non-Arabic speakers, it says “ward 10″ in Arabic

23 may 12

Event: Royce Gracie Seminar

UFC legend and hall of famer Royce Gracie is going to be back in Kuwait again next month for another Jiu-Jitsu seminar. It’s for men and women and will be held on June 25 and 26. For more infor...

23 may 12

Instajelly

I found out about Instajelly from a Forum user and after trying it out I think it’s the best web Instagram viewer out there. I like the way it displays all my images in a nice clean format and ...

22 may 12

Kuwait in last ditch plea for Olympics

A group of Kuwaiti MPs is heading to Switzerland in a bid to persuade the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to allow the Gulf state to compete in the London 2012 Olympics. Kuwait, banned from Oly...

22 may 12

Cheese Factory Cafe

Spotted the above at Sultan Center Shaab. It’s for Alban Dairy and I’m guessing they’ll be selling cheese there but no idea how it’s going to be a cafe. Coffee and cheese? Not...

21 may 12

Inside Audemars Piguet

For my last post on my trip to Audemars Piguet I’m going to take you inside their facilities and show you their environment and some of the people behind the watches. By looking at some of the ...

21 may 12

National Youth Project website in English

The National Youth Project website has been updated and it’s now available in English. Most importantly what this means is that if your Arabic isn’t that great you can now submit your own...

21 may 12

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